enetraton" does not equal longevity. nobody's renewing the service, William. The customers are all dropping it,
becuase it doesn't work. <<
Victor you come out with some bold statements i think you should back them up with facts!
VERIZON WIRELESS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS
(The Following is a reproduction of a press release from Verizon Wireless.)
Verizon Wireless to Introduce Over-The-Air Voice and Data Service Provisioning
Largest U.S. Carrier Teams with Openwave on Technology and Implementation
January 25, 2001
BEDMINSTER, NJ & REDWOOD CITY, CA - Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless service
provider in the U.S., and Openwave Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of
open Internet-based communication infrastructure software and applications, have collaborated
to introduce an open, customized, standards- based over-the-air provisioning solution for voice
and data service.
The new offering, coupled with Verizon Wireless' IP network, will centrally manage handset
parameters, automatically update roaming lists and area code information, maintain IP
addresses and data parameters and, in the future, will enable remote software updates to
wireless phones.
Central to Verizon Wireless' new service technology is the OpenwaveTM Provisioning Manager
Mobile Edition, which will provide network operators with a single solution for provisioning WAP
gateways, handsets and applications. Working in tandem with Openwave's Mobile Access
Gateway, Verizon Wireless can deliver these services "over-the-air" on its CDMA digital network
to wireless microbrowser-enabled handsets. Verizon Wireless customers will benefit from the
ease, flexibility and quality of the new services.
Provisioning Manager Mobile Edition gives Verizon Wireless the ability to more efficiently
service its 27 million customers by automatically identifying and provisioning their wireless data
subscribers. Verizon Wireless will have the ability to specify its own data parameters to customize
the information its customers receive - and the order in which the information is presented in the
handset.
"By incorporating Openwave's Provisioning Manager Mobile Edition into our network, customers
won't have to bring their phones in for reprogramming when an area code changes," said Ted
Hoffman, vice president of Technology Development for Verizon Wireless. "We will be able to
perform simple diagnostics on a handset and download the latest software improvement to a
phone without having the customer leave their home or office."
The over-the-air solution will also give Verizon Wireless' subscribers the ability to check their bill
or monthly minute allowance, and interactively manage their individual account features
directly from the interface on their wireless phones. With this technology, Verizon Wireless will
be able to offer customer support services via the phone interface with no airtime charges while
being able to charge per minute for information and services.
"With Provisioning Manager Mobile Edition, over-the-air updating of roaming lists and handset
software is easy, giving carriers the ability to adjust to rapidly changing market conditions
without creating a burden for the subscribers," said Richard McConnell, General Manager of
Mobile Infrastrutrure Software at Openwave.
Implementation of the Internet-based "over-the-air" solution platform has already begun and
customers can begin to take advantage of the e-care capabilities by the end of the quarter.
Handsets enabled for over-the-air provisioning will be available to consumers in the first quarter
of this year.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless communications provider in the U.S. with 27.5 million
wireless voice and data customers. The new coast-to-coast wireless provider was formed by the
combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp -- now Verizon
Communications (NYSE:VZ) -- and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). The new company
includes the assets of Bell Atlantic Mobile, AirTouch Cellular, GTE Wireless, PrimeCo Personal
Communications and AirTouch Paging. The company has a footprint covering nearly 90
percent of the U.S. population, 49 of the top 50 and 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets. Verizon
Wireless, headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, is 38,000 employees strong. Reporters and editors
can find more information about the company on the Web at verizonwireless.com.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the combination of Phone.com and Software.com, is
the worldwide leader of open Internet-based communication infrastructure software and
applications. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For
more information, please visit www.openwave.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to expectations, plans or prospects for
Openwave Systems Inc. that are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of Openwave's
management and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. In particular, the
following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements: (a) risks associated with the development and
licensing of software generally, including potential delays in software development and
technical difficulties that may be encountered in the development or use of the Company's
software; (b) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (c) competition and
technological changes and developments; and (d) general risks of the Internet and wireless and
wireline telecommunications sectors.
For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the risk factors
discussed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including but
not limited to Phone.com's and Software.com's respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 2000, Phone.com's and Software.com's most recently filed
Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Phone.com's registration statement on Form S-4 as filed on
October 10, 2000. All documents also are available through the SEC's Electronic Data
Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Openwave's Web site
at www.openwave.com. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking
statements included in this document. |
