Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Concrete Software, a leading mobile software company, today announced it will distribute its line of mobile software to mobile network subscribers worldwide using the new Preminet Solution from Nokia. Preminet is an end-to-end global sales channel for mobile content downloads that will make Concrete Software's line of applications available to millions of consumers around the world who own Symbian OS™ and Java™-enabled handsets. Java is the leading platform for mobile software worldwide with over 350 million handsets in the marketplace, while Symbian OS is the most popular smartphone operating system in the world, running over two-thirds of the world's smartphones.
Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit™, Aces Texas Hold'em - Limit™, Shoot Stuff, Links Scorecard, and Aces Omaha - No Limit™ joins a growing roster of pre-tested and certified world-class applications and content available to operators in the Preminet Master Catalog. Award winning applications like Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit™ add award winning names to the Preminet Master Catalog.
"Being apart of the Preminet solution is a great opportunity for Concrete Software, it allows us to reach markets that we wouldn't be able to reach otherwise" said Keith Pichelman, CEO of Concrete Software.
Preminet helps content aggregators and developers, including the 1.6 million members of Forum Nokia - the world's largest mobile developer community - quickly and easily make more money from their Java and Symbian OS software. Analyst firm Ovum expects that within three years, annual shipments of Symbian OS smartphones will top 100 million per year, while the total number of Java-enabled phones in the market will be over 1.5 billion. Preminet is also air interface agnostic and works across GSM, CDMA and all other types of cellular networks.
Preminet content is available as part of an complete end-to-end offering from Forum Nokia that includes the Preminet Master Catalog, Preminet Service Delivery Platform and Preminet Purchasing Client, an innovative software application that make it easy for end-users to discover, try and buy mobile applications, content and services. Operators can integrate Preminet content into their own download delivery systems or have Nokia provide a complete hosted solution. For more information visit: www.nokia.com/preminet.
