For Mass Market IP Communication PC Service
HELSINKI, Finland — August 19, 2008 — Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, today announced that the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has recognized Movial as a leader in the information and communications technologies industry. The IEC has named Movial a finalist for its prestigious InfoVision Award for its innovative PC Client software, Movial Communicator. The InfoVision Award program recognizes technologies, applications, products, advances, and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the ICT industry.
Movial was selected from hundreds of submissions for its exceptional user experience and proven ability to generate more communication by a panel of judges from the Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 Technical Program Committee, which consists of industry experts from vendor companies, service providers and industry associations. Entries were judged according to the value of technology in solving recognized problems, meeting network requirements, optimizing service and performance, enhancing customer service as well as overall quality of innovation and contribution to technology advancement, originality and vision, contribution toward positive industry growth and service, market success, contribution to end-user quality of experience and service efficiency.
Movial Communicator PC enables mobile operators to provide a compelling PC user experience to mobile and fixed subscribers and extend their services to the desktop. Optimus, a leading mobile operator in Portugal (Mobile Carrier of Sonaecom and partner of Orange group) launched its mass market IP Communication PC service, powered by Movial Communicator 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 enabled Optimus to quickly, and easily launch its PC service.
“It’s an honor to be named an InfoVision finalist by the IEC, which recognizes innovative contributions and developments that have proven important to society,” said Jari Ala-Ruona, CEO and Co-founder, Movial Corporation. “We’re delighted to be thought of as a leader and provider of valued end-user technology.”
“The IEC’s InfoVision Awards is an opportunity to applaud the top broadband technologies in deployment today. We’re proud to recognize Movial Corporation for its Movial Communicator solution in the Content, Entertainment, Applications, and Services category,” remarked IEC President John Janowiak.
The InfoVision Awards will take place on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Broadband World Forum Europe, Brussels Expo being held in Brussels, Belgium.
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.
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.
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In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational program. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age.
More than 70 leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineers. Please visit www.iec.org.