Mobile Carriers
mSmart provides white label content solutions to mobile carriers. We also have established partnerships with multiple mobile carriers for the distribution of our own services. Our existing relationships include the following companies:
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless network. It is the only major carrier with a 30-day network test-drive pledge that pays for calls if a customer isn't satisfied and switches to another carrier. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., Verizon Wireless is the largest U.S. wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Verizon is also building the nation's first wide-area wireless broadband network and is delivering the nation's first wireless consumer 3G multimedia service.
T-mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 268 million Americans where they live, work, and play. Around the country, our Personal Coverage Check gives customers a clear picture of their local coverage. In a world full of busy and fragmented lives, we at T-Mobile USA., have this idea that wireless communications can help. The value of our plans, the breadth of our coverage, the reliability of our network, and the quality of our service are meant to do one thing: help you stick together with the people who make your life come alive. That's why we're here.
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving 53.6 million customers at the end of the first quarter 2007; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone
AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless, is the largest wireless company in the United States, with more than 62 million subscribers who use the nation's largest digital voice and data network. AT&T is dedicated to providing customers with wireless technology designed to enrich their lives. AT&T aims be the most highly regarded wireless company in the world, with a driving focus around best-in-class sales and service. We value our customers and treat them with respect, providing friendly, courteous, knowledgeable, and prompt service at all touch points. We seek and are driven by our customers' feedback. We operate with unyielding integrity, obeying all laws and adhering to a stringent code of business conduct.
At Alltel, our first priority is responsible stewardship of our shareholders' investments. Each day we strive to grow without compromising our financial strength. Our strategy is to be in a position to take advantage of opportunities as they arise, but to do so in a fiscally responsible manner.
That strategy has proven successful for our company over the past few years. Alltel's customer base has grown from 2.5 million communications customers in 1996 to more than 12 million customers today. Revenues over the same period increased from $3.2 billion to $7.9 billion. Operating income nearly tripled, growing from $592 million to $1.5 billion. Total assets are up from $5.4 billion in 1996 to about $18 billion today.
Dobson Communications Corporation is one of the most respected names in the wireless industry. With a reputation for rapid growth, acquisition and technological development, Dobson continues the mission set forth by its founder nearly 70 years ago: bringing people together through communication.
Dobson Communications owns more than 60 wireless markets in 17 states and covering a population base of over 12.6 million. The Company serves 1.6 million subscribers, including being the largest wireless provider in Alaska.
Under the licensed trade name Cellular One and the business name Dobson Cellular Systems, Dobson operates wireless markets through more than 200 retail locations, a system of dedicated dealers and a talented team of direct sales representatives.
Boost Mobile is a lifestyle-based telecommunications brand focused on offering premium Pay-As-You-Go wireless phones and voice data services to the youth market. Boost Mobile is among the fastest growing wireless services in the U.S. and now has 4.3 million customers - the majority of which are under the age of 25. According to customer surveys, the top reasons why young people choose Boost Mobile are for the "Boost Walkie-Talkie," "Company I can trust" "Treats me like a valued customer" and "Rewards me for being a loyal customer."
Boost Mobile exclusively targets multicultural consumers ages 14 to 34. Everything Boost does, from product development and sales to customer service and marketing is designed and implemented to"Boost" the lifestyle of this demographic.
Content Providers
mSmart is establishing long-term agreements with multiple high quality content providers for the delivery of text, music, images, videos and multimedia streaming. So far our existing relationships with content oriented companies include:
Arena Mobile is one of the largest content providers for network operator, media and portals. We currently deliver a vast array of content in 62 countries worldwide. Our customers include operators such as Telefónica, Vodafone, KPN Group, Orange, Telstra, AmericaMóvil, Wind, MTS, M1, amongst others.
We provide a rich catalogue of branded and non-branded content for network operator portals with a portfolio of international and market-specific content.
Our worldwide presence makes us the perfect partner for content owners, rights holders and developers, helping them to reach the widest possible audience. We currently host over 1000 sites on our high capacity servers based in Spain, USA and China. Our technology allows us to fully adapt content for any language and market on all platforms, protocols and handsets using optimum existing technology specially developed for every handset.
Distributive Networks was founded in 2004 and quickly established its reputation as the premier partner for mobile text content. Our portfolio of products and services has expanded along with the needs of our clients to include full-scale mobile marketing enablement (such as mobile coupons, contests and WAP services) and end-to-end technical and customer service support for our partners in media, public relations, consumer products and the political/advocacy arena. Distributive Networks is dedicated to the highest standards of content quality, technical expertise, and excellence in customer service, as is reflected in the retention rates of both business clients and end-users.
Mobile Data Group is a privately funded company borne out of the incubator program of one of South Africa's leading Information Technology companies in 2000. The need for quality commercial applications to service the growing handset and handheld PDA market began as a development effort with Mobile Data Group developing one of the first CRM type applications for mobile phones. Today, Mobile Data Group distributes a broad range of content both in house as well as from over 65 partners and 50 independent development houses. Head quartered in Sydney, Australia, Mobile Data Group has offices in South Africa and the USA.
Mobile Bridges is a fast growing mobile tech company specialized in SMS chat, media interaction, content distribution, gateway and payment solutions. Founded in 2002, Mobile Bridges is a privately held firm with offices in The Netherlands and Peru. The company now counts for 41 employees. Mobile Bridges bridges the gab between the traditional brick & mortar and Internet based business to the new mobile frontiers. We're at the forefront of making this happen by enabling wireless solutions, via any access method, in any format and across any transaction model.
Service Partners
mSmart is proud to partner with leaders in the field of mobile and television services and provide state-of-the-art technology, innovative services and reliable solutions to our clients and end-users.
Today, the world expects to gain access to voice and data services any time, anywhere, and on any device, and organizations are working hard to meet the rising demands of this"Any Era." VeriSign offers solutions that help organizations to deliver in the Any Era, and realize the maximum profit. It is towards that goal that we focus our company, our technology, our services, and our people. We operates digital infrastructure that enables and protects billions of interactions every day across the world's voice and data networks. Every day, we process as many as 31 billion Internet interactions and support over 100 million phone calls. We offer solutions that help companies to deliver integrated marketing campaigns and mobile content across the three screens of personal computers, mobile phones, and television sets.
Air2Web is a leading Mobile Marketing software-as-service provider for many global packaged goods companies and network operators. Over its 9-year history, Air2Web has enabled thousands of marketing campaigns to promote major brands, a variety of goods/services, and enable a new level of customer service - all through mobile phones. With headquarters in Atlanta, Air2Web covers virtually all wireless operators in the U.S., but also Europe (operations in France) and Asia-Pacific (operations in India). Sending over a billion mobile marketing messages a year, Air2Web is at the forefront of connecting marketers to mobile subscribers on a global scale, including such customers as The Weather Channel, Procter & Gamble, Traffic.com, AT&T and UPS.
Rackspace is a recognized leader in the IT hosting market. We deliver enterprise-level managed services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world. Serving more than 14,000 customers in eight data centers worldwide, Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies and practices for each customer's specific need and delivers it as a service via the company's promise of Fanatical SupportŪ. We serve as an extension of our customers' IT departments, enabling them to focus on their core business. We got started in 1998 and since then Rackspace has grown more than 50 percent a year. There are currently 2,000 Rackers around the world serving our customers.
Half of the world's population is wireless connected and equipped with mobile phones. Most people always have their mobiles with them. Consequently, the mobile channel provides the ideal opportunity to deliver services directly into their hands. The Mobile Life is a private multinational developer of communities. These are fun and addictive services that connects people and encourages them to interact. Use them anytime through your mobile phone;
Others
mSmart is dedicated to the highest in professional standards and adheres and to guidelines and regulations set by industry bodies and regulators. Here are just a few of mSmart memberships and technology standards we follow:
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global association that strives to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. The MMA is a global organization with representation in over twenty countries. MMA members include agencies, advertisers, hand held device manufacturers, carriers and operators, retailers, software providers and service providers, as well as any company focused on the potential of marketing via mobile devices.
Java™ Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) is the most ubiquitous application platform for mobile devices across the globe. It provides a robust, flexible environment for applications running on a broad range of other embedded devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, TV set-top boxes, and printers. The Java ME platform includes flexible user interfaces, a robust security model, a broad range of built-in network protocols, and extensive support for networked and offline applications that can be downloaded dynamically. Applications based on Java ME specifications are written once for a wide range of devices, yet exploit each device's native capabilities.
The Java ME platform is deployed on millions of devices, supported by leading tool vendors, and used by companies worldwide. In short, it is the platform of choice for today's consumer and embedded devices.
BREW is an application development platform created by Qualcomm for mobile phones. It is air-interface independent, i.e. it can support GSM/GPRS, UMTS, and CDMA. However, when BREW was first introduced it was solely developed for CDMA handsets. Standing for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, it is a software platform that can download and run small programs for playing games, sending messages, sharing photos, etc. The main advantage of BREW platform is that the application developers can easily port their applications between all the Qualcomm ASICs. The BREW runs between the application and the wireless device's chip operating system; therefore BREW enables a programmer to develop applications without needing to code for system interface or understand wireless applications.
Adobe Flash Lite is a lightweight version of Adobe Flash Player optimized for mobile phones and other devices. Flash Lite 1.1 supports Flash 4 ActionScript. Flash Lite 2.0, based on Flash Player 7, supports Flash 7's more powerful ActionScript 2.0. Both versions also support the W3C Standard SVG Tiny[1] (a mobile profile of W3C's Scalable Vector Graphics recommendation). The advantage over SVG is the ability to add audio and interactive elements without the use of other technologies such as Javascript. Among the disadvantages it can be mentioned that Flash Lite applications are not capable of communicating with Bluetooth, infrared, or the camera on a phone.
Symbian OS is the global industry standard operating system for smartphones, and is licensed to the world's leading handset manufacturers, who account for over 85 per cent of annual worldwide mobile phone sales.
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