APEX VOICE COMMUNICATIONS AND MATERNA EXPAND PRODUCT COOPERATION AGREEMENT- Anny Way Fixed Line SMS Center Integrated with 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, SPAIN, February 12, 2007 - APEX Voice
Communications, a worldwide supplier of (SIP) Application Servers and
Multi-Service Platforms, today announced that it has expanded its
product cooperation agreement with MATERNA Information &
Communications, a leading provider of mobile solutions and services
based in Germany. The expanded product cooperation now includes the
integration of MATERNAs Anny Way Fixed Line SMS Center (F-SMSC) with
APEX's OmniVox3D Application Server. The agreement is a natural
progression in the relationship between APEX and MATERNA, who already
have joint installations in Europe and are delivering the first joint
Latin American installation in the first Quarter of 2007. The worldwide agreement increases OmniVox3D's existing wireless
functionalities, specifically in the area of Fixed Line SMS Center (F-
SMSC). The Anny Way FSMSC integration with OmniVox3D includes the
Anny Way FSMSC browser interface in OmniView(R), OmniVox3D's OAM&P
interface. With this integration, customers can now manage both
OmniVox3D enhanced services and Anny Way SMS services from a single
point. Additionally, the APEX Prepaid System can now offer Prepaid
SMS and SMS integration for revenue-generating enhanced services and
value-added IP multimedia services. "The combined offer of MATERNA and APEX gives us a unique market
position", said Gerion Wolff, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
for MATERNA. "We are confident that through our partnership with
APEX, we will also achieve a worldwide market leadership in the field
of fixed net SMS. The bundling strategy will allow customers to
further increase their efficiency and widen their service portfolio." SMS, one of the most successful mobile telephone services, is no
longer only available exclusively for cellular customers. With
MATERNAs Anny Way F-SMSC, fixed network operators can also make it
possible for their customers to send/receive SMSs via fixed mobile
telephones, increasing Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). Anny Way F-
SMSC is compatible with all common SMS-capable terminals and also
offers gateway services, making it possible to convert SMS texts to E-
mails, faxes or voice messages. Additionally, MATERNA provides SMS-
based messaging and content services (e.g. individual ring tones)
which can be requested via and for the fixed network telephone. "Expanding our product cooperation with MATERNA allows us to continue
growing our OmniVox3D Application Server into serving a broader range
of service providers," said Kent Winter, Vice President of Sales for
EMEAA for APEX Voice Communications. "Also, by integrating OmniVox3D
with MATERNA's Anny Way F-SMSC, we have a best-of-breed wireless
product offering that will benefit our customers worldwide." Built around web technologies, including, the OmniVox3D Application
Server is the ideal platform for Designing, Developing and Deploying
high-density/mass calling services, including unified messaging, real-
time billing, IVR and conferencing. Its robust service execution
environment along with its modular design and (optional) fault-
tolerant configuration, allow it to easily integrate into Next
Generation, PSTN or wireless intelligent networks as a core element.
Either a standalone server or distributed across multiple platforms,
OmniVox3D's open architecture allows it to seamlessly integrate with
third-party components such softswitches, media servers, media
gateways and SIP proxy servers that are IMS, MSCML, MSML/MOML or VXML
compliant.
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