HAMBURG, GERMANY, July 03rd, 2009

ng Connect Program showcases first intercontinental multiplayer gaming experience over LTE

Real-time multi-player Powerboat Challenge™ played between IEEE ICC booth in Dresden and ng Connect Program lab in Ottawa over two LTE networks

ng Connect Program members FISHLABS, a leading developer of high quality mobile 3D games and Alcatel-Lucent demonstrated the first intercontinental multi-player Powerboat Challenge™ race over two Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks at the recent IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2009 conference in Dresden. The demonstration illustrates the capabilities possible on LTE next generation wireless broadband networks as envisioned by the ng Connect Program. For the first time, gamers played this award-winning high speed racing game in real time between Dresden and Ottawa over next generation LTE.

“The demo at the IEEE ICC Conference will translate into a whole new revenue stream for wireless operators in that they can capture the imagination of both the game developer community and avid multi-player gamers everywhere,” stated Derek Kuhn, Vice President, Emerging Technology and Media Group, Alcatel-Lucent. “Since the start of the ng Connect Program a few short months ago, members have been working hard together to create exciting applications for next generation networks. FISHLABS and Alcatel-Lucent collaborated to create a much more compelling multi-player gaming experience taking users far beyond downloading a simple mobile game and playing alone.”

ng Connect Program member Alcatel-Lucent supplied its industry-leading solution for end-to-end LTE network, integrating Converged Radio Access Network (RAN) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC), and delivering super fast download speeds with reduced latency, to prototype LTE terminals. This showcases again how Alcatel-Lucent leverages wireless innovations and IP market leadership to deliver unprecedented scalability, quality of experience to LTE end-users, while enabling new service and business models for wireless operators.

The Powerboat Challenge™ game delivers a real-world racing experience as players demonstrate their skills by maneuvering around buoys and each other at high speeds. An ultra-fast LTE network environment is needed to support the real-time transmission of the competitors’ position data and the much more data-intensive physical values making the game feel more realistic.

About FISHLABS
Based in Hamburg, Germany, FISHLABS Entertainment GmbH is the world’s leading developer and publisher of high-quality 3D mobile games. Founded in 2004, FISHLABS now employs a team of 30 people and is responsible for the development of over 20 high-quality games. FISHLABS’ game portfolio includes multiple award-winning in-house productions such as Galaxy on Fire™, DEEP™, Blades & Magic™, Rally Master Pro™, and Snowboard Hero™, as well as licensed productions of well-known brands like V-Rally® 3D, Star Wars™ – Imperial Ace 3D, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam™, and Gladiator™. The high quality of FISHLABS’ 3D mobile games is demonstrated by numerous awards, such as Best Mobile Game 2008 (Rally Master Pro™) and third-best mobile game 2008 (Snowboard Hero™) according to Pocket Gamer Analysis. FISHLABS is also the best mobile game developer of 2008 according to MobileGamesDB and was given the Future Mobile Games Silver Award 2009 by Juniper Research for their innovation in the field of mobile games.
The in-house developed 3D game engine ABYSS® for mobile telephones with Java™, BREW™, Symbian™, and Windows® Mobile Technology, and iPhone and iPod Touch supports some 300 different end devices and sets new standards in terms of compatibility and performance. FISHLABS 3D mobile games are marketed worldwide by more than 160 well-known network operators such as T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, Orange, 3, Telefonica, Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon, as well as directly via www.fishlabs.net. Furthermore, FISHLABS is one of the few providers to market their portfolio over Nokia N-Gage and Sony Ericsson PlayNow™.
For more information visit http://www.fishlabs.net.

About The ng Connect Program
The ng Connect Program is a multi-industry organization committed to the development and rapid deployment of the next generation of broadband services based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other ultra high bandwidth technologies. Founded in 2009, the ng Connect Program is supported by leading network, consumer electronics, application and content providers including 4DK, Alcatel-Lucent, Atlantic Records, Buzznet, chumby, Connect2Media, dimedis, FISHLABS, GameStreamer, Inc., HP, Intamac Systems Ltd., Kyocera Communications Inc., LearningMate, MediaTile, QNX, Samsung, SIGNEXX, Total Immersion, TuneWiki and Words & Numbers. For more information on the ng Connect Program, please visit: www.ngconnect.org.

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