Self-Service Suite of Applications Now Part of Axalto's Portfolio of Products
AUSTIN, Texas - Axalto, the world's leading provider of microprocessor smart cards, and Telespree Communications, the leading provider of self-service solutions for wireless carriers, today announced a strategic marketing alliance. The two companies teamed up to deliver Telespree's self-service wireless automation software on Axalto's Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. The initiative targets wireless network operators and value-added mobile services providers in North America.
Under the agreement, Axalto will add Telespree's Self-Service Set-Up applet to its Customer SIM Card Library, making the software part of Axalto's standard portfolio of products and services. Implementing the self-service solution as a SIM toolkit application means that it is now available for all GSM devices. The companies will work together to ensure that the Telespree applet will work with future Axalto SIM Cards. Both organizations will promote the solution, and Axalto will distribute and support the application to customers who license it.
Self-Service Set-Up is a highly automated wireless industry network solution jointly developed by Telespree and VeriSign, Inc., the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks. Self-Service Set-Up intuitively guides consumers through an interactive process that manages wireless device activation or reactivation, customer account set-up, ongoing account maintenance, rate plan changes and promotions using only the mobile device itself without the aid of a sales clerk or call center.
"Self-service is the way to go, because people prefer doing to waiting. Like automated online support or ATMs, Self-Service Set-Up will help mobile operators lower their administration costs and increase customer satisfaction at the same time. It's a great addition to our product portfolio," said Paul Beverly, president NSA for Axalto.
"We are excited to be working with Axalto, a highly respected global organization trusted by the world's leading GSM wireless carriers for providing innovative applications for their smartcards," said Ellen Schwab, vice president of business development and sales for Telespree. "Having Self-Service Set-Up as part of Axalto's SIM toolkit application portfolio enables widespread distribution of Telespree's solution to all GSM operators."
Self-Service Set-Up, a network based solution, allows wireless carriers to dynamically manage and modify applications, offerings and promotions for their customers. The platform consists of server elements that reside in the carrier's network and the Secure Instant Wireless Access (SIWA) micro-client that resides as a SIM toolkit application on the wireless device.
The new Self-Service Set-Up capability expands Axalto's broad range of solutions for the wireless industry. Other Axalto products include OASYS, a system that provides wireless operators with a portal to the Internet, and Aremis, a means of enabling over-the-air account activation and application management for mobile devices in GSM networks.
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About Axalto
Axalto, formerly known as Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, is the world's leading provider of microprocessor cards (Gartner 2003, Frost & Sullivan 2003) -- the key to digital networks -- and a major supplier of point-of-sale terminals. Its 4,500 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries, with worldwide sales exceeding 2.8 billion smart cards to date. The company has more than 20 years experience in smart card innovation and leads its industry in security technology and open systems.
Axalto continuously creates new generations of products for use in a variety of applications in the telecommunications, finance, retail, transport, entertainment, healthcare, personal identification, information technology and public sector markets. Smart card solutions provide convenience, security and privacy to public and private services operators, their customers and end users. For more information, visit us at www.axalto.com.
For further information, contact:
Jack Jania
Director Field Marketing
Axalto
Tel: + 512 257 3928
jania@axalto.com
Deb Montner
Montner & Associates
Tel: + 203 226 9290
dmontner@montner.com
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