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Austrian Mobile Operator ONE chooses Cibenix as technology partner
for new Innovative Service Offering
October 2003: The ONE SMILE service – a next generation
service access and delivery platform – is targeted at thousands
of new and existing customers with Symbian based mobile phones (including
the Nokia 3650/7650 and the Nokia N-Gage) during the fourth quarter
of 2003, with further roll out during 2004.
ONE turned to Cibenix and the company’s Service Management
Platform to develop a new service offering that would leapfrog those
on offer from industry rivals. Cibenix’s innovative platform
provides a managed environment through which the mobile operator
can dramatically increase its presence on the mobile handset through
a customised, branded interface to the device. The solution delivers
an intuitive user interface and provides easy access to both network
services and applications and data available locally on the handset.
Access is provided to all service types, including MMS, SMS, games,
email, multimedia, WAP and voice based services. The mobile phone
is dynamically configured via a secure management protocol thus
ensuring the applications and services offered on the device continue
to reflect the operator’s active portfolio.
“We are very excited to be part of this new offering from
ONE”, said Garry McCollum, CEO of Cibenix. “We believe
that service offerings such as the ONE SMILE will drive the future
of the mobile communications industry. The ability of our software
platform to power this category of service creates a huge opportunity
for Cibenix. The industry is now at a point where handset technology
and network and service capabilities are delivering the features
and value promised over the last few years. Our software solutions
help operators and other service providers to realise the full potential
of these new opportunities.”
"The ONE SMILE service is a cornerstone of ONE's ongoing data
strategy", said Peter Pedersen, CIO of ONE. "As an innovation
leader in our market it was important for ONE to choose a technology
partner who could deliver a platform which was state of the art
with proven reliability, satisfying our needs today and into the
future. Cibenix has provided us with the desired flexibility in
a cost-effective solution, with implementation times meeting our
demanding schedule.
About Cibenix
Cibenix is a leading provider of software solutions for mobile
devices, specialising in the Symbian (e.g. Nokia Series 60) and
Java platforms. Cibenix’s Service Management Platform allows
mobile operators to implement a secure, intuitive, branded environment,
providing the end consumer with easy access to all network services.
The remote management features of the solution allow the operator
to dynamically configure and update the environment to reflect changes
in service offerings over time. Cibenix is based in Dublin, Ireland
and is also the producer of a number of best-selling and award winning
mobile phone applications for the consumer market.
ONE facts & figures
In October 1998, the communications company ONE launched Austria’s
only nation-wide GSM-1800 mobile telephony network. Besides mobile
telephony, ONE also offers the Internet product i-ONE and the fixed-line
solution f-ONE. At the end of June 2003, ONE had about 1,400 employees
and more than 1.6 million customers (1.37 million mobile, 145,000
fixed line and 150,000 Internet customers). Turnover in 2002 amounted
to €619.7 million. ONE has a population coverage of 98%. ONE
is the only mobile telephony operator to offer GPRS and HSCSD (ONE
High Speed) in Austria. To date, ONE has invested € 1.65 billion;
€ 99 million thereof in 2002. ONE (ONE GmbH) is owned by the
German E.ON (50.10%), the Norwegian Telenor (17.45%), Orange (17.45%)
and the Danish TDC (15%).
In case of questions, journalists contact:
Cibenix, Michael Brady, e-mail:
press@cibenix.com
ONE, Cindy Nägeli-du Pont, Fon: 0043 699-1699 3400,
e-mail: cindy.naegeli-dupont@one.at
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