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Flycell lanza servicio de contenido móvil en Argentina

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Flycell aumenta presencia en América del Sur con el lanzamiento del mayor catálogo de contenido móvil online en Argentina

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Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), un proveedor líder de contenido de entretenimiento móvil y online, anunció hoy el lanzamiento de una nueva edición de su portal especialmente diseñado para el mercado argentino. Argentina es el noveno país en tener su propia versión del galardonado servicio de contenido móvil. El portal, hoy en vivo en, www.flycell.com.ar, presenta uno de los mejores y más emocionantes contenidos móviles de entretenimiento.

Argentina, considerada como uno de los mercados móviles más dinámicos en América del Sur, cuenta con cerca de 50 millones de suscriptores y un índice de adopción móvil sobre el 110 por ciento. Los operadores móviles del país tuvieron éxito implementando conectividad 3G de alta velocidad en las 23 provincias, convirtiéndolo en uno de los mercados móviles más sofisticados en la región.

Flycell hoy ofrece a los usuarios móviles en Argentina los tonos de sonido más novedosos del momento, así como emocionantes nuevos fondos de pantalla, juegos, aplicaciones y otros medios móviles de los editores móviles más populares del mundo actual. El nuevo portal Flycell es una fuente única de servicio integral para los usuarios móviles en Argentina, ofreciéndoles todo lo que necesitan para personalizar sus teléfonos celulares con lo último en medios y entretenimiento móvil, todo en un solo portal online fácil de usar. El servicio de Flycell funciona en prácticamente todo teléfono móvil y con toda portadora a través de Argentina.

“2009 fue el año de mayor éxito en la historia de Flycell y 2010 arrancó con un gran comienzo con el lanzamiento al mercado móvil tan dinámico de Argentina”, dijo Alberto Montesi, CEO de Flycell. “Por ser uno de los mercados móviles de más rápido crecimiento, América del Sur es una región muy importante para Flycell, donde buscamos expandir nuestros servicios más adelante en 2010 y en el futuro. Flycell, además de ofrecer sus servicios en nuevos países, añadirá servicios únicos e especiales para cada país en los que opera”.

Flycell ofrece entretenimiento móvil y personalización sobre la marcha para sus clientes en todo el mundo. Ya sea tonos de sonido, fondos de pantalla, aplicaciones o juegos, todo lo que los usuarios en Argentina necesitan para su estilo de vida móvil personalizado está disponible en le portal de Flycell, www.flycell.com.ar.

Acerca de Flycell
Flycell, Inc. es un destino líder de medios y entretenimiento móvil y online. Flycell permite que las personas de toda condición social personalicen sus teléfonos con el contenido móvil que refleja sus preferencias únicas en entretenimiento, deportes, juegos y más. La empresa se asocia con compañías de medios y operadores de redes móviles mundiales que utilizan las aplicaciones y servicios multimedia de vanguardia de Flycell. Flycell, con sede en Nueva York, N.Y., y lanzada en 2004, es una filial de propiedad integral de la empresa de servicios de telefonía móvil, Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

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Flycell Launches Mobile Content Service in Argentina

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Flycell Grows South American Presence by Bringing the Largest Online Catalog of Mobile Content to Argentina

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Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced availability of a new edition of its portal created especially for the Argentinean market. Argentina is the ninth country to gain its own version of the award-winning mobile content service. The website, now live at www.flycell.com.ar, features some of the best and most exciting mobile entertainment content.

Considered one of the most dynamic mobile markets in South America, Argentina has nearly 50 million subscribers and a mobile adoption rate above 110 percent. The country’s mobile operators have succeeded in bringing high speed 3G connectivity to all 23 provinces, making it one of the most sophisticated mobile markets in the region.

Flycell now brings mobile Argentinean consumers today’s hottest ringtones as well as exciting new wallpapers, games, applications and other mobile media from today’s most popular mobile publishers. The new Flycell website serves as a one-stop-shop for Argentina’s mobile subscribers, offering them everything they need to personalize their cell phones with the latest in mobile media and entertainment, all in one easy-to-use online portal. Flycell’s service works on virtually every mobile phone and with every carrier throughout Argentina.

“2009 was the most successful year in Flycell’s history, and 2010 is off to a great start with our launch into the vibrant Argentinean mobile market,” said Flycell CEO, Alberto Montesi. “Because it is one of the fastest growing mobile markets, South America is a very important region to Flycell, where we will be looking to expand our service further in 2010 and beyond. Not only will Flycell be offering our service in new countries, we will be adding new services that are unique and special to each country in which we operate.”

Flycell delivers mobile entertainment and personalization on the fly to customers all across the globe. Whether it is ringtones, wallpapers, applications or games, everything people in Argentina need for their personalized mobile lifestyle is available on the Flycell website, www.flycell.com.ar.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

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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.

Mobile Star Award WinnerThe Mobile Star Awards recognize the top mobile products, success stories and visionaries as chosen by thousands of readers of technology news portal MobileVillage’s Go Mobile™ newsletter. The SUPERSTAR award is the highest honor given to Mobile Star Award winners.

The Mobile Star Visionary award is the latest achievement for Montesi, who earned a place on the Silicon Alley 100 list, was recently a finalist for Executive of the Year in the 2009 International Business Awards℠, and was honored as one of Mobile Entertainment’s Top 50 Executives the past two years running.

“These awards and Flycell’s overall success in 2009 have all been a truly impressive team effort with every member of our company contributing,” said Montesi. “I personally would like to thank Flycell employees for their contributions to our exceptional growth, both here in the US as well as internationally, at a time when many of our competitors are buckling under the pressure of the failing global economy.”

Montesi was specifically recognized for his leadership and vision, guiding Flycell through four years of uninterrupted growth, including impressive double digit growth in each quarter of 2009, despite the poor economy. He attributes his company’s success to its ability to stay ahead of industry trends, make wise customer acquisition choices, and create and deliver the mobile and digital entertainment customers are demanding in an easy to use and efficient way.

Flycell‘s 2009 earnings are running more than 80 percent over the company’s earnings in 2008. Last year the company took in $75 million. For the first three quarters of 2009 the company has already eclipsed $100 million.

“Montesi’s success in staying one step ahead of mobile and digital entertainment trends, with a service consumers are willing to pay for, is a perfect example of the kind of visionary the Mobile Star Awards seek to honor,” said Gary Thayer, editor of MobileVillage. “We applaud Mr. Montesi and Flycell for being selected by their industry peers for these two awards and look forward to seeing what Flycell will bring to consumers in 2010.”

For more information on the Mobile Star Awards, or to view a list of categories and winners, visit www.MobileVillage.com.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.
Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless technology in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through “Best of Breed” solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, industry job postings, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile™ newsletter, a Mobile Mentors™ program, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. Visit MobileVillage online at www.MobileVillage.com.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

MobileVillage®, the Mobile Star Awards™, and Go Mobile™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

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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.

Flycell’s parent company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO) reported Flycell took in over $43 million in revenue in Q3 2009 as compared to $23 million earned in Q3 2008. Last quarter Flycell reported $39 million in revenue, giving the company revenue of $103 million for the first three quarters of 2009. Flycell reported 75 million in 2008. With revenues for the first three quarters of 2009 already more than 37 percent over the annual total for 2008, Flycell continues to be a growing and profitable enterprise.

In its report for the quarter ending September 30, Flycell’s parent company Acotel, stated its “earnings revenue of €39,112 thousand marks a 67 percent increase on the third quarter of 2008, reflecting the positive performances achieved primarily by Flycell, Inc.”


  Q2 Q3 Fiscal Year
2009 Flycell Revenue ($Millions) $39 $43 $103 YTD*
2008 Flycell Revenue ($Millions) $19 $23 $75
Percentage increase 2009 over 2008 105% 87%  

* Represents financial data from January 1 to September 30, 2009, the first
three quarters of the fiscal year


Flycell’s consistently strong quarterly growth throughout 2009 in the face of a global economic recession continues to prove the mobile entertainment industry is a hot sector.

“Despite the continued economic challenges, Flycell continued to grow the customer base that came to us for our increasingly diversified digital entertainment product and service catalog,” said Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell. “New products, particularly our SMS text messaging based games, are gaining in popularity. Flycell is also busy building out new international markets.”

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

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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

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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.

Flycell’s parent company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO) reported Flycell took in just over $37 million in revenue in Q2 2009 as compared to $19 million earned in Q2 2008. Last quarter Flycell reported $23 million in revenue giving the company H1 2009 revenue of $60.5 million. Acotel reported Flycell earned $75 million in 2008. With revenues for the first six months of 2009 already above 80 percent of the annual total for 2008, Flycell continues to be a growing and profitable enterprise.


  Q1 Q2 H1 Fiscal Year
2009 Flycell Revenue ($Millions) $23 $37 $60 $60 YTD*
2008 Flycell Revenue ($Millions) $14 $19 $33 $75
Percentage increase 2009 over 2008 64% 95% 83%  

* Represents financial data from January 1 to June 30, 2009, the first six months of the fiscal year


Despite an ailing global economy, Flycell continues to buck the downward financial trend with 60 percent growth from Q1 to Q2 2009; Q2 2009 represents a dramatic 95 percent increase over Q2 2008, proving the mobile entertainment industry is a hot sector.

“We couldn’t be happier with our Q2 results, especially given the tough economic climate,” said Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell. “This kind of growth would be impressive in any market, so given the current state of the economy, we are particularly gratified to be expanding, gaining new customers and increasing our revenue. We are seeing that the low price point of mobile content is especially attractive as more and more people are using their mobile phones as their entertainment hub and personalizing them with ringtones, games and applications.”

Ringtones continue to be the most popular mobile content beyond text messaging and email. During the last quarter Flycell expanded into other areas of mobile entertainment, including a new SMS-based low bid auction game called Bid Hunter and a text messaging based quiz game called SMS Love. Flycell plans to further expand its offerings this year as it keeps a finger on the pulse of consumer interests and industry trends.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

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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

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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.

Nicknamed the Stevie® for the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented to honorees at a gala dinner on Monday, September 14 in the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

Organizations all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards. This year’s honorees were selected from more than 1,700 entries received from organizations and individuals in more than 30 countries.

Stevie Finalist LogoMontesi was recognized as a finalist for Executive of the Year for leading his international team at Flycell to create a digital entertainment service that is responsive to the consumer’s desires and needs, while staying at the forefront of technology innovations and trends in the space.

With Montesi’s guidance and expertise, Flycell has achieved profitability at a time when many companies in the digital entertainment sector are struggling to stay afloat. Despite the faltering economy, Flycell has experienced quarter over quarter growth, with revenue for the first half of 2009 nearly equal to revenues from all of 2008.

“Being named a finalist for a Stevie Award is an honor for me personally, but more importantly, is a testament to the continued success of Flycell,” Montesi said. “The Flycell team is focused on creating and delivering the cutting-edge mobile and digital entertainment customers are demanding. We have experienced exceptional growth, especially thus far in 2009. It’s undoubtedly been the collective effort of our entire company that I’m most proud of, and I applaud the whole Flycell global team for our success.”

Members of the Awards’ Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected International Stevie winners from among the Finalists, which were determined by volunteer judges around the world during two months of preliminary judging.

“Despite the harsh economic climate, entries to the IBAs actually grew a bit this year, and that illustrates the increasing importance of The International Business Awards worldwide,” said Michael Gallagher, president of The Stevie Awards, presenters of the IBAs. “We congratulate all of the honorees, and we look forward to recognizing them for their achievements at our gala awards dinner in New York on September 14.”

Complete lists of honorees and other details are available at www.stevieawards.com/iba.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New ork, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

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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

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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.

With the first week of the NFL Preseason kicking off August 13, Flycell’s Sports Alerts give football fans an easy way to keep up on the scores for their favorite teams with mobile text alerts delivered right to their phones. A premium SMS alert subscription service, Sports Alerts sends any number of in-game or final score updates for a user’s selected team(s) direct to their mobile phone. Sports Alerts is just one of the many Flycell offerings that can be selected using credits from a $9.99/month Flycell ClubPack subscription. Did the 49ers crush the Raiders in the Battle of the Bay? Did “da Bears” defeat the Giants? Find out with Sports Alerts from Flycell.com.

“Sports Alerts is a quick and fun way to get the latest information on your favorite teams even if you can’t be there in person,” says Lindsey Weinger, VP Web Experience at Flycell. “Fans get their selected team’s final scores delivered in real-time, right to their mobile phone. And with the option for in-game score alerts, fans can always be in the know on any scoring action, as soon as it happens.”

In addition to keeping up on the latest NFL scores, Flycell’s Sports Alerts allows fans to track and receive mobile text alerts for many other professional and college sports teams, including: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Football and Basketball.

How to use Sports Alerts

Anyone can visit http://www.flycell.com/sports-alerts/ to get started with Sports Alerts. Simply go to the Sports Alert page, select your sport and team, and opt-in to the Sports Alerts service. Fans will receive a text message with their personalized PIN code to confirm their subscription. With a Sports Alert subscription fans can receive as many different team updates as they want.

Flycell Clubpack subscribers get the Sports Alerts service for only two credits. For just $9.99/month Flycell ClubPack subscribers receive 10 credits/per month to spend on cool mobile downloads, like ringtones and wallpapers, and other fun mobile products like games and applications.

Once a fan is subscribed, they can text HELP to 69999 to get help and text STOP to unsubscribe to Sports Alerts.
Visit http://www.flycell.com/sports-alerts/ to follow your favorite team today.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New ork, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

Flycell and Flycell Sports Alerts are trademarks of Flycell, Inc. All other referenced product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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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

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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.

With SMS Love, Flycell brings fun quizzes to your mobile phone that you can play from anywhere, anytime you want. With three sizzling quiz categories to choose from including Love & Relationships, Bedroom Behavior, and Personality, SMS Love offers something for everyone. For the hottest cure for boredom or blues, give SMS Love a try today at http://www.flycell.com/how-hot-are-you.

Flycell’s SMS Love is a premium SMS alert service that sends you fun love, sex, and personality quizzes on a weekly basis. For $9.99/month SMS Love subscribers can play as many quizzes as they want and receive personalized quiz results based on their individual answers and demographic information.

“We designed SMS Love as a sexy and fun way to pass time using your mobile phone,” says Flycell founder and CEO, Alberto Montesi. “Players get their personalized quiz results sent directly to their mobile phone, so they always have something fun and interactive, right at their fingertips. Based on players’ quiz selection and results, SMS Love recommends additional quizzes to take, and players can retake quizzes as many times as they like.”

Because maybe you don’t know the REAL you

Mobile quizzes are a great way for people to look at themselves objectively, and learn things about themselves they might not have known. Flycell’s SMS Love quizzes ask all the right questions to get to the heart of issues like “Are you addicted to love?”, “What’s your break-up style?”, and “Are you seductive?” because really, who doesn’t want to know?

How hot are you? Ask SMS Love

Are you Romantic? Seductive? A Star? Take an SMS Love Quiz and find out now. Are you not safe to touch without oven mitts? Are you so smokin’ you make fire stop, drop, and roll? Are you so hot you get blamed for global warming? Do you often notice that the pavement is melting around you? If you answered yes to any of these questions but still wonder “Am I hot?” then SMS Love has the answer for you!

How to play SMS Love

Anyone can visit http://www.flycell.com/how-hot-are-you to get started with SMS Love today. Simply go to the SMS Love “How Hot Are You?” starting quiz, complete the questions, and opt-in to the SMS Love service to get personalized results sent to a mobile phone. Players will receive a text message with their personalized PIN code to confirm their subscription.

Once a player is subscribed, they can text QUIZ to 69999 to get a list of the top active quizzes, text QUIZ INFO to get a description of SMS Love, text HOW2 to get a list of keywords on how to play, text LAST to retake the last quiz they took, text NEXT to get the next quiz in their most recently selected category, text HELP QUIZ to learn more about SMS Love rates and message charges, and text STOP to unsubscribe to SMS Love.

With an SMS Love subscription players can take any of the SMS Love quizzes from their mobile phone at any time. Their personalized quiz results and recommendations for new quizzes to take will always be sent to their mobile phone.

Visit http://www.flycell.com/how-hot-are-you to get started playing Flycell’s SMS Love today.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: www.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

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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.

Mobile entertainment industry forecasts cited reduced discretionary spending for services, specifically singling out ringtones, leading to a decline in mobile content and entertainment revenues. However, Flycell founder and CEO, Alberto Montesi, sees a different trend impacting his company.

“Many of the hurdles to mass adoption of mobile content have been significantly reduced,” said Montesi. “Over the last year in particular, people have discovered that they can use their mobile phone for more than just calls and text messages. More capable phones increase people’s desire to personalize their devices with ringtones, games and applications. Despite the faltering economy, the low price point has made mobile entertainment an appealing purchase, as demonstrated by our financial performance.”

Ringtones continue to be the most popular mobile content beyond SMS. With its continued success, Flycell plans to expand into other areas of mobile and digital entertainment later this year.

“One of the keys to our success is our business model,” continued Montesi. “We find that people don’t want to be charged every time they download a ringtone, game or song. Flycell charges a flat subscription fee, covering lots of different types of mobile content that can work on the widest variety of mobile phones. People want this ‘volume without restrictions’ approach.”

“We seem to be recession-proof,” said Montesi. “While many of our competitors are requiring infusions of cash in order to stay in business, Flycell will grow with new services and expand into new countries on our own steam.”

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New ork, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

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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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Lindsey Weinger, Vice President of Web Experience at Flycell

“As the consumption of mobile entertainment continues to grow, Flycell is meeting the demands of our Spanish speaking customers and serving an ever broader audience with popular Latin-specific content including the most current ringtones and mobile media from artists like Enrique Iglesias, Luis Fonsi, Jenni Rivera, and Grupo Montez de Durango. What better time to introduce our Spanish-language offering than during the month dedicated to celebrating Hispanic heritage and culture?”

Skander Goucha, Vice President of Digital for Universal Music Latin Entertainment

“Latin Music remains one of the industry’s fastest growing and most dynamic genres, and we are committed to expanding the marketplace for it even further. Flycell continues to provide a dynamic platform for consumers to enjoy their favorite Latin music while giving our artists another significant online presence that creates an even closer connection with music fans.”

About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group’s record labels include Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records South, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world’s most popular artists and their recordings. UMG’s catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination.  Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more.  The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services.  Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

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