Volantis Delivers Expanded Mobile Services Offering for Content Providers.Low-Cost Service Tier Added to Drive Media, Entertainment and Sports Brands to Mobile Marketing SEATTLE -- Volantis, the world's leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation Content Adaptation is the action of transforming content to adapt to device capabilities. Content adaptation is usually related to mobile devices that require special handling because of their limited computational power, small screen size and constrained keyboard functionality. [TM] solutions for the Mobile Information Age, today announced the launch of Volantis Content Services[TM] [VCS (1) (Verilog Computer Simulator) See Verilog. (2) (Version Control System) See version control. [TM]]. The expanded offering of tiered managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality lowers the cost for content providers wanting to quickly launch a mobile presence. The additional services are being delivered as Volantis experiences a significant increase in demand from market aggregators such as marketing and advertising agencies for a quick-to-market, off-the-shelf mobile content platform for their clients' brands. Advertising support and monetization of mobile content are critical components of the new services. To support these requirements, Volantis also announced that Bango - the global tracking and payment platform for the mobile internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. - and Third Screen Media - the leader in mobile advertising software and services - have joined the VCS program to provide fully integrated mobile billing and advertising capabilities. The new VCS offering for global and regional consumer sports and entertainment brands; marketing and advertising agencies; and media, broadcasting and online businesses comprises three unique solutions: VCS Quickstart[TM] - a complete, pre-packaged mobile storefront and marketing solution enabling Content Providers to launch a mobile presence in 24 hours to support content sales and advertising. VCS Plus[TM] - a dedicated solution that can be personalized for each brand incorporating custom themes and identities. Content Providers can launch within 30 days and benefit from enhanced support coverage. VCS Premium[TM] - the ultimate solution for brand customization and monetization of mobile content. Consistent with Volantis previous managed service offering, Content Providers may integrate into an existing infrastructure, build entirely new multi-channel applications or implement an extended mobile roadmap built upon a productized, upgradeable mobile platform. Additional information on the offering and targeted markets is available at www.volantis.com. The new services leverage Volantis' Mobile Content Storefront[TM] application and Mobile Content Framework[TM] mobile content adaptation platform. Customers benefiting from Volantis' solutions include CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , Channel 4, Discovery, eBay.co.uk, FT.com, Hearst, lastminute.com, Reuters, and World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events), and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in the professional wrestling industry, with major revenue sources . "We want to give our subscribers and users the best possible FT.com experience no matter what kind of device they are using," said Ien Cheng, Publisher and Managing Editor of FT.com. "Working with Volantis has made this possible." "Our information is trusted and drives decision making by business executives," said Tim Faircliff, General Manager, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Reuters Consumer Media. "So it is vital to us that a Reuters mobile service is fast, accurate and up to the minute. With Volantis, we have been able to deploy a high quality mobile service that delivers this to our audience." "As demand for our managed services grows, it became clear we needed to diversify our offering to ensure our growing customer base has the opportunity to mobilize according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their unique requirements," said Matthew Harris The name Matthew Harris can refer to different people:
Content providers utilizing VCS can also leverage Volantis' Consulting Services to develop mobilization strategies that best meet their needs of their customers. Volantis provides expertise on carrier service delivery platform integrations, mobile and online application development, mobile messaging, mobile device management, mobile community growth and management, mobile advertising, and IT systems integration. About Volantis Volantis (www.volantis.com) is the world's leading supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation[TM] solutions for the mobile Information Age, providing applications, tools and platforms that solve the complexity of delivering optimized services to any mobile device. Volantis extensive experience of serving content providers, mobile network operators, and enterprises, along with its standards leadership, enable a unique position for Volantis to create innovative technology for the Mobile Information Age that is more useful and more useable than the PC Internet of today. Volantis is used around the world by organizations such as 3, CBS, Channel 4, Cingular, CSC, Discovery, eBay.co.uk, FT.com, Hearst, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , lastminute.com, MobileOne, Orange Poland, Reuters, Telefonica Moviles, Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. and Telenor Mobil and World Wrestling Entertainment. Volantis also Chairs the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). ) Device Independence Working Group and is a Founding Member of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative. Volantis global headquarters are in Seattle, USA, with international offices in Guildford, UK; Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , China; Madrid, Spain and Krakow, Poland. Volantis is privately held with investors Accel Partners, Kennet Partners, and SOFTBANK Europe Ventures. |
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