Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the popular mobile and online entertainment destination, is rolling out the first in a series of iPhone themed Apps using Flycell’s own exclusive content. Today, the company is celebrating the release of Funny Holiday Tones, now available in the iTunes AppStore. Sure to be an instant hit with iPhone users young and old, the Flycell Funny Holiday Tones App, available in both $1.99 Premium and free Lite versions, offers a fun assortment of new holiday songs, jokes, and effects that you can set as your ringtone to have you feeling festive every time your phone rings.

The Flycell Funny Holiday Tones App Premium version provides you with 32 hilarious exclusive tones over four categories: Bah Humbug, Holiday SFX, Holiday Tones, and New Year’s Tones. Each high quality sound clip is yours to keep forever. Set unique ringtones for calls from Grandma, Grandpa, friends, even Santa, or just listen to them when you need some holiday cheer.
“With thousands of popular holiday ringtones in the Flycell library it was tough deciding which tones to choose for the Holiday App,” says Kori Burkholder, Head of Music at Flycell. “We selected the most popular tones from our exclusive collection and added in a few new ones that are sure to become fan favorites.”
If you want to try before you buy, the Flycell Funny Holiday Tones App Lite offers a sampling of popular tones from each category within the Premium app, like “Angry Reindeer,” “Cheating Santa” and “Pucker Up.”

“We’re so excited to be releasing our first iPhone app just in time for Christmas,” says Lindsey Weinger, Vice President of Customer Experience. “With its slick design, ease of use and sharing capabilities, users can easily get into the holiday spirit by playing with the sounds and assigning unique ringtones for friends and family.”

Get the gift that keeps on giving and download the Flycell Funny Holiday Tones App today at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=398011442.

Every day, thousands of new subscribers come to Flycell to personalize their phones with the newest and hottest ringtones, games, wallpapers, and other digital content to reflect their unique digital lifestyles. With its expansion onto the iPhone platform, a whole new group of customers now have access to Flycell’s exclusive content. With new apps planned to be released every quarter, iPhone users will have the opportunity to take full advantage of Flycell’s robust ringtone and mobile content catalog.

About Flycell

Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com/corporate.

Unicomm, a leading event management company and The Bob Dowling Group today announced the lineup of keynotes for the upcoming inaugural LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™, scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday, December 7-8 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA.  Headlining the event will be:  Peter Guber, Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment; John Kosner, Senior Vice President & General Manager of ESPN Digital Media; David Hill, Chairman & CEO of Fox Sports Television Group; Tim Kring, Master Storyteller, Executive Producer “Heroes” and Tim Kring’s Conspiracy For Good), and Brian Seth Hurst, CEO of Opportunity Management Company.

Throughout two days of in-depth discussions, industry luminaries from studios, content providers, startups, brands, manufacturers, media outlets and technology companies will join leading market analysts to share best practices and provide a unique and thorough understanding of the exploding intersection of the mobile and entertainment worlds.

“With years of industry insight and experience to their credit, this prestigious group of Keynotes brings an unequaled strength to our discussion of the mobile and entertainment communities,” said conference co-chairman Bob Dowling.

“Our impressive lineup of keynotes and speakers establishes our footprint in the mobile space,” said John Golicz, President and CEO of Unicomm.  “Just as we’ve accomplished in the 3D sector with the 3D Entertainment Summit™ and the 3D Gaming Summit™, our goal is to be the thought-leader in the mobile entertainment landscape.”

Speaker Lineup Includes:

• Steve Amato, Partner, Omelet LA
• David Apple, Chief Marketing Officer, Augme Technologies, Inc
• Pankaj Asundi, Vice President, Multimedia Strategy and Sales, Ericsson
• Joerg Bachmaier, SVP/GM Americas, Endemol Worldwide Brand
• Mike Breslin, VP Marketing, Glu Mobile
• Sheila Buckley, Senior Vice President of Digital Sales, The Weather Channel
• Michael Cai, VP Research, Interpret, LLC
• Cameron Clayton, Senior Vice President of Mobile & Digital Applications, The Weather Channel
• Geoffrey Colo, Producer, New Media, House M.D.
• Rex Cook, Founder/Chief Creative Director, Avatarlabs
• Ronan De Renesse, Senior Analyst, Screen Digest
• Mark Donovan, Senior Vice President, Mobile, comScore, Inc.
• Allison Dollar, Executive Director, Ita & Mobile Excellence Awards
• Curt Doty, EVP, Trailer Park Advanced Content Group
• Charlie Echeverry, Senior Vice President, Sales, Univision Interactive Media
• Thomas Ellsworth, CEO, GOTV Networks
• Natalie Farsi, Head of Mobile, Warner Brothers
• John Gaudiosi, Sr. Content Advisor, 3D Gaming Summit
• Robert Gelick , Senior Vice President & General Manager, CBS Mobile
• Jason Glaspey, VP of Product, Urban Airship
• Chris Hanada, Co-Founder, Retrofit Films
• Christoph Hoerenz, CMO, Fox Mobile Group
• John Heinsen, Co-Chair, New Media Committee, Producers Guild of America,
• Debra Kaufman, Senior Content Advisor, LA Mobile Entertainment Summit; Founder & Editor, Mobilized TV
• Tanner Kling, Co-Founder, Retrofit Films
• Jordan Kobert, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile, Google
• Ilja Laurs, CEO & Founder, Getjar
• Amber J. Lawson, Comedy Publisher, Bablegum
• Brandon Lucas, Vice President and General Manager, Bet Mobile
• Sol Masch, Director of Advertising, MTV
• Emery Morrison, Chief Content Officer, Deziak Entertainment, Salacious Streets TV
• Eric Rickson, Director Mobile Analytics, Webtrends
• Adrian Rubio, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Flycell
• Michael Scogin, Vice President, Wireless, MTV
• Gary Schwartz, CEO, Impact Mobile & Chair, MEF North America
• Lori Schwartz, Chief Technology Catalyst, McCann World Group
• Justin Siegel, CEO, Mocospace
• Matt Silk, Senior Vice President, Waterfall Mobile
• Gavin Throckmorton, MetroPCS
• Michele Tobin, VP of Sales, Entertainment, Millennial Media
• Francisco Varela, Head of Wireless Partnerships, You Tube
• Henry Vogel, CEO, Apptera
• Chuck Vanasse, CEO, Prio
• Aime Williams,Executive Director, Global Girl Media.

Official Sponsors of the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ include The Weather Channel, ESPN, Mocospace, GetJar, Millenial Media, Webtrends, Flycell, Apptera, Waterfall Mobile, Ericsson and AUGME Technologies, Urban Airship and [x] cube labs.   Industry and media partners include Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Mobilized TV, Fierce Mobile Content, Fierce Wireless, Fierce Developer, Mashable, Mobile Monday LA, Interactive Television Alliance, Screen Digest, ReadWriteWeb, Interpret, LLC , UCLA, School of Management, Parks & Associates, Gamerlive.tv and others.

Additional event supporters include The Mobile Excellence Awards, the most influential and coveted awards program in the industry, honoring the best of the best in mobile entertainment, technology, marketing and media.   The MEA take place on Monday, December 6^th, 2010 at the Legendary Paramount Studios. More information on the Mobile Excellence Awards can be found at http://www.mobilexawards.com”

For more information about speaking submissions, exhibiting, and sponsor opportunities, please visit: www.lamobilesummit.com or contact Gloria Lombardo, Sales Director, Mobile Entertainment Group at 203-878-2577 (x105) or glombardo@unicomm.org.

Unicomm LLC is an independent business-to-business communications company specializing in originating and managing world class trade shows and conferences in underserved and nascent markets. Founded in 1998 in Milford, CT, Unicomm enjoys an impressive track record of dozens of successful show launches and hundreds of event productions. Unicomm’s properties include the 3D Entertainment Summit™ and the 3D Gaming Summit™, both presented in association with Variety; the Los Angeles Times Travel & Adventure Show; the Adventures in Travel Expo in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Seattle, and the Green Travel Summit. For more information:  www.unicomm.org.

The Bob Dowling Group - For 17 years through 2007, Bob Dowling was editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the VNU Business Media Film and Performing Arts Group.  During Dowling’s tenure, The Reporter launched numerous new products, including the HollywoodReporter.com Web site, e-mail edition, weekly edition, THR East, Literary Hollywood, Festival de Cannes dailies and the Oscar Screening Guide, as well as many annual events such as the Women in Entertainment Power 100 stand-alone issue and its related breakfast event, the Next Generation ranking of prominent young executives, the Film and TV Music Conference and the reorganized Key Art Awards.  Dowling recently started his own information and consulting firm, the Bob Dowling Group, to serve clients looking to navigate the converging worlds of entertainment and technology.

Variety – Variety is the leading publication for business entertainment news, recognized and respected throughout the world of show business. The Variety Group – Daily Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Weekly Variety and Variety.com – are all owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business publisher in the U.S.  RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL).

The LA Mobile Entertainment Summit^TM in association with Variety and in partnership with the Mobile Excellence Awards, the most influential and coveted awards program in the mobile industry, brings together the brightest minds in the mobile ecosystem for a two-day conference packed with in-depth, interactive discussions. More information can be found at www.lamobilesummit.com.

The 3D Entertainment Summit^TM in association with Variety is the definitive conference devoted to examining and analyzing the burgeoning confluence of 3D and entertainment. The event attracts over 800 attendees representing a “who’s who” in 3D from top brands and all aspects of the entertainment community, draws international media coverage and boasts industry-leading sponsors. For more information on the event, please visit: www.3d-summit.com

The 3D Gaming Summit^TM in association with Variety, the most recent addition to the entertainment industry series of events produced by The Bob Dowling Group and Unicomm, LLC, featured an all-star speaker roster of industry leaders this past April. Keynotes included producer Jon Landau (Avatar), director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil), and executives Phil Eisler (NVIDIA) and Josh Greer (RealD). For more information: www.3dgamingsummit.com

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Unicomm, a leading event management company and The Bob Dowling Group, today have announced the first round of panelists for their upcoming LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ to be held on December 7-8 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, CA, is presented in association with Variety. Official Sponsors for the event include, The Weather Channel, ESPN, Mocospace, GetJar, Webtrends, Flycell, Apptera, Waterfall Mobile, Ericsson and AUGME Technologies. Keynote speakers will be announced shortly.

“The LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ brings together some of the greatest minds in mobile technology, interactive media and entertainment” says John Golicz, CEO, Unicomm, LLC. “We are looking forward to bringing the industry’s best and brightest together for one of the most strategic executive summits in mobile entertainment.”

Additional event partners include The Mobile Excellence Awards, the most influential and coveted awards program in the industry honoring the best of the best in mobile entertainment, technology, marketing and media. More information on the Mobile Excellence Awards can be found at http://www.mobilexawards.com

“As the entertainment and mobile industry converge, Variety has broadened its content to cover all aspects of this growing sector,” said Linda Buckley Bruno, Publishing Director of Variety. “Exciting changes are occurring across the industry and distribution of content across these various mobile platforms is rapidly proving to be one that is shaping the future of the business. Partnering with the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ allows Variety the opportunity to cement itself at the forefront of mobile entertainment.”

Industry and media partners include Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Mobilized TV, FierceMobile Content, Fierce Wireless, Fierce Developer, Mashable, Mobile Monday LA, Interactive Television Alliance, Screen Digest, ReadWriteWeb, Interpret, LLC , UCLA, School of Management and others.

The 2010 LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ Speakers will include:
Bob Dowling, Co-Producer & Conference Chairman; Debra Kaufman, Senior Content Advisor, LA Mobile Entertainment Summit™ ; John Rubey, President, AEG Network LIVE; Natalie Farsi, Head of Mobile, Warner Brothers; Pankaj Asundi, VP Multimedia, Ericsson; Chris Hoerenz, CMO, Fox Mobile Entertainment; Mike Scogin,VP, MTV Mobile; Suzanne McDonnell, SVP MTV Digital ; Tom Ellsworth, President, GoTV; Francisco Varela, Head of Wireless Partnerships, You Tube; Joerg Bachmaier, SVP/GM Americas, Endemol Worldwide Brand; Ron Czerny, CEO, Playphone; Michael Cai, VP Research, Interpret, LLC; Ronan de Renesse, Senior Analyst, Screen Digest; Eric Rickson, Director Mobile Analytics, Webtrends; Adrian Rubio, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Flycell; Ilja Laurs, CEO & Founder , GetJar; Matt Silk, Senior Vice President, Waterfall Mobile; Paul Arena, CEO, AUGME Technologies, Inc; Justin Siegel, CEO, Mocospace; Henry Vogel, CEO, Apptera; Allison Dollar, Executive Director, ITA & Mobile Excellence Awards; John Gaudiosi, Sr. Content Advisor, 3D Gaming Summit.

For more information about speaking submissions, exhibiting, and sponsor opportunities, please visit: www.lamobilesummit.com or contact Gloria Lombardo, Sales Director, Mobile Entertainment Group at 203-878-2577 (x105) or glombardo@unicomm.org

About Unicomm LLC. is an independent business-to-business communications company specializing in originating and managing world class trade shows and conferences in underserved and nascent markets. Founded in 1998 in Milford, CT, Unicomm enjoys impressive track record of dozens of successful show launches and hundreds of event productions. Unicomm’s properties include the 3D Entertainment Summit™ in association with VARIETY, The 3D Gaming Summit™, the LA Times Travel & Adventure Show, Adventures in Travel Expo in NY, CH, DC and Seattle, and the Green Travel Summit. For more information: www.unicomm.org.

About The Bob Dowling Group – For 17 years through 2007, Bob Dowling was editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of the VNU Business Media Film and Performing Arts Group. During Dowling’s tenure, The Reporter launched numerous new products, including the HollywoodReporter.com Web site, e-mail edition, weekly edition, THR East, Literary Hollywood, Festival de Cannes dailies and the Oscar Screening Guide, as well as many annual events such as the Women in Entertainment Power 100 stand-alone issue and its related breakfast event, the Next Generation ranking of prominent young executives, the Film and TV Music Conference and the reorganized Key Art Awards. Dowling recently started his own information and consulting firm, the Bob Dowling Group, to serve clients looking to navigate the converging worlds of entertainment and technology, with the 3D Entertainment Summit as a lead project.

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Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced quarterly financial results for Q2 2010, indicating the company continues to have strong sales in mobile and digital content. Despite new North American and European mobile commerce regulations that took effect in the second quarter in both markets, creating conditions that negatively impact revenue across the mobile content industry, Flycell reported revenue of $36.4 million for the three months ending June 30, 2010. Combined with the company’s Q1 results, Flycell’s first half revenue figure for 2010 stands at $76.2 million, up 26 percent over the first half of 2009.

Flycell also announced the appointment of Cristian Carnevale as its CEO. Mr. Carnevale previously served as Flycell’s chief operating officer, a position he has held since Flycell was founded in 2004, and has been instrumental in leading the company through years of consistently strong revenue growth and international expansion. Mr. Carnevale, who replaced Alberto Montesi in August, has served in several executive positions with Flycell’s parent company, Acotel Group, including as its chief technology officer. He also played a key role in the company’s successful IPO in 2000.

“Changes in business conditions in important countries in which Flycell operates impacted Flycell’s revenue in Q2 2010, masking our continued growth,” said Mr. Carnevale. “Although revenue is down slightly from the previous quarter and same quarter last year, we at Flycell continue to expand our customer base. Flycell is a nimble organization and is adapting quickly to changes in business conditions. The company is looking forward to continuing its strong revenue throughout the year, making 2010 its most successful year ever.”

Flycell took in just over $36.4 million in revenue in Q2 2010 as compared to $39.6 million earned in Q2 2009. Last quarter Flycell reported $39.8 million in revenue, the company’s strongest first quarter to-date, giving the company H1 2010 revenue of $76.2 million compared with $60.5 million earned in the first six months of 2009.

* Represents financial data from January 1 to June 30, 2009, the first six months of the fiscal year

About Flycell

Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com/corporate.

In celebration of “the beautiful game,” Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the innovative mobile and online media and entertainment company, announced today new soccer and country-specific mobile content just in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. On June 11^th millions of Flycell customers around the world will tune in to watch soccer’s biggest spectacle, the FIFA World Cup, held this year in South Africa, a country Flycell expanded its services into this year.

For the 30 days of the World Cup, June 11^th-July 11^th, fans will live, eat, and sleep soccer around the clock and Flycell has added new mobile content in support of its soccer-loving customers all over the world. Flycell’s new specialized mobile content includes soccer themes, country flags and anthems, soccer graphic wallpapers, and soccer-themed ringtones. Soccer fans can visit www.Flycell.com to download their favorite team’s anthem and flag or to grab a soccer ringtone to show their spirit and love of the world’s game.

This year’s FIFA World Cup will include a historic music event. Musicians from around the world will come together for the inaugural FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert, including Flycell featured artists Hugh Masekela, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Juanes and Shakira. Mobile content featuring each of these Celebration Concert artists is available at www.Flycell.com. For further information on the concert, visit www.fifa.com/concert.

“Even if you can’t be in South Africa to experience the action live, Flycell has you covered with mobile content to deck out your phone and help you represent your country wherever you go,” says Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell. “With a presence and hundreds of thousands of customers in each of the major soccer fan bases of the world from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, to Spain, Italy and the United States, Flycell is bringing soccer fans the content they want to personalize their phones and to show their spirit for their favorite team.”

Soccer fans can find Flycell’s World Cup related content at:

• http://www.flycell.ca (Canada)
• http://ww.flycell.com (United States)
• http://www.flycell.com.ar (Argentina)
• http://www.flycell.com.br (Brazil)
• http://www.flycell.it (Italy)
• http://www.flycell.com.mx (Mexico)
• http://www.flycell.co.za (South Africa)
• http://www.flycell.es (Spain)
• http://www.flycell.com.tr (Turkey)

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com/corporate.

Even as industry analysts continue to report declining revenues from mobile content such as ringtones, Flycell, Inc., (www.flycell.com) a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced the company continues its streak of high double-digit growth, achieving more than 90 percent growth in Q1 2010 over Q1 2009. Should this trend continue, Flycell is on a path to exceed revenue for 2009, its most successful year to-date.

Flycell’s parent company, Acotel Group (MIL: ACO), reported Flycell earned approximately $39.8 million in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $20.9 million in revenue for Q1 2009. Flycell continues to be a profitable enterprise and a global leader in the mobile content space.

*Represents financial data from January 1 to March 31, 2010, the first quarter of the fiscal year.

“We are beginning our sixth year in business by aggressively expanding in multiple directions,” said Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell. “In the first three months of 2010 Flycell launched Gamorama, a casual gaming website, and took our mobile entertainment portal and content to consumers in Argentina. Since then we have launched service in South Africa and partnered with DB4 to bring exclusive sports and entertainment content to our subscribers in Brazil via an innovative text messaging service. Throughout 2010 Flycell will continue to find creative ways to maximize the entertainment possibilities on mobile phones around the world, even as we look to expand into new forms of online entertainment and new geographic markets.”

Q1 2010 Highlights:

• Flycell launches Gamorama, a new casual games portal featuring the best in casual games for people of all ages, played online at www.Gamorama.com.
• Argentina becomes the ninth country in which Flycell opens its mobile content portal, available at www.flycell.com.ar, featuring the largest catalog of Argentinean and globally popular ringtones, games, wallpapers and other mobile content.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com/corporate.