| | InfoInterActive unveils Airvoyant
InfoInterActive Inc IIA
Shares issued 19,018,589 Sep 26 close $6.35
Wed 27 Sept 2000 News Release
Mr. Bill McMullin reports
InfoInterActive has unveiled Airvoyant, a service platform and family of
new real-time call control services for wireless carriers and their
customers. Using Airvoyant, wireless subscribers can now do more with their
wireless telephones and Internet-enabled devices without introducing
complexity, offering wireless carriers the opportunity for both new revenue
and improved customer loyalty. The first two applications, AirvoyantCSD and
AirvoyantCallMate, are ready today and InfoInterActive is holding live
demonstrations at PCIA GlobalXChange (booth 839) -- the place where the
wireless world converges -- being held at Chicago's McCormick Place Sept.
26 to Sept. 29.
"The opportunity and need for real-time call management technology goes
well beyond the standard PC connected to the Internet," says Bill McMullin,
chief executive officer and chairman of InfoInterActive. "The Airvoyant
platform and family of products address the wireless portion of this
opportunity and deliver on our vision where consumers can manage calls made
to any of their telephone numbers no matter where they happen to be. Key to
Airvoyant is the ability to do this in a dead simple manner and without the
need for new telephone numbers."
The Airvoyant platform uses industry-standard technology to deliver
powerful new services quickly, in a cost-effective manner and with a range
of network interfaces appropriate for wireless carriers. It can also be
used to host other InfoInterActive services such as Internet Call Manager
and FlexLine.
Two Airvoyant services are ready for immediate deployment. AirvoyantCSD and
AirvoyantCallMate enable cellular phone users to monitor and manage calls
to their cellphones as they happen using their laptop and desktop
computers. Future products will embed real-time Internet call management
technology into Internet-enabled wireless devices such as data-enabled
cellular phones, two-way pagers and palmtop organizers.
The only service of its kind in the world, AirvoyantCSD allows data-enabled
cellphone users to monitor and manage incoming calls while their phones are
being used to access the Internet. Normally, when wireless customers are
dialled into the Net with their cellphones, they have no way of knowing
someone is trying to reach them. With AirvoyantCSD, however, they are
always accessible. Each time a call comes in and an AirvoyantCSD customer
is on-line, an interactive windows pops up in real time on the screen of
the customer's laptop computer providing the caller's name, phone number,
city and state/province. The user can choose one of several options to
manage the call including answering it, sending it to voice mail, ignoring
it, or playing the caller one of several personalized, prerecorded
messages.
"Accessibility is the number one benefit of AirvoyantCSD," says Giles
Crouch, InfoInterActive's director of marketing. "The service is ideal for
road warriors, business people who spend the majority of their time
travelling and rely on wireless as their primary, and often sole, means of
communication. Laptop computers, wireless phones, wireless Internet and now
AirvoyantCSD are indispensable tools of the trade for this group."
AirvoyantCallMate is designed for people who use their wireless phones
frequently but also spend a lot of time at their Internet-connected desktop
computers-perfect for small business, home office and enterprise workers.
AirvoyantCallMate adds value to every call placed to a wireless phone by
displaying complete call information on the desktop, regardless of whether
the phone is turned on or off, whether the user is in range or experiencing
poor reception, whether the phone is digital or analogue, and even while
the user is using the phone on a normal telephone call. If the phone is
turned on and able to receive a call, both the phone and AirvoyantCallMate
desktop application ring at the same time. In every case, AirvoyantCallMate
displays the name, number, city and state/province of the caller, and
allows each call to be answered, ignored, a customized message played for
the caller, or the call sent to voice mail. With nearly all phones in use
today lacking caller name display (and many lacking caller number display),
coupled with the millions of calls placed to wireless phones every day that
are missed due to poor reception or the units being turned off,
AirvoyantCallMate brings tremendous new management potential to millions of
wireless phone users right away even before the next generation of
real-time Internet-enabled handsets reach the market. And since wireless
carriers typically receive revenue on every completed call, it is great for
both the wireless carriers and their customers.
AirvoyantCSD and AirvoyantCallMate will be sold exclusively through
wireless carriers and are available immediately to carriers throughout
North America. InfoInterActive will work with resellers to customize the
services to their specific needs, providing unique services that can be
added to their existing line of services or bundled with packages to
increase revenue opportunities and customer loyalty. Interested resellers
can visit www.airvoyant.com or call toll-free 1-866-210-2442 to learn more
about the Airvoyant family of products.
WARNING: The company relies upon litigation protection for
"forward-looking" statements.
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