Coherent Networks and OTELNET Partner to Provide Wireless Operators with Turnkey Location-Enabled Alerting Applications.Business/Technology Editors WESTFORD, Mass. & BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 -- Partnership to Enable Carrier Revenue Generation by Providing a New Class of Location-sensitive Public Safety, Lifestyle and Entertainment Alerts -- Coherent Networks, Inc., the company that pioneered the deployment of real-time call detail record capture and mobile messaging for the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry, and OTELNET, the leading provider of "Intelligent Push" content delivery platforms for wireless operators to mobile users, announced today that they will partner to provide wireless operators with turnkey See turnkey system. , location-enabled alerting applications for a diverse range of content types, including lifestyle, entertainment and public safety. The easy-to-install solution can be deployed without any interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. of the carrier's existing SS7 services, and can be carrier owned or externally hosted. The partnership between the two companies calls for OTELNET to use Coherent Networks' prOceSS7(TM) probe to non-intrusively gather presence, location and subscriber information to add relevance to OTELNET's content alerting applications. Coherent and OTELNET also will engage in joint marketing and sales activities to promote OTELNET's location-sensitive content alerting applications, which will be available through both partners. "Wireless subscribers are clamoring clam·or n. 1. A loud outcry; a hubbub. 2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control. 3. A loud sustained noise. for one-stop, trusted, push services that provide them with relevant information on the go," said Aleks Gollu, OTELNET's Vice President of Corporate Development. "Carriers love our solution because it is an immediate revenue generator for them. Our partnership with Coherent Networks enhances our offering by location-enabling the services in our Lifestyle, Entertainment, and Public Safety channels. We look forward to capitalizing on our co-developed solutions for wireless carriers." "With successful prOceSS7 deployments on 6 continents, we have established ourselves as a leader in providing mobile messaging solutions, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to support OTELNET's location-based applications," commented Chuck Stormon, Co-founder and Vice President, Business Development of Coherent Networks. "Using prOceSS7 to detect a subscriber's real-time presence and location on the network and other elements in his subscriber profile, OTELNET's `Intelligent Push' applications enable wireless carriers to target subscribers with specifically chosen messages to promote the services they are most likely to want. In addition, carriers can analyze uptake uptake /up·take/ (up´tak) absorption and incorporation of a substance by living tissue. up·take n. and usage rates for new services, enabling them to further refine their offering to attract and retain subscribers and optimize optimize - optimisation their revenues." About OTELNET OTELNET is the wireless carrier's choice for real-time and on-demand alerting solutions that generate immediate revenue. Their Intelligent Push solutions create a winning value proposition for subscribers, carriers and content providers alike. OTELNET targets all global wireless carriers. Their current customers include the largest global wireless carriers and they have successfully deployed their Intelligent Push solution in the largest US wireless carrier. Their OtelCORE(TM) software platform is a robust, scalable software engine powerful enough to manage millions of subscribers and hundreds of real-time content feeds in a single carrier implementation. The 'intelligence' in the push technology makes sure that only the desired content is delivered to the subscriber, preserving precious and expensive bandwidth capacity for the carrier -- especially important with today's 2G network infrastructure. The result is carriers finally have the keys -- inside of their own networks -- to keep their existing subscriber base satisfied and to attract new subscribers with high-value services. Berkeley, CA based OTELNET is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. comprised of visionary 1. visionary - One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. , seasoned leadership and top-tier engineering talent. For more information, call (510) 649-6000 ex. 272 or visit www.otelnet.com About Coherent Networks Coherent Networks International provides software-driven solutions that address the information access needs of telecommunications carriers and power utilities worldwide. Our solutions enable customers to more rapidly derive information required to optimize network availability, improve efficiency and identify new services and sales opportunities. Coherent Networks pioneered the deployment of real-time call detail record capture and mobile messaging for the telecommunications industry through the Company's European subsidiary, NMG NmG No More Gas (Myers Motors electric vehicle) NMG Navy Metrication Group NMG Nuera Media Gateway NMG Network Media Gateway NMG Network Management Gateway NMG Network Measurement Group Telecoms. Coherent's telecommunications product, the prOceSS7(TM) traffic analysis system, allows carriers and service providers to monitor 100% of their network traffic on a real-time basis, regardless of technology, geography or interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. complexity. The prOceSS7 system also serves as an open platform for delivering software applications designed to provide carriers with real-time access to mission-critical customer and network information--the information they need to optimize network availability, improve efficiency and target new services. prOceSS7's suite of advanced SS7 traffic analysis applications enables a carrier to leverage the data collected by the prOceSS7 platform to non-invasively improve network efficiency and availability, monitor and enforce service level agreements, augment aug·ment v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments v.tr. 1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: customer care through access to relevant call details, independently verify interconnection billing accuracy, detect fraud, and even intervene intervene v. to obtain the court's permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit. in real time in critical situations. Coherent also provides wireless carriers with messaging applications that can be used to market new roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. services via SMS messages SMS message SMS n → (message m) SMS m . Drawing upon the Company's more than 30 years' experience providing solutions for the telecommunications industry, Coherent Networks' products are deployed and in production with more than 75 carriers across 6 continents. The privately held company has received venture capital funding from JP Morgan Chase, Fleet/BancBoston Capital, St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery Venture Capital, JAFCO America Ventures and GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 Communications Partners. For more information, call (978) 692-6200 or visit www.coherentnetworks.com. Note to Editors: prOceSS7 is a trademark of Coherent Networks International. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective holders. |
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