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Verizon Wireless, the builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Mobitween, a leading developer and publisher of Flash®-based games for the mobile and online worlds, today announced the availability of Mobigamz, a Flash® Lite™ based mobile gaming portal that allows customers to download, play, rate, and post high scores.

With Mobigamz, Verizon Wireless customers can choose the hottest Flash games from a current catalogue of sport, arcade, puzzle, and board categories. Mobigamz are specifically designed for mobile phones and are very intuitive to play, with simple joystick-keystroke interactivity, multiple levels and game session storing.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Mobitween to release its exciting assortment of Flash-based mobile entertainment. We are very excited and proud to be offering Mobigamz through Verizon Wireless – which has proven itself to be an innovator in the wireless market,” said Marc Alloul, Mobitween’s executive vice president. “Along with the acceleration of Web-mobile convergence and the growing availability of rich-media handsets, we hope these emerging and promising formats will contribute to an improved mobile gaming experience.”

Ryan Hughes, vice president of digital media programming for Verizon, said, “Working with Mobitween, Verizon Wireless is able to offer rich multimedia games through the Mobigamz portal, giving our customers even more ways to satisfy their appetites for compelling games they can play on-the-go.”

Verizon Wireless Get It Now customers can purchase and download Mobigamz from the Get Fun & Games shopping aisle in the Get It Now® virtual store for $2.99 one-time use, $5.49 for three uses and $8.49 for six uses. Mobigamz is available on a number of popular Get It Now-capable phones, including the MOTORAZR™ V3c, MOTORAZR™ V3m and the MOTOKRZR™ K1m; the LG VX8100, LG VX8300, V by LG, enV™ by LG, and Chocolate by LG; and the Samsung SCH-a930 and the Samsung SCH-a950. Download charges vary and airtime or megabyte charges may apply when browsing, downloading and using certain applications. Customers need a Get It Now-enabled phone and Verizon Wireless digital service to access the Get It Now virtual store.

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