WiderThan Launches Ringback Tone Service for Telstra

SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- Telstra, Australia's largest mobile service provider, recently announced that it has launched its 'BigPond Caller Tones', ringback tone service. The service, is powered by WiderThan (NASDAQ:WTHN) a leading provider of mobile entertainment solutions for wireless carriers worldwide and provided to Telstra in partnership with m.Net Corporation Ltd., a local mobile services company.

Telstra customers using the WiderThan ringback tone (RBT) service, can personalize the ringing tone usually heard by people who call them with music, personal messages, humor or other audio clips.  This personalization of the ringback tone can be customized by time of day or for the person calling. BigPond Caller Tones lists more than 1,000 music and other pieces of content in its launch point catalogue and is available to Telstra's nationwide GSM and 3G wireless subscribers.

About WiderThan

WiderThan is a leading provider of integrated mobile entertainment solutions for wireless carriers. Our applications, content and services enable wireless carriers to provide a broad range of mobile entertainment, such as ringback tones, music-on-demand, mobile games, ringtones, messaging and information services, to their subscribers. WiderThan currently provides mobile entertainment solutions to more than 50 wireless carriers in over 25 countries, including SK Telecom in Korea, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T- Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless in the United States, Bharti Airtel in India and Globe Telecom in the Philippines. 

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