Openwave Collaborates With Alcatel-Lucent To Deliver Integrated Service Management Solutions For Service Providers
Industry Leaders Join Forces to Create a Software and Service Solution to Monetize Mobile and Broadband Data Services
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 28, 2008 –
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world’s leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalized services to converge the mobile and broadband experience, today announced a joint collaboration to create pre-configured software solutions for service providers. The solutions will consist of Openwave’s open internet,
service management with advanced professional services from Alcatel-Lucent. The integrated solution is designed as a cost effective way for mobile operators and broadband providers to monetize mobile and broadband internet services.
The initial roll out of the software solution will be powered by the
Openwave® Integra platform, a next generation open Internet solution designed to rapidly enable open, secure multimedia and multi-protocol service deployment on converged networks. It will also consist of service enablers including
Openwave® OpenWeb, an open internet browsing solution designed to enable operators to offer consumers a broader range of content choices by delivering full internet web pages in a user friendly and intelligent format to any mobile data enabled device;
Openwave® Passport, a service that enables mobile operators to tap into new revenue streams by offering on-demand mobile internet access to consumers, and
Openwave® OpenMedia, an open, multimedia content adaptation service that is designed to make content more compelling on a mobile device.
Openwave® Location Manager and other internet service enablers are also expected to be included in future roll outs.
“Leveraging the extensive system and applications integration expertise that Alcatel-Lucent offers , Operators are able to launch new mobile services quickly and cost-effectively in their multi-vendor carrier-grade networks,” said Jean-Pierre Gaillat, managing vice-president systems and applications integration, Alcatel-Lucent. “The Alcatel-Lucent strengths in providing complete lifecycle of services for end-to-end applications integration, combined with the Openwave leading edge Mobile Internet product provides a best-in-class solution that is unparallel to competition.”
“In order to effectively compete, operators are exploring innovative ways to deliver an experience that is easy to use and drives the adoption of new mobile Internet services, while also leveraging new business models and taking advantage of the open internet,” said Alan Park, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales, Openwave. “We are delighted to join forces with an industry leader such as Alcatel-Lucent to bring to market a next generation software and services that will help operators compete in the rapidly advancing internet.”
Openwave Integra
Openwave Integra is a next generation management solution designed to rapidly enable open, secure multimedia and multi-protocol service deployment on converged networks
Openwave OpenWeb
Openwave OpenWeb is a content adaptation platform that transparently intercepts requests for all standard web sites and converts the web pages into highly compressed, functional WAP2 pages. OpenWeb converts and reformats web pages for the mobile screen throughout a user session, on the fly while providing numerous service enhancements, including content filtering, device management, rich media transcoding, user billing and user authentication to improve operator control.
Openwave Passport
Openwave Passport allows mobile carriers to offer a range of time-based internet access options (e.g. day-, hour- and week-passes) to the casual mobile internet user.
Openwave OpenMedia
Openwave OpenMedia converts rich media objects like MS Office documents and audio/video clips to a format suitable for mobile handsets. The new format is presented simply and intuitively, as a web page, an image, an appropriately resized media file, or a stream
