Ring2 Showcases Business Audio-Conferencing Remote Control for BlackBerry.Visit the BlackBerry blackberry, name for several species of thorny plants of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble. blackberry stand at 3GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. World Congress 2007 (Hall 8, Stand 8B56) for More Info and a Demo BARCELONA Barcelona (bär'səlō`nə, Catalan bär'səlō`nə, Span. bär'thālō`nä), city (1990 pop. 4,738,354), capital of Barcelona prov. and chief city of Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. , Spain -- Ring2 Conferencing See teleconferencing. , the world's first audio-conferencing company to offer remote control of calls from a mobile device, is enhancing business audio-conferencing for BlackBerry[R] users with the introduction of the second version of its Ring2 Conference Controller application for BlackBerry handsets. Ring2 pushes remote control capabilities for telephone conferencing to the user at the exact moment they need to use them. As soon as the first invited participant dials into the conference, the call leader's BlackBerry handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. is alerted, both acting as a reminder and also enabling one-click access to the remote control application. Ring2's service is being showcased on the BlackBerry stand (Hall 8 Booth 8B56) at the 3GSM World Congress 2007, February 12-15 at the Fira de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. "Not knowing who's on your conference call and not feeling in control are familiar problems for conference callers, which we tackle with simple remote control from a BlackBerry handset. Simplicity is critical for busy business professionals, but it's not enough; we find it equally important to push the application to the user at the exact moment that they would find it helpful, without making them have to go and find it," said Steve Flavell, 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. and co-founder of Ring2. "We've found our new version dramatically increases adoption as it takes advantage of the renowned BlackBerry push technology. Similar desktop-based controls in the market achieve less than 5 percent adoption, whereas our application is achieving adoption rates in excess of 60 percent." Ring2 Conference Controller for BlackBerry handsets works by alerting the call leader as soon as the first invited participant joins the call, asking the call leader what they would like to do - check out who just joined; join the call from a phone of their choice; or ignore the notification. With a single click, the call leader then has a simple remote control tool at hand to: * See who is on the call or missing at any given time * Make sure no one is listening in who shouldn't be * Add someone to the call who's missing * Mute the person with background noise on the line * Make sure others have dropped off the call before embarking on a private side conversation (or actively put them on hold to music if it's just a brief interlude interlude, development in the late 15th cent. of the English medieval morality play. Played between the acts of a long play, the interlude, treating intellectual rather than moral topics, often contained elements of satire or farce. ) * Record the call for retrieval as an MP3 file directly after the call * Assign a billing code for disbursement/accounting purposes About Ring2 Ring2 provides the world's first audio-conferencing service to offer problem-solving remote control from a mobile device, enabling simple and powerful visibility, security and control over conference calls. Ring2 is a member of the BlackBerry Independent Software Vendor Alliance Program and is a technology partner of Alcatel-Lucent. The company won Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. Company Award in audio-conferencing for its pioneering work in mobile remote control. Ring2 is privately held, has received $10 million in equity funding Equity funding An investment consisting of a life insurance policy and a mutual fund. The insurance policy is paid by the collateral value of fund shares, giving the investor the advantages of insurance protection with the growth potential of a mutual fund. and has 30 employees in offices located in London and 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 . For more information or to view a demonstration of Ring2's award-winning business audio-conferencing service, please visit www.ring2.com. |
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