3BILL, the recently launched service from Symbios Group which allows companies to deliver marketing campaigns and sell and bill digital content to mobile phones in an easy and effective way, is pleased to announce it has launched a new content brokerage service. This will provide clients and users access to the 3Bill software allowing them to upload their content to sell directly to their customers or to resell the content through the channel via partners or clients already using the 3Bill service.

The content brokerage service will be of interest for any business that owns and wishes to sell, market and maximise revenue for music tracks, games, video clips, film promos, wallpapers or ringtones for use on mobile phones.

Although there are other services in existence that act as content brokers the 3Bill service is unique in several ways:-

• It links content to billing and distribution on mobile phones off one single platform.

• It allows for flexible tariffs whereby the resale price of the content is set by the seller.

• It provides the ability for an unlimited bulk upload of content items, making it easy to use for any business that owns a large library of digital content it wants to make available for sale.

• It allows any item of content to be automatically resized and reformatted to fit the specific mobile handset screen size.

• It contains a security feature called forward lock that ensures an item of content cannot be forwarded to other users once purchased.

• It includes a web and WAP build generator which allows users the ability to pre-select content, service and tariff then automatically publish this to the internet and mobile phone browser.





The service is extremely simple to use as follows:

1. The user logs in to 3Bill with a username and password

2. Chooses the Content home page

3. Uploads content through a simple series of guided instructions during which the content files are downloaded onto 3Bill.

In addition to this service 3Bill has just signed a data agreement with The MCPS-PRS Alliance, the UK music royalty collecting societies, to provide data to ensure that society members receive writer and composer royalties for every music download made to a mobile phone using the 3Bill billing engine. This facility is unique for off portal billing systems.

The system works by 3Bill providing a quarterly data report to both collection societies of all music downloads associated to society members made to mobile phones using 3Bill as the billing engine. From this data the societies will be able to calculate and pay the royalties due directly to writers and composers and collect the royalty from the 3Bill customer that sold the download to the mobile phone user.

Together with the forward lock feature on the 3Bill service, which prevents downloads from being forwarded to other mobile phones from the purchaser’s phone, this will ensure that writers and composers receive the full royalties that are due to them from mobile downloads.

Commenting on these new services, Martin Montague, CEO of Symbios Group said:

“Our content brokerage service is the first genuine secure billing software for content owners to warehouse their digital content assets and provide access to third parties who wish to resell the content. In particular this service should have a strong appeal to music and film companies wishing to create a market place to sell their content to mobile phone users.”

“Our agreement with The MCPS-PRS Alliance will do much to make sure songwriters and composers can be confidant that they are receiving the proper level of royalties due to them from their music that is downloaded from 3Bill on to mobile phones.”

ENDS


For further information please contact:

Symbios Group Limited
www.symbiosgroup.co.uk
www.3bill.com
Gavin White
Sales and Marketing Director
Tel: 0870 4781517
Mobile: 07789 206649
E-mail: gavin@symbiosgroup.co.uk

IKON Associates
(PR for Symbios)

Adrian Shaw
Tel: 01483 535102
Mobile: 0797 9900733
E-mail: adrian@ikonassociates.com

Notes to editors

Symbios Group and 3Bill

1. 3BILL can be rented, licensed or purchased as managed software for clients wishing to take control and ownership of the billing relationship with customers.

2. Symbios Group Ltd is a software company which provides content for the internet and mobile phone platforms and develops enabling software for content delivery to mobile phones.

3. The Company was founded in 2000, is based in Fareham, Hants and employs 20 people.

The MCPS-PRS Alliance.

MCPS and PRS are the UK collecting societies that ensure composers, songwriters and publishers are paid royalties when their music is used: from live performance to TV and radio, CDs to DVDs, downloads, streams and everything in between. Royalties create a future for music by supporting creators while they continue to write. MCPS and PRS are committed to delivering maximum royalties and world-class service. They work together in an operational alliance to get the best value for the music use of composers and songwriters everywhere. www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk