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Maxis, the country’s leading integrated communications provider today followed up on its earlier announcement of mobile broadcast sponsorship of the sporting world’s most wanted event, the 2010 FIFA World CupT with a full kick-off of its services and contents specially developed to keep over 12 million customers ahead of every move in the game from 11 June till 11 July.

As the official mobile broadcaster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Maxis is going all out delivering extras to its customers.

The live streaming of all the 64 World Cup matches is something really special and it’s exclusive to Maxis subscribers only. There’s also a whole heap of football and World Cup related content on offer including a contest that offers trips to see Frank Lampard and Lionel Messi in London and Barcelona. You can’t help but feel special being a Maxis subscriber during this World Cup month.

And it doesn’t stop there, Maxis has upped the ante with the release of a World Cup app for the iPhone so that the rest of the non-Maxis iPhone users don’t feel left out not being ablt to watch World Cup games live on their device.

The Maxis WC2010 in South Africa iPhone app provides access to everything and anything you need to know about the 2010 World Cup.

The app offers the latest World Cup news, live score updates with live table standings updated on the fly (there’s even push notification for scores, pre-match reminder and loads more), access to World Cup matches with automatic conversion to Malaysian time. There’s a photo gallery, full team profiles and venue information as well as a Wold Cup Hall of Fame listing dating back from all the way to the first World Cup in 1930.

It’s a pretty solid app, we can’t think of anything that the app doesn’t have

Download:
http://itunes.apple.com/my/app/maxis-wc2010-in-south-africa

Maxis just updated us via twitter regarding details of the Malaysian iPhone launch. It will not be next month but it will be within the third quarter of this year. So it looks like it will be either August or September. Again, we’re hoping its August

We just received an official statement from Maxis.

“Maxis Berhad will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, in Malaysia in the coming months.”

Not much more detail have been revealed but if our predictions are right. The iPhone 4 could be here as early as August.

Now the next question is when the Digi will launch the iPhone 4, we more concern about this, because narmally Digi will offer more cheaper then Maxis. So what do you think? When will the iPhone 4 launch in Malaysia?

For the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Maxis is going to offer live streaming for all its customers, free.

The stream will require speed of at least 400Kbps for Maxis Broadband customers, and slower speed(s) on mobile phone. Data chargers apply for those without an unlimited data plan.

With the sponsorship deal, Maxis will have the exclusive right to deliver live coverage of all the 64 matches and all related content to customers in Malaysia from 11 June to 11 July 2010.

A World Cup application will be available for the iPhone, BlackBerry and the Android platform.

According to one of their message on Twitter, Maxis has also signed Frank Lampard, Lionel Messi as their ambassadors.

(L to R) Michael Chan, Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke and T.Kugan showcasing Maxis’ content offerings for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Full Press Release

Maxis Berhad (‘Maxis’), the country’s leading integrated communications provider today reinforced its commitment to over 12 million of its customers with the announcement of the mobile Transmission and Content rights for the 2010 FIFA World CupT in Malaysia. With the sponsorship deal, Maxis will have the exclusive right to deliver live coverage of all the 64 matches and all related content to customers in Malaysia from 11 June to 11 July 2010.

Announcing the sponsorship and acquisition of FIFA mobile content rights at a media conference today, Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke, Maxis’ Chief Operating Officer, said: “Maxis is proud to bring Malaysians the world’s single biggest sports event in its full glory. We promise our customers that they’ll never miss a match, that they will know of every goal the minute it happens and that they will experience the biggest event on the planet like never before. Maxis is pleased to be able to deliver another thrilling series of coverage of the most illustrious football title, the 2010 FIFA World CupT, to their homes on television and on their mobile and broadband devices.

“The broadcast sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA World CupT supports our aspiration of being the biggest converged company and content player in the country. We are investing significantly in terms of sponsorship and technology to deliver an unprecedented 2010 FIFA World CupT experience to Malaysians. In addition, the investment of RM1.2 billion in 2009 to upgrade and modernise our network will enable, and facilitate, the quality and seamless delivery of content to our customers.”

Maxis content offerings
Maxis customers will enjoy access to an exceptional range of exclusive 2010 FIFA World CupT services online, on their mobile and also enjoy a range of applications specially designed for the event.

Online, customers enjoy streaming of all 64 matches and 26 live matches exclusive to Maxis and Astro subscribers only. Maxis is the first in the world to offer full match replays online. In addition, we offer live commentary, the 2010 FIFA World CupT countdown, polling and games such as Fantasy Football.

On the mobile platform, Maxis customers enjoy exclusive streaming of all 64 matches and news features such as alerts (encompassing video, MMS, SMS), downloads of official games, caller ringtones, wallpapers, themes and videos of 2010 FIFA World CupT golden moments.

Maxis has also designed special 2010 FIFA World CupT applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and android phones allowing customers to receive seamless alerts on daily news, fixtures, results, country profiles, venue information, hall of fame and historical data.

Van Overbeke continued, “With all that we have in store, undoubtedly the 2010 FIFA World CupT will be the most memorable and exciting event for Malaysians yet.”

Maxis 2010 FIFA World CupT Brand Ambassadors
In conjunction with the broadcast sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA World CupT, Maxis today announced the signing of international and Malaysian football legends as its brand ambassadors. They included Frank Lampard and Lionel Messi; Dato’ Soh Chin Aun, Santokh Singh, James Wong and Hassan Sani. Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke said, “Maxis is pleased to live the glory of football in our campaign through these football luminaries. We identify with their high performance culture which motivates us to strive for excellence in our product and service delivery.”

A peek into the future
At the media event today, Maxis gave a sneak peek into the future of its home offerings. Van Overbeke said, “Maxis intends to offer customers products and services which will transform the family dimension, turning their homes into safe and enjoyable hubs from which they can experience next-generation broadband, IPTV, and family oriented voice and data packages. The Home unit will give customers a full suite of services and content which will be seamlessly connected and provide families with experiences to share, from inside the home to anywhere they roam.”

For more information on Maxis’ 2010 FIFA World CupT broadcast Content offerings, please visit www.maxis.com.my

Introduction:
B.player is the latest service innovation by ASTRO which allows you to easily access your favourite TV programs once available only at home. Through a simple download of this App, you will be able to access a variety of entertainment, sports, news, or lifestyle programs on the go.

Features:
- An interactive program guide that allows easy navigation of channel schedules and access to program information.
- A mosaic channel listing that provides a clear view of all the different live channels available.

Requirements:
- This service is currently only available in Malaysia on the Maxis 3G network. Normal data charges apply.
- Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later.

This is interesting because Maxis announced earlier this year that it will make available all 64 World Cup games live for viewing over mobile phones via specially developed apps for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

By using of this apps, now you can enjoy to watching tv programs on your iPhone.

Download:
http://itunes.apple.com/my/app/astro-b-player/id370841206?mt=8

Digi always come with suprise!
Act it’s now, this promotion for a limited time only, DiGi Prepaid is having a Super Reload promotion where you can get free 200 SMS & 5MB Mobile Internet.

This offer is only valid if you top up RM35 via Maybank2U or via Maybank ATM machines.

If you top up from 27 May – 11 July 2010, you’ll get 200 FREE SMS & 5MB of Mobile Data. Top ups from 12 July – 15 September 2010, you’ll get a reduced 100 FREE SMS but the same 5MB Mobile Data as well.

All Free SMS are for DiGi-DiGi only. There’s no details whether or not the 5MB Mobile Data has an expiry or validity period

Official website:
http://www.digi.com.my