HONG KONG, March 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF), a provider of award winning mobile 3G technology and applications, today announced the launch of the Get ALIFE(r) portal on TeliaSonera, the Nordic and Baltic leader in telecommunications, and will feature the latest mobile games: America's Next Top Model 7(tm), V-boyfriend(tm), V-girl(r) and V-Penguins(r), as well as their accompanying side products like wallpapers and screensavers. Over 100 handset models are supported during the first launch.
Artificial Life, Inc. is offering the mobile products as a premium SurfPort Provider with TeliaSonera. The portal is available in Sweden immediately. The launch plan covers all countries where SurfPort is offered, i.e. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania and Norway & Spain.
"We are truly honored to work with the professional team of TeliaSonera and successfully launch the WAP portal within very short time frame. The Get ALIFE(r) portal is designed specifically for dynamic and young audiences, hence perfectly fits the TeliaSonera SurfPort customer. We are thrilled to kick start the Get ALIFE(r) portal in Sweden where there are more than 10 million mobile subscribers with a 113% penetration rate," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
About TeliaSonera AB
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000 mobile customers (69,887,000 incl. associated companies) and 7,064,000 fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl. associated companies) and 2,263,000 Internet customers (2,331,000 incl. associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of employees was 28,175.
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. (OTCBB:ALIF) is a public U.S. corporation headquartered in Hong Kong and a leading global provider of award winning mobile technology, content, games and applications (see also the Company's homepage: www.artificial-life.com; and the product websites www.toonmates.com; www.v-girl.com; www.virtual-boys.com; www.v-penguins.com; www.poli-the-bear.com; and our m-commerce portal: www.botme.com).
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Artificial Life, Inc.'s business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the "Risk Factors" described in the Company's Annual Report or Forms 10-K, 10-K(SB) or 10-Q(SB) for the recent fiscal years. All information set forth in this press release is as of March 8, 2007 and Artificial Life, Inc. undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.