Aspiro signs contracts with two world-leading providers of sports content

Aspiro, supplier of mobile Internet services, has signed contracts with The Sports Network and Sports.com for the delivery of world class sporting content to its new Sports application service for mobile portals. Users will now be able to access the very latest sporting news and results from around the world directly from a WAP phone and other mobile devices.

The addition of USA-based Sports Network and European-based Sports.com to Aspiro's ever-growing list of prestigious content providers for its portfolio of mobile applications is yet further evidence of Aspiro's desire to offer only the best mobile services to customers. With Aspiro's new Sports application, sports fans will have instant access to the latest sporting news, continuous updates, results and other real-time sports information 24-hours a day. The co-operation starts at once and the content will be sold through Aspiro's sports application (alternatively sports.com mobile internet application) and will be marketed towards Aspiro's installed based of customers and to other mobile operators and portals. "These agreements mean that Aspiro can now deliver a depth and breadth of sporting information that is unparalleled anywhere else. The move also highlights Aspiro's strategy of only striking alliances and partnerships with the world's best content providers in their respective fields," says Magnus Liljegren, Head of Aspiro Content Aggregation. "Aspiro's global relationships with mobile operators give Sports.com the potential to maximise our reach and further increase our market leading position in this arena," says Tom Jessiman, Managing Director of Sports.com. For more information, please contact: Magnus Liljegren, Aspiro Content Aggregation, tel: +46 709 91 80 77 Gavin Chittick, C.F.O., Sports.com, Tel: +44 (0) 208 233 7543 Joe Corey, Sales Representative, Sports Network, Tel: +1 215 942 7890 ext. 103