Popular New Titles Include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bruce Lee, The Mummy and Yahtzee
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2006-- Oasys Mobile, Inc., formerly Summus, Inc. (OTCBB: OYSM), a leading
provider of premium mobile media content, products and services, today
announced a partnership with Selatra, a global distributor of mobile
entertainment content, to offer consumers 600 games for their mobile
phones on OasysMobile.com. With this partnership, OasysMobile.com
offers a broad selection of games in many different categories for
cellphones. Consumers can buy, store and keep their games on
OasysMobile.com even if they upgrade or lose their cellphones.
Visitors to OasysMobile.com can choose from games in the
categories of Sports, Action/Adventure, Fighting, Cards, Puzzles and
many more. Some of the most popular titles include: SuperDoku, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Son of the Mask, Bruce Lee, The Mummy, Air Hockey,
Yahtzee and many more. OasysMobile.com already offers dozens of
popular games, such as UNO(R) Challenge, Texas Hold 'Em by Phil
Hellmuth and Secrets of Hold 'Em with Howard Lederer.
"Oasys Mobile continues to make tremendous strides in growing our
product categories and offering the broadest selection of gaming
options to fit any mobile lifestyle," said Gary Ban, CEO of Oasys
Mobile, Inc. "With fun, exciting games from well-known brands,
OasysMobile.com is the destination for teenagers and young adults to
purchase single and multi-player games and enjoy them beyond the life
of their cellphone."
“This high calibre deal emphasizes Selatra's commitment to
bringing the very best mobile content to an ever-expanding global
audience. We help companies big and small tap into a potential
audience of mobile gamers, which is over 200 million subscribers
worldwide,” said Sean Cronin, CEO of Selatra. “This deal with Oasys
Mobile continues our commitment to offer the highest quality branded
games to our customers in the mobile environment. We are particularly
happy to endorse Oasys Mobile's virtual locker concept, which offers a
cost-saving solution to consumers when changing handsets while
keeping their own portfolio of games available for re-use on the new
mobile phone.”
The mobile game market is big business and continues to grow.
Analysts estimate that revenue from worldwide mobile game sales
surpassed $5 billion worldwide last year and it is estimated to grow
to more than $19 billion by 2009. Recent IDC data shows U.S. revenue
from the sales of mobile games will grow from $600 million in 2005 to
$1.5 billion in 2008.
OasysMobile.com is the first mobile lifestyle portal where
consumers can purchase the latest mobile content - such as games,
ringtones, wallpaper and more - and store them in a virtual “locker.”
The password-protected lockers give consumers a safe place to store
and retrieve their mobile content should they upgrade, lose or break
their handsets. With this partnership, consumers can ensure that their
favorite mobile games are saved in their personal locker and available
to them anywhere, anytime.
Oasys Mobile, Inc. provides consumers with the most unique,
compelling mobile applications and content through its partnerships
with leading content providers such as Selatra. Through its
relationships with mega-brand content partners like Fujifilm, AOL,
Mattel, The Wall Street Journal and nine-time world series of poker
pro Phil Hellmuth, Oasys Mobile, Inc. has developed more than 30
compelling and unique mobile products in the popular categories of
games, personalization, entertainment and messaging. This content is
distributed through OasysMobile.com and through major wireless
carriers and distribution partners worldwide.
As a leading provider of premium mobile content, Oasys Mobile,
Inc. brings titles to market quickly and efficiently using industry
best practices. With the launch of OasysMobile.com, the Company
capitalized on its experience as an award-winning application
developer to reach consumers directly. At OasysMobile.com, products
from Oasys Mobile, Inc. and its partners such as Selatra are available
on all mobile platforms and most of the handset models available
today.
About Selatra
Founded in 2002, Selatra is a global distributor of mobile
entertainment content specializing in JAVA games. Through its
extensive portfolio of games, JAVA download technology and Content
Management System, Selatra offers a complete cost effective gaming
solution to Network Operators and Mobile Content Retailers in over 50
countries round the world.
About Oasys Mobile, Inc.
Oasys Mobile, Inc. (formerly Summus, Inc.) is a leading provider
of premium mobile media content, products and services distributed
through OasysMobile.com and top-tier wireless carriers in the U.S. and
abroad. Oasys Mobile is uniquely positioned to give consumers the
ability to manage their mobile lifestyle by delivering a breadth of
offerings including OasysMobile.com, a leading-edge mobile lifestyle
portal that is changing the way teens and young adults buy, own and
keep their mobile content. Oasys Mobile also develops, publishes and
distributes more than 30 branded mobile applications in all major
categories, from personalization and games to messaging and
entertainment. The Oasys Mobile white-label services give carriers and
content companies access to an exciting new venue which will extend
their mobile offerings off-deck and reach new customers.
Whether it's OasysMobile.com, the branded mobile products or the
white-label service offerings, Oasys Mobile is Wireless Refreshment.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties concerning Oasys Mobile's business,
products and financial results. Actual results may differ materially
from the results predicted. More information about potential risk
factors that could affect our business, products and financial results
is included in Oasys Mobile's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004, and in reports subsequently filed by Oasys
Mobile with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All
documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering
Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Oasys
Mobile's website at www.oasysmobileinc.com. Oasys Mobile hereby
disclaims any obligation to publicly update the information provided
above, including forward-looking statements, to reflect subsequent
events or circumstances.
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their respective owners.
CONTACT: Schwartz Communications
Dawn Sullivan or Lisa Astor
781-684-0770
oasys@schwartz-pr.com
or
For Investors
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
David K. Waldman, 212-838-3777
dwaldman@lhai.com
SOURCE: Oasys Mobile
