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Spectel to Demonstrate Market Leading Mobile Conferencing Solutions at 3GSM World Congress

Posted on: Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 06:00 CST

Spectel (www.spectel.com), the market leading provider of integrated conferencing solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its mobile conferencing solution - Spectel MobileConneXion, featuring new push-to-talk functionality - as well as highlight ongoing IP and mobile conferencing initiatives to its European customers and partners at the Global 3GSM World Congress 2004 in Cannes, France, from February 23 - 26, 2004. ¶ Spectel MobileConneXion is the industry's first comprehensive mobile collaboration solution that enables mobile users to launch, manage and participate in collaborative voice and Web conferences from wireless devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs and laptop computers. ¶ During the conference, Spectel will be working side by side with its key mobile technology partners, demonstrating best-in-class mobile conferencing solutions that combine presence, IM, voice recognition and push-to-talk capabilities. ¶"The European mobile market has led the way for new mobile technologies, with consumers and business users often dictating the trends for how people will leverage mobile innovations worldwide," said Kevin Jones, general manager of mobile business for Spectel. "At the Global 3GSM World Congress, we will demonstrate how mobile network operators can leverage our solutions to further extend their service offerings, increase ARPU and achieve a highly differentiated presence by offering the widest range of mobile conferencing solutions on the market."

¶ Spectel Demonstrations at 3GSM World Congress

¶ Spectel will demonstrate a number of mobile conferencing applications, highlighting seamless technology integration with several of its key technology partners, including Ecrio and O3SIS. Attendees visiting the Spectel booth can expect to see:

¶ -- Spectel and O3SIS Unified Mobile Directory: Spectel will

highlight the integration of its conferencing applications

with the O3SIS Unified Mobile Directory - a powerful contact

directory that synchronizes all user contact information, such

as e-mail addresses and phone numbers on any user device,

including the desktop, mobile devices and Web-based

applications. Spectel will demonstrate how users can access

this central repository of contact information across multiple

devices to launch and manage a mobile conference with multiple

participants on any mobile device.

¶ -- Spectel and Ecrio Instant Messaging Conference Service:

Spectel will show how Ecrio's Presence, Availability and

Instant Messaging applications - combined with Spectel's

mobile conferencing solutions - enable mobile users to

instantly locate and engage participants in a full-featured

conference from a mobile phone, wireless PDA or PC.

¶ -- Spectel will also demonstrate the benefits of voice activated

group conferences, including how users can self-provision

groups via the Web, and authenticate by their calling number

and voice recognition. Through integration with EPOS

technology, Spectel will demonstrate how voice commands can

summon a team to participate in a conference, as well as

showcase how the Spectel platform leverages SMS to join mobile

users in a conference.

¶ About Ecrio

¶ Ecrio Inc. is an instant communications software provider, headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Ecrio provides wireless carriers, handset makers, service providers, and corporations a suite of presence and availability based communication software for consumers and enterprise voice communication, messaging, entertainment, and m-commerce services. The Ecrio solutions have been selected by Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. (MCI), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), and Siemens ICM (NYSE: SI) as the IMPS offering for mobile carriers. www.ecrio.com

¶ About EPOS

¶ EPOS Corporation, with headquarters in Auburn, Alabama, is a leading provider of automated self-service solutions that facilitate communications via phone, Internet, wireless and PDA devices, and kiosk. EPOS' primary solutions include interactive voice response and call center automation. The company's products and services empower organizations to build stronger relationships and deliver information through quality interactions with customers and employees. EPOS provides 24/7 anytime, anywhere access to information with the choice of a customer-premise solution or an off-premise Application Service Provider (ASP) solution. With more than 3,000 installations worldwide including 450+ colleges and universities, EPOS has delivered state-of-the-art solutions for utilities, state and local governments, higher education, human resource departments, call centers, and distributors.

¶ About O3SIS

¶ Founded in 1996, o3sis Information Technology AG is a proven Mobile and Wireless Software Platform Provider offering a focused suite of business applications for the mobile and remote workforce. o3sis provides its customers with a advanced mobile and wireless solution which can be rapidly customized, deployed with a high return of investment. The o3sis Mobile and Wireless software platform is targeted towards Operators, System Integrators and large Enterprises to increase revenue and improve efficiency by mobilizing employees and customers.

¶ About Spectel

¶ Spectel is the market leading provider of integrated conferencing solutions to corporations worldwide. The company's market leading voice, data and Web conferencing platforms, applications and professional services facilitate real-time communication among business users. Spectel's customer base includes leading conferencing service providers such as AT&T, Genesys Conferencing, Citizens Conferencing, Conference Plus, ECI, InterCall, Singapore Telecom and Sprint. The company's corporate clients include Nestle, The Walt Disney Co., General Electric, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Goldman Sachs and UBS Warburg. These customers have selected Spectel for its commitment to innovation, reliability and usability.

¶ Spectel headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with its North American headquarters based in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. For further information, please visit http://www.spectel.com.

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