London, 30 October 2008: Mobile content retailing specialist FoneStarz Media has signed a distribution deal with 3 Scandinavia as the pictures partner hosting a broad range of imagery content exclusively to customers in Denmark and Sweden. This is the latest in a string of Operator managed services win for FoneStarz, including a deal to host and manage the ringtones service for Vodafone in the UK.
For the first time in Scandinavia, 3 customers in Denmark and Sweden will have access to branded and white label pictures, Flash and themes including content from FoneStarz's expanding portfolio of in-house created imagery. FoneStarz will provide the service in the local language to the 300,000 subscribers from Denmark and 1.1 million subscribers from Sweden.
Dave Moreau, Chief Executive Officer, FoneStarz Media said, "The deal with 3 Scandinavia in Sweden and Denmark marks FoneStarz's first master content provider agreement in Scandinavia, and it is only the beginning of our presence in that region. The partnership will not only enhance the range of content available to 3 Scandinavia's subscribers, but is another step in increasing our content management services around the world."
The deal strengthens the relationship between FoneStarz and H3G, who are now working together in a number of territories including the UK and Ireland.
FoneStarz hosts, manages and publishes multiple content formats for over 2,600 different handset types and currently licenses and aggregates content from more than 150 partners worldwide.
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