UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the Month of December 2009
Commission
File Number: 000-50826
KONGZHONG
CORPORATION
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
35/F,
Tengda Plaza, No. 168 Xizhimenwai Street
Beijing,
China 100044
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Number
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1.1
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KongZhong
Announces Impact Due to New Telecommunications Operator
Measures
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
press release of KongZhong Corporation (the “Company”), constituting Exhibits
1.1 to this Form 6-K, contain statements that may be viewed as “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Such forward-looking statements are, by their nature,
subject to significant risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual
performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be
materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results
of operations expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, statements regarding trends in the wireless value-added services,
wireless media and mobile games industries and our future business, financial
conditions, results of operations and prospects.
Although
such statements are based on the Company’s own information and information from
other sources it believes to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on
them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends
and the Company’s results may differ materially from those expressed or implied
in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continued competitive
pressures in China's wireless value-added services, wireless media and mobile
games industries and the effect of such pressure on prices; unpredictable
changes in technology, consumer demand and usage preferences in the market; the
state of and any change in the Company’s relationship with China's
telecommunications operators; the Company’s dependence on the billing systems of
telecommunications operators for its performance; the outcome of the Company’s
investment of operating income generated from the wireless value-added services
segment into the development of its wireless Internet segment and mobile games
segment; changes in the regulations or policies of the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology and other relevant government authorities in China or
elsewhere; and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in
China, including the government's policies with respect to economic growth,
foreign exchange, foreign investment and entry by foreign companies into China's
telecommunications market. For additional discussion of these risks and
uncertainties and other factors, please see the Company’s most recent Annual
Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which
apply only as of the date of this report on Form 6-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
December 10, 2009
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By:
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Name:
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Leilei
Wang
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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KongZhong Announces Impact
Due to New Telecommunications Operator Measures
BEIJING,
Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On November 30th, 2009, in order to support the
Chinese government's efforts to maintain an orderly mobile Internet environment,
China Mobile Communication Corporation (China Mobile), one of the
telecommunications operator partners of KongZhong Corporation (Nasdaq: KONG),
implemented a series of measures targeted at eliminating offensive or
unauthorized content, including pornographic content, on Chinese-based wireless
application protocol (WAP) sites. As a result, China Mobile and other Chinese
telecommunications operators have suspended billing their customers for all WAP
and G+ mobile gaming platform services, including those services that do not
contain offensive or unauthorized content, on behalf of third party service
providers of such services. China Mobile and other operators have not yet
indicated how long its new measures would last or whether it would expand its
current measures.
Mr. Jay
Chang, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, said, "We fully support these
measures to improve the content quality of the Chinese mobile Internet market.
We are confident that our WAP sites and services do not contain any content
targeted by these measures. We expect these measures to establish a healthier
and more transparent operating environment, and intend to work closely with
China Mobile to develop high quality services for the growing 3G mobile
telecommunications market in China."
Since the
implementation of these new measures, the Company has been actively analyzing
their potential impact on its business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects and has maintained an active dialogue with its
telecommunications operator partners. After careful analysis over this period,
the Company now expects that the new measures described above would impact
the Company's WAP and wireless Internet services and a portion of the Company's
mobile game services, as well as the revenues derived from such
services.
Based on
the Company's current assessment of these measures, the Company now expects its
revenues in the fourth quarter of 2009 to be within the range of US$34.0 million
to US$35.0 million, as compared to its previous guidance range of US$37.0
million to US$38.0 million. The Company will continue to closely monitor these
new measures and assess their effects on the Company.
About
KongZhong
KongZhong
Corporation is a leading mobile Internet company in China. The
Company delivers wireless value-added services to consumers in China through
multiple technology platforms, including WAP, multimedia messaging service
(MMS), JAVATM, short messaging service (SMS), interactive voice response (IVR)
and color ring-back tone (CRBT). The Company operates three wireless Internet
sites, Kong.net, Ko.cn and cn.NBA.com, which enable users to access media,
entertainment and community content directly from their mobile phones. The
Company also designs and operates mobile games, including mobile online games,
JAVA games and WAP games.
Safe Harbor
Statement
This
press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements
include, without limitation, statements regarding trends in the wireless
value-added services, wireless media and mobile games industries and our future
business, financial conditions, results of operations and
prospects. Although such statements are based on our own information
and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not
place undue reliance on them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties,
and actual market trends and our results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety of
reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
continued competitive pressures in China's wireless value-added services,
wireless media and mobile games industries and the effect of such pressure on
prices; unpredictable changes in technology, consumer demand and usage
preferences in the market; the state of and any change in our relationship with
China's telecommunications operators; our dependence on the billing systems of
telecommunications operators for our performance; the outcome of our investment
of operating income generated from the wireless value-added services segment
into the development of our wireless Internet segment and mobile games segment;
changes in the regulations or policies of the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology and other relevant government authorities in China or
elsewhere; and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in
China, including the government's policies with respect to economic growth,
foreign exchange, foreign investment and entry by foreign companies into China's
telecommunications market. For additional discussion of these risks and
uncertainties and other factors, please see our most recent Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only
as of the date of this press release.
KongZhong
Contacts:
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Investor
Contact:
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Media
Contact:
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Jay
Chang
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Xiaohu
Wang
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Manager
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Tel.:
(+86-10) 8857 6000
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Tel:
(+86-10) 8857 6000
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Fax:
(+86-10) 8857 5891
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Fax:
(+86-10) 8857 5900
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E-mail:
ir@kongzhong.com
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E-mail:
xiaohu@kongzhong.com
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