RoundU
Local Information Services from Virgin Media
Virgin Media has recently announced the availability of its new mobile internet service portal it has commercial christened RoundU. The new service is designed and marketed for mobile handsets users in the United Kingdom using Virgin Media’s latest broadband internet service offerings. RoundU is the trademark for its unique service integrating your mobile handset location with a comprehensive wealth of useful local information.
Partnering with Mobile Commerce
Virgin has partnered with and tapped into Mobile Commerce’s comprehensive business partners that include Itchy Guides, The Press Association and Toptable to provide an impressive range of information that includes Thompson business lists, UK arts and entertainment you can access right from your mobile device.
As a location specialist, Mobile Commerce is a single point of contact for providing its subscribers with important commercial and business information. With RoundU on their handsets, subscribers can search for their exact location and be provided with a vast wealth of information about where they are. This includes Thompson listings, cultural amenities for business or personal use, respectively.
Moreover, subscribers can also search information about amusement and entertainment sites from many associations as well as travel guides that anyone can use regarding specific cities or locations that interest them.
Mobile Commerce is only too happy to have been selected by Virgin media as it brings to Virgin Media access to about 2 million business listings and this will be made available to nearly 11,000 location in the country with the RoundU service. The database access will cater to the many needs of its subscribers like where to shop and dine, where and what movies are showing, what hotels to stay in and other useful travel information unique to where they are staying as identified by their mobile handset’s location.
Virgin Media formed a new partnership
Just recently, Virgin Media announced its new offering to their customers which will come in this exciting package: an extensive variety of reliable sets of mobile broadband, which comes in a very fast and reliable broadband connection in the UK and the newest offering, which is the mobile portal.
More recognized as RoundU, this new portal is specifically designed for mobile broadband users from the United Kingdom using Virgin Media's newest broadband service. It aims to offer information regarding the subscriber’s physical location.
Mobile commerce is a location-based specialist, which provides important information to their subscribers.
Through the use of RoundU service, people will have the ability to search for their precise location and be furnished with vast information regarding the location they are currently in. The information they can find include the following: the most accessible amenities, and Thompson listings, for personal and business purposes respectively.
In addition, they can also find some other information regarding amusement sites from various associations and society. There are also certain guides and other useful information that an individual can make use of to know more about a specific location.
Steve Page, Mobile Commerce’s head manager expressed his gratitude and pleasure to be partnered with Virgin Media. He said that he was truly gratified when Virgin Media agreed to work with his company. He assured the people who are supporting them that they will continue to provide them with quality products and services.
Almost two million business listings, and up to 11 000 location sites in the UK will be provided to its users by RoundU. This will cater to their various needs like where to dine in and where to stay and enjoy while they are in the country.
