Optus, MRN enter into partnership

Mumbai, Sep 11: Optus and Macquarie Radio Network (MRN) have entered into a partnership offering Optus service to 6.4 million mobile customers in Australia, utlising technology from mobile platform provider- OnMobile, a release issued here today said.

OnMobile, the leader in telecom Value Added Services (VAS) was spun out of Infosys Techonologies in 2000. OnMobile offers its proven and successful MMP2500 Multimodal Platform that offers an integrated mobile applications environment integrating SMS, WAP and Voice interactivity.

Angela Clark, CEO, MRN said, ''Our Optus partnership means MRN's diverse range of content for millions of customers Australia-wide.'' Group Director, Chris Lane, Optus Consumer said, ''The partnership with MRN is another step in providing all Optus Mobile customers with a wide range of Lifestyle, sports, news and general entertainment services.'' The content is simple to access, swift and convenient, data connection is not required and customers do not require any special handsets, software or connection technology.

UNI