Kirusa Voice SMS is "The Next Great Idea" in wireless evolution

Kirusa recognized from among 1200 technology firms by New Jersey Technology Council

SpeechTek, New York; Tuesday, August 21, 2007:  Kirusa, the pioneer in Voice SMS technology and a mobile value added services provider based in New Jersey, USA, was recognized by the Stevens Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC), as having one of the “Next Great Ideas” in Wireless evolution. The NJTC provides business support, networking opportunities, information, advocacy and recognition of technology companies and their leaders. A selection committee composed of NJTC members and Stevens faculty has awarded this honor to Kirusa for its pioneering idea in Voice SMS.

Speaking about conferring this recognition on Kirusa, Paul Frank, Vice President, NJTC said, “With ingenuity, the technical team at Kirusa developed a new way for people to communicate while on the move – the Voice SMS technology. Users can now communicate faster, more easily, with emotion, compared to sending text messages. Kirusa, by making it easy to communicate asynchronously with voice from a mobile, through Voice SMS, brings the power of mobile communication to a larger class of mobile users and contexts.”

He added, “New Jersey has been the center of innovation in telecommunications for over a century, and we applaud Kirusa for continuing that tradition.”

According to Audrey Curtis, Director of Telecom Management Center, Stevens Institute, "We strive to identify, train and encourage a business such as Kirusa, to commercialize promising technologies. We believe that acknowledging and recognizing companies that operate in this rapidly expanding and changing field will give them an impetus to offer even better technological solutions to their customers."

Talking about Kirusa, she added, "SMS, email, instant messaging, and VoIP were the initial milestones in the development of communication technology. Through Voice SMS, Kirusa has introduced a new messaging paradigm to the world.”

Kirusa’s first Voice SMS deployment was at GrameenPhone in Bangladesh. Kirusa deployed its innovative KV.SMS application to meet the needs of Bangladesh’s mobile users. The Voice SMS service has helped GrameenPhone grow its subscriber base and revenue, and to retain its leadership position in the market. Kirusa proved the success of Voice SMS as a messaging paradigm, and demonstrated its ability to replicate the initial success in multiple countries around the world. 

About New Jersey Technology Council

The New Jersey Technology Council provides business support, networking opportunities, information, advocacy and recognition of technology companies and their leaders. Founded in 1996, NJTC's more than 1,100 member companies work together to support their own enterprises while advancing New Jersey's status as a leading technology center in the United States. In its efforts to serve the technology industries of the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Technology Council plans networking, informational and educational events for high-tech executives in the following sectors: Communications and Multimedia; Engineering, Energy & Environment (E3); Electronics; Life Sciences; Nanotechnology and IT/Software.

About The Stevens Institute of Technology

The Stevens Institute of Technology was established in 1841. It is one of the leading technological universities in the United States of America and fosters a broad-based education including science and humanities which make up a good deal of its curricula.

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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