Kirusa Demonstrates First-Ever Simultaneous Multimodality Operating on SmartPhone(tm) Wireless Handsets at 3GSM

Unique Technical Achievement Sets Stage for Mass-Market Simultaneous Multimodality

CANNES, FRANCE; (INTERNET WIRE); 02/18/2003; 3GSM World Congress: Kirusa, the global leader in wireless multimodal platforms and solutions, today announced a breakthrough in mobile multimodal technology that will be demonstrated on the Orange SPV™ device at the 3GSM World Congress.

Featuring simultaneous multimodality, Kirusa’s demonstration marks the first time subscribers can use voice and visual input and output at the same time in a wireless application on a mass-market mobile phone device. For example, when searching for a movie of interest playing in a nearby theater, a subscriber can speak the name of the city and the genre, rather than trying to type these on the 12-key telephone keypad on the SPV™ device. With simultaneous multimodality, the wireless application experience on the SPV™ handset is dramatically richer and easier, stimulating adoption and retention by subscribers. The SPV™ device, based on Microsoft’s SmartPhone™ platform, has generated intense interest from mobile operators worldwide, and Kirusa’s simultaneous multimodal platform provides significant new revenue opportunities to operators introducing SmartPhone™ devices.

“Kirusa’s unique technical achievement in creating the world’s first simultaneous multimodal capability on a SmartPhone-based device is testament to the extraordinary strength of the Kirusa development team,” said Ewald Anderl, Vice President of Engineering at Kirusa. “The breakthrough to be demonstrated at Cannes represents just one of a number of technical advances in multimodality that we will be bringing to the marketplace in the near future.”

The demonstrations of simultaneous multimodality on the Orange SPV™ device will be held on Wednesday, 19th February, and Thursday, 20th February, at 3:00 p.m. in the Kirusa booth at the 3GSM World Congress (Hall #2, Booth D4.) 

About Kirusa

Kirusa is one of the leading global developers of Mobile Social Media and Value Added Services enabling mobile subscribers to reach out to their family and friends. Kirusa’s solutions include the hugely successful Kirusa Voice SMS service, the world’s most advanced Voice SMS solution, used by over 30 carriers around the world. Kirusa has pioneered a suite of social media applications that facilitate mobile subscribers to interact through voice, including the Call-n-Tweet application which helps users update their Twitter status using voice. Kirusa provides an open platform with APIs to enable third parties to offer mobile applications services to mobile subscribers. Used by mobile subscribers millions of times daily, Kirusa solutions are built on its patented and patent pending technology and its highly reliable and scalable open multimodal platform. Kirusa has been recognized as one of top 100 technology companies by Silicon India, and one of top 25 emerging technology companies by Smart Techie magazine. Headquartered in New Jersey and led by an experienced team of wireless telecom executives and technologists, Kirusa has offices in three continents. ‘Kirusa Voice SMS,’ is a trademark of Kirusa, Inc.

For more information visit: www.kirusa.com.

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