Contec Innovations Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BUZ), a global mobile services provider, today announced that The Associated Press (AP), the largest and oldest news organization in the world, has joined the BUZmob Mobile Media Network to expand on the availability of its global news content to mobile audiences worldwide. As a content provider in BUZmob, AP's global and multilingual news is now available as licensable mobile content channels to mobile operators and services providers to create value added service offerings.
Don Lay, President & CEO of Contec, shared, "In the world of news, AP is an undisputed leader for the depth and quality of its news coverage. BUZmob mobilizes AP news for consumption by the wide variety of handsets in use in the fastest growing mobile markets that are for the most part developing nations. Mobile phone users in developing nations now make up 58 percent of handset subscribers worldwide."
The BUZmob Mobile Media Network has more than 200 media sources, news agencies and newswire service providers mobilizing content channels of current news, sports, finance, business, weather, entertainment and user-generated content.
Commenting on BUZmob, Ted Mendelsohn, AP's director of new media markets, said, "Joining BUZmob enables us to further our goal of extending the availability of AP's news content to mobile audiences globally."
About BUZmob
BUZmob provides a comprehensive resource of multilingual, global and local, news, sports and entertainment content channels from the world's top media providers. Partnership opportunities are available to media publishers, mobile operators and value-added service providers, advertising networks, mobile search providers and global brands. For more information on partnering in BUZmob visit www.contec.ca or call Oren Friedman at +1.604.552.0360.
About Contec Innovations
We are innovators in mobile technology and services. Our BUZmob Mobile Media Network enables mobile operators, media publishers and service providers to generate new revenue from dynamic content services that engage with mobile audiences worldwide. Contec Innovations (TSX VENTURE:BUZ) has the largest portfolio of "live" news, sports, entertainment and finance mobile content channels delivered as a managed service. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Contec has a sales and support office in Beijing, China. For more information: www.contec.ca.