2007'07.02.Mon
KongZhong Corporation Announces Cooperation Agreement with MSN China on Mobile Messenger 3.0
June 29, 2007
BEIJING, June 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- KongZhong
Corporation (Nasdaq: KONG), one of China's leading
providers of wireless value-added services (WVAS) and a
wireless media company providing news, content and mobile
advertising services through its wireless Internet sites,
today announced its agreement to cooperate with MSN Network
Communications Technology Company Limited ("MSN
China"), a Microsoft joint venture in China, on Mobile
Messenger 3.0.
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Under the cooperation agreement with MSN China,
KongZhong will be the sole content provider in China for
the information channel and mobile games channel of Mobile
Messenger 3.0, which is being officially launched in China
on June 29, 2007. Mobile Messenger 3.0 is the mobile phone
version of Microsoft's popular instant-messaging
application, Windows Live Messenger. KongZhong will pay MSN
China a fixed fee per channel. The cooperation period is for
one year.
Mr. Nick Yang, KongZhong's President, said, "This
cooperation agreement is win-win for KongZhong and MSN
China. We operate a leading wireless Internet portal,
Kong.net, and are a leading developer of mobile games. Our
cooperation with MSN China will enable Mobile Messenger 3.0
users to enjoy the first-class information services provided
by Kong.net and experience the top-quality mobile games
developed by KongZhong. We expect that greater
dissemination of our services through Mobile Messenger 3.0,
one of the leaders in its field, will bring increased
traffic to Kong.net."
About KongZhong
KongZhong Corporation is one of China's leading
providers of wireless value-added services and a wireless
media company providing news, content and mobile
advertising services through its wireless Internet sites.
The Company delivers wireless value-added services to
consumers in China through multiple technology platforms
including wireless application protocol (WAP), multimedia
messaging service (MMS), JAVATM, short messaging service
(SMS), interactive voice response (IVR), and color
ring-back tone (CRBT). The Company also operates two
wireless Internet sites, Kong.net and Ko.cn, which enable
users to access media, entertainment and community content
directly from their mobile phones.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements
include, without limitation, statements regarding the
launching of Mobile Messenger 3.0, KongZhong sponsorship of
the Mobile Messenger 3.0 news channel and mobile games
channel, and the prospects for, and benefits of,
cooperation between KongZhong Corporation and MSN China.
Although such statements are based on our own information
and information from other sources we believe to be
reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them.
These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and
actual market trends and our results may differ materially
from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking
statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, competitive
pressure in China's wireless value-added services, wireless
Internet and mobile advertising markets and the effect of
such pressure on prices; changes in technology, consumer
demand and usage preferences in these markets; the state of
and any change in our relationship with China's
telecommunications operators; our dependence on the
networks and billing systems of the telecommunications
operators for our performance; changes in the regulations
or policies of the Ministry of Information Industry or
other relevant government authorities or the
telecommunications operators; and changes in political,
economic, legal and social conditions in China, including
the Chinese government's policies with respect to economic
growth, foreign exchange, foreign investment and entry by
foreign companies into China's telecommunications market.
For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties
and other factors, please see the documents we file from
time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements, which apply only as of the date of this press
release.
For more information, please contact:
Investor Contact:
Sam Sun
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +86-10-8857-6000
Fax: +86-10-8857-5891
Email: ir@kongzhong.com
Media Contact:
Xiaohu Wang
Manager
Tel: +86-10-8857-6000
Fax: +86-10-8857-5900
Email: xiaohu@kongzhong.com
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