7th Nov 2006 07:07
Emblaze Ltd07 November 2006 Emblaze Signs Agreement with DSG international plc for exclusive UK Handset Advanced new Emblaze-branded handset to be shipped this week and will be distributed on Christmas 2006 Ra'anana, Israel, 7 November, 2006: Emblaze Mobile Ltd., the mobile devicesdesign and distribution house of the Emblaze Group (LSE: BLZ), announces that ithas signed an agreement with DSGi, Europe's leading specialist electricalretailer, for the launch of an advanced new Emblaze-branded handset in the UK. DSG international plc is Europe's specialist electrical retailing group. Ittrades through 1,450 stores and online stores, spanning 14 countries. In the UK,its retail and e-tail brands include PC World, Currys and Dixons.co.uk in the UKand Ireland as well as The Link in the UK. The new handset, Touch 7, will initially be available exclusively through Currysand Currys.digital stores from Christmas 2006, and then nationwide throughmultiple retailers. The Emblaze Touch 7 offers the latest multimedia functions specificallycustomised with Emblaze technology to provide state of the art music on the gofor the youth segment (16 - 24 year olds). Among many other advanced features,the Touch 7 will provide an advanced package of 1.3 megapixel Camera with Flash,Bluetooth, MP3 and MPEG4 video playback. The phone is the perfect partner for music on the go, the handset comes equippedwith a music player, and an external memory slot for carrying your favouritetracks onboard, and it will retail at £59.99 including £10 airtime. EmblazeMobile will be shipping the first 10,000 units to DSGi this week with furtherdeliveries to follow over the next few months. Laurence Alexander, CEO of Emblaze Mobile said: "We are steadily growing andbecoming a well known player in the mobile handsets arena. We aim to furthergrow our business over the next year to reach as many retailers and operators inEurope as we can. DSGi is a powerful start and will help us create a solid basefor continuing growth and profitability." Jon Lyngra, Head of Trading and Communications, at DSGi said: "The Emblaze Touch7 represents everything that customers have come to expect from Currys - thelatest technology at exceptional value for money. Working with Emblaze Mobilehas enabled us to add depth and choice to the range of consumer mobile handsetswe can offer our customers." Enquiries: EmblazeDoron Cohen / Hagit Gal + 972 9 7699831 / 339 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar + 44 207 929 8989 About Emblaze Group Emblaze Ltd is a group of companies sharing a common mission to provide telecomoperators with technologies, products and solutions for next generationservices: Emblaze Mobile, a new breed in handsets design and manufacturing;Emblaze VCON, is a leading provider of wireless video communicationstechnologies and conferencing solutions for operators and enterprise marketsover IP networks; Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), provider of InteractiveTelevision IPTV middleware for Video On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services,aimed at Telecom, cable and xDSL operators; Emblaze SmartContent, developer ofhighly advanced technology for Content-Push over wireless and IP networks tomobile devices and personal computers; emoze, a free global Push Email servicefor mobile devices that will push send your Emails and PIM data to you anywhereand to any device and Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IPvideo solutions for military and homeland security markets. Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996 andhas offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Korea andIsrael. www.Emblaze.com About Emblaze Mobile Emblaze Mobile was founded in 2001. It is headquartered in London with operatingfacilities in Israel as well as design and production capabilities in Korea. Itis part of Emblaze group of companies which share a common mission to provideTelecom operators with technologies, products and solutions for next generationservices. Emblaze Mobile produces media-rich handsets with sophisticated voiceand data solutions that are individual, cool and stylish. Emblaze Mobile knowsthat its customers are sophisticated individuals who have busy lifestyles, andneed multimedia devices which are precisely tailored, simple, stylish andversatile to meet their different and constantly changing needs. Theseinnovative devices offer operators the ability to provide additional value-addedservices and a richer, even more intuitive, multimedia experience.www.EmblazeMobile.com About DSG international plc DSG international plc is Europe's leading specialist electrical retailing group.We trade through 1,450 stores and online stores, spanning 14 countries andemploying 42,000 people. More than 100 million customers shop in-store andonline with us every year. Our retail and e-tail brands include PC World, Currys and Dixons.co.uk in the UKand Ireland, The Link in the UK, Elkjop in the Nordic countries, UniEuro inItaly, Kotsovolos in Greece, Electro World in central Europe and PC City inFrance, Spain, Italy and Sweden. We operate a multi-channel and pure playe-commerce approach to electrical retailing and offer customers a comprehensiverange of after sales services. We also run a multi-brand business-to-businessoperation in the UK. For more information about DSG international plc, please visit www.dsgiplc.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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