Music Video Services

French Wireless Firm Alcatel Distributing New Mobile Game, Music Video Services

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2004 - 7:59am.
Cannes, France -- Alcatel, a French provider of applications for wireless network operators, on Tuesday announced a number of new wireless multimedia initiatives, including a multiplayer game and music video services. The company partnered with French wireless games firm BeTomorrow to launch "Xploded," which it says is the first Java-based mobile multiplayer game that supports up to 40 simultaneous players. In April, Alcatel and Korean wireless network SK Telecom will launch a photo-music-video service, allowing users to combine their own digital photos with music and video content that they can send to other cell phones or e-mail addresses. Finally, Alcatel partnered with Universal Mobile to jointly develop, promote and market new mobile multimedia services featuring Universal content. The companies said their efforts will result in the creation of video mailbox, video delivery portal and video ring back tone services.