Voxpilot and Kirusa to showcase Kirusa Voice SMS Multimodal Application deployed on Voxpilot’s carrier-grade Open Media Platform

Companies present VoiceXML and multimodal solutions

New York City, SpeechTek 2004 Conference, 13 September 2004: Kirusa, the world’s leading provider of multimodal solutions, and Voxpilot, leading provider of carrier-grade IN and VoiceXML solutions, will demonstrate the patent pending Kirusa Voice SMS (KV.SMS(SM)) multimodal application, deployed on Voxpilot’s fully VoiceXML 2.0 compliant Open Media Platform, in Voxpilot’s Booth #210 at this year’s SpeechTEK Conference in New York.

The KV.SMS(SM) application, a combination of the two most popular mobile communication technologies available today, has been successfully tested in pilot projects by major European carriers. The application provides captivating features such as RingFreeSM voice messaging, voice reply to text messaging, and text reply to voice messaging, greatly enhancing the reach of SMS messaging to a wider population of mobile users. Kirusa Voice SMS is useful in a wide variety of consumer and business situations, and does not require any network upgrades. Carriers are thus able to offer this dynamic service to drive increased data and voice revenue by leveraging their existing wireless network infrastructure.

“We are extremely happy that Kirusa is showcasing the unique KV.SMS application in Voxpilot’s booth during SpeechTEK,” says Peter Olyarchuk, VP Sales & Business Development US. “Following the successful integration of Kirusa’s multimodal engine with Voxpilot’s media platform, we can now support the delivery of information by visual and voice interfaces in the same application. The Kirusa Voice SMS application helps drive revenue for our carrier customers on all 2G, 2.5G, and 3G networks.”

“Voxpilot’s Media Platform is a high quality VoiceXML platform with proven scalability, stability and robustness,” noted Ewald Anderl, CTO and Vice President of Kirusa. “Our partnership with Voxpilot allows us to offer the KV.SMS application as a packaged solution for deployment, as well as an outsourced solution for quick trials in Europe and North America, thereby accelerating revenue generation for our customers.”

Representatives of both companies will be guiding visitors through their portfolio of solutions for carriers and enterprises. For further information, or to arrange a demonstration at Speechtek, please contact Damon Miller from Kirusa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) or Peter Olyarchuk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) from Voxpilot.

“Kirusa’s Voice SMS application is easy to use, integrates seamlessly into how mobile subscribers use their phones, requires little or no learning curve, and works with existing wireless infrastructure, and therein lies its appeal”, said Eric Dufresne, CEO of France Telecom Research and Development, Boston. "The application provides additional revenue opportunity from users of mobile phones as well as the new fixed line SMS phones that are becoming popular in France". 

About Voxpilot

Voxpilot, a Eureka Soft company, delivers VoiceXML solutions for carriers, enterprises and service providers worldwide. Combining the proven performance of a carrier-class IN platform with cutting-edge VoiceXML technology, Voxpilot's open, standards-based solutions provide support for a broad range of operational and voice services that increase profitability and improve customer satisfaction. Voxpilot's unique VoiceXML Outsourcing Solution, which enables carriers and service providers to aggregate third-party applications on their networks, includes its widely-used Voxbuilder Online Development Environment (www.voxbuilder.com), a graphical Web-based tool for the creation and management of VoiceXML applications. Voxpilot's customers include France Telecom, Wind, Cegetel, Monaco Telecom, Swisscom, Ericsson and Cofiroute.

For further information, go to www.voxpilot.com.

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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