Company Press Release:
 
Disney Comes to Reliance Mobile
Mumbai,  June  22,  2006: The exciting world of 3D animation on mobile will now  be  available on Reliance mobile phones. Reliance Communications today announced  its  tie up with Disney the world’s largest family entertainment brand  to  offer  on  Reliance  Mobile World what would be India’s first 3D animation  on  mobile.  There will be a host of other Disney mobile content offerings as well.

Reliance   customers  can  access  sixteen  Disney  animated  video  shots, including  ten  in  3D,  exclusively  made for mobile devices and featuring Disney  characters.   They  also  can  download  other  mobile content with favourite Disney characters in the form of wallpapers, ring-tones, games or comic strips from Disney Zone, created on Reliance Mobile World.

With  World  Cup  Soccer gripping the world over, wallpapers and animations showing  Disney  characters  in  football gear will be an added attraction. Downloads  will  be  priced  at  - Rs.5/- for wallpapers, Rs.10/- for video shorts  downloads,  Rs.5/-  for  animations  and  Rs.10/- for ring-tones on Disney Zone. Games will be charged at Rs.5/- per session.

Mr.   Mark   Handler,  Executive  Vice  President  and  Managing  Director, International,  Walt  Disney  Internet  Group,  said,  “The strength of the Disney brand, combined with our rich content library, allows us to create a new  and  fun  mobile  experience for families in India.  We are pleased to collaborate  with  Reliance  to  bring  to consumers Disney mobile content, anytime, anywhere.”

Mahesh Prasad, President, Application Solutions and Content Group, Reliance Communications,  said, “Reliance Mobile has unparalleled reach with over 10 million  data-enabled  handsets  and  a countrywide high speed data network covering  small  and  big  towns alike.  With Kidz World in Reliance Mobile World,  Reliance pioneered edutainment on mobile in India. Disney Zone will
raise the bar many notches to give a unique experience”.

“Earlier  this  year,  a game based on Power Rangers, a hit TV show on Toon Disney,  was  launched on Reliance network, which became one of the highest downloaded  games  nearing  700,000”.   With  the launch of a new season of Power Rangers SPD, a completely new game around the show is set to debut on Reliance this month,” added Mr. Prasad.

Rajat  Jain,  Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company (India) said, “Our success  in  these  emerging platforms stems from the strengths of Disney’s major  brands  and  franchises,  which  have  been leveraged and brought in through  innovative  and strategically sound ways – positioning the company as  the  leading provider of entertainment and information for the wireless
and  broadband  markets. We are happy to bring our best-in-class content to Reliance Mobile.”

Reliance  World  has  worked  wonders  with  hundreds  of services spanning information, messaging, entertainment, m-commerce with access to rich media content  and  video  clips. Thanks to its wide range of applications it has endeared  itself  to users from all walks of life. Its applications include TV  news  clips,  ball-by-ball cricket scores and other information, latest movie  clips,  city  and  TV  guides,  railway  reservations, banking, bill payment, and examination results.
 



About Reliance Communications
Reliance  Communications,  a  member  of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group    (Reliance    ADA    Group),   is   India's   foremost   integrated telecommunications  company  with over 21 million Indian and 500,000 global individual  consumers. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 600  Indian  and  250  multinational corporations, and – through subsidiary FLAG Telecom - over 200 global carriers.

The  company  has  a  pan-Indian, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline),  convergent  (voice,  data  and  video)  digital network that is capable  of  supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain.

About Walt Disney Internet Group
Walt  Disney  Internet Group (WDIG) provides strategic leadership, business execution  support  and  a world-class technology platform for all the Walt Disney  Company  (NYSE:DIS) Internet properties, including category leaders ESPN.com  and  ABCNEWS.com,  and  directly  operates  Disney.com worldwide, FamilyFun.com,  Movies.com and Disney Mobile. A market leader in developing and  distributing entertainment and informational content to new platforms, WDIG  is  committed  to  creating  and  delivering  products  for broadband distribution,  including:  ABC  News  On  Demand, a subscription video news service  that  offers the Internet's first 24-hour, live Internet-only news channel and top ABC News programs for on demand viewing; Disney Connection;
and  WDIG  Motion,  a  proprietary  video  technology  for broadband users. Through  relationships  with some of the world's largest wireless carriers, WDIG  distributes  content  and services to wireless users under the Disney brand. Additionally, WDIG has led the way in developing interactive content for televised programming through its Enhanced TV service.