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Telecommunications services platform provider NMS Communications has
partnered with regional value-added services provider Atlantic
Convergence to help meet customer demand for new voice and video
services in South Africa, NMS announced today. Atlantic Convergence will
sell NMS media processing boards, gateways, servers and software to
application developers and value-added service (VAS) providers
throughout the country and beyond so they can create revenue-generating
mobile video services such as mobile TV or mobile video SMS (short
message service) messaging.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, Atlantic Convergence is helping mobile
operators in South Africa and nearby countries usher in converged mobile
technologies including text, audio, graphics, animation and video
services for GSM and 3G networks. As a member of the NMS Partner
Network, Atlantic Convergence will sell NMS Open Access™
media processing boards and software and the Vision family of servers
and gateways. Application developers and VAS providers will use those
NMS products to build a menu of next-generation services such as:
interactive streaming video; and mobile TV services like sports and news
broadcast highlights or mobisodes (two-to-three minute episodes
subscribers can view while waiting for a bus, etc.).
“We’re poised to
capitalize on the growing mobile video market in South Africa, where
more than 40 million mobile phone users are looking for new ways to
communicate and maximize the entertainment value of their mobile devices,”
said Graham Finbow, director of Atlantic Convergence. “NMS
platforms provide the flexibility and functionality to rapidly develop
new video technologies that will enable operators to capitalize on this
market opportunity.”
Application developers will use the NMS Open Access media processing and
signaling products and the NMS Vision media gateway and signaling server
solutions to develop a broad range of services including video SMS that
feature video avatars which “talk”
with a subscriber’s own voice.
Open Access products are open, scalable, high-density building blocks
that give developers the processing power and capacity needed to quickly
develop a fast-growing set of current and next-generation services. The
Vision family of servers and gateways enables service providers to
create a broad range of converged multimedia applications including
ringback, prepaid calling, network conferencing, mobile Centrex and
multimedia blogging.
“Mobile communications are growing at a
phenomenal pace in Africa, and South Africa is the gateway to the rest
of the continent,” said Jamie Warter, vice
president of marketing at NMS Communications. “Atlantic
Convergence has the expertise and market timing to introduce our
products to the application developers and service providers who will
build the innovative services that will set the stage for mobile video
adoption and growth throughout Africa.”
The NMS Partner Network is a worldwide community of value-added channel
and technology partners working together to further the development and
adoption of both traditional and new value-added services such as voice
mail, audio conferencing and interactive voice response systems to
ringback tones, voice SMS and interactive mobile video. To learn more
about the NMS Partner Network or apply for membership, visit http://www.nmscommunications.com/DevPlatforms/Partners/default.htm.
About Atlantic Convergence
Atlantic Convergence is a South Africa-based value-added service
provider dedicated to developing and deploying high-revenue converged
multimedia service applications that mobile operators will use to drive
increased average revenue per user (ARPU). For more information, visit http://www.atlantic.co.za/Multimedia.htm.
About NMS Communications
NMS Communications, a division of NMS Communications Corporation
(NASDAQ: NMSS), provides enabling technology and tools for the rapid
development and deployment of value-added services on mobile and
converged networks. From traditional voice mail and interactive voice
response systems to ringback tones, voice SMS, and interactive mobile
video, NMS platforms are used around the world as the foundation for a
wide range of revenue-generating video, voice and data
applications. Visit www.nmscommunications.com
for more information.
NMS Communications is a trademark of NMS Communications Corporation.
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