Idea Partners Acotel to Unfurl 'SkillDerby' Mobile Gaming Service

Acotel Interactive India Private Ltd. and Idea Cellular, India's 3^rd largest telecom operator, have partnered to launch skill-based mobile gaming service to mobile users in India.

The first product that is being launched in India is called 'SkillDerby', which will allow over 130 million Idea users to play and enjoy high quality and challenging games on their smartphones, without having to download them. Android and iOS users on the Idea network can enjoy playing these exciting games on their mobile browser. Both prepaid and postpaid users can access the service on all 2G and 3G enabled smartphones.

According to Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular, "Idea has always innovated to offer unique products and services to our customers while keeping in mind convenience and affordability. We find the gaming concept of SkillDerby very innovative and foresee its strong potential in the Indian market."

"Acotel Interactive India Private Limited is dedicated and excited about this product launch with Idea Cellular and looks forward to a successful partnership," said Acotel Interactive India CEO Cristian Carnevale.

SkillDerby is a skill-based fun and exciting portal of HTML5 games for Idea Cellular smartphone users. SkillDerby offers a catalog of games such as Jelly Slide, Bank Bandit, Fish Foodies, Maniac Traffic etc., which have enjoyed a great success worldwide. Idea users can subscribe to the service through http://landing.skillderby.in/l1/ and enjoy playing the exciting portfolio of games offered on their smartphones.

This product has achieved milestone success in other markets with Acotel Interactive Inc.