Acotel Group Makes The Pope's Thought of the Day Available to Mobile Users Throughout the United States.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004 Acotel Group (MIB (1) (Management Information Base) The hierarchical database used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP) to describe the particular device being monitored. MIB objects are identified using ASN.1 syntax. See SNMP, RMON, OID and ASN.1. :ACO ACO Aircraft Certification Office (FAA) ACO Ant Colony Optimization ACO Automobile Club de l'Ouest (Le Mans racing governing body) ACO Australian Chamber Orchestra (Sydney, Australia) ), the global provider of mobile multimedia platforms and applications, announced today that mobile phone users in the United States can subscribe to receive the Pope's Thought of the Day, a daily premium SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. containing thoughts, prayers and guidance directly from the Pontiff's teachings, on their mobile phones. The Pope's Thought of the Day is derived from the Pope's homilies, messages and speeches and delivered by Acotel to users' mobile phones. The service leverages Acotel's technology and deep expertise in the mobile arena and is designed to appeal to a wide audience. It is currently available in the UK, Italy, Ireland, and Malta. It is now available in the US through Verizon Wireless and Cingular. Additional wireless operators are expected to offer the service in the next several weeks. Mobile users can subscribe to the service by sending a text message containing the words 'POPE ON' to the number 24444. Beginning the following day, the Pope's Thought of the Day will be delivered as a premium SMS to the subscriber's mobile handset at noon eastern time each day, seven days a week. "The Pope's Thought of the Day has offered inspiring messages to European subscribers since its launch last year," said Nino Tarantino, general manager and COO, Acotel USA, Inc. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to once again leverage our expertise in the mobile arena to provide the means for the Pope to share His message in the United States, in time for the Easter holiday." Updates and additional information about the Pope's Thought of the Day from Acotel Group can be found at www.popemessage.com. About Acotel Group Acotel Group is a leading provider of multimedia platforms and applications to mobile network operators and media companies around the world. Through its customer base, Acotel services more than 35 million end users and enabled approximately 500 million paid text and multimedia messages in 2003. Founded in 1992, Acotel operates in 20 countries and is publicly traded on the Milan Stock Exchange Milan Stock Exchange The largest regional stock exchange in Italy, facilitating more than 90% of the country's trading volume. . Acotel customers include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Orange, Radio Hit Channel, Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. , Tiscali and Vodafone. Acotel USA is based in Boston with an office New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Visit www.acotel.com for more information. |
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