OnMobile Partners With Nuance to Deliver Carrier-Grade, Voice-Enabled, Enhanced Network Services to Wireless Carriers
OnMobile's Voice-Enabled Applications Platform - OnVox - Integrates Nuance's Speech Recognition for a Complete Carrier-Grade Solution in Multiple Languages
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- OnMobile, Inc., a leading-edge, innovative, and carrier-grade provider of next generation wireless Internet solutions, today announced that it has forged a strategic partnership with Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN), the leader in voice interface software, to provide best-of-breed, carrier-grade, voice-enabled network services to wireless carriers worldwide. OnMobile has integrated Nuance speech recognition and voice authentication software in its OnVox voice-data applications platform. With OnVox, wireless carriers can experience significant benefits such as increase in ARPU, reduction in subscriber churn, increase in market share, enhancement of brand image, and efficient utilization of existing wireless network infrastructure.
The partnership between OnMobile and Nuance is founded on their capability to complement each other's competencies to deliver seamlessly integrated, voice-enabled services to carriers. Nuance provides depth of expertise in speech recognition, voice authentication, and voice user interface services, which are essential for ensuring a truly compelling user experience. OnMobile, which was spun out of Infosys Technologies Limited to target the wireless software and services market, brings deep expertise in the areas of telephony, wireless networking, and speech-enabled applications.
"Working with a leader such as OnMobile allows us to extend our offering more broadly in the carrier marketplace," according to Ronald Croen, president and CEO of Nuance. "OnMobile's expertise in speech application development, telephony and systems integration, along with Nuance's advanced technology and multi-language support, allows us to deliver comprehensive solutions to the Voice Web."
"We are excited about our partnering with Nuance, and working closely with them in providing cutting-edge voice solutions to wireless carriers worldwide," said Arvind Rao, CEO of OnMobile. "The advanced core technologies they provide complement the innovative, market-specific wireless solutions and service delivery capabilities of OnMobile. Together the combination provides compelling value for carriers."
OnMobile has developed OnVox as an end-to-end voice-enabled solution, which empowers carriers, service providers, and enterprises to develop, deploy, and operate rich, "sticky," highly profitable, premium-value applications. OnVox features a high availability, highly scalable, fully-redundant, open standards-based, robust platform that incorporates "best of breed" speech technology and telephony components to deliver unified messaging, internet-based information services, directory assistance, entertainment, and m-commerce transaction functionality. Current OnVox applications include voice-activated dialing; voice e-mail; e-mail dictation; personal information management; access to news, weather, stock quotes, and horoscopes; interactive coverage of live sports events; stock transactions; and other exciting "killer" applications that are well-aligned with the needs of a carrier's subscriber base.
A unique feature of an OnVox-based deployment is that users can choose the medium through which they would like OnVox to deliver the information they need. Because of the built-in multi-modal delivery capability of OnVox, users can ask for travel directions by voice, and get them as WAP text messages along with SMS alerts about current traffic conditions.
About OnMobile:
OnMobile provides highly innovative and reliable next generation wireless Internet solutions for carriers and enterprises around the world. The company offers three core platforms: OnSpire: a next-generation wireless data services platform patterned after I-mode; OnVox: a voice-enabling platform; and OnLoc: a location-based services platform. Along with its core technology offerings, OnMobile develops customized, market-specific applications and provides professional services to deliver end-to-end wireless solutions to its customers. OnMobile develops the software infrastructure that enables wireless carriers and enterprises to launch innovative applications and services including: real-time voice-activated stock trading, voice-enabled driving directions from users current location, color picture messaging, integrated email with attachments and voice playback, enhanced news with pictures and audio commentary, and interactive games, among others.
OnMobile is based in Fremont, CA with development offices in India, and sales offices in Boston, London and Hong Kong. Its lead investors include Argo Global Capital, H&Q (Asia-Pacific) and Infosys Technologies Ltd. For more information, visit onmobile.com .
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