PlayFon and Indiagames partners in Russia
Skip contentJune 14, 2005: The leading provider of wireless entertainment PlayFon got exclusive rights for distribution of the games from world-renowned developer Indiagames in the Russian market. The agreement was signed by the top managers of both companies. More than 80 million of Russian subscribers will have a chance to download popular franchises and titles such as “Jurassic Park”, “Mummy”, “Godzilla”, “Spy Kids” and “After Tomorrow” to their handsets.
“Top-quality Java-games are growing increasingly popular in Russia. Impressive sales yielded from the game “Son of the Mask”, for which PlayFon has exclusive rights, demonstrated great prospects of our cooperation with Indiagames. We are sure that Russian users will appreciate the games from Indiagames, which are invariably ranked in top-lists of best mobile applications”, the Head of Mobile Games department Andrey Minakov commented on signing the contract.
Indiagames Ltd. is one of the leading global mobile content publishers. The company is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like Internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles. Indiagames products are compatible with leading platforms like Java™, BREW™, I-Mode™, Flash Lite™ and Symbian™. Indiagames has distribution partnerships across the globe with major mobile operators (Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange, Verizon, and others). The company’s headquarters are located in Mumbai, India. Indiagames’ key investors include TOM Online Inc. and world-famous corporations Cisco Systems, Inc. and Macromedia, Inc.
By signing the contract with India Games PlayFon considerably enlarged its mobile game collection. Currently the provider offers more than 1500 fully licensed gaming applications. The contract with IndiaGames supplemented PlayFon’s portfolio with such popular titles as Jurassic park, The Mummy, Buffy - The Vampire Slayer, Garfield in Dreamland, Predator, The Day After Tomorrow, Son Of The Mask, Bruce Lee. By the end of the year Russian users will be able to reconstruct on the screens of their cell-phones the events from the movies Godzilla, Serenity, Phantom, Spy Kids and Scorpion King.
“PlayFon is one of the leaders in the Russian market, the fastest growing mobile market in Europe. We are very pleased to extend our cooperation with the company so firmly established in this fast-growing market” Vishal Gondal, IndiaGames CEO said.
PlayFon strongly believes cooperation with leading mobile game developers provides a solid foundation for the steady growth and retention of its top position in the Java-segment in the Russian market of wireless entertainment.
About PlayFon
PlayFon, the provider of wireless entertainment offers a wide range of services in Russia, UK, Sweden and Ukraine. PlayFon is a leader of Russian mobile game market (according to SmartMarketing). The company is listed among Top10 Russian content-providers (according to J’son and Partners). Playfon is a part of LCS Group, which is ranked 62nd in top 100 Russian IT-companies (CNews100) and second in the list of fast-growing companies in the Russian IT-market (CNewsFAST).
For more information, please call +7 (095) 785 43 43 or visit us at corp.playfon.ru or www.playfon.ru
About IndiaGames
Indiagames Ltd. is one of the leading global mobile content publishers. Indiagames is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms like internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles. Indiagames products are published across leading platforms like Java™, BREW™, I-Mode™, Flash Lite™ and Symbian™.
Indiagames has its distribution partnerships across the globe with major mobile operators like Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange, Verizon, Sprint, Singtel, Globe, Airtel, Tata Indicom, Alltel, Midwest Wireless, China Mobile , Optus, China Unicom, Hutch, Amena, Telefonica and Cingular-AT&T, to name a few.
For additional information visit www.indiagames.com
