DOTMOBI ADVISORY GROUP (MAG) TO SPEARHEAD GLOBAL OUTREACH FOR “ILOVEMOBILEWEB” CAMPAIGN
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London, England - March 27, 2008 - The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and Bango today announced the successful “ilovemobileweb” (http://www.ilovemobileweb.com) global awareness campaign launched in October 2007 will now be managed, operated and supported by the MAG.With the joint announcement, 25 global ilovemobileweb charter members including Bango, the Mobile Marketing Association, the dotMobi company and Winksite are joined by over 100 MAG members to promote the mobile web as a great place to do business with a common goal of raising awareness of mobile web benefits to consumers around the world. Joining the ilovemobileweb campaign is free; with sponsorship for events, gatherings, publications, memorabilia and outreach programs available to all interested parties. “A whole new generation of consumers are growing up today expecting easy access to the Internet from a mobile phone,” said Anil Malhotra, SVP of Marketing at Bango who created the campaign initiative. “We are very pleased that the MAG community is bringing the ilovemobileweb campaign to the wider business community and consumer audiences globally.” The MAG will officially kick-off its support for the new initiative with an ilovemobileweb party taking place on April 1, 2008 during this year’s CTIA Wireless 2008 event in Las Vegas. The party is open to all MAG members, ilovemobileweb registered supporters and their invited guests. Sponsors for the MAG hosted ilovemobileweb party at CTIA Wireless 2008 include Bango, dotMobi, ooober, Smaato, Medio and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. To join the campaign for free, go to the http://www.ilovemobileweb.com web site to find out more and sign up. The ilovemobileweb campaign will promote industry-wide awareness through events, promotions, publications and even branded memorabilia available for purchase from http://www.cafepress.com/ilovemobileweb. For ilovemobileweb campaign sponsorship and promotional opportunities contact Simi Grosman, MAG Marketing Services, at simi.grosman@advisorygroup.mobi . ### About the dotMobi Advisory Group - http://advisorygroup.mobi The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) is a dotMobi accredited independent not-for-profit industry forum with the goal of ensuring that the dotMobi Top Level Domain (.mobi) is operated in the best interests of the global dotMobi community and the Internet at large. The MAG is a global forum exploring the dotMobi technical style guides and best practices, domain policies and commercialisation initiatives, providing policy advice to dotMobi through the Policy Advisory Board (PAB). The MAG enables its members to keep in touch with market trends and understand, assess, and prioritise the needs of the mobile Internet community. It acts as a vehicle for mobile industry stakeholders to network and voice their opinions and ideas for the betterment of the mobile web experience. For more information and to join the MAG, go to http://advisorygroup.mobi Through Bango’s global exchange, content providers see all users as a unified global community. Users easily discover and access the widest range of content and the world’s leading mobile operator’s partner with Bango to give their subscribers the widest choice. Billing providers, search engines and advertisers are automatically connected to content providers in Bango’s global exchange. Bango has offices in USA, UK, Spain and Germany and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM:BGO). Learn more at http://www.bango.com For further information, please contact: Bango: Laurie Riedman |