DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC : ROK Continues Deployment Of Soccer Alerts Service Worldwide
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ROK Global PLC : ROK Continues Deployment Of Soccer Alerts Service
Worldwide
08.03.2012 / 09:00
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ROK Continues Deployment Of Soccer Alerts Service Worldwide
The launch of ROK's Soccer Alerts service with Airtel in Zambia marks the
17th such service now live and generating revenue
Thursday 8th March 2012
Ticker Symbol: RKG
WKN: A0YKFS
ROK Global PLC, the UK-based mobile and web technology, applications and
services company, has announced the deployment of its 'Soccer Alerts' SMS
service with Mobile Operator Airtel in Zambia.
This follows the deployments of the Soccer Alerts subscription service in
Malaysia with Mobile Operators Digi, Maxis and Celcom, in Brunei with
DSTcom and b-mobile and in Ghana with Tigo - which were announced in
September - and are in addition to similar services in operation with
Etisalat and Airtel in Nigeria, with Umniah in Jordan, with Zain and STC in
Saudi Arabia and Etisalat and Du in U.A.E.
Designed to provide near-live updates, news and scores from all the world's
major soccer leagues to subscribers mobile phones via SMS, ROK's Soccer
Alert service is usually charged by the Operator at between USD $0.50c and
$1.00 per week, depending on the market, with ROK receiving a share of
revenue earned.
'ROK has developed several hugely engaging applications for mobile phones
using SMS and WAP technologies which we license to Mobile Operators around
the world' said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman of ROK Global. 'We are
delighted to continue to deploy these services on a global scale, territory
by territory and Operator by Operator.'
Listed on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, ROK Global PLC
was co-founded by US Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and UK-based serial
technology-specialist entrepreneur, Jonathan Kendrick.
In addition to being the co-founder of ROK, John Paul DeJoria is Chairman
and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems, the manufacturer of Paul Mitchell
hair care products and is also co-founder of Patron Tequila, the world's
leading premium tequila brand.
ROK has pioneered many new technologies in the rapidly-evolving mobile and
web space including high quality mass-market Mobile TV (which can be
streamed, live and on-demand, over mass-market 2.5G as well as 3G and
Wi-Fi), as well as mobile security technologies and multi-language
text-to-speech technologies.
More information: www.rokglobal.com
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