Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today announced that Optimus, a leading mobile operator in Portugal (Mobile Carrier of Sonaecom and partner of Orange group) has launched a new mass market IP Communication PC service, powered by Movial Communicator. With Movial´s PC client software, Communicator, Optimus is extending its services to PC users for the first time, increasing its subscriber base and offering its more than 2.8 million existing subscribers an additional and exciting channel for rich, multimedia communication. With its compelling and fully integrated end–user experience that includes IM, SMS, MMS, email, VoIP, video telephony, voice and video mail, all based on Presence, Movial Communicator has enabled Optimus to quickly, and easily launch its PC service and is the first new service to sport Optimus´ new branding.
An industry leader in the Portuguese telecommunications market, Optimus is well known in the international community for its innovation and ability to quickly and successfully launch new products and services ahead of its competition. Optimus selected Movial´s Communicator PC software based on the company´s proven track record for a highly intuitive and consistent user experience that generates more communication.
"We pride ourselves on our ability to provide excellent services to our customers," said Luis Reis, COO at Sonaecom. After conducting extensive research, we turned to the user–experience experts at Movial to deliver the best unified communications that would attract new PC customers and generate more communication opportunities for our existing and new subscribers. We are now able to provide a compelling PC user experience to mobile subscribers and have a desktop presence. The new PC service greatly enhances our growing teen community, as well as our traditional consumer subscribers´ communications with rich multimedia applications that enable them to enjoy for the first time, a simple, highly intuitive, consistent experience on the PC.
"Movial is excited to have played a critical role in helping Optimus be one of the first mobile operators to quickly and easily launch a mass–market IP Communications PC Service," said Victor Donselaar, President at Movial. "With the advent of mobile broadband, Optimus is in a prime position to reinforce its aim of making people´s lives richer and easier. We applaud Optimus for its forward thinking strategy in making the leap from Mobile operator to a PC play and launching its brand new and compelling, revenue generating communication service."
Device manufacturers, network equipment vendors and service providers are continuously searching to provide end–users with compelling converged IP–based services across the mobile and fixed domain. These services need to provide end–users with a great user experience as well as leverage IP and IMS infrastructure investments and provide revenue–generating opportunities. Movial Communicator PC provides a rapid launch of these rich communication services to increase the revenue potential, reduce churn and greatly enhance the end–user experience. More than 15 operators around the world rely on Movial´s unified communications solutions to revolutionize the ways people communicate as do leading device manufacturers, HP, Orange and Jabber Inc. Movial customers and partners include Orange, FarEasTone, Telefonica, Texas Instruments, Samsung and Ericsson.
About Optimus
Since its launch in 1998, Optimus has been continuously growing in the Portuguese market with one goal in mind: to lead the Portuguese telecommunications market by offering high–quality services and mobile phones to its customers that make people´s lives easier. Optimus is the only telecommunications operator in the world to have received three GSM Awards for three consecutive years and has been recently recognized by the national telecommunications regulator as the best network operator in the Portuguese market. More information about Optimus is available at www.optimus.pt.
Movial
Movial inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences for companies embracing transformational technologies. Leveraging its deep expertise in Internet, Linux and mobile devices, Movial seamlessly enables its customers to deliver richer user experiences to millions of people on PCs and on mobile devices. Movial´s device creation, Internet communications applications and design for digital services are generating revenue for industry leaders like ARM, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica, and FarEasTone. By delivering highly intuitive and compelling user experiences, Movial has become the trusted source for enriching the way people interact every day. For more information, visit http://www.movial.com.