Orange Denmark chose Sumea's Java games

Finnish mobile entertainment powerhouse Sumea now has four mobile Java games available through Orange Denmark (DK). The games are Racing Fever, Zoy's Rescue, Staqqer and Amoebas.

Orange is yet another impressive addition to Sumea's customer base. Orange DK wanted to test the Danish mobile telephone market with quality Java applications and Sumea matched their high expectations. People at Orange DK were very much aware that the customer's first encounter with a new technology must be a positive one.

"From day one we were thrilled by the quality of the games Sumea provided. The design was of a very high quality, user-friendly, and the games themselves very intuitive to play", says Product Manager Tomas Volf from Orange DK.

At present, the deal consists of four distinct games. Racing Fever is a street racing game and is so far the most popular game in Sumea's product portfolio. There is also a lot of action in Zoy's Rescue Mission — an adventure game where one must save the juniors that have crash-landed on Iceplanet. Staqqer and Amoabas are aimed at those who look for more intellectually stimulating recreational activities. Both games are unique brainteasers and are reminiscent of old PC favourites like Tetris.

The market is now stuffed with mobile Java Games, but only a handful of applications stand out in the crowd. In this kind of environment, Sumea's dedication to create quality entertainment has been well received. Like most of Sumea's customers, Orange is looking forward to add more of Sumea's games to its service offering.

"For Sumea the past few months have been hectic. It's been great to see that our global customers seem to share the same values that we have for mobile games. In the future we aim to foster our position as a company that sets the (industry) standards", promises Ilkka Paananen, CEO of Sumea.

More information and pictures: Ilkka Paananen, CEO, tel + 358 40 594 8173, ilkka@sumea.com

Sumea

Sumea is a Finnish game development company that has specialized in Java-technology since it was founded in 1999. Sumea focuses on creating high quality, innovative and technically superior games for Java-enabled mobile phones. Today, Sumea's Java games are available through several channels all over the world, including O2 (UK), AT&T (USA), WIND (Italy), CSL (Hong Kong), Sunday (Hong Kong), Singtel (Singapore), Sonera (Finland) and Sonofon (Denmark). The company is privately owned by its employees and non-executive partners.
http://www.sumea.com

Orange

Orange and wirefree are trademarks of Orange PCS. The Orange group is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies, with over 40 million customers in 21 countries across Europe and beyond. It provides a broad range of personal communications services, including Orange GSM1800 services and other digital cellular telephone services. The Orange brand operates in the UK, France, Switzerland, Romania, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Thailand, the Ivory Coast, the Dominican Republic and the Cameroon. The Orange group also has controlled operations in Belgium (Mobistar), the Netherlands (Dutchtone), Botswana (Vista Cellular) and Madagascar (SMM) and intends to launch Orange UMTS operations in Luxembourg. The Orange group has a joint controlling interest in Egypt (MobiNil) and minority interests in Italy (Wind), Portugal (Optimus), Austria (Connect Austria) and Mumbai/India (BPL Mobile). As at the end of June 2002, Orange was the largest mobile operator in both the UK with over 12.8 million active customers, and France with over 18.6 million customers. Information about Orange can be found on the Orange website at www.orange.com and www.orange.dk. Orange A/S is owned by the Orange Group (66%), by the Ministry of Finance (10,2%), and by an investment group formed by GE Capital Structure Finance Group of the US (SFG), PAI (Paribas Affaires Industrielles), PART'COM (Groupe Caisse des Dépôts), Capital Communications CDPQ and MEDIATEL CAPITAL (23,8%).
http://www.orange.com and http://www.orange.dk