Kirusa announces next generation "International Voice SMS Access Node" for Mobile Carriers worldwide

Friday, June 22, 2007: Communicasia, Singapore: Kirusa, the leading developer of value added mobile services, today announced the launch of its International Voice SMS Access Node product for mobile carriers worldwide. This next generation product enables all subscribers of a carrier to send Voice SMS messages in a cost effective manner to friends, family, and colleagues in other countries.

Kirusa’s International Voice SMS Access Node allows mobile carriers to offer the seamless, integrated International Voice SMS experience to their mobile subscribers, enabling them to send Voice SMS messages to any mobile user around the globe; even in the countries where mobile carriers have not yet launched the Voice SMS service. The Kirusa Voice SMS Access Node allows subscribers to send Voice SMS messages to more than one billion mobile subscribers across the globe today, with further expansion expected shortly.

For subscribers of mobile carriers, the convenience of Voice SMS is now extended to all international recipients. The Kirusa Voice SMS Access Node connects operators globally. Recipients can retrieve their messages locally.

Mobile operators get high value and margin for international messages. The Kirusa Voice SMS Access Node provides the benefits of International Voice SMS messaging with no need for an existing deployment of Voice SMS in an operator’s network or the need for a Voice SMS deployment from specific vendors. The end user experience is unchanged except for use of international addressing when composing a message.

Ewald Anderl, VP and CTO of Kirusa said, “Mobile carriers and subscribers around the world can benefit from the International Voice SMS Access Node capability. For example, this value added service will enable consumers in Middle East to communicate with friends and family in South Asia in a cost effective manner. Business users in one continent can send voice messages to business associates in other continents, without regard to differences in time zones, and even if the recipients do not use voicemail. Kirusa is yet again using its world class innovation to help people communicate.”

Mr. Babar Ahmad, Head-Products and Services, Warid Telecom, Pakistan said, “We are working with Kirusa to offer our subscribers an easy and economical way to reach out to their family and friends outside Pakistan with yet another service that perfectly complements their increasingly mobile business and personal communication needs.”

Kirusa is committed to an open standards approach embracing multiple vendor inter-operability with other services and vendors (Email, Voice SMS, MMS), that will drive a broader global adoption of International Voice SMS. 

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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