Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:OPWV), one of the world´s leading software innovators enabling revenue–generating personalized services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, today added two new services: Openwave® Passport and Openwave® OpenMedia, to its service management portfolio for operators to enhance and monetize the mobile internet experience.
"In order to thrive, operators must capitalize on new opportunities with the mobile internet, delivering a superior experience through value added services and capitalizing on new service monetization methods," said Sean MacNeill, vice president and general manager for service management and global services, Openwave. "Openwave´s mobile internet services set a new industry standard for experiencing the web on a mobile device, and are driving new opportunities through support of "˜pay as you go´ mobile internet and service subscription signup models."
Openwave Passport
Openwave Passport allows mobile operators to offer a range of time–based internet access options (e.g. day–, hour– and week–passes) to the casual mobile internet user. This type of personalized access can attract new data users, including roaming and visiting subscribers who may not wish to sign up for contract–based data access plans. It is also a way to market value–added services to data subscribers. Openwave Passport is available as an optional service for the Openwave Integra platform as well as the latest version of the Openwave® Mobile Access Gateway (MAG).
Openwave OpenMedia
Openwave OpenMedia converts rich media objects like MS Office documents and audio/video clips to a format suitable for mobile handsets. The new format is presented simply and intuitively, as a web page, an image, an appropriately resized media file, or a stream. OpenMedia increases web traffic by improving web usability and customer satisfaction"”users get the content they want regardless of the format. The OpenMedia service is complementary to Openwave´s successful Openwave OpenWeb service, a mobile content reformatting solution that improves the open internet browsing experience.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:OPWV) is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit www.openwave.com.
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