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Orange Gum signs joint venture agreement with Kyocera Communication Systems and Innovax Systems
New
company to champion wireless content and solutions
in Asia Pacific
3.19
2003
Singapore, 19 March 2003 - Mobile content aggregator Orange Gum Pte Ltd today announced that it has signed an agreement with Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd (KCCS) and Innovax Systems Pte Ltd to form joint venture company Kyocera Communications Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (KCAP).
Based in Singapore, KCAP will provide wireless content and applications, as well as provision of other services such as system, network integration and maintenance, data housing and hosting and other related integration and consultancy services in relation to systems and networks.
"We are extremely delighted with the launch of WebW@lkers - Mobile Internet Content & Data Services for Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. The establishment of our Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore provides strategic access to the region in expanding our operations and technical platform & infrastructure services" said Masafumi Morita, Managing Director of KCAP.
"We are going to work with KCAP very closely to distribute our content such as java games in Singapore and other parts of Asia," said Tan Meng Wee, Deputy Chairman, Orange Gum. "We also believe that we will be co working with KCCS on future wireless system projects for enterprise customers. This is part of our strategy to work with strong partners to expand the wireless market in Asia."
KCAP's WebW@lkers, (www.kcap.net) provides mobile telcos and their subscribers an integral portal with information, content, entertainment and communication services in Singapore and the region. It provides a window to a great lifestyle in real-time with rich colors and sound to various mobile phones. KCAP works with multiple telco operators in Asia Pacific by aggregating leading content providers from Japan and globally and bringing them to market quickly, consistently and efficiently, achieving greater returns on their investments (ROI). WebW@lkers is available to all 3 million subscribers in Singapore, Singtel, MobileOne and Starhub respectively.
KCAP's billing and authentication systems provides efficient content distribution, revenue accounting management and operations. In Japan, KCCS, provides similar services by managing KDDI' s EZ Web portal and its 17.4 million subscribers. KCAP also provides consulting, systems and application development, systems integration and total IT outsourcing services for global enterprises operating in Asia Pacific. As part of the joint venture deal, KCCS is taking a minority stake in Orange Gum as a strategic investor.
About Orange
Gum
In operations since 2000, Orange Gum Pte Ltd (www.orangegum.com)
provides expert mobility enabling services for enterprise
partners, and develops, aggregates and delivers premium
mobile content and wireless Internet services through
mobile carriers to consumers in Asia. Orange Gum aggregates
contents from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines
and the US. It distributes content through its network
of carrier customers which includes China Mobile,
China Unicom, Taiwan Cellular, Chung Hwa Telecom,
Far Eastone, KG Telecom, Mobitai, Trans Asia, CSL,
Hutchison, Smartone, Sunday, Peoples, New World Mobility,
Singtel, Mobileone, Starhub, Globe, Smart, DTAC and
Maxis. Orange Gum' s mobile content delivery platform
m.Ark is being deployed by customers such as NEC,
Kyocera, Samsung and ACCS. The company is headquartered
in Singapore with offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, and
Taipei.
About Kyocera Communication
Systems
Kyocera Communication
Systems (KCCS) is established in Japan since 1995.
It offers IT, hosting, system integration and other
services for large-scale enterprises. Its four divisions
of Information System, Network System, Communication
Engineering and Management Consulting offers multi
dimensional high value solution for customers in the
information and communication sectors. KCCS employs
more than 1200 people worldwide. The company' s sales
for fiscal year 2001 were approximately 53,396 million
yen.
For more
information, refer to http://www.kccs.co.jp
About
Innovax Systems
Innovax
Systems is a leading provider of systems development
and integration of end to end integrated Contact Center
solutions and Web-based applications. Headquartered
in Singapore, Innovax has three offices including
a subsidiary in Japan, and a development center in
Singapore. Innovax's solutions include computer telephony
integration (CTI), Multi-channel contact center management,
customer relationship management (CRM), e-procurement,
backend enterprise system integration and mobile internet
platform solutions. Established in 1998, Innovax's
list of clients include government departments and
Fortune 500 organisations in the Asia Pacific region.
www.innovax.com.sg
Press Contact:
Singapore
Regine Koh, Manager
Orange Gum Pte Ltd
Email : regine.koh@orangegum.com
Office : +65-64428640
Fax : +65-64428643
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