Aspiro and Agence France Presse (AFP) bring Olympic news to the mobile phone
Aspiro and Agence France Presse (AFP) bring Olympic news to the mobile phone. Prior to the Summer Olympics in Australia this September, Aspiro will be working with Agence France-Presse (AFP) on the launch of a special news service targeted at operators and mobile portals that will allow subscribers to receive the very latest Olympic sports news and results directly in their mobile phone. AFP, one of the world's top three news agencies, will have a big staff of journalists present in Sydney this September to cover every event of the millennium's first Summer Olympic Games. All their reports, stories and results will be accessible 24-hours a day by mobile phone via Aspiro's Olympic Games news application. The service, which will present all information in three languages - English French and Spanish - will be accessible to all mobile phones and devices. The Olympic Games news service will be sold to operators, portals owners and other interested parties from the beginning of July. Reports from the Olympic games will start sending sometime in the beginning of September. The application is expected to deliver some 200,000 Euros in revenues to Aspiro this year. "Aspiro is delighted to be able to deliver Olympic news through the mobile medium. Sports news is one of the most time-critical news there is. For many sports fans this is certain to be a much appreciated service as it will let them stay continually in touch with everything that's happening wherever they may be and whatever time zone they will find themselves in," says Magnus Liljegren, Content Aggregation, Aspiro. For further information, please contact: Magnus Liljegren, Aspiro Content Aggregation, tel: +46 (0)709 91 80 77 Jean-Paul Deloffre, Agency France Press, tel: +33 6809 45457 About Aspiro Aspiro provides mobile applications and services promoting Life in Motion using cutting-edge knowledge and technologies. Aspiro offers operators, content providers and mobile organizations a wide range of solutions, from pre-packaged portal services to industry-specific solutions. Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today an international player in the global mobile Internet market. The Scandinavia-based company has over 170 employees and offices in Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg and USA. Aspiro's business concept, organization and operations are based on many years of experience gained in the mobile telecommunications and IT industries. For further information about Aspiro, please visit www.aspiro.com. About Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse is one of the three worldwide news agencies with 1,200 reporters, 250 photographers and thousands of stringers working out of 165 countries. It distributes a daily average of two million words in six languages, 600 pictures and 80 graphics. AFP's revenues totaled FF1.4 bn in 1999 (euros 213 m) and it plans to accelerate its recent growth in new media markets over the next few years. For further information about Agence France-Presse, please visit www.afp.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/04/20000704BIT00170/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/04/20000704BIT00170/bit0002.pdf