Centigram's OneView Web Provides Access to Series 6 Communications Solutions Via the Internet; Company's Unified Messaging Offering Delivers Efficient Message Management Over the World Wide Web to CPE, Service Provider Customers.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--Centigram Communications Corp. (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 :CGRM CGRM Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO) ), a leading global provider of wireless and wireline messaging and communications solutions, today announced OneView Web, a new World Wide Web-enabled version of Centigram's popular OneView multimedia, unified messaging application on Centigram's Series 6 communications server. This announcement was made both at the Computer Telephony Expo in Los Angeles and CTIA/Wireless '97 in San Francisco. OneView Web allows users to log on to their Centigram cen·ti·gram n. A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a gram. centigram one-hundredth of a gram; abbreviated cg. mailbox through the World Wide Web or private intranet using a Netscape Navigator Web browser and the Centigram Web plug-in. This allows users to use any Netscape browser on any PC world-wide to view their voice, fax and compound messages, play messages, and make or answer messages. Windows 95, Windows NT and Macintosh desktops are supported, so companies with mixed platforms can roll out unified messaging to all their users. For the cost of a local telephone call to an Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , Centigram customers can pick up and send voice and fax messages without a per minute charge on the Internet. OneView Web offers broad applicability for all Centigram customers. Customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) users, such as business people in offices and college students using shared lab computers, can benefit from OneView Web with more efficient communications and enhanced message management using the Centigram OneView Web Inbox. Service providers now have a new enhanced services offering and revenue-generating opportunity with multimedia messaging, whether or not they offer Internet service. Service providers who offer Internet service can use OneView Web to bridge their two services together for their customers. "OneView Web is a key component of Centigram's Internet and unified messaging offerings, and is a great solution for today's mobile professional," said George Sollman, Centigram's president and 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. . "This is especially important because an increasing number of people have access to a Web browser today, so they don't need additional desktop software." OneView Web joins OneView, Centigram's leading unified messaging desktop application, and Centigram's OneView Remote, the only desktop messaging application in the industry which offers off-line access. OneView, OneView Remote and OneView Web can reside on the same server, allowing companies, universities, government agencies, and service providers to diversify their user offerings. OneView Web is an extra cost feature on a Centigram Series 6 system, and turns the Series 6 into a Web server for Centigram voice and fax messages. It will be generally available this fall. A demo is available today on the Internet at http://demo.centigram.com/. Users can follow the link to download and install the Centigram player, logging into mailbox 4997 or 4998 and using passcode 1234. Centigram's CPE Division provides productivity-enhancing, enterprise-wide messaging solutions to corporations, government agencies, universities and other large organizations. Centigram sells and supports its CPE products around the world through a broad network of distributors and agents. Centigram's Service Provider Division delivers industry-leading communication applications and services for network operators that increase their market penetration and accelerate revenue generation. The division supports, markets and sells to wireline (PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration , RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) The Bell telephone companies that were spun off of AT&T by court order in 1984 (the Divestiture). Also known as the "Baby Bells," the initial seven RBOCs were Nynex, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, US West, , independent telcos, and cable telephony companies) and wireless (analog, GSM, PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , and paging companies) service providers. Centigram has delivered enhanced services platforms for more than 10 years and has customers in more than 45 countries on six continents. Centigram is a leading global provider of wireless and wireline messaging and communications solutions. Centigram delivers communications solutions by integrating voice, data and facsimile on its Series 6 communications server, and by providing access to this multimedia information through a telephone or PC. The Series 6 platform is based on industry-standard hardware and software. Centigram also licenses TruVoice, its patented text-to-speech software. Centigram is headquartered at 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, Calif., 95134. Phone 408/944-0250, fax 408/428-3732, World Wide Web http://www.centigram.com . Centigram has sales and support offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. -0- Note to Editors: Centigram and TruVoice are registered trademarks of Centigram Communications Corp. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Centigram is at booth No. 1501 at the Computer Telephony Expo and at booth No. 4512 at CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless '97. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corp. Dan Spalding, 408/428-3559 dan.spalding@centigram.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Robin Foster/Lisa Kelaita, 415/962-9550 rfoster@miller.shandwick.com lkelaita@miller.shandwick.com |
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