AirG Extends Mobile Games Offering in Australia: AirG Provides New JAVA Content to Virgin Mobile Australia

AirG, the most innovative supplier of advanced multiplayer mobile entertainment solutions has been chosen by Virgin Mobile Australia to expand its JAVA games content service and manage all provisioning for future content releases, including testing and quality assurance.

Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) April 2, 2005 -- AirG, the most innovative supplier of advanced multiplayer mobile entertainment solutions announced today that it has been chosen by Virgin Mobile Australia (VMA), Australias leading consumer focused and youth oriented mobile network, to further expand its JAVA content service. AirG will supply a comprehensive catalogue of over sixty JAVA games and manage all provisioning for future content releases, including testing and quality assurance.

We are pleased to be working with VMA in bringing cutting edge mobile entertainment products to Australian consumers," says Frederick Ghahramani, Director, AirG. VMA customers can now enjoy a huge selection of todays best JAVA games spanning popular genres including RPG (role-playing games), sports, arcade, racing, puzzle, action/adventure and casino/cards, and with extended device support that meets the anytime, anyplace accessibility needs of all Virgin Mobilers."

Through partnerships with leading content developers worldwide AirG has amassed a catalogue of high quality and highly sought after JAVA content. Some of the popular titles included in the new JAVA games offering on Virgin Mobile Australia are:

•   Texas Holdem King. With the right strategy and a bit of luck you could win it all as the worlds best poker player.
•   Black Citadel. This epic role-playing game is set in a fantasy world during medieval times.
•   Chicken Shoot. Its a classic fun shooter game based on the world famous PC game.
•   LFP Soccer Manager. Long regarded as the definitive soccer management experience on the PC, LFP Manager 2005 is now available to mobile phone users.
•   Red Falcon. Use your skills as an ace pilot to outwit and destroy the enemy in this exciting action game.
•   3D Chess. Test your skills against the moves of chess champion Anatoly Karpov, still considered the worlds best chess player.

Tamzin Taylor, Product Manager at Virgin Mobile Australia commented AirG has consistently demonstrated their commitment to the Virgin Mobile Australia brand. Whether it be updating their portfolio of games to accommodate our requests or tweaking to ensure the games are handset capable, AirG delivers. AirG is currently Virgin Mobiles largest JAVA games supplier, and we look forward to developing that relationship in the future."

JAVA refers to enhanced games that can be updated frequently, downloaded over the air and stored locally in the handset to use wherever, whenever. It brings true gaming look and feel to the mobile phone, with full colour, motion and rich story lines, and is the first true representation of popular console style gaming on the mobile handset.

Virgin Mobile Australia customers can access the JAVA games through their wireless web or JAVA enabled handsets.

About AirG
AirG develops, publishes and distributes a comprehensive suite of cutting edge mobile data solutions including multiplayer games, entertainment and community applications. AirG products and services have a proven track record of helping mobile operators build competitive advantage and market leadership by increasing customer affinity and ARPU (Average Revenue per User). Founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2000, AirG has licensed its products and services to over 80 mobile operators in 33 countries globally. www.airg.com

About Virgin Mobile Australia
Virgin Mobile Australia is a leading consumer focused mobile network with its headquarters in Sydney and stores in Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne. Following a successful launch in October 2000, VMA has continued to achieve strong growth and now has over 500,000 customers, employs over 350 people and is sold through 4000 outlets across Australia. Virgin is one of the most recognised brands globally, representing strong customer focus and good value for money.

Contact:
Allison Webb
AirG
Tel: +1-604-408-2228

Kerry Parkin
Virgin Mobile
Tel: +61 29338 6057

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