September 16, 2009
Handango
3 Partners With Handango for Smartphone Applications
Handango and 3UK to Bring Premium Apps to Smartphone Customers Directly on Their Devices
Las Colinas, TX – Handango Inc, the leading provider of multi-platform smartphone content globally, and mobile operator, 3, today announced that premier smartphone applications are now available to 3 subscribers. Through this deal, Handango will provide 3 with an on-device application store that supports the Symbian S60 platform.
This represents Handango's first on-device application store partnership with a UK mobile operator furthering both the company's smartphone content leadership position in the market and its European expansion strategy.
'Working with a mobile leader like 3 at a time when smartphone applications are hotter than ever is an exciting opportunity for Handango. We look forward to customizing our application catalogue and bringing our top apps to the UK market,” said Alex Bloom, CEO, Handango. 'Our partnership with 3 is a pivotal one for Handango as we forge ahead with our plan to expand our services across the European marketplace.”
3 customers will be able to access and purchase applications directly from their smartphones through an on-device storefront powered by Handango® InHand™. InHand offers over-the-air downloads of best-in-class applications as well as up-to-date news, weather and stock information via a seamless user experience.
“It’s a great time to be in the smartphone app store marketplace, and we look forward to opening this world up to our customers with Handango,” said David Kerrigan, Head of Internet Services at 3.
About Handango
Handango is the leading provider of smartphone applications globally for the BlackBerry®, Palm®, Windows Mobile®, Symbian OS®, and Linux platforms. Leveraging its 140,000+ apps, network of 23,000+ content partners, and vast distribution network, Handango delivers top-selling mobile applications including games, business and entertainment apps and productivity tools to millions of consumers. Applications can be downloaded via www.handango.com, partner Web sites, SD cards and Handango's proprietary on-device catalog, InHand, the industry's leading content delivery platform that allows consumers to purchase mobile apps directly from their smartphone and download them over the air. Handango's unparalleled content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners including Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, AT&T, SoftBank, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Best Buy, The Carphone Warehouse, and AOL. For more information, visit http://corp.handango.com.
About 3 UK
3 is a communications company focused on bringing the benefits of the internet to mobile communications. We offer attractive pricing and give our customers the widest choice of ways to stay connected at home or abroad. To do this we're building the UK's best high-speed mobile broadband network. 3 UK is a member of the HWL group of 3G companies, which include 3G operations in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Macau and Sweden.
Three facts about 3:
3 launched the UK's first 3G network offering national coverage for calls and texts, and has over 91% population coverage for 3G services. As we consolidate our radio access network with T-Mobile we expect to reach almost complete UK population coverage for 3G by the end of 2010.
3 has over 4.4 million active customers in the UK and over 20 million worldwide.
3 was the first to enable free voice over internet calling with Skype and the first to launch a dedicated Skype mobile phone, the 3 Skypephone.
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