VoxSurf Powers Motorola's Mya to Deliver the Most Flexible E-mail Offering to Mobile Users.Business Editors SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and DUBLIN, IRELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Mobile phone users will soon be able to access their e-mail from their Internet-enabled wireless phones, thanks to a new collaboration announced today between Motorola, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MOT) and Dublin-based VoxSurf Software International Ltd., a developer of software for next-generation wireless devices. VoxSurf has developed an innovative `multi-personality' e-mail application which allows users to access their e-mail either through a personal computer, through a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. )-enabled mobile phone, or through any telephone using voice commands. Under a recent licensing arrangement, Motorola has integrated the application into its Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. Exchange(TM) communications platform, also known as the MIX(TM) platform, and its cyber-assistant, Mya(SM). The Mya(SM) cyber-assistant represents the advanced technology that can allow users to access Internet, data, e-mail and personal contacts by either reading it on the display of an Internet-enabled wireless phone or by listening to it from any phone. This choice of user interface and device makes the MIX communications MIX Communications - (MIX) Providers of Internet access and presentation services for businesses and individuals in the Milwaukee, WI, USA metropolitan area. MIX started providing Internet access services to the Milwaukee area in 1990. platform among the most flexible available today. The MIX platform is a complete, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. enabling wireless carriers, service providers and enterprises to offer Internet, data and enhanced voice services and third party solutions to mobile users. In its current form, the MIX platform can allow mobile phone subscribers to read e-mail using a WAP browser. Ultimately, they will be able to listen and respond to e-mail messages using a voice browser A voice browser is a web browser that presents an interactive voice user interface to the user. In addition, it typically provides an interface to the PSTN or a PBX. Just as a visual web browser works with HTML pages, a voice browser operates on pages that specify voice dialogues. via the Mya cyber-assistant. The voice browser is a specialised software application that makes use of ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. (Automatic Speech Recognition) and TTS (1) See text-to-speech. (2) (Transaction Tracking System) Software that monitors a transaction until completion. In the event of a hardware or software failure, it ensures that the database is brought back to its former state before the attempt to (Text-to-Speech) software components to create an application that can be used to access Internet data using speech. "VoxSurf is committed to facilitating access to the Internet for phone users -- WAP and voice- enabling access to e-mail is an important step towards this, and we will be launching further applications in the near future," said Andy Munarriz, chief executive officer of VoxSurf. "We are working closely with Motorola to ensure successful deployment of the MIX platform, which we see as a leading enabler of the mobile Internet." "Through MIX, Motorola is committed to expanding the services that our carriers can offer their customers," said Tony Kobrinetz, vice president and general manager, Motorola Personal Networks Group. "Access to e-mail is one of the most desired features identified by subscriber surveys. Collaborating with VoxSurf allows Motorola to bring a world class offering to its customers." About Mobile Internet Exchange Communications Platform Motorola's Mobile Internet Exchange platform (also known as the MIX communications platform) is a complete solution enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to offer the Internet, e-mail and personal data and to provide integrated voice and data capabilities to mobile users. The MIX communications platform and Mya, the amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. cyber-assistant, offers an exciting and unique end-user experience with capabilities ranging from voice dialing of phone numbers to allowing a user to read or listen to Internet content or e-mail while mobile. The MIX platform, a wireless Internet end-to-end solution, is both network/architecture independent and is a feature server of Motorola's Aspira(TM) architecture. The MIX platform includes the necessary hardware, software and integration services to get the system up and running quickly. It is comprised of servers, gateways -- a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) gateway for data and a VoxGateway(TM) for voice -- software applications and content. The software applications and access to content, provided by the Myosphere(TM) suite of applications, including Mya, the cyber-assistant, reside on the MIX platform. Motorola's professional integration services make it a complete, turnkey package. Additional information is available at www.motorola.com/mix. About Motorola Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. electronic solutions. Sales in 1999 were $33.1 billion. Additional information is available at www.motorola.com. About VoxSurf Established in 1999 and currently based in Dublin, VoxSurf is a dynamic technology company focused on exploiting opportunities arising from the convergence of Internet and telephony technologies. VoxSurf is creating the next generation of open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced based applications, which will bring the power of the Internet to mobile, and traditional telephone users alike. The VoxSurf application platform enables the rapid deployment of multi-personality (WAP, voice and PC) applications with seamless interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between the different personalities. Web site www.voxsurf.com. Motorola, stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. M logo and all other trademarks of Motorola, Inc.(R)Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM. Off. All other products or service names are the property of their respective owners. |
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