GEOSENTRIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN July 16, 2009 at 09:00
China Unicom chooses GyPSii for 3G Mobile Social Networking in China
GyPSii selected as the premier mobile social network for new UniSpace 3G SNS
service from China Unicom's Shanghai Unicom
GeoSentric Oyj (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V), developers of the award-winning GyPSii
mobile social networking application (www.gypsii.com), today announced its
partnership with China Unicom's Shanghai Unicom, to become the premier mobile
social network solution for its new consumer 3G SNS Service, UniSpace.
From today, more than 5 million Shanghai Unicom customers are able to download
the GyPSii client directly on to their mobile device from the UniSpace website,
http://space.uni-play.net. This roll out will expand to 130 + million
subscribers in China. As part of the GyPSii community, UniSpace members can
immediately start to create “geotagged” content for sharing in “real-time” with
friends, family and the growing global community of GyPSii members.
The content that UniSpace members create becomes true Internet-searchable
destinations and experiences, available for all GyPSii friends and communities
across the globe to immediately find, share and comment on.
“GyPSii's ability to deliver an all-in-one, location-aware mobile social
networking experience is proving extremely popular in China, with people using
the application to create and share content, as well as connect with each other
across a range of networks and devices,” said Mr. Lu Dongliang, Deputy General
Manager of Shanghai Unicom. “With its fast-growing community and unique,
intuitive user experience, GyPSii was the natural choice as a mobile social
networking partner. We expect the new UniSpace offering to play an important
role in driving the success of our 3G Value Added Service.”
GyPSii uses various handset location technologies - including GPS, A-GPS and
cell ID - to allow Shanghai Unicom customers to automatically tag their location
with photos, video, status updates and other information, for sharing their
experiences in real-time.
GyPSii is available for UniSpace customers to use on a wide range of mobile
devices, including Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile phones. Further mobile
platforms will follow shortly.
“After GyPSii and Shanghai Unicom's success working together during the Olympics
in 2008, we are delighted to deepen this important relationship and open up
GyPSii to the wider community of Unicom's millions of subscribers,” said Dan
Harple, Executive Chairman of GyPSii. “Our goal is to have GyPSii on the world's
most popular networks and devices, for mobile consumers worldwide to use and
enjoy in all the world's most popular regions. Shanghai Unicom is an important
and valued partner. Their 3G leadership in China, coupled with GyPSii's seamless
“create, share, connect” model, provides a valuable new mode of communicating
for Shanghai Unicom users. Our partnership truly enables Shanghai Unicom
customers to create a new “people powered index” using GyPSii on their powerful
3G network. We look forward to welcoming UniSpace customers as new GyPSii users,
who will use the application to connect and share their mobile lives with
others. This, in turn, will help Shanghai Unicom to acquire new 3G customers,
retain existing subscribers and importantly boost revenues.”
The GyPSii application is already available worldwide on a wide range of
devices, including the Apple iPhone, Samsung, Nokia, LG and BlackBerry
Smartphones. New users can download the application directly at www.gypsii.com/m
and http://www.gypsii.com.cn/m
About GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii)
GeoSentric's GyPSii is the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application
and geo-mobility social networking platform: connecting people, places and
communities across networks and devices, with patented technologies for the
transfer and publishing of location based information between mobile devices.
Based in Salo, Finland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, GeoSentric operates
offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. GeoSentric is listed on the
Nordic Exchange (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V)). For more information, visit www.gypsii.com
and www.gypsii.com.cn © 2009 GeoSentric. All rights reserved.
The GyPSii related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and
trademarks of GeoSentric and/or its business units. All other brands, product
names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their
respective owners.
About China Unicom
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (“the Company”) was incorporated in Hong Kong
in February 2000 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong on 21 June 2000 and 22 June 2000 respectively. On 1 June
2001, the Company was included as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index.
On 15 October 2008, the Company merged with China Netcom Group corporation (Hong
Kong) Limited.
At present, the Company is engaged in GSM cellular business in 31 provinces,
municipalities and autonomous regions in China, the provision of international
and domestic long distance calls, data and mobile Internet services, and other
related telecommunication value-added businesses.
The Company is also a leading broadband and fixed-line telecommunications
operator in the PRC and provides services in Beijing Municipality, Tianjin
Municipality, Hebei Province, Henan Province, Shandong Province, Liaoning
Province, Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Neimenggu Autonomous Region and
Shanxi Province. The Company provides fixed-line voice and value-added services,
broadband and other Internet-related services, information and communications
technology services, business and data communications services as well as
advertising media services.
Contact for Press:
Becky Kiely / Laura Bryant
CCgroup
Tel: +441189207650
E-mail: gypsii@the-cc-group.com