LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Artificial Life, Inc., (OTC BB: ALIF), ( http://www.artificial-li... ), today signed a partnership agreement with China Unicom, one of the largest telecom operators in China, to launch a wide selection of Java mobile games as an extension to their value-added services (VAS) in collaboration with their subsidiary, China Unicom SK Telecom.
China Unicom has subsidiaries in 31 provinces across China and serves 133 million GSM subscribers. It is the only Chinese telecom operator listed on the stock exchanges of New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai. China Unicom SK Telecom, a sister company of China Unicom, is responsible to handle all VAS contents including mobile news, premium ringtones, emoticons for short message service (SMS), mobile games, WAP VAS, as well as applications on the Apple iPhone.
Through the collaboration, Artificial Life makes its first official mobile game launch in the Chinese market with five Java titles: Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the official mobile game for the international plane racing event; and four more branded titles targeting the teenage audience that are based on the hugely popular TV shows from Taiwan, Blackie's Teenage Club and Lollipop. Over the course of the next several months, Artificial Life will follow up this initial launch with many more mobile game titles for many devices including the iPhone.
Further information about the many mobile game titles and other products by Artificial Life can be found at the company's m-commerce portal: February 10, 2009. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.
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