Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Extends Global Partnership with SoloMio
CGE&Y To Support Implementation of SoloMio's Smart Call Services Platform in Spain
18 February 2003
MADRID and AUSTIN, Texas -(Feb. 18, 2003) - SoloMio Corp.(www.solomio.com), the industry-leading provider of value-added services software for mobile operators, and Telecom Media Networks (TMN), a global industry practice of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, announced today that they are partnering in Spain to deliver systems integration and strategic consulting expertise to SoloMio customers.
As part of the agreement, TMN will be establishing a new center of competence and excellence in Spain to meet future customer requirements and demand expected from the Spanish market, which is expected to grow exponentially. A first competence center is already in place in France. Leveraging a 2 year relationship with TMN as a partner for its Real-time Call Services, SoloMio will use the agreement to extend TMN’s systems and consulting expertise to ensure rapid integration and deployment of their Smart Call Services Platform into operators’ network environment and services strategy.
SoloMio and TMN are working together to provide its customers and clients network-based services software that integrates existing network infrastructure and messaging platforms to enable rapid, repeatable service delivery, deployment, and time to revenue. A proven leader in its industry, TMN has the expertise to manage effectively the IT and network integration, service customization and bundling, and back office integration and support for SoloMio’s operator deployments. Simultaneously, TMN will also be implementing the SoloMio Office Call Service, an enterprise solution which enables professionals to monitor and intercept calls on their mobile from corporate PBX systems, adding another layer of efficiencies for executives on the move.
“The mobile phone industry is about to change the way customers use their phones. Preparing for that revolution is the prudent thing to do for our clients and this agreement goes a long way in our preparations,” says Luis Abad, Vice President of TMN at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. “Combining our expertise in integrations and strategic consulting with SoloMio’s innovative new voice, data, and messaging services software, mobile telephone operators’ networks have access to turnkey solutions that rapidly deploy to meet end-user demands.”
“TMN’s commitment to excellence in client and customer integration fulfills an important role in preparing for the approaching rapid change in mobile operator systems,” said Richard Schwartz, CEO and president of SoloMio. “With the powerful combination of TMN and SoloMio, operators will be able to meet the end users’ challenging demands while increasing revenue from data and voice services for their shareholders.”
Recently, SoloMio announced that Telefónica Móviles, one of the world’s largest mobile operators, and the leading mobile operator in Spain, had selected the SoloMio Smart Call Services Platform as part of a global framework agreement to provide a range of value-added services that deliver innovative new voice, data, and messaging services to its customers. The TMN division of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will be a key partner of SoloMio for the implementation of this platform.
Proven to deliver value-added services SoloMio enables mobile operators to increase revenue, call volume, call duration and data traffic by giving subscribers intuitive and relevant call handling features. SoloMio’s value-added services include Missed Call, In-Call, Office Call, and Enhanced Caller ID Services.
About SoloMioSoloMio Corporation (www.solomio.com) is a privately held global software company and leading provider of value-added services to the mobile operator market. Founded in 2000 as an independent spin-off of Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN), SoloMio’s value-added services software combines voice and data to drive increased revenue for service providers and deliver innovative new services to the mobile phone user. Proven to increase data and voice usage, SoloMio enables service providers to deliver a range of highly compelling, configurable, mobile operator-branded services that grow their most valuable segments and give them the ability to compete. With a veteran team that has repeatedly delivered high-impact products and grown new companies, SoloMio corporate headquarters are in Austin, Texas, with offices in London and Hamburg.
For more information, please visit www.solomio.com.
About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the largest management and IT consulting organizations in the world. The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help businesses continue to implement growth strategies and leverage technology. The organization employees around 55,000 people worldwide and reported 2001 global revenues of more than 8.4 billion euros.
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About Telecom Media Networks
Telecom Media Networks (TMN) is a global industry practice of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young focusing on the consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing needs of communications service providers and media players worldwide. TMN draws on the skills and resources of its 4,000-strong workforce and extensive partnership network to deliver innovative work to the industries’ leading players, helping them to grow and operate profitably in low growth and highly competitive markets.
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