Mobily & RantNetwork Sign Mobile App Distribution Agreement

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Mobily RantNetwork Sign Mobile App Distribution
Agreement
(1888PressRelease) RantNetwork announces the
signing of a Middle East, North Africa, and Asian
distribution agreement for its COMMUNILATORTM
mobile phone translation application with
Etihad-Etisalat. Bloomsburg, Pa. and Riyadh, KSA
- RantNetwork, developers of translation
applications for Smart Phones and Mobily, the
leading telecom company in Saudi Arabia announced
the signing of an exclusive distribution
agreement for RantNetwork's Communilator Mobile
phone translation app. Communilator is the
world's first mobile phone language translation
application capable of recognizing and
translating foreign text (books, newspapers,
menus, etc.) in 44 languages and dialects
captured with the mobile phone camera of
delivering translations in over 3,000
language-pairs of providing High-Quality (HQ)
Speech for translations in 21 foreign languages
of Voice Recognition for translation input and
of seamless integration with SMS and
email. "This contract represent Mobily's ongoing
effort to maintain leadership in data
applications and services" says Saad Mumen,
Director Digital Media, Mobily.. "RantNetwork has
created a truly innovative app with its
pioneering voice, speech and photo translation
features. Its duel Arabic/English user interface
for the iPhone and iPad is unique in the
marketplace. We look forward to our distribution
partnership with RantNetwork and its impact in
meeting the translation needs of our customers
and the many millions of visitors each year to
Saudi Arabia". "The significance of this
contract for a relatively young company like
RantNetwork cannot be over emphasized. The
customer base, reputation and marketing power of
Mobily and UAE's Etisalat cannot be matched by
any other telecom carrier in that part of the
world" said Kenneth Volet, CEO at RantNetwork.
"The year long
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rigorous procedure to conclude this contract
included a six month US State Department approval
process. The distribution contract covers all of
the Communilator platforms including iPhone,
iPad, BlackBerry and Droid".
About RantNetwork Founded in 2006, RantNetwork,
Inc. has become the Leader in Image and Text
Translation Services for the Global
Communications Market. RantNetwork's early vision
of a mobile application which combines the text
scanner function with machine translation
technology was an industry first. The labors of
that vision have given birth to Communilator, a
"best of breed" solution based on the fusion of
mobile, internet and machine language translation
technologies incorporating the latest voice
synthesizers and photo recognition technology
available. About Mobily Mobily launched its
commercial services to the public on May 25, 2005
and became the first Saudi 3G mobile operator.
The UAE's Etisalat owns 27.46 percent of Mobily's
shares, while the Saudi government and private
investors own the remainder. In 2006, the GSM
World Association described Mobily as the fastest
growing operator in the MENA region. By Q2 2007,
Mobily claimed a 39 market share. In September
2008, Mobily bought Bayanat Al Oula, months after
launching the first unlimited mobile Internet
package that allows subscribers to connect at the
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