Centigram and Priority Announce Conferencing Capability on MobileManager Suite of Enhanced Communications Services; Mobile Subscribers May Now Create Multi-Party Conference Calls from Outbound and Inbound Dialing.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--Centigram Communications 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, and Priority Call Management Inc., a leading global provider of enhanced services platforms, today announced at CTIA/Wireless '97 in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Conferencing on the Fly, available on Centigram's MobileManager suite of enhanced services applications. Now MobileManager subscribers can create up to a nine-party conference call from any telephone at any time, without using a third party conferencing service. Wireless subscribers can create a conference using inbound and outbound dialing, and can add additional participants easily. Once in a conference, subscribers can temporarily or permanently drop out of the call and perform other tasks, such as answering an incoming call, checking voice mail, or forwarding a fax. Reconnecting to the call is as easy as pushing a button. A unique feature is the ability for subscribers to pull other participants into private "sideroom" discussions and then rejoin the original conference. "With so many business people on the go, Conferencing on the Fly improves subscribers' communications with groups and teams, enhancing productivity, teamwork and management decision-making," said Dennis Barsema, Centigram's senior vice president and Service Provider Division general manager. "This application is another offering available from 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 Priority Call Management which supports our strategic alliance's vision of enabling customers to have access to the latest communications capabilities at any time from anywhere." "We're working to develop enhanced services that empower subscribers with the ability to control and manage all of their telephone communications needs," said Andrew Ory, Priority's founder and president. "Conferencing on the Fly allows subscribers to have sophisticated conferencing capabilities without the assistance of a call operator." The MobileManager suite of enhanced services applications is delivered to customers through Centigram's Series 6 and Priority'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. Applications, including Personal Number, Prepaid Wireless, Credit/Debit Card, Calling Card, and International Callback The practice of circumventing the high cost of international toll calls by mixing conferencing with special signaling to allow an overseas call to be placed via a U.S. dialtone at much lower rates. services, are available and in use by customers today, including PageNet, Comcast Cellular, Voice-Net and Voice-Tel. Availability of Conferencing on the Fly is immediate, and accessible through Centigram sales channels. Pricing varies and depends on system configuration. Priority Call Management of Wilmington, Mass., is a leading global provider of enhanced services platforms. Priority's ORYX platform is a switch-based platform that is fully scalable to support multiple applications and thousands of users, and it connects directly with existing telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. equipment. ORYX offers a wide-range of value-added applications, including one number, voice dialing, prepaid cellular, prepaid/calling card, international calling, and integrated messaging access. Priority's ORYX is currently used by telecommunications service providers and major corporations in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Africa, and East Asia. World Wide Web http://www.prioritycall.com . 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 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 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 Corporation. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corporation Dan Spalding, 408/428-3559 dan.spalding@centigram.com or Priority Call Management Mary Sullivan, 508/694-2579 msullivan@prioritycall.com |
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