Glenayre Provides Versera™ Messaging Platform to Pakistan Telecom Mobile Limited
8/12/02
ATLANTA, Aug 12, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ –
Today Glenayre (Nasdaq: GEMS) announced it will supply its Versera™ Solution platform to Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML), a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), which owns and operates the public switched telephony network in Pakistan. Under the brand Ufone, Pak Telecom Mobile Limited will offer Glenayre powered messaging solutions to provide voice and fax messaging services for subscribers in Karachi, Lahore and Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad.
“Pak Telecom Mobile Limited has already experienced significant success with Glenayre’s voice and fax messaging solutions in Karachi and Lahore, and we expect our subscribers to grow an additional 60% this year,” said Mr. Arshad Khan, the chief executive of PTML. “We are now launching Versera-based solutions in Islamabad, and will offer advanced messaging capabilities to our three major markets by the end of this year.”
“Next-generation messaging services are poised for tremendous global market penetration,” said Bill Edwards, senior vice president of sales, marketing and customer service for Glenayre. “Subscribers once satisfied with basic messaging are now demanding enhanced applications using speech recognition technologies, like voice-powered messaging and Dial-by-Voice. Glenayre is proud to work with operators like PTML to deliver next generation solutions and help them remain competitive in a changing communications landscape.”
The Glenayre Versera Solution platform provides a centralized subscriber database, which consolidates subscriber information on a single platform and reduces administration operating expenses. The Versera Solution platform is based on an open architecture, allowing operators like PTML to rapidly deploy customized applications and services for its target markets.
The Glenayre Versera Solution platform is the core applications platform for the Versera Messaging Solutions Portfolio, which provides highly differentiated services to communications providers who seek new and innovative tools and services. The system is built on a powerful concept: to deliver any number of enhanced services, in any combination, from a single platform.
About Glenayre:
Glenayre is a global provider of enhanced services and unified communications solutions for service providers including wireless, fixed network, ISP and broadband. Glenayre has approximately 500 employees in 14 locations worldwide. Glenayre systems are designed on open platforms with a standards-based architecture supporting IP and traditional telephony networks for an evolution from 2G to 2.5G and 3G services. More than 200 service providers in over 60 countries have deployed Glenayre messaging solutions for voice, fax and e-mail messaging, including one-number services, voice navigation and voice dialing, mailbox out-dialing and one-touch call return. Glenayre, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has been providing carrier-grade communications solutions for the global market for over 40 years. For more information, please visit www.Glenayre.com .
Glenayre, the Glenayre logo, See! Hear! Speak!, Constant Touch and Versera are trademarks of Glenayre Electronics, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
[This message has been edited by Shamraz Khan (edited August 13, 2002).]