fring und mobilkom austria A1 kooperieren!
Verfasst: 31.10.2008, 13:59
Link: http://www.fring.com/A1/
fring und mobilkom austria A1 kooperieren!
Heute mal ein Bericht aus dem Bereich B2B. fring und der führende Mobilfunknetzanbieter Östereichs, mobilkom austria A1, haben eine spezielle Version von frings ausgezeichneter Software für mobile Internetkommunikation (mVoIP) und Community veröffentlicht.
Dies ist das erste Mal, dass ein Netzwerkanbieter offene mVoIP-Kommunikation und mobile Internet-Community mit in sein Geschäft integriert hat und stellt somit einen Shift in der Geschäftspolitik dar. Außerdem gibt diese Kooperation Einblick in die Zukunft wie fring sie sich vorstellt: Eine Welt mit offener Mobilkommunikation und Community, mit großer Auswahl für die Handynutzer. Wir freuen uns, das mobilkom austria diese Vision teilt.
Die offizielle Pressemitteilung zu dieser Ankündigung könnt ihr hier nachlesen.
Wir finden, dass diese Kooperation ein echtes Statement in Bezug auf des Verhältnis von mVoIP-Anbietern und traditionellen Anbietern ist. Es stellt die Bereitschaft und Fähigkeit dar, die Zukunft zu umarmen und in ihre Planung mit einzubeziehen.
Schließlich ein herzliches Willkommen an all die neuen mobilkom austira 1 fringer. Schön, dass ihr dabei seit.
Another fringing world first!
fring™ partners with mobilkom austria
to provide first ever open mobile VoIP and mobile internet community offering for Tier 1 MNO
LONDON, October 21st 2008, fring and Austria’s leading mobile network operator, mobilkom austria with its well known product brand A1, announced today the first ever deployment of fring’s mobile VoIP and mobile internet community application for a Tier 1 network operator.
Under the agreement, mobilkom austria will give its customers access to a dedicated version of the fring mobile client, containing fring’s entire open-platform, feature-rich suite of internet based mobile communications & community services, allowing A1 over IP users to talk, chat and interact with each other & all of their online communities, and access fun mobile web applications, using the internet connection capability of their mobile device.
In Phase 1 of the project, the A1 over IP service will be integrated into fring’s SIP service, offering fring users the opportunity of using A1 over IP accounts and also the ability to configure their A1 over IP accounts to work within fring.
Phase 2 will see a fring application being built into mobilkom austria’s mobile offering and pre installed onto a large number of mobile devices. This will comprise fring’s entire feature set of voice over IP, instant messaging, real-time presence / availability indication, file transfer and access to fring’s new always-on mobile internet applications (fring Add-ons)
A broader set of A1 products and features will also be integrated into fring at this time, providing a true convergence of residential and mobile SIP telephony, mobile community and mobile internet provision.
mobilkom austria customers will now be able to enjoy taking all of their favorite internet communities mobile and effectively enables a new mobile community to be built around the A1 brand.
This is a major development for the mobile industry in general and an important strategic step for fring, demonstrating its leadership position in the mobile internet communication and community space.
It exemplifies the company’s vision of an open mobile communications environment in which new forms of technology and user experience complement the traditional, and the end user is provided with the freedom to choose from a wide range of options, enabling him to conduct his mobile life in the way that best fits his lifestyle and needs.
Avi Shechter, fring’s co-founder and CEO commented: “Today’s announcement by fring and its new partner, mobilkom austria, represents just the beginning of a sea change in the relationship between mobile VoIP and traditional mobile carriers.
“It demonstrates a recognition by a leading operator that mobile internet based communications and community are a valuable and integral part of their current and future eco system. fring has excellent relationships with a number of global mobile network operators, and we are all working hard to fully realize the opportunity that mobile internet represents for all of us, exploring its position in the value chain and the benefit it delivers in terms of rich, always-on mobile web experiences for our users.”
Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter, CMO mobilkom austria and CMO Telekom Austria TA said: “Internet services and mobile communications will increasingly grow together in the future. We were very early to adopt the international SIP standard. Through the partnership with fring we can demonstrate today how the two worlds will merge in the future."
The agreement will also see fring & mobilkom austria working closely together to distribute and market the new products via a number of initiatives including pre-installation on handsets, a dedicated landing web page, promotion via the fring German-speaking blog, joint media announcements and online activity will publicize the product.
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