DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC: America Movil Promotes ROK Powered Mobile TV Service via RIM in Mexico and Dominican Republic
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ROK Global PLC: America Movil Promotes ROK Powered Mobile TV Service
via RIM in Mexico and Dominican Republic
14.12.2011 / 11:23
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America Movil Promotes ROK Powered Mobile TV Service via RIM in Mexico and
Dominican Republic
- ROK provides Mobile TV services to 11 America Movil Operators Across
Central America
Ticker Symbol: RKG
WKN: A0YKFS
London, 14th December 2011 - ROK Global PLC, the mobile and web technology,
applications and services company, has announced its Mobile TV service
which it provides to America Movil Operators in Mexico, the Dominican
Republic, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guatemala, Nicaragua
and El Salvador and Honduras, is receiving a major promotional boost with
the service being promoted by Research In Motion (RIM) to those subscribers
in Mexico and the Dominican Republic with compatible BlackBerry(R)
handsets.
The ROK TV service in other America Movil territories such as Colombia and
Peru will be promoted in a similar fashion by America Movil and RIM
beginning next month.
Offering an average of 10 TV channels per service, covering news, sports,
music and entertainment, the ROK-powered Mobile TV services are available
for a monthly subscription fee of between USD $6.00 and $10.00 with daily
and weekly payment options also available to subscribers.
'ROK TV technology is unique as it enables the streaming of high quality
live and on-demand TV to more than 150 compatible mobile phones over
existing mobile networks' said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK
Global. 'We are delighted with the success of the ROK-powered Mobile TV
services we have provided to 11 America Movil Operators to date and are
pleased to see RIM getting behind the service with this latest promotion.'
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 producer and 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 in addition to high quality mass-market Mobile TV (which can be
streamed, live and on-demand, over 2.5G GPRS as well as 3G and Wi-Fi), to
include mobile security technologies which it licenses to law enforcement
agencies and multi-language text-to-speech technologies as well as the
highly innovative 'JP Selects' e-commerce portal for eco-friendly and
sustainable brands and products.
Mexico-based America Movil have 16 operating companies across Central and
Southern America with a combined total of 250 million subscribers.
For more information:
www.rokglobal.com
irgermany(at)rokglobal.com
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subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward- looking statements,
including, but not limited to, certain delays beyond the company's control
with respect to market acceptance of new technologies or products, delays
in testing and evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time
to time.
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