WCITIES and Nokia Announce Global Distribution Agreement
Nokia to deliver advanced location-based applications to mobile operators through WCITIES
LONDON - World-leading location-based information service (LBiS) provider and applications developer, WCITIES, today announced a global distribution agreement with Nokia. Through the agreement, Nokia will market WCITIES' mobile location applications to mobile operators globally as part of its Nokia mPosition and Nokia mPlatform solutions.
Nokia will promote WCITIES' service to its mobile-operator customers enabling them to deliver location information on over 300 cities worldwide in multiple languages to end-users.
Through WCITIES, mobile users will have access to destination information on every aspect of city life including restaurants, hotels, sporting and special events, retail and shopping, entertainment and transportation.
Tan Rasab, CEO and founder of wcities said: "In a time when both service providers and mobile operators are looking for chargeable services that will boost revenue in the short term, this agreement will significantly enhance the business propositions of both companies. This global alliance affirms WCITIES' position as a world leading location-based information service provider and applications developer."
About WCITIES
Founded in 1998, WCITIES develops valuable, end-user-centric applications allowing the compilation of location-based information targeted at business and leisure travellers as well as the local city population. WCITIES is the world's premier applications and location-based information service provider with coverage that currently spans over 300 major world cities in over 70 countries. WCITIES aggregates and packages its applications with geo-coding, mapping, routing, personalisation features and third-party content, which are then optimised for distribution via multiple devices in multiple languages. Partners to date include British Telecommunications, Orange, Freeserve, Ericsson, Yahoo! and AOL. WCITIES maintains offices in London, San Francisco and Hong Kong.
For further information contact:
Nick Clark / Terri Fellowes
Nelson Bostock Communications
020 7229 4400
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