Software facilitates management of contact information.
Press Release Summary:
Part of Adaptive Messaging suite, Network Address Book allows display, synchronization, and editing of contact information from any device. Contact access and management tools enable retrieval of contacts over wireless and wireline voice and data networks. Network Address Book is built on Openwave's subscriber data management platform to allow integration via standards-based APIs, with other service enablers such as presence, location, and network-based information.
Original Press Release:
Openwave's Network Address Book Makes Convergence Happen for Operators and their Consumers
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 /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 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 www.voxmobili.com .
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CONTACT: Vikki Herrera, Public Relations of Openwave Systems Inc.,
+1-650-480-6753, or Vikki.Herrera@openwave.com
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