CallWave Announces Portfolio of Visual Voicemail Services for Private-Label Distribution by Carriers.New Portfolio of Carrier Branded Visual Voicemail Visual Voicemail or Random Access Voicemail is the process of adding a visual aspect to mobile phone voicemail and allowing users to listen to their messages in the order of their choice. Services Are Now Available for Immediate Deployment on Fixed and Mobile Networks Nationwide SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- CallWave, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CALL), an innovator of applications that make phones and PCs work better together, has announced general availability of a portfolio of market tested next generation visual voicemail solutions. "We're helping the carrier community think outside the phone with proven desktop applications that allow end-users to select, play and respond to their important calls and messages whenever they're at their computer," said David Hofstatter, Chief Executive Officer for CallWave. "We believe our complete visual voicemail portfolio provides landline and wireless carriers with a winning new portal strategy that delivers daily on-line access to customers via email, Windows and Mac applications, and even Web 2.0 widgets. With our private-labeled applications on the end-users' desktop, carriers get their brand and their products in front of customers in new ways, with minimal capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. and little infrastructure fuss." CallWave has helped millions of end-users manage calls from their desktop. CallWave's voice applications use the desktop to manage calls, messages and complex calling communities much like Apple iTunes uses the computer for easy iPod music management. Continued Hofstatter, "Our applications are designed to help carriers integrate their customers' phone and PC experience to discover the desktop value in every call. A CallWave partnership allows carriers to rapidly transform voicemail into a rich voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. . This strategy enables on-line marketing that is more efficient and cost-effective, product value based on innovation rather than price, and overall CAPEX savings designed to demonstrate bottom-line impact in as little as 60 days." The company's visual voicemail portfolio includes: * Voicemail to Email: Sends a copy of mobile phone voicemail messages to users' email - enabling them to see, sort, listen and respond to messages from their in-box. A caller's name, number and message length are displayed in the subject line, making it easy for users to identify which message to listen to first. From here, users can pause, replay, save, delete or reply to the caller, via text or callback An authentication technique that calls the sender back. After connection is made, the receiving side breaks the connection and calls the sender to ensure that the logon was made from the authorized computer. Callback prevents a stolen ID and password from being used on a different machine. . * Desktop Voicemail Client: A robust desktop environment that enables users to manage and archive their call activity and complex calling community. Users can hear, respond, and screen their calls in real-time, while auto-populating a PC-based contact log and address book. * Voicemail widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. provides another way for end-users to experience the benefits of visual voicemail. Widgets are innovative and powerful tools that keep important services at a user's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. on the desktop. About CallWave, Inc. CallWave is leading the way in developing applications that make phones and computers work better together. With CallWave, tasks that are difficult to do on the phone become much easier on the desktop - without changing phone numbers, handsets or service providers. CallWave enables consumers and businesses to get more out of the devices they use everyday - their computers and phones. CallWave also private-labels convergence applications, such as PC-based visual voicemail, to service providers to reduce churn, expand on-line marketing and drive revenues. Founded in 1998, CallWave is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. . For further information, please visit www.callwave.com. This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are made pursuant to the "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " and "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements. |
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