With Plaxo and Voxmobili, New Offering Allows the Display, Synchronization
and Editing of Contact Information From Any Device, Anywhere, Anytime
LOS ANGELES, CTIA IT & Entertainment, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading independent provider
of software solutions for the communications and media industries, today
announced the availability of the Openwave(R) Network Address Book.
Leveraging the reach of Plaxo, creator of the world's first smart address
book, and featuring technology by Voxmobili, the leading personal data
management and wireless synchronization solution provider, the offering
will give carriers a network-based service that provides a rich user
experience across devices by synchronizing contact information from myriad
sources, allowing access via multiple protocols and access channels, and
creating a centralized and easily accessible repository in the operator's
network.
Part of Openwave's suite of Adaptive Messaging solutions and products,
the Network Address Book consists of a broad range of contact access and
management tools to seamlessly retrieve contacts stored in the network over
wireless and wireline voice and data networks. With the convergence between
the mobile and fixed line networks, telecommunications operators can
provide value-added services to users regardless of their location, access
technology or device, leading to new ways of increasing loyalty, revenue
and usage.
"Just as consumers call a person, not a place, so too should contact
databases be device and location-independent. Updates made to a web-mail
address book, for example, should be seamlessly replicated across all
devices," said David Ratner, vice president of Digital Identity for
Openwave. "We're starting to see the promise of converged services through
adaptive messaging finally become a reality -- Openwave's network address
book makes access to information intuitive. We look forward to working with
Plaxo and Voxmobili to provide this new, service to our global network of
operators as a means to drive differentiation and value to their
subscribers."
As part of today's news, Plaxo and Openwave also intend to form a
strategic alliance whereby the two companies will engage in joint sales and
marketing activities.
"Plaxo has changed the way people think about the address book," said
Venkates Swaminathan, vice president of business development for Plaxo.
"The Plaxo smart address book provides over 10 million members with a
single, self-updating, accurate source of contact information that is
available across numerous applications and devices. By working with
Openwave, we intend to allow them to offer their operator customers the
industry's leading address book solution, enabling them to offer triple and
quad-play services to their customers and generate new revenue."
"An open platform, the address book is easily integrated with
complementary services including messaging and calendaring allowing
operators to offer their subscribers a true convergent solution," said Eric
Vieillevigne, Managing Director Voxmobili. "By working with Openwave,
Voxmobili's products will be integrated with their highly scaleable
subscriber data management solution, and we can leverage their channel
reach to bring our know-how and synchronization product expertise to a wide
global audience."
The Openwave Network Address Book is a multi-access network address
book that enables users to manage their contacts from virtually any
physical location and on any platform. Highly brandable, the network
address book can be adapted to the service providers' look and feel, local
specifics and languages and is built on Openwave's subscriber data
management platform to allow easy integration, via standards-based
application program interfaces (APIs), with other service enablers such as
presence, location, and network-based information.
The Network Address Book extends Openwave's suite of adaptive messaging
products and services that are each designed to take into account the needs
of service providers and consumers in a converged marketplace, and offer
the ability to personalize and simplify messaging services, so that
consumers can focus on the act of communication, rather than the network,
device, or protocol used.
Openwave's messaging, location, browsing and content services span
networks and devices. Today, Openwave software is used by more than 100
mobile operators, broadband providers and Mobile Virtual Network Operators
(MVNOs) to enable access to data services for more than 500 million
consumers around the world.
Availability:
Network Address Book is available immediately for deployment worldwide.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. is the leading independent provider of software
solutions that ignite mobility for the communications and media industries.
Openwave empowers its customers to rapidly transform their business by
sparking new revenue streams and market opportunities, building loyal
subscriber communities and reducing operational costs. Openwave's broad
range of IP-based handset-to-network solutions enable the rapid launch of
information, communication and entertainment services across networks and
devices and include handset software, content delivery, adaptive messaging,
location, music and video services. Openwave is a global company
headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please
visit http://www.openwave.com.
About Plaxo
Plaxo is the creator of the "smart address book" service that helps
millions of people around the world stay organized, up-to-date, and in
touch with their friends, family, colleagues, and customers. Founded in
2001, Plaxo is a privately held company, funded by leading investment and
technology firms -- Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital Platforms, Harbinger
Venture Management and Cisco Systems -- and by individual investors Ram
Shriram and Tim Koogle
About Voxmobili
Voxmobili is the leading software solution provider for wireless
synchronization and personal data management. By providing unique and
customized user experience, Voxmobili products and solutions provide
attractive end-user services to the largest Operators, ISPs and hardware
manufacturers worldwide. The following key references AT&T Wireless, Orange
Group, France Telecom, Turkcell, Wanadoo have already chosen Voxmobili
solutions. Voxmobili is headquartered in Paris, France. For more
information please visit http://www.voxmobili.com .
NOTE: Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks and or registered
trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties
of their respective owners.
For more information please contact:
Openwave Systems Inc.
Vikki Herrera
Public Relations
Vikki.Herrera@openwave.com
Tel: 650-480-6753
SOURCE Openwave Systems Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.voxmobili.com/
http://www.openwave.com/
CONTACT:
Vikki Herrera, Public Relations of Openwave
Systems Inc., +1-650-480-6753, or Vikki.Herrera@openwave.com
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