HONG KONG, CHINA, July 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UMeWorld Limited (OTC:UMEWF) is pleased to provide the following corporate update:
UMFun/China Mobile
On July 10, 2017, China Mobile announced the official launch of “AND Education” 2.0 Platform product at the International Conference on ICT organized by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, in Qingao, China.
According to China Mobile, "AND Education" 2.0 Platform is targeting the vast number of China’s mobile phone users, and in particular, China Mobile’s 860 million mobile phone customers. China Mobile, through in-depth cooperation with the industry chain, bridges communication between schools and homes, becoming the most comprehensive and professional educational apps centre. As a large state-owned backbone enterprise and the first state-owned enterprise to sign a strategic agreement with the Ministry of Education, China Mobile assumes the responsibility of the state in promotion of the national education strategy and digitization in education.
As previously announced, the inclusion of UMFun to the “AND Education” 2.0 Platform is a major milestone in UMeWorld’s business plan. UMFun along with four other educational apps listed under the “Specialized Zone” on this Platform are now available to the public free of charge during the summer holidays.
China Mobile’s “AND Educational” 2.0 Platform is the largest subscription-based K-12 educational platform in the world, used mainly by teachers, parents and schools throughout China.
The kindergarten-to-grade-12 (K-12) educational system in China is the largest in the world, comprising approximately 200 million students. UMeWorld is on track to becoming a leading educational service provider in China.
About UMeWorld
UMeWorld is an internet technology company with a focus on the K-12 education market in China. UMFun, the Company’s flagship product, is a cloud-based, adaptive learning and assessment platform that can intelligently analyze and adapt to a student’s performance and personalizes the delivery of proprietary educational items in accordance with the student’s learning needs. UMFun’s off-school version is made available to Chinese K-12 students through China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile service provider by network scale and subscriber base, serving over 860 million customers. Under the UMTang brand, the Company is the largest noon-care and after school tutoring operator in the city of Guangzhou as measured by service locations.
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