SKYROCK Radio Network takes on MNC for chat sms
Lausanne/Paris (ots)
- MNC the Mobile Services and applications provider has the pleasure to announce that SKYROCK - the number one Rap Radio in the world - has selected MNC for the provisioning of its chat and community based sms services.
MNC has been an active player on the mobile solution market since 1998. There are more than 90 customers currently relying on MNC's solution for their mobile services, among them several radio and television networks in Switzerland. MNC is now pleased to partner with and offer its know-how to one of the most popular radio networks among the young French generation.
"This choice enabled us to benefit from experience of a company that successfully produces SMS Premium services since almost 4 years" indicates Frank Cheneau - Director of SKYROCK's subsidiary in charge of interactive edition. "Throughout the entire process that led us to the launch of this first community service on our SMS service number, we appreciated very much the professionalism, the trustworthiness and the availability of MNC's team. The instant success of the service with over 10'000 subscribers already in the first week comforts us in our optimistic vision of the collaboration".
Edouard Lambelet - CEO of MNC - adds " we are honoured to offer our experience to the millions of SKYROCK listeners and thus allow them to benefit from an access to a new, easy to use, trustworthy and economical community system. With this collaboration, SKYROCK and MNC jointly accept the great challenge of offering their listeners at any time, the mobile community services that are most pertinent and allowing them to strengthen the ties between their listeners and their favourite program." SKYROCK and MNC are connected to the French operators via the infrastructure provided by their partner MOBILEWAY - European leader in the SMS connection.
About SKYROCK RADIO
SKYROCK is issued from the "Free Radio Movement" and is the Radio of the free expression. The Program "Radio Libre" (Free Radio) animated by Difool is the audience leader of all radios in its time slot. SKYROCK the echo of the street culture and of the multicultural dynamic, initiated and remains with its programming of the newest rap and R'n'B, at the heart of the French musical revival. SKYROCK is also now the first Radio-community with its newest SMS and Internet Interactive platform. SkyRock is controlled by its founder Pierre Bellanger, associated to the British Private Equity Investment Fund Morgan Grenfell.
About MNC
Since its creation in 1998 MNC was amongst the first to specialise in the development of SMS and WAP applications in Europe. In particular in 2000, MNC launched the first GSM based automatic location based application, together with the Swiss based mobile operator Sunrise. MNC provides today its business clients a wide range of mobile application and services, enabling them to easily produce and operate community, chat, alert or voting and gaming services. Today MNC is the leader on the Swiss market where its solutions are used by over 90 clients. MNC is pleased to count among its customers; several mobile operators, the majority of the Swiss Internet portals, many press groups, radio and television networks.
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