WorldMate® Goes Executive on the O2 Xda Atom Exec Throughout Asia Pacific and The Middle East
O2 Asia Pacific Is The Latest Licensee For the World’s Most Popular Mobile Travel Utility
Lod , Israel July 20, 2006 – MobiMate Ltd. announced today that O2 Asia Pacific has licensed WorldMate 2006 Standard Edition for the new O2 Xda Atom Exec, the company's latest PDA-phone that is shipping throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East . This is the ninth such agreement MobiMate has signed in 2006, leading to several million pre-licensed copies of WorldMate to ship on many of the best smartphones and mobile phones in the market.
MobiMate's CEO Nadav Gur explains, “MobiMate is excited to partner with O2 Asia Pacific on the Xda Atom Exec. There is a huge market for mobile travel services, so this deal with O2 is an ideal way for us to reach the region's business travellers and frequent fliers. O2 Asia Pacific's John Featherstone, O2's Vice President of Sales for Southeast Asia and Oceania , adds, “The Xda Atom Exec is tailor-made for high-flyers and rising professionals in the business world – frequent travellers who need constant access to information they can use in a quick and timely manner. WorldMate was the obvious choice to enhance our value proposition and provide best-of-breed functionality to our customers.”
WorldMate 2006 Standard Edition provides a host of important services such as weather forecasts, daily currency exchange rates, measurement converters, world clocks, and more. Xda Atom Exec customers will receive the application for free with their device and can opt to upgrade to WorldMate Professional Edition 2006, which provides several enhancements including flight schedules for over 90% of the world's commercial flights, real-time flight status, and enhanced weather services.
About WorldMate
WorldMate® is the world's leading mobile travel service, providing subscribers with a host of services for their busy lives. Mobile services range from weather and currency information to flight schedules and real-time flight status. Utilities include travel expense reporting, itinerary planning and exchange, currency conversion, calculators, world clocks and much more. The WorldMate product line is available on nine (9) platforms including J2ME, BlackBerry®, Palm OS®, Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone, Symbian UIQ, Series 60, Series 80 and 90 Communicators and Desktop PC. It is the only mobile application worldwide to have been a top-10 best seller on more than 5 platforms to date.
WorldMate® is the six time recipient of the Handango Champion award in the several categories, and has received countless wireless developer accolades and endorsements from Nokia, Palm, Sony Ericsson and Symbian, as well as awards from industry specific eZines such as PC Magazine, ZDNet, Pocket PC Magazine, Geek.com and others.
For more information about WorldMate®, please visit www.mobimate.com .
About MobiMate Ltd.
MobiMate is the clear leader in the mobile travel-related services category with WorldMate – the leading mobile travel service. MobiMate's unique approach to the Mobile Internet sees the product as a combination of clever, attractive and user-friendly software, valuable content and services from recognized sources, and an on-line service delivering this content to the end-user's device. MobiMate's leadership in this space has been recognized by leading handset manufacturers who bundle MobiMate products with their devices, including Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Hewlett Packard and others. MobiMate's content partners include The Weather Channel Interactive Inc, OAG Interactive and other notable travel-related companies.
About O2 Asia Pacific
O2 Asia Pacific is a member of the O2 group, a leading provider of mobile communications services in Europe with more than 35 million active mobile customers.
O2 Asia Pacific, a Telefonica company, provides consumers throughout Asia Pacific and Middle East with innovative, premium mobile data devices and services that enhance everyday business solutions and lifestyle needs. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Australia, Malaysia and Korea and with a sister company in Hong Kong; apart from Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong, it also distributes in New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, India and the Indian subcontinent, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan, Pakistan and the Philippines.
MobiMate and WorldMate are registered trademarks of MobiMate, Ltd; O2 Asia Pacific and Xda Atom Exec are trademarks or registered trademark of O2 (Online) Limited; All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.