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Flycell CEO Named Most Visionary Consumer Services Executive in 2009 Mobile Star Awards™

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Alberto Montesi wins award for leadership and financial success as Flycell wins Best Consumer Entertainment Service

Flycell

MobileVillage announced today the winners of its 8th annual Mobile Star Awards, awarding Flycell, Inc. CEO Alberto Montesi top honors with the SUPERSTAR award in the Visionary: Consumer Software and Services category. The mobile and online media and entertainment destination also received the top honor by being named SUPERSTAR in the Consumer App: Entertainment or Media Services category, paying tribute to the exceptional year Flycell’s service enjoyed in 2009 under Montesi’s leadership.

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Flycell Quarterly Financial Growth Continues with Most Successful Quarter in Company History

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Third quarter financial shows continued robust growth throughout 2009 despite global economic downturn

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced quarterly financial results citing Q3 2009 as the most successful quarter in the company’s five year history, with an impressive 87 percent increase in revenue over Q3 2008. Despite the economic downturn, Flycell once again reported double-digit growth, including growth in each of its existing countries of operation. Revenue for the first three quarters of 2009 is already a full $23 million more than the results for all of 2008, the most successful full year Flycell has had to date.

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Flycell Reports Best Quarter in Company History

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Q2 2009 numbers mean another earnings milestone for the five year old digital entertainment leader

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced quarterly financial results citing Q2 2009 as the most successful quarter in the company’s five year history. Despite the economic downturn, Flycell again reported double-digit growth, including growth in each of its existing countries of operation. Revenue for the first half of 2009 is almost equal to the results for all of 2008, the most successful full year Flycell has had to date.

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Flycell CEO and Founder Named Finalist in Stevie International Business Awards

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Alberto Montesi recognized as Executive of the Year finalist for 2009 International Stevie

Flycell

Alberto Montesi, CEO of FlycellAlberto Montesi, founder and CEO of Flycell, Inc., a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, has earned a Certificate of Finalist Recognition for Executive of the Year in North America in the 2009 International Business AwardsSM, known as the Stevies. The International Business Awards are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business.

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Flycell Delivers Mobile Sports Alerts to Fans Across America

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

New Flycell Premium Text Service Keeps Football Buffs in the Game with Up-To-The-Minute Alerts on their Favorite NFL Teams

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, is making it easy for football fans everywhere to keep up with their favorite National Football League (NFL) teams with the introduction of Sports Alerts, a premium text alert service. Sports Alerts complements Flycell’s already diverse and growing offering of online and mobile games and quizzes, all available at Flycell.com.

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Flycell’s SMS Love Reveals the Real You; Sexy, Hot and Ultra Personal

Monday, July 13th, 2009

New Flycell Premium Text Service is the Most Fun in Mobile Quizzes

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, is setting out to make mobile quizzes sexy and fun with its new subscription-based premium text service, SMS Love. SMS Love complements Flycell’s already diverse and growing offering of online and mobile games and quizzes, all available at Flycell.com.

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Flycell’s New Bid Hunter Game Brings Interactive Upside-Down Auction Fun to Online and Mobile Players

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

How low can you go and still be unique?  Flycell offers thousands of dollars in prizes for game players with lowest unique bids

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, today announced Bid Hunter, a new strategy game played both online and via mobile phones where players are challenged to come up with the lowest unique guess to win big ticket prizes. Bid Hunter complements Flycell’s already diverse and growing offering of online and mobile games of every genre, all available at Flycell.com.

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Flycell Defies Mobile Content Industry Trends and Reports Growth in Back-to-Back Quarters

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Q1 2009 Results Best Ever in Company’s Four Year History

Flycell

Flycell, Inc., a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced the company has achieved over 60 percent growth comparing Q1 2009 to Q1 2008 and over 25 percent comparing Q1 2009 to Q4 2008. Even as industry analyst firms have forecasted falling mobile content and entertainment revenues as discretionary spending declines due to the current economy, Flycell reported its two best-ever quarters with Q1 2009 being the most successful in the company’s four year history. Flycell’s parent company, Acotel Group (MIL: ACO), reported Flycell earned approximately $75 million in 2008. For Q1 2009 Acotel reports Flycell took in close to $23 million in revenue as compared to $14 million in Q1 2008. Flycell continues to be a profitable enterprise.

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Flycell to Send Lucky VIP to See Duffy Live

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Flycell and The Island Def Jam Music Group Team Up for a Daily Trivia and Music Awards Predictions Contest at Flycell

To gear up for music’s biggest night of the year, The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ), a unit of Universal Music Group, and Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, have teamed up for a promotional contest around the music awards show airing February 8th at 8pm. The promotional contest, open to all Flycell subscribers and visitors, will feature 30 days of music trivia with daily prize packs and an ‘And the Winner Is…’ prediction contest with a grand prize VIP trip for two to see this year’s GRAMMY® nominee for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album, Duffy, in concert at a secret location, including round trip airfare, concert tickets, hotel accommodations, and a jam-packed VIP Duffy goodie bag.

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Universal Music Group (UMG) Joins Flycell to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

UMG to Provide Exclusive Content for New Flycell Website Featuring World’s Leading Latin Artists

  • Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile, online media and entertainment company, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the launch of a Spanish-language version of Flycell.com (http://espanol.flycell.com). 
  • As part of UMG’s preexisting agreement with Flycell, users of the new site will have access to the world’s broadest array of chart-topping Latin music superstars.
  • Content on the new site will feature exciting new Spanish-language mobile products including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from UMG artists. 
  • Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15 and celebrates the contributions to the United States by people of Hispanic origin which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, includes more than 44 million people or one in seven people living in the United States.
  • This new collaboration between UMG and Flycell brings fresh content, including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from artists like RKM and Ken Y, to Flycell’s new Spanish-language site, and features ringtones and other mobile media from today’s most popular Latin artists.
  • With the latest in mobile media and entertainment to personalize cell phones offered all in one place, this new Spanish language website serves as a one-stop-shop for Spanish-speaking customers.
  • Flycell delivers mobile entertainment and personalization on the fly to customers all across the globe. 
  • Whether it is ringtones, wallpapers, themes or games, everything people need for personalized mobile lifestyles is available on the Flycell website, www.flycell.com.
  • To visit the Spanish-language version of Flycell.com and to download exclusive Universal Music ringtones and shout-outs, visit http://espanol.flycell.com.

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