Cable & Wireless revealed today that bmobile will launch
exclusive handsets pre-loaded with content from Tempo, the new MTV
network launching in the Caribbean next month.
In partnership with Tempo and Motorola, bmobile will offer the v186 handset throughout the Caribbean, as well as the v172 in Jamaica. The handsets come with free pre-loaded Tempo wallpapers and ringtones. "This is an exclusive product that provides access to content representing some of the hottest Caribbean artistes - both legendary, established artists, such as Jimmy Cliff, and rising stars like H2O Phlo," commented Rachelle Franklin, senior vice president, corporate marketing, Cable & Wireless Caribbean. "Our content launch is timed to complement the launch of Tempo. As the Tempo channel and programming grows, so will the content offerings to bmobile customers," continued Franklin.
Said Frederick Morton, "We are very pleased that through our partnership with Cable & Wireless/bmobile, we can further bring Tempo into people's lives through their mobile phones. Providing people with a means for expressing themselves with a ringtone or wallpaper from their favorite artiste is a great way to celebrate the vibrant Caribbean identity we are working to convey with the channel."
Tempo pre-loaded bmobile phones come with exclusive content as follows: -0- All Cable & Wireless/bmobile markets in the Caribbean: ------------------------------------------------------ Motorola v186, in stores in time for Christmas ---------------------------------------------- Price: approximately US$170 --------------------------- Free Wallpapers Free MP3 Ringtones Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall, & Bounty Killer I Produce This - Da Mastamind Doug E. Fresh & Machel Montano: We Not Givin' Up! - "We Not Givin' Up!" Machel Montano H2O Phlo Come Baby - H2O Phlo Lyrical Party Wit U - H2O Phlo Machel Montano Tempo - Luciano Shawn Noel More Gyal - Lyrikal Additionally in Jamaica: ------------------------ Motorola v172, in stores in time for Christmas ---------------------------------------------- Price: J$5,950 (approximately US$98) ------------------------------------ Free Wallpapers Free Classic Polyphonic Ringtones Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall, & Bounty Killer The Harder - Jimmy Cliff Doug E. Fresh & Machel Montano: Legalize It - Peter Tosh "We Not Givin' Up!" H2O Phlo Lyrical Machel Montano Shawn Noel
Customers will be able to access a wide range of ringtones, wallpapers, games, celebrity gossip, music news, and other Tempo content via the Tempo homepage on the bmobile mobile portal, set to launch December of this year.
About Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communications companies. It provides fixed and mobile voice, data, IP (Internet Protocol) and broadband services to business and residential customers, as well as services to other telecoms carriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internet services.
Cable & Wireless' principal operations are in the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to http://www.cw.com.
In partnership with Tempo and Motorola, bmobile will offer the v186 handset throughout the Caribbean, as well as the v172 in Jamaica. The handsets come with free pre-loaded Tempo wallpapers and ringtones. "This is an exclusive product that provides access to content representing some of the hottest Caribbean artistes - both legendary, established artists, such as Jimmy Cliff, and rising stars like H2O Phlo," commented Rachelle Franklin, senior vice president, corporate marketing, Cable & Wireless Caribbean. "Our content launch is timed to complement the launch of Tempo. As the Tempo channel and programming grows, so will the content offerings to bmobile customers," continued Franklin.
Said Frederick Morton, "We are very pleased that through our partnership with Cable & Wireless/bmobile, we can further bring Tempo into people's lives through their mobile phones. Providing people with a means for expressing themselves with a ringtone or wallpaper from their favorite artiste is a great way to celebrate the vibrant Caribbean identity we are working to convey with the channel."
Tempo pre-loaded bmobile phones come with exclusive content as follows: -0- All Cable & Wireless/bmobile markets in the Caribbean: ------------------------------------------------------ Motorola v186, in stores in time for Christmas ---------------------------------------------- Price: approximately US$170 --------------------------- Free Wallpapers Free MP3 Ringtones Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall, & Bounty Killer I Produce This - Da Mastamind Doug E. Fresh & Machel Montano: We Not Givin' Up! - "We Not Givin' Up!" Machel Montano H2O Phlo Come Baby - H2O Phlo Lyrical Party Wit U - H2O Phlo Machel Montano Tempo - Luciano Shawn Noel More Gyal - Lyrikal Additionally in Jamaica: ------------------------ Motorola v172, in stores in time for Christmas ---------------------------------------------- Price: J$5,950 (approximately US$98) ------------------------------------ Free Wallpapers Free Classic Polyphonic Ringtones Beenie Man, Wayne Marshall, & Bounty Killer The Harder - Jimmy Cliff Doug E. Fresh & Machel Montano: Legalize It - Peter Tosh "We Not Givin' Up!" H2O Phlo Lyrical Machel Montano Shawn Noel
Customers will be able to access a wide range of ringtones, wallpapers, games, celebrity gossip, music news, and other Tempo content via the Tempo homepage on the bmobile mobile portal, set to launch December of this year.
About Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communications companies. It provides fixed and mobile voice, data, IP (Internet Protocol) and broadband services to business and residential customers, as well as services to other telecoms carriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internet services.
Cable & Wireless' principal operations are in the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to http://www.cw.com.
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