net mobile Expands MANGA MODE to Orange and SFR Users in France

DÜSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--net mobile AG (ISIN:DE0008137852), Europe’s leading provider of mobile and interactive value added services, today began providing MANGA MODE™, a mobile-phone service for downloading Japanese comics, better known as manga, to Orange and SFR subscribers in France.

MANGA MODE is now offered to Orange, SFR, and Bouygues Telecom S.A. customers, and can be accessed by just typing “mangamode.net” into the mobile browser or by sending SMS to 31000 with the keyword “MANGA.” After subscribing to the service, customers can enjoy dynamic, colorful (some titles offered in black and white), French- language Manga using a downloadable dedicated viewer application. MANGA Lovers will find a large range of attractive free sample content as well as premium content.

MANGA MODE is a dynamic mobile book service, provided in cooperation with Japanese and other key French publishing partners via content aggregators (Bitway Co., Ltd. and mobilebook.jp Inc.). The service features popular titles such as Naruto, Dragon Ball and Death Note. MANGA MODE has been offered to Bouygues Telecom S.A. customers since June 11, 2009. As of August 31, a total of 40 MANGA titles are distributed including very recent ones like the famous “One Piece.”

Some MANGA titles on MANGA MODE
I”s	Honey and Clover
ICHIGO 100%	Five
Shaman King	Full Moon - à la recherche de la pleine lune -
the Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross	Rosario + Vampire
D.Gray-man	ONE PIECE
DEATH NOTE	Geobreeders
Dr. SLUMP	Tamahagane
DRAGON BALL	Les chroniques de la planète d'eau
To Love Trouble	BUSHIDÔ, L'ÂME DU JAPON
NANA	LA DÉCHÉANCE D'UN HOMME
NARUTO	CLAIR DE LUNE
Prince du Tennis
HANA YORI DANGO

net mobile AG

net mobile AG is a leading international full-service provider for mobile and interactive value-added services. Founded in November 2000, the company is seen as an innovation leader on the market and its full-managed service approach includes consulting, design, applications, content, billing, transport and technical implementation for optimal, multi-channel marketing campaign management. Further more net mobile AG offers Apps for smartphones an e book services since 2009. As a partner to all the major music labels and the owners of rights for the film, television and games industry, net mobile AG also ensures full content and royalty management. Its more than 500 customers world-wide include national and global mobile telecommunications providers, media companies, portals, branded companies and TV channels for which it provides end-to-end mobile interactive TV services. first:telecom GmbH and MINICK AG are subsidiaries of the net mobile AG group of companies. Since December 2009 NTT docomo is major shareholder, owning more than 80% of net mobile shares. You can find further information under www.net-m.de.

MANGA MODE are trademarks of net mobile AG in France and other countries.

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