Telecom services provider Comverse (Nasdaq: CMVT) today announced that it would collaborate with Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) to quickly deliver key wireless messaging services and accelerate the demand for advanced mobile devices.
As part of the collaboration, Comverse has become a member of TI's OMAP Developer Network, a group of companies writing wireless applications for mobile information devices. In the network, OMAP developers have the opportunity to collaborate in designing applications such as multimedia, security, location based services, advanced speech technology, mobile commerce and gaming.
In addition, TI has become a member of the Comverse Spark AllianceSM Program, which promotes cooperation in the development, marketing and delivery of multimedia communication solutions.
In addition, Comverse announced that its messaging services would operate on Texas Instruments’ Open Multimedia Application Platform (OMAP) processors for 2.5G and 3G wireless devices.
Texas Instruments’ (TI) family of OMAP processors is designed to deliver the performance and power efficiency required for next generation real-time communications-based devices. Comverse said that Nokia, Ericsson, Palm, Sony, Sendo, HTC and others had already selected the open, scalable OMAP platform for their 2.5G and 3G wireless devices.
Comverse said the combination of its services platform with the OMAP processors would reduce the deployment time of applications such as mobile email, multimedia messaging (MMS), instant messaging, as well as Comverse's mobile entertainment services.
Comverse chief marketing officer Benny Einhorn said, "We believe TI's OMAP platform helps to drive audio, voice and video content for multimedia-rich messaging services for 2.5G and 3G wireless devices. Collaborating with TI will aid consumers, network operators and handset vendors in benefiting from the tightest integration of end-to-end solutions."
Dallas-based Texas Instruments provides digital signal processing and analog technologies. The company employs about 42,000 workers and trades on the New York Stock Exchange at a $52 billion market capitalization.
Comverse provides software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services. Comverse shares, which are listed on the Nasdaq, closed at $22.55 on Tuesday.
Published by Israel's Business Arena on 30 January, 2002