Laureate O2 uses MMS VAS Platform from MATERNA
“Mobile Internet Award 2004“ for MATERNA MMS information services
Dortmund, Germany, 21 June 2004
The German magazine “connect“ awarded the “Mobile Internet Award 2004“ to the best mobile Internet applications for handsets, smartphones and organizers. The network operator O2 was elected “best MMS information service“. The provider from Munich, an mmO2 plc subsidiary, uses MATERNAs editorial knowledge as well as the MMS Value Added Service (VAS) Platform from the Dortmund based telecommunications specialist.
The MMS information services created for O2 includes, for example, top news, daily horoscope and weather forecast. Furthermore, the MATERNA editorial team prepares information covering special sports events, such as the Olympic Games, Tour de France and entertainment, for example “FunSutra” for mobile devices.
The MMS Value Added Service (VAS) Platform from MATERNA combines different contents from various providers, the provision of different billing methods and flexible business models.
This platform provides network operators and corporate customers with all the technologies that are necessary to send any kind of mobile data, i. e. SMS and MMS related services, J2ME, ring tones, logos or other data formats such as MP3 or video files.
The integrative system growth concept allows almost all manners of service launches – from a small jump start with limited portfolio up to carrier-grade marketing campaigns supporting numerous mobile services.
The platform, based on robust J2EE application server technology, easily grows with the system load and its modular application plug-in concept guarantees future-proof facilities.
MATERNA Information & Communications
MATERNA is a leading software company in the field of information and communication technology. The company employs worldwide 1.100 staff members and its turnover was estimated to more than 142 million Euros for the year 2003. Beside the head office in Dortmund, the company has offices and subsidiaries located all over Germany as well as in Austria, Belgium, Czech republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and USA. In the Business Unit Information, MATERNA develops integrated IT solutions for process optimization involving companies and public administration. This includes the topic fields Portals, Information Management, Service and IT Infrastructure Management. The Business Unit Communications offers products and solutions from the business area Mobile Solutions and Unified Messaging. This includes in particular value-added services for mobile and fixed net on base of SMS, MMS, WAP and Mobile Java which are distributed under the brand name Anny Way. The Anny Way Academy is active on the market in terms of trainings and consulting services as found in practice.
For further details, please contact:
MATERNA Information & Communications
Antje Krämer
antje.kraemer@materna.de
Phone +49 173 70 11 085
www.materna.comwww.annyway.com
