iPoint Media in Asian deal
TotalTele writes…iPoint announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with a messaging provider to develop a `pc2mobile’ solution for two Asian mobile operators.
The agreement has a value significantly in excess of a hundred thousand dollars with a portion to be paid up front. iPoint’s directors believe that the new solution will enable the Asian operators to increase revenues while offering their subscribers converged voice and video calls from their PCs or mobile telephones, supported by a range of value added voice and video call services.
The new pc2mobile solutions are based largely on existing iPoint technology, including its firewall traversal technology (for which a patent is pending), which enables voice and video communication to PCs even when a firewall is present, along with its 3G/IP calling technology.
Muki Geller, Chief Executive of iPoint said:”The rapidly increasing use of Internet-based PC communications has become a major threat to mobile and fixed operators’ business, forcing them to reassess their strategies and consider converged pc2mobile solutions. iPoint’s considerable experience in deploying Internet and mobile communications solutions, along with our unique 3G/IP technology, offers us the opportunity to become a significant player in this emerging and growing market.”
Deployment for the two initial customers is scheduled for the second quarter of 2007. The Company aims to make the solution available to other mobile and fix line operators at the same time.
