Wataniya brings Kuwait's first music news service to mobile phones

Every Sunday, Action users will be able to updates in color on what's new in the music scene with concert information, bios and the latest CD releases of top stars sent directly to their mobile phones.

'Action music news is yet another fun and exclusive service we have introduced to the Kuwaiti mobile market. It keeps them up to date with what's going on in the music world and provides a handy guide to the latest releases that are soon to be available at their local music store,' said Fuad Al Ablani, Assistant GM, Wataniya Telecom. 'With Action, we bring our customers a convenient service that provides them with a new kind of value and a new kind of fun. Over the next few months, we promise to bring exclusive benefits and even more surprises to our Action subscribers.'

Action subscribers need to send an SMS request to 1433 with the message 'sub musicnews' or log onto the 'Funtec' website http://www.wataniya.com/funtec, in order to start receiving the weekly music news service by MMS.

Action is the Middle East's most extensive range of advanced multimedia and entertainment lifestyle service, based on GPRS and MMS technologies. Subscribers to the service today can send and receive photo messages, access Qu'ranic verses, Blue Mountain Arts e-cards, wallpapers, movie previews, news on the latest fashion and lifestyle accessories, Arabic comics, Garfield, Ziggy and Heathcliff comics, celebrity news, screensavers, cartoons and horoscopes, compose and send greeting cards and access the Internet as well as their email accounts (from Hotmail to Yahoo and other popular local providers).

Action is available to all Wataniya post paid and pre-paid 'Xpress' customers with GPRS and MMS featured mobiles, where they will be able to access Action with unlimited service for a promotional price.