Swedish Mobile Operator NewPhone Chooses the Sonim Push to Talk Solution for its Enterprise Subscribers.Enterprise-Focused Carrier among first in Europe to offer Sonim's OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. PoC 1.0-compliant 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 service to the mobile workforce SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sonim Technologies, the leader in mobile VoIP and push-to-talk IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. solutions for operators and the global provider of high-performance mobile VoIP applications and devices, today announced that NewPhone, a mobile operator based in Sweden, will offer the Sonim hosted OMA compliant push to talk (PTT) solution to its subscriber base. The Sonim solution will allow NewPhone to offer one-to-one and one-to-many push to talk (PTT) capabilities to industrial, field and other mobile workers leveraging Sonim's unique XP1 handset, the first ruggedized, IP52-complaint handset to offer the OMA PoC PTT capability. The Sonim solution includes not only the XP1 designed with such features as extra large interface buttons, an oversized screen for better visibility outdoors and extended battery life, but also a complete desktop dispatch capability that allows a dispatcher to interact with up to 20 simultaneous calls and to broadcast to thousands of simultaneous users. "Sonim has provided a world class Push to Talk solution that was designed with the enterprise user in mind. With Sonim's hosted solution, we're immediately able to meet the needs of our target market -- the industrial worker who needs instant communication on a physically rugged but technologically sophisticated phone," said Andreas Khoshnou, Deputy Managing Director at NewPhone. "Sonim is the only supplier of the OMA PoC standard solution that has the right phone and the right tools for the enterprise to control and optimize this new type of instant communication." "NewPhone is really one of the finest examples of a European mobile operator focused on our target market, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We're thrilled that they have selected our solution and excited about the immediate take up they are experiencing in the market," said Bob Plaschke, 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. of Sonim. "As a result, NewPhone's ARPUs are double that of their competitors, and they expect to generate significant additional revenues from offering our solution. We've said all along that Push To Talk starts in Europe in the enterprise, and NewPhone is the living proof." About Sonim Technologies, Inc. Sonim Technologies enables today's GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. & WiFi data networks to deliver high-performance VoIP applications and services, specifically optimized to meet the productivity objectives of mobile enterprises. Sonim's OMA PoC 1.0 server, client and handset solutions represent the industry's only business class implementation of the push-to-talk standard and form the basis of an emerging suite of streaming IMS-compliant applications. Sonim is headquartered in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. , with offices in Bangalore, London, Stockholm and Madrid. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.sonimtech.com. About NewPhone NewPhone is a Service Provider (MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) A reseller of wireless services. MVNOs do not own licensed spectrum and typically do not have any of their own wireless network infrastructure. ) in Sweden utilising the Telenor GSM and 3G network. NewPhone acts as a full-scale mobile operator focused on providing effective mobile solutions to companies, primarily the SME market. NewPhone started its operation in 2004 and has achieved a substantial customer base with an ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. of 81 Euro per month. NewPhone is also present in Norway where both NetCom ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and and Telenor are network partners. Copyright [c] 2006 Sonim Technologies, Inc., Sonim, Sonim Xtend, Sonim Xperience, Sonim XP1, and the Sonim logo are trademarks of Sonim Technologies, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. |
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