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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Volantis Boosts Mobile Delivery With Launch of Managed Services for Content Providers
Guildford, UK – 21st September 2004: Volantis, the world’s leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions and services, today announced the general availability of its Managed Service solution for mobile content providers. The first customers are leading content providers FT.com, eBay.co.uk, and Emap.
Volantis also today announced its first Turn-Key Managed Service - for Downloads and Newsfeeds – which can be implemented within 6 weeks.
Volantis Managed Services enable mobile content providers to rapidly deploy any mobile service to multiple mobile network operators at low risk and cost. The Managed Services include the design, development and management of the mobile service and is built on an industry leading technology platform which is hosted 24/7 with dedicated hardware and software deployed in a secure environment.
The sophistication of the mobile services can range from straightforward newsfeeds, ringtone, wallpaper, Java and multi-media downloads, to fully interactive, highly graphical bespoke applications with advanced user management and “closed loop” mobile services that seamlessly integrate mobile messaging and browsing.
Subscribers experience the highest quality service that their mobile phone can support via Volantis Multi-Channel Server which intelligently adapts content to exploit the full capabilities of over 1,000 mobile devices.
Integration with mobile network operators is included in the Managed Services, as well as the management of the complexity of operators’ varied billing systems, brand guidelines and technical protocols. Integration with third party billing systems is also provided.
FT.com, recently voted Europe's leading business website, is one of the first customers of Volantis Managed Services. “We use Volantis Managed Services to host the FT.com mobile service.” said Steven Trew, Head of Mobile Services at the Financial Times. “It is essential that we are able to give users a consistent and reliable experience, regardless of whether they are accessing FT.com from a mobile handset or PDA. Working with Volantis has made this possible; their technology, experience, and management of the operator infrastructures has been extremely valuable to us in delivering a high quality mobile service and extending our market leading brand into the mobile channel.”
Volantis Managed Services bring together Volantis technology - in use by leading content providers and operators such as lastminute.com, William Hill, 3, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile - with a number of industry-leading tools and services to offer content providers a fully packaged solution to provision any type of mobile service.
The Volantis Turn-Key Managed Service for Downloads and Newsfeeds is a specific packaged service to provision ringtone, wallpaper or newsfeed services that can be deployed within 6 weeks.
“Volantis solutions provide an easy and low risk option for content providers who want to quickly exploit the mobile opportunity. Our vast expertise gained by delivering projects for large operators and content providers has been packaged into these Managed Services,” said Mark Watson, CEO, Volantis. “Delivering mobile services can be a highly complex undertaking but we are aware of the specific needs of mobile network operators and content providers - as well as the pitfalls to avoid.”
Volantis Managed Services are based on Volantis market-leading software - Multi-Channel Server, Distributed Service Broker and Message Preparation Server - as well as an advanced content management systems and media download server.
The Turn-Key Managed Service for Downloads and Newsfeeds provides;
Templates for Ringtones, Wallpaper and Newsfeed services
Automated Content Refresh Facilities via Volantis Content Carousel
Robust Scheduling/Publication Tools
Operator/’Off Portal’ Delivery Paths
Internationalisation/Localisation via Volantis Blueprint Functionality
Centralised Billing via Billing Engine Plug-Ins
Customised Online Reporting
Optimized & Device-Aware Asset Download and Layout Facilities
About Volantis
Volantis (www.volantis.com) is the world’s leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions and services for the next generation Internet. It has leading content provider, mobile network operator and enterprise brands as customers, its technology is used in solutions from some of the world’s biggest IT suppliers, and it leads key industry standards bodies.
With Volantis, intelligence about thousands of access devices, operator networks, aggregator/operator portals, content/database management systems, billing systems and location-based services, is used to adapt content in real-time for optimal user experience. Intelligent Content Adaptation reduces the cost and complexity of delivering Internet content and services to any access device, and increases user satisfaction.
Volantis is used around the world by leading brands such as 3, Accenture, AT&T Wireless, Centertel, CSC, eBay.co.uk, Emap, FT.com, HP, IBM, lastminute.com, M1, Telefonica Moviles, Telecom Italia Mobile, Telenor Mobil and William Hill. Volantis also chairs the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Device Independence Working Group.
About FT.com
FT.com is one of the world’s leading business information websites, and the internet partner of the FT newspaper, one of the world's leading business newspapers, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed in 22 cities across the globe, has a daily circulation of over 440,000 and a readership of more than 1.6 million people worldwide
Since its relaunch in May 2002, the FT.com website has continued to be the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an essential source of news comment, data and analysis for the global business community.
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