Centigram and Lucent Work Together to Offer Enhanced Services Platform; Sales Referral Agreement will Offer Users More Sophisticated Voice Messaging Options.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1997--Centigram Communication Corporation, (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 the signing of a sales referral agreement with Lucent Technologies that will promote an enhanced services platform using Centigram's MobileManager solution. The MobileManager platform will offer users applications such as Prepaid/Debit Card services, Personal Number service, conferencing capabilities and Four-Digit Abbreviated Dialing. The agreement involves maximizing joint selling opportunities that leverage both companies' support for open architectures, industry standards and customer satisfaction and loyalty. The agreement allows for Lucent to refer clients and prospective clients to 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. , and for Centigram to capitalize on Lucent's sales efforts. Centigram and Lucent recently announced a similar joint collaboration effort for voice messaging. Centigram was the first voice messaging vendor to participate in Lucent's Open Systems Innovations Program. This agreement reinforces both companies' commitment to inter-operability and open industry standards. The enhanced services platform agreement strengthens the relationship between the companies and reiterates both companies' mission to provide quality services to their customers. "Centigram is pleased to be furthering our relationship with Lucent Technologies," said Dennis Barsema, senior vice president and general manager of Centigram. "There is definitely a high level of synergy between the two companies given both our companies' focus on exceeding customer satisfaction and commitment to utilizing open standards across our product lines. "This agreement reaffirms the importance of open architectures and inter-operability within the telecom market, and further solidifies Centigram's working relationship with Lucent," said Joe Outlaw, senior analyst, Datapro/Gartner Group. 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. The MobileManager suite of enhanced services applications is delivered to customers through Centigram's Series 6 and Priority Call Management's ORYX oryx (ôr`ĭks), name for several small, horselike antelopes, genus Oryx, found in deserts and arid scrublands of Africa and Arabia. They feed on grasses and scrub and can go without water for long periods. platforms. Centigram Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:CGRM) 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 employs more than 450 people worldwide with revenues in excess of $120 million. 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 is a registered trademark of Centigram Communications Corporation. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corp. Beverly Rindfleisch, 408/428-3722 bev.rindfleisch@centigram.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Robin Foster/Wendy Unland, 415/962-9550 rfoster@miller.shandwick.com wunland@miller.shandwick.com |
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