KongZhong Corp. (KONG) Announces Acquisition of Shanghai Dacheng Network
KongZhong Corp. is a leading mobile internet company in China that delivers wireless value-added services to consumers in China through multiple technology platforms – wireless application protocol (WAP), multimedia messaging service (MMS), JAVA, short-messaging service (SMS), interactive voice response (IVR) and color ring-back tone. The company today announced that it has entered into a definite agreement to acquire Shanghai Dacheng Network Technology. Shanghai Dacheng is a leading developer of three-dimensional (3D) massively multi-player online role-playing games based in Beijing and Shanghai. Based on Dacheng's 2010 net profit after tax, as calculated under US GAAP rules, KongZhong would pay up to…