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PARIS, France and VANCOUVER, Canada —
April 13, 2004
 FERMA,
a global provider offering IP-based value-added service solutions, and
Convedia® Corporation, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media
processing platforms, today announced the signing of a marketing partnership
agreement to jointly develop prepaid and messaging applications for IP/3G
service providers.
The agreement is a natural fit for both
companies, given FERMA’s strong and well-respected position in mobile
prepaid and other value-added service solutions, coupled with Convedia‘s
expertise in carrier-class IP media processing. The partnership will develop
a seamless integration between Convedia’s IP media servers and FERMA’s
multi-play prepaid service solutions for next generation mobility networks,
while creating a services platform to support an even broader range of
IP/3G-based services such as unified communications, mobile Internet and
push-to-talk.
“FERMA is recognized as a leading
provider of prepaid solutions for mobile operators with a strong worldwide
presence,” said Grant Henderson, Executive Vice President of Marketing
and Strategy at Convedia. “Both companies share a focus on the customer,
with solutions that minimize time-to-market and cost of ownership. We
view this agreement as an excellent opportunity to access a broader market,
enhancing our global reach.”
“Convedia’s CMS-1000 and CMS-6000
Media Servers are leaders in IP media server technology, offering customers
a cost-effective media processing solution which delivers strong performance,
a wide range of functionality and important enhanced profitability to
carriers,” said Roger Agniel, CEO of FERMA. “Our existing
and new customers will fully benefit from this partnership.”
Convedia® Corporation is the leading supplier
of next-generation, IP media servers that enable telecommunication service
providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through
new approaches to enhanced services. Convedia’s award winning family
of products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier class media
server capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000
Media Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is headquartered
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and financed by leading venture
capitalists. For additional information about Convedia, its products or
the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable or 2.5G and 3G wireless
architectures, visit www.convedia.com.
As a global solution provider, FERMA is helping
carriers and service providers in more than 40 countries providing turnkey
solutions and enabling Multimedia & Interactive Communication
Services. A whole range of customized solutions can quickly be
set up from the products that FERMA has already developed on its open
Divaphone® platform, in order to meet each operator’s needs
perfectly, taking into consideration both the technological requirements
and the various targeted user segments. Built on open standards (e.g.
VxML, SIP), all products are designed for fixed, mobile and internet networks
to fit into the GSM, CDMA or NGN infrastructure
- PreP@y Suite : multimedia rating,
multi-play, SMS Real-Time Charging GW, VoMS [the fully featured FERMA’S
Top up solution]
- Mailis® software suite [from
Call Notify up to Voice Mail & Multimedia Messaging]
- Navis : Content services enabler
- SMS Services suite : SMS Mobile Interactive
Platform [SMIP] - SMS Anti-Spam Screening [SAS]
For further details visit www.ferma.fr
Jennifer Abelson
+1-212-579-5743
jennifer@abelsongroup.com
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