Digital Chocolate Launches Mobile I-Mode Gaming Channel with Bouygues Telecom
Digital Chocolate, Inc., a leading publisher of software for mobile phones, and Bouygues Telecom, one of France's leading mobile operators, today announced the launch of Digital Chocolate's new Choco Games gaming channel on Bouygues Telecom's i-mode™ portal.
Helsinki, Finland and Paris, France (PRWEB) January 24, 2006 –- Digital Chocolate, Inc., a leading publisher of software for mobile phones, and Bouygues Telecom, one of France's leading mobile operators, today announced the launch of Digital Chocolate's new Choco Games gaming channel on Bouygues Telecom's i-mode™ portal.
i-mode is an advanced mobile Internet access system widely used in Japan and selected European countries. With over 1.4 million users and an Edge network that covers 90% of the population in France, Bouygues Telecom is the largest i-mode carrier outside Japan.
The new Choco Games channel offers Bouygues Telecom's i-mode customers a range of Digital Chocolate's high-quality mobile games. At launch, game selection includes Racing Fever GT, Fantasy Warrior, FotoQuest Fishing, Bubble Ducky, Solitaire Fun Pack and Stuntman Johnny Crash.
Founded by software gaming pioneer Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts, Digital Chocolate is focused on creating superior quality mobile games and applications with social elements. Digital Chocolate titles are acclaimed for their playability, and the company's games have received six different awards over the last two months alone. According to recent reviews at Gamespot, Digital Chocolate titles, originally developed for mobile devices, are the highest quality games in the market.
The Choco Games channel has a fixed price of 3 euros per month, with the first month offered free of charge. Initially, the channel will include six Digital Chocolate games, with one to two new titles added each month. Customers may subscribe to alerts that notify them when new titles are available, as well as participate in contests and sweepstakes. The channel also allows gamers to send recommendations of favorite games to friends.
"We are very happy to welcome Digital Chocolate's fun and colorful mobile games to our i-mode portal," said Olivier Laury, i-mode Content Director at Bouygues Telecom. "Digital Chocolate's innovative and award-winning titles have been embraced by a wide audience of casual gamers and, as such, provide the perfect match with our desire to offer the best mobile entertainment to our subscribers. We are excited to work with Digital Chocolate to introduce further products with built-in social elements that are ideal for i-mode users."
"High-quality content is crucial to the success of any mobile service, and Digital Chocolate has always focused on creating the most playable, most entertaining and most enjoyable mobile games," said Trip Hawkins, founder and CEO of Digital Chocolate. "Bouygues Telecom has distinguished itself as a forerunner in advanced mobile services for an extended user base, and we look forward to collaborating with them through our new Choco Games i-mode service."
Contact in Europe:
Digital Chocolate Ltd. (European HQ)
Jaana Wagner
Mobile +358 40 527 5875
Agency contact in Europe:
Netprofile Tech PR
Christina Forsgard
Mobile +358 40 571 9192
About Digital Chocolate
Digital Chocolate is a developer of games and applications for mobile phones. Based in San Mateo, California and founded in 2003 by software gaming pioneer Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate offers some of the world’s most popular and highly acclaimed games, including Mobile League WordJong, Mafia Wars, and Johnny Crash. Since its inception, Digital Chocolate has secured relationships with more than 200 carriers and partners, including Cingular, Orange, Sprint, T-Mobile, 3, Verizon Wireless, and Vodafone and its products are available in over 60 countries around the world. For more information, please visit www.digitalchocolate.com.
About Bouygues Telecom
Bouygues Telecom’s aim is to become "the preferred brand of mobile services" and to continue to improve services for its 7.8 million customers. Having introduced the talk plan in France in 1996, the company launched i-mode™ in France in November 2002. Today, 1.4 million customers in France are able to access over 350 useful sites and exchange e-mails with addresses anywhere in the world through this pocket internet service. Bouygues Telecom’s EDGE network covers over 90% of the population. Following the roll-out to business and professional customers, Bouygues Telecom launched its i-mode™ broadband service in October 2005.
i-mode and the i-mode logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
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