AT&T (NYSE: T) is hoping for the same star-studded performance from Guitar Hero that Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) experienced after it watched the mobile game become Verizon’s third-best selling for all of 2007 despite only being for sale for the last part of December.

AT&T has launched Hands-On Mobile’s Guitar Hero III Mobile on a number of handsets today. The popular console game has translated surprisingly well to mobile. On the console version, players use a mock guitar to sync finger movements and strumming in sync with the music on the TV. On mobile, they’ve replicated the experience by challenging players to hit numbers on their keypad in sync with notes that scroll across the screen. If a player hits all of the special notes, they’ll build up star power, which can be activated to get double points. A rock meter measures how well you are doing—as you miss notes, you chance upsetting the crowd and being booed off of the stage.

Guitar Hero III Mobile has 15 tracks, including “Suck My Kiss” (by Red Hot Chili Peppers) and “Rock You Like A Hurricane” (as made famous by The Scorpions), and then offers players a new song each month.