Audium and Odigo Partner to Provide 'Voice Instant Messaging'; Voice Enabled IM Opens Instant Messaging and Presence to Any Phone.Business & Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2001 Odigo, Inc., the leading provider of instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and presence solutions to wireless carriers, telcos, ISPs and portals worldwide, and Audium, the innovative provider of next generation voice applications, today announced the launch of "Voice Instant Messaging", a voice enabled instant messaging and presence solution developed for their respective enterprise and service provider customers. Voice Instant Messaging enables users of any Odigo IM client to access their buddy lists A list of colleagues, workgroup members, friends, etc., that you might wish to communicate with via instant messaging. See instant messaging. and conduct instant messaging sessions from any wireless or wire-line phone, via voice. Users can find out which of their buddies See buddy list. are online, record and send voice instant messages to individuals or buddy groups, and listen to incoming messages that are converted to text and read by the Audium application. "Voice Instant Messaging is a valuable addition to Odigo's robust IM and presence product offering," stated Micha Macover, Odigo CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The advanced technologies that this Audium-Odigo partnership provides will help our mobile operators and other providers attract many new customers, as well as diversify their current products and services. This partnership should be beneficial for both companies, our respective customers, and their users; we are delighted to be able to offer this service." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. research by the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , the number of instant messaging users worldwide will reach 180 million by 2004. With analysts expecting cell phone penetration to cross the billion user mark in the next several years, it makes sense to voice enable instant messaging and presence functionality, and allow businesses and individuals to access these applications through the most familiar of all technological gadgets: the phone. "We're pleased to deliver our voice instant messaging capabilities to Odigo's customer base, and feel that Odigo's standards based IM platform is a great fit for our software," says Marc Matyas, Audium's VP of Business Development. "The combined offering will create a powerful tool for users of Odigo's instant messaging and presence service to leverage the voice channel and remain in contact with their IM buddies while away from their desks... or away for the weekend." The product's speech driven voice interface enables hands free mobile messaging, and provides for a simple, satisfying user experience. The application leverages VoiceXML and advanced speech recognition technologies to deliver web-based content and messaging services through any phone. About Audium Audium develops VoiceXML server and application software that voice-enables mission critical applications for carriers, enterprises, and web-enabled businesses. The Company's proprietary, standards based Voice Application Server provides a common set of components to quickly develop Telco-grade voice applications at greatly reduced costs, bringing web-based technologies and economies of scale to the voice world. For more information on Audium, please visit www.audiumcorp.com or call (212) 609-4000. About Odigo, Inc: Odigo, Inc. is the leading provider of Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence Solutions to wireless carriers, Telcos, ISPs and portals worldwide. Odigo's services include developing private-label IM clients, hosting IM and Presence services and installing complete IM and Presence solutions. Odigo, founded in 1998, is a U.S. based company with headquarters in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . All Odigo IM Solutions are based on the company's Open Instant Messaging Platform, which enables the most interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. , robust and intuitive Instant Messaging services extensible to any Internet-enabled device. Over 140 companies have licensed Odigo's IM Solutions, including British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Austria Telecom, Hungary Telecom, Prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S. , StarMedia, Netease, DreamNet (of NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. ) and Univision. Learn more at www.odigo.com. |
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