Lahore, July 10, 2002 - CricInfo.com, the home of cricket on the Internet, today announced an agreement with Ufone, Pakistan's premier GSM mobile phone service provider for a comprehensive range of live mobile phone cricket content. With signing of the agreement Ufone will be able to offer a number of new and innovative cricket related services to its subscribers via various mobile media in Pakistan.

Agreement being signed Click to enlarge Photo © CricInfo

The easy-to-use Ufone - CricInfo service will provide all the latest scores and results from Test Matches and One-Day Internationals, the latest team news and stories as they happen, full schedules and fixtures for international tours and information about the players. Additional features planned include various alerts and audio commentary.

Suhael Ahmed, CEO of CricInfo Pakistan said: "There are vast number of passionate cricket fans throughout Pakistan who want to follow not only their teams' performances but all international cricket, so we needed a mobile phone service provider that would be very widely available. Ufone's reach, especially into the rural areas as well as its modern technology already in place, met our requirements. We will be feeding data to them and keep pace with new technology which will include GPRS and MMS systems in future."

On this occasion, Mr Arshad Khan, CEO Ufone reaffirmed: "Ufone is committed to introducing innovative and customer friendly products for its customers. The premium cricket programming that CricInfo brings to cricket lovers is a great fit for us."

Ufone launched its services in Jan 2001. Within first year of its operation the company has expanded its network to 18 major cities and highways in Pakistan. Ufone also leads the way in innovation by introducing WAP, Web2SMS Chat, internet payment option, satellite telephony, location based service and many other similar products for the first time ever in Pakistan.

About CricInfo:

CricInfo Ltd. is the world's leading digital cricket information company. www.cricinfo.com is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the Internet's most used sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. As well as publishing on the Internet, CricInfo delivers cricket content for a wide range of different platforms, including newspapers, TV and radio, and an increasing range of mobile devices.