REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and MIDEM, CANNES, France, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc. Nasdaq: OPWV), and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, today announced at MIDEM 2007 an exclusive arrangement with SonyBMG for the new ringtone of Shakira's unreleased, "Pure Intuition." Exclusive distribution coincides with the launch of her 2007 Shakira "Oral Fixation" European tour on January 25. The ringtone, ringback tone and full track will be sold through Musiwave operator partners worldwide and through Musiwave-branded online portals. An end-to-end service provider, Musiwave offers mobile operators hosted content, programming, and innovative content exclusives.
"We are delighted to be again working with SONY BMG to bring the hottest exclusive offers to our customers," said Albin Serviant, senior director of marketing for Musiwave. "Our ability to provide our customers with exclusive access to exciting new content like the "Pure Intuition" ringtone speaks to the strength of our relationships with labels like SonyBMG and bring value not only to the label but the artist and our operator partners as well."
Musiwave provides mobile music entertainment services to over 35 mobile operators in 25 countries including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Orange, SFR, TELUS and Amena. Musiwave's current roster of products includes Music on Demand Service (MODS(TM)), a full track mobile music subscription offering which allows fast, full-length secure downloads of music directly to 3G mobile devices; Smart Radio, an interactive and personalized streaming radio solution; and Music Wizard(TM), which enables users to identify a song in just a few seconds using their mobile phone.
About Musiwave and Openwave
Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc. Nasdaq: OPWV), is a leading provider of mobile music entertainment solutions, including software, marketing and content management, to operators and media companies worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.musiwave.net/. Openwave Systems Inc. is the leading independent provider of software solutions that ignite mobility for the communications and media industries. Openwave empowers its customers to rapidly transform their business by sparking new revenue streams and market opportunities, building loyal subscriber communities and reducing operational costs. Openwave's broad range of IP-based handset-to- network solutions enable the rapid launch of information, communication and entertainment services across networks and devices and include handset software, content delivery, adaptive messaging, location, music and video services. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit http://www.openwave.com/.
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