Company Enables Operators to Differentiate by Offering Consumers and Enterprises Quality, Face-to-Face Video Calling Experiences from PCs to Any Device
HELSINKI, Finland — December 17, 2008 — Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today announced the general availability of Movial Communicator PC 7.2, featuring the industry’s most advanced High-Definition (HD) video capabilities for PC users available today. Movial Communicator’s new software application provides operators with the ability to offer consumer and enterprise subscribers crystal clear, PC-to-PC, and PC-to-Mobile video calling that surpasses any Internet Service Providers’ offering currently available on the market. The company also announced today that it has signed a deal with Cyta, the leading telecommunications company in Cyprus, who has launched an IMS PC play with its broadband telephony service bundle, powered by Movial Communicator PC 7.2.
Movial’s revolutionary HD video calling presents operators with the ability to further differentiate themselves from Internet players. With Movial Communicator, operators have a unique market-leading opportunity to increase revenues while enhancing their customers’ user experience using operator branded, real-time video communications for consumers and enterprise users. Communicator PC enables the highest quality video calls from PC-to-PC but also from PC-to-Mobile and can therefore be used to drive adoption of converged multimedia communication services across devices.
Movial Communicator PC’s HD video calling technology significantly reduces the CPU and bandwidth utilization compared to other technologies, enabling users to run multiple applications at the same time. The video technology comes complete with high-quality, high-resolution, real-time, two-way video communications and advanced voice processing technology. In addition, the new video technology allows tight lip-synching of video and voice, for much more natural conversation. View Movial Communicator PC HD in action.
“With Movial Communicator PC 7.2, subscribers can see and talk to a person as if they were sitting in front of them,” said Victor Donselaar, president of Movial. “With high-speed Internet connectivity more readily available and video capture and display costs decreasing, users can finally enjoy a much richer multimedia face-to-face encounter. End users are starting to demand higher-quality multimedia experiences, and together with our operator customers, we are able to deliver on the promise of rich multimedia communication.”
Other new features in Movial Communicator PC 7.2 include Group Chat, File Transfer, Messaging, and Avatars, based on the latest Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) specifications. Messaging includes Instant Messaging but also SMS and MMS, allowing operators to benefit from the ease and convenience of one-click for sending multiple SMS and MMS messages from a PC. The world-class user experience of Communicator PC 7.2 is fully aligned with Communicator Mobile 6.0, making these the best converged IP communications applications in the industry. Movial Communicator PC has been proven to generate 15% more communications usage than other applications, by providing a rapid launch of rich communication services that reduces churn and greatly enhances the end-user experience.
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 provides proven business solutions for IP communication services. More than 18 carriers around the world rely on Movial’s converged unified communications and rich communications across PC, Mobile, Set-Top Box and other devices. The company has the most IP communication commercial deployments and IMS clients in the world. Movial customers and partners include Orange, Optimus, Telefonica, Texas Instruments, Samsung and Ericsson.
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 Optimus. By delivering highly intuitive and compelling user experiences, Movial has become the trusted source for enriching the way people interact everyday.