T-Mobile Returns to BlogHer Conference for Third Year, Connecting
With Thousands of Women Bloggers
As Part of BlogHer Sponsorship, T-Mobile Revitalizes Madison Square
Boys & Girls Club, Giving Back to Local Families
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile USA, Inc. will once again be part of the world?s largest
conference for women in social media during BlogHer ?10, taking place
Aug. 6?7 in New York. During the conference, a community of female
bloggers will get a hands-on look at T-Mobile?s latest products and
services designed to help families stay in touch easily and affordably.
?This is T-Mobile?s third straight year sponsoring the annual BlogHer
Conference, and we are grateful for their continued support of the
conference and the community?
At the conference, T-Mobile will demo devices fit for the whole family,
from the latest smartphones, such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide?
and the Samsung Vibrant?, to the latest messaging phones,
such as the Samsung Gravity® 3 and LG dLite. In addition, the
company will have information about the rollout of its HSPA+ network,
the most pervasive network to offer 4G speeds1 in the
country, and its Family Allowances service, which lets parents control
line usage, such as voice, texts or downloads.
?T-Mobile has the devices and services that families can rely on to stay
in touch with each other,? said Reid Walker, vice president of corporate
communications at T-Mobile USA. ?We look forward to being a part of the
BlogHer family once again, while also taking the time to connect with
local New York families through our Huddle Up program.?
T-Mobile?s Huddle Up program, which connects children to positive
people, places and programs, with an emphasis on afterschool
programming, will host a community project on Aug. 5. At the event, 150
local T-Mobile employee volunteers and several BlogHer attendees will
join forces to give the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club an extreme
makeover, breathing new life into the vital community resource. The
facility?s Columbus Clubhouse, which was opened in 1965 and continues to
serve much of the youth in the North Bronx, will transform with new
paint, games, murals, benches and a special teen lounge called the
T-Mobile Huddle Up Zone.
?This is T-Mobile?s third straight year sponsoring the annual BlogHer
Conference, and we are grateful for their continued support of the
conference and the community,? said Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder and
COO at BlogHer Inc. ?BlogHer attendees are super-communicators, and each
year they are thrilled to check out the latest gadgets and technology
that help them stay connected to their families and their online
communities.?
The sixth annual BlogHer Conference is organized by BlogHer Inc., the
leading participatory news, entertainment and information network for
women online. This year?s sold-out conference is expected to draw nearly
2,400 bloggers from around the country.
T-Mobile will be in booth #1213, located in Americas Hall 1 on the third
floor of the Hilton New York. Additional details on T-Mobile?s Huddle Up
program can be found at http://www.T-Mobile.com/HuddleUp.
1Based on comparison with 4G network speeds
currently available to mobile device users in the United States.
About T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless
operation of Deutsche Telekom AG. By the end of the first quarter of
2010, approximately 150 million mobile customers were served by the
mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group ? 33.7
million by T-Mobile USA ? all via a common technology platform based on
GSM and UMTS, the world?s most widely used digital wireless standards.
T-Mobile USA?s innovative wireless products and services help empower
people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent
research studies continue to rank T-Mobile among the highest in numerous
regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality.
For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com.
T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG.
About BlogHer Inc.
Reaching more than 20 million women each month (Nielsen Site Census,
March 2010), BlogHer is the leading participatory news, entertainment
and information network for women online. Founded in February 2005 by
Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer?s mission
is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure,
education, community and economic empowerment. Today BlogHer creates
opportunities for members via a community hub (www.blogher.com),
annual conferences and a publishing network of more than 2,500
qualified, contextually targeted blog affiliates. BlogHer provides the
highest quality content on a range of topics, with all blogs continually
edited to meet strict editorial standards, including content quality,
category relevance and blog frequency. BlogHer enjoys a strategic
partnership with iVillage, part of Women@NBCU. BlogHer?s investors are
Venrock, GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund, and Azure Capital
Partners.
T-Mobile USA Media Relations
Michelle Webb, 425-378-4002
mediarelations@t-mobile.comor
BlogHer
Inc.
Elaine Wu, 650-551-1364, x 245
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