Major UK mobile operator grants
iPoint-media three year contract
for video calling services
UK, Newbury – February 7,
2008 - iPoint-media
(AIM:IPNT), a provider of live, interactive video applications
and delivery platforms for web, mobile and media, announces that
it has secured a three year contract to provide the technology
and services for a major UK mobile operator's 'Video Answer
Phone' service. Based on the success of the service over the
past year, the operator awarded iPoint-media with a three year
contract to continue supplying the Software as a Service
("SaaS") along with a host of enhanced features.
Under the terms of the new contract, iPoint-media will continue
operating Video Answer Phone as a SaaS using one of its European
hosting facilities. The packaged solution consists of the
specialist web-native software application necessary to provide
two-way video calls between mobile devices and IP networks as
well as the hardware and software to host the carrier class
service. The service provided by iPoint-media is highly scalable
and addresses the operator's demand for terminating video call
traffic from its own network as well as cross network video
calls.
The new contract is valued at several hundred thousand pounds
sterling with quarterly fixed payments over three years.
Lee Woodland, iPoint-media Director of Telecom Products
commented:
"We are delighted to continue our relationship with one of the
UK's leading mobile operators and deliver even greater value to
their mobile subscribers. We believe that video is the next big
application in mobile telephony and we look forward to working
closely with the operator to offer mobile customers even more
fun, exciting and compelling video services."
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