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Kuala Lumpur – Maxis Communication Berhad, Malaysia’s leading telecommunications
provider announces the launch of MaxGames, the country’s first subscription based
mobile gaming and community portal.
MaxGames runs on FunlogiXTM, the mobile gaming community platform developed by
Ozura Mobile, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesdaq listed Nextnation Communication
and a leading international publisher and developer of mobile entertainment.
Mobile gaming, a multi billion dollar industry overseas, is fast becoming a staple
amongst Malaysian mobile users. In line with this, Maxis hopes to spur gaming
in the country with MaxGames, an interactive gaming and community portal which
offers subscribers’ a host of benefits and services including tournament games,
multiplayer gaming, clubs and blogs, and a virtual gift shop.
MaxGames’ first batch of tournament games is the Dongeng Series which will run
until December. The Dongeng Series is a group of five games based on popular Malaysian
folklores namely Puteri Gunung Ledang, Pontianak, Badang, Mahsuri and Naga Tasik
Chini.
The portal will also offer Ozura’s multiplayer game, “The Duel Online”. Another
five multiplayer games are slated for release soon.
Maxis Head of Games & Entertainment, Kee Saik Meng said, “MaxGames is taking
mobile gaming in Malaysia to another level, offering customers a one-stop portal
which is user-friendly, packed with action, and constantly updated with the latest
single and multiplayer games. Services are kept affordable and all traffic charges
within the community are waived.”
Victor Jong, Ozura’s Vice President said, “We are excited with the launch of
MaxGames and are confident of a high adoption rate amongst Maxis’ subscribers,
especially for those who has never downloaded any mobile games.
“The tournament games features simple yet addictive gameplay with the aim of
appealing to casual gamers, which represents the largest group of mobile gamers
today. We’re also cognisant that phone model plays an integral part in the accessibility
of content by users and as such, we took great efforts to ensure that mobile games
and content with MaxGames will support a large portion of phone models in the
market today”.
For more information on MaxGames, visit MaxGames’ WAP portal at maxgames.com.my
or Maxis’s Gamezone.
About Maxis Group
The Maxis Group, headquartered in Malaysia with operations in India through subsidiary,
Aircel Limited (“Aircel”), and Indonesia through subsidiary, PT Natrindo Telepon
Seluler (“NTS”), provides services to 11.7 million customers in the region.
Maxis is Malaysia’s top mobile and infotainment provider and the 6th largest
public listed company (based on 30th June 2006’s market capitalization). The company
offers an exciting range of quality and innovative services on its mobile and
broadband infrastructure. Its leadership position is founded on the bedrock of
high quality network and customer services, extensive coverage, superior distribution
and innovative services/ products. Its 2,700 strong workforce is highly committed
to service excellence and innovation.
Aircel, an aspiring pan-Indian player, is the mobile leader in the southern Indian
state of Tamil Nadu and its capital, Chennai. With an aggressive expansion plan
across the subcontinent, Aircel will cover 58% of the Indian population by the
end of 2006. NTS is deploying its network in Jakarta and other key regions on
the Jawa island, and expects to launch its commercial mobile services soon.
For more information, please visit http://www.maxis.com.my/
About Ozura Mobile
Ozura Mobile is a leading international developer and publisher of mobile games
which are distributed to carriers, aggregators, mobile phone manufacturers and
service providers. Ozura’s games are available all over the world through its
distribution network of thousands of partners spanning across 130 countries. It
is expected that the growth of mobile phones supporting these platforms will exceed
one billion units worldwide in 2008. Additional news and information about the
company is available at www.ozura.com
About Nextnation Communication Berhad
Nextnation‚ a mobile application service provider‚ enables businesses and individuals
to access‚ connect‚ and transact across today's complex global mobile networks.
Its core product MINDCEP™ Platform is a mobile multimedia communication platform‚
facilitating and enabling mobile data transmission worldwide using WAP‚ MMS‚ SMS
and Java technologies. MINDCEP™ is connected to some of the largest premium messaging
networks in the world in order to offer a broad range of services from content
distribution to mobile m-commerce and place the company at the forefront of this
rapidly growing messaging market. Additional news and information about the company
is available at www.nextnationnet.com |
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