Accra  – ESPNSoccernet.com -- one of the world’s leading soccer websites --  today announced an agreement with mobile services provider, Rancard  Solutions, to deliver international soccer scores and news to mobile subscribers in Africa using the Rancardmobility.com mobile service delivery platform.

The ESPNSoccernet SMS service will enable mobile subscribers in Africa follow their favorite international football teams during the world cup as well as comment on the news with other fans on a variety of social media including FaceBook and Twitter. The service is device agnostic and will enable participation from users on all mobile devices and will be initially available to subscribers on Glo in Nigeria and Vodafone in Ghana.

The Rancardmobility.com  platform converts premium web content from ESPNSoccernet into a fast, user-friendly, social mobile service accessible  on any mobile device via SMS and enables mobile users to access and share ESPN content whilst on the go.

"ESPN is the worldwide leader in sports and Rancard is pleased to work with ESPNSoccernet  to extend the reach of their quality content to mobile subscribers in Ghana and Nigeria." - Ehizogie Binitie, Director Products & Marketing  

The service will initially be available in on Glo in Nigeria and Vodafone in Ghana and users can access the service by sending “ESPN” to codes 120 on Vodafone and 32929 on Glo. 


About ESPNSoccernet.com
ESPNSoccernet.com is one of the world’s leading soccer Web sites, reaching millions of fans around the globe each month.  It is an integral part ofESPN’s global digital media assets that include brands such as ESPN.com, ESPNSoccernet, ESPNCricinfo, ESPNScrum, ESPNF1.com, ESPNDeportes.com, ESPN3, ESPN Player and many others.  

ESPN is the leading global provider of sports on digital media platforms – including the Internet, broadband, mobile and emerging media platforms.  Collectively, ESPN digital media sites and services reach tens of millions of sports fans each month around the world, who spend billions of minutes with ESPN content.     

About Rancardmobility.com
Rancardmobility.com connects media, application, content and service providers to mobile networks in Africa and the Middle East via a highly reliable and scalable multi-channel, multi-protocol message delivery platform. Rancardmobility.com also includes a customizable application layer for mobile service and multimedia content management.

Contact Espnsoccernet:
Paul Melvin, ESPN        
paul.melvin@espn.com
+44 208 222 2104