Students at Oklahoma Colleges and Universities Get Access to More than 2.1 Million Licensed Songs and Videos • Ruckus Network, Inc. provides students access to legal downloadable music and video files at over 100 universities nationwide; now including Western Oklahoma State College, University of Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State University, East Central University, University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Christian University. • All current students can now use their .edu email address to register and download an unlimited amount of free, legal, and safe music from major and independent label artists. • Scores of Oklahoma students have already registered for Ruckus based on word of mouth recommendations from friends who have Ruckus at their schools.
HERNDON, Va. and OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (PRWeb) January 12, 2007 -- Ruckus Network, Inc. has announced that it recently began providing a multimedia network that supplies free music downloads specifically for college students to Oklahoma colleges and universities. The Ruckus service is delivered through a partnership with OneNet, which provides high speed Internet access to Oklahoma's schools, state and federal agencies, libraries and higher education institutions. Throughout the year, undergraduate and graduate students will be able to access the Ruckus service anytime - on or off campus - to receive the free, unlimited and full-featured music service.
Members of the growing Ruckus community will receive access to the first college-only service that blends social networking features with a massive and continuously expanding library that is free, legal and safe. Ruckus has already proven successful at more than 100 colleges and universities across the country; including including Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, Brown University, University of California-Berkeley, the University of Denver and Georgia Tech.
Through the Ruckus service, students can legally download and share music, create playlists, send personal media recommendations to friends and neighbors, browse classmates' profiles and media libraries and meet new friends. Students can build their personal music libraries from Ruckus' collection of more than 2.1 million high-fidelity, virus-free songs. Ruckus eliminates copyright infringement through its licensing agreements with all of the major international record labels, as well as thousands of independent labels and artists.
OneNet schools were selected to participate in Ruckus' free on-campus music service offering based on student demand for the Ruckus service, OneNet's robust networking infrastructure, and its commitment to supporting legal, digital media services through on-campus marketing. Students at these schools in Oklahoma will experience very fast downloads, improved network bandwidth, lower campus network infrastructure costs and access to additional video content.
"We are very excited to make our music service available to students in Oklahoma along with hundreds of schools across the country," said Ed Cheely, Director of Campus Relations at Ruckus. "Students at these schools have been emailing us for months requesting subscriptions, and we are happy to now provide a digital entertainment network and a safe and legal solution to file-sharing at no cost to students or to the school."
"In partnering with Ruckus, we are offering students another way to connect with their campus communities, as well as a safe, legal and free way for them to obtain and share digital media," said Kurt Snodgrass, Chief Operating Officer for OneNet. "This is a partnership we are thrilled about, and we think the students will be as well."
Students can begin using the service immediately by simply visiting
www.Ruckus.com.
About OneNet
OneNet is Oklahoma's telecommunications and information network for education and government. It is an operational division of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and is operated in cooperation with the Oklahoma Office of State Finance. OneNet is made possible through a partnership between the State of Oklahoma and private telecommunications companies. The result of this partnership is millions of dollars in savings to Oklahoma taxpayers, as well as the rapid development of a telecommunications infrastructure that is one of the most comprehensive in the nation. For more information on OneNet, call 1-888-566-3638, or visit OneNet's web site at
www.onenet.net.
About Ruckus Network, Inc.
Ruckus Network, Inc. provides the premiere digital entertainment network designed specifically for college students. The Ruckus experience blends college students' top interests - friends and entertainment - to create a strong sense of community at universities across the country. Whether looking for a roommate with similar interests or someone who enjoys hip hop music as much as they do, Ruckus members are able to find friends through media and media through friends. Today, the Ruckus service is available to hundreds of thousands of U.S. college students and is quickly becoming the brand of choice for higher education institutions nationwide. For more information, please visit our corporate site at
www.RuckusNetwork.com or our service at
www.Ruckus.com.
For more information contact:
Tim Hurley or Andrew Soucy
BluePoint Venture Marketing for Ruckus
781-861-7800
Chris Lawson
Ruckus Network
703-464-6551
Kurt Sondgrass
OneNet
405-225-9444
Press Contact: Andrew Soucy
Company Name: Ruckus Network, Inc.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 781-861-7800
Website: www.ruckus.com
Press Release Source: EMediaWire
