ROME and PLANO, Texas, March 14,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- GENBAND™, a leading
provider of real-time communications solutions, and TI Sparkle, the
International Services arm of Telecom Italia Group, announced today
that TI Sparkle has selected Genband's cloud-based OTT solution to
enrich its portfolio of products, fully integrating its Voice and
SMS services.
Designed for mobile users, the advanced cloud-based OTT
application enables end customers to cost-effectively communicate
via voice, video, SMS, rich messaging and conferencing. It will
cater to the needs of Sparkle's Mobile Network Service Provider
customers who can benefit from a plug&play solution, offering
their subscribers the App with their own branding, facilitating
end-user international calling from a smartphone, tablet or PC at
reduced voice/SMS charges, as well as delivering an easy way of
finding friends from the community, which in turn drives usage,
growth and monetization.
"As a global leader in the international services market we
always strive to enrich our business proposition to our global
customer base. That's why we have partnered with Genband as they
are a best-of-breed supplier of OTT services for voice and mobile
services" said Stefano Olivieri,
Vice President Line of Business Voice & Mobile of TI Sparkle.
"GENBAND's white label solution enables us to empower our
customers with a full-package mobile application that handles
voice, video and instant messaging services that, combined with the
quality TI Sparkle network services, results in an unbeatable
combination of flexible real-time solutions, superior end-user
experience
and global coverage."
"We're proud that Telecom Italia Sparkle recognizes our
ability to support a global carrier-grade OTT deployment," said
David Hiscock, Senior Vice President
of EMEA sales for GENBAND. "Our white label solution will allow
them to provide their own customers with the full range of rich
communications end-users crave."
Key Takeaways
- TI Sparkle has selected GENBAND's White Label OTT solution to
sell it as a plug&play offer to its global customer base
- The OTT solution is based on Kandy Platform as a Service (PaaS)
deployed in the cloud
- Kandy enables a full range of communications services including
voice, video and IM services for end users
fring Differentiators
- Extend an operator's "coverage" beyond the physical reach of
their network and reach a user over any IP network anywhere in the
world.
- A white label service that allows carriers and MVNOs to launch
their own brand of OTT service for telephony and other
communications services.
- Ease of bundling new free or premium services to existing
service plans.
- A multi-device solution that is optimized for mobile.
About Telecom Italia Sparkle
Telecom Italia Sparkle
S.p.A. (TI Sparkle) is the wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom
Italia Group (NYSE:TI) with the mission to develop and consolidate
the Italian telco's international services business. As a
leading global carrier and through a global backbone of around
570.000 km of fiber, TI Sparkle offers a full range of IP, Data,
Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Data and Voice solutions to fixed and
mobile operators, Internet service providers, Media and Content
providers and to Multinational enterprises. Its sales force is
active worldwide and distributed over 37 countries.
Find out more about Telecom Italia Sparkle at tisparkle.com or
world.tisparkle.com
About GENBAND
GENBAND, a 2015 CNBC Disruptor
50, is a global leader in real-time communications
software solutions for service providers, enterprises, independent
software vendors, systems integrators and developers in over 80
countries. Kandy, its award-winning, disruptive real-time
communications software development platform, is built from the
company's global telecommunications network and security
technologies. The platform enables these companies to easily embed
a full suite of voice, video, chat, screen-sharing and
collaboration capabilities into their existing business, web and
mobile applications. The company's Network
Modernization, Unified Communications,
Mobility and Embedded
Communications solutions enable its customers to quickly
capitalize on growing market segments and introduce differentiating
products, applications and services. GENBAND's market-leading
solutions, which are deployable in the network, on premise or
through the cloud, help its customers connect people to each other
and address the growing demands of today's consumers and businesses
for real-time communications wherever they happen to be. To learn
more visit genband.com.
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