BEIJING, Sept. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- KongZhong Corporation
(Nasdaq: KONG), a leading wireless value-added services and wireless media company in China, today announced that Tian Jie Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and operated by the Company, passed China Mobile’s testing and was launched on China Mobile’s Mobile Online Game Platform on September 10.
Tian Jie Online is an MMORPG developed by KongZhong Mammoth, a leading mobile game R&D company acquired by the Company in 2005. The game operates on the "free to play and pay for items" model. Since its open testing in the third quarter of 2007, the game has accumulated over two million registered players.
China Mobile spent about one year developing its Mobile Online Game Platform in order to foster the growth of the mobile online game industry. Tian Jie Online is among the first three mobile online games to be running on China Mobile’s Mobile Online Game Platform. Three Kingdoms Online, another mobile online game developed by the Company, also passed China Mobile’s testing and is expected to be launched on China Mobile’s Mobile Online Game Platform before September 25.
"After the acquisition of KongZhong Mammoth in 2005 and with the open testing of Tian Jie Online in 2007, we have gained a competitive advantage in the mobile online game industry in China," commented by Nick Yang, President of the Company, "We are glad that two of our games passed China Mobile’s testing for its Mobile Online Game Platform. We believe we will further expand our cooperation in mobile online games with telecommunications operators such as China Mobile. We expect our mobile online game business to grow rapidly and become a more significant business line for KongZhong."
About KongZhong:
KongZhong Corporation is a leading wireless value-added services and wireless media company in China. The Company delivers wireless value-added services to consumers in China through multiple technology platforms including wireless application protocol (WAP), multimedia messaging service (MMS), JAVATM, short messaging service (SMS), interactive voice response (IVR), and color ring-back tone (CRBT). The Company also operates three wireless Internet sites, Kong.net, Ko.cn and cn.NBA.com, which enable users to access media, entertainment and community content directly from their mobile phones.
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