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Swedish Mobile Operator NewPhone Unveils the NewWork™ Phone and Service as Part of The 50th Anniversary of the Mobile Phone Project
Stockholm, Sweden, and San Mateo, Calif. -- November 7, 2006
NewPhone, a mobile operator based in Sweden, announced its choice of the Sonim Technologies XP1 handset as its NewWork™ premier offering for municipal and industrial workers. NewPhone unveiled the handset as part of “The 50th Anniversary of the Mobile Phone Project,” a month-long program sponsored by Ericsson and Telia Sonera to chronicle the history and advancement of mobile technologies globally.
Sonim Technologies, the leader in mobile VoIP and push-to-talk IMS solutions for operators and the global provider of high-performance mobile VoIP applications and devices, is providing Newphone with the handset and a hosted OMA-PoC 1.0-compliant push to talk (PTT) solution to offer to Newphone’s subscriber base. The Sonim solution lets NewPhone offer one-to-one and one-to-many push to talk (PTT) capabilities to industrial, field and other mobile workers leveraging Sonim’s unique XP1 handset, the first ruggedized, IP52-compliant handset to offer the OMA PoC PTT capability.
The Sonim solution includes not only the XP1 designed with such features as extra large interface buttons, an oversized scratch resistant screen for better visibility outdoors, water and dust resistant casing and extended battery life, but also a complete desktop dispatch capability that allows a dispatcher to interact with up to 20 simultaneous calls and to broadcast to thousands of simultaneous users.
“Sonim has provided a world class Push to Talk solution that was designed with the enterprise user in mind. With Sonim’s hosted solution, we’re immediately able to meet the needs of our target market -- the industrial worker who needs instant communication on a physically rugged but technologically sophisticated phone,” said Andreas Khoshnou, Managing Director at NewPhone. “Sonim is the only supplier of the OMA PoC standard solution that has the right phone and the right tools for the enterprise to control and optimize this new type of instant communication.”
“NewPhone is really one of the finest examples of a European mobile operator focused on our target market, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We’re thrilled that they have selected our solution and excited about the immediate take up they are experiencing in the market,” said Bob Plaschke, CEO of Sonim. “As a result, NewPhone’s ARPUs are double that of their competitors, and they expect to generate significant additional revenues from offering our solution. We’ve said all along that Push To Talk starts in Europe in the enterprise, and NewPhone is the living proof.”
About Sonim Technologies, Inc.
Sonim Technologies enables today’s GPRS, UMTS, EVDO, WiFi and WiMAX data networks to deliver high-performance mobile VoIP “Push-to-X” applications and services, specifically optimized to meet the productivity objectives of mobile enterprises. Sonim’s OMA PoC 1.0 server, client and handset solutions represent the industry’s only business class implementation of the push-to-talk standard and form the basis of an emerging suite of streaming IMS-compliant applications. Sonim is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Bangalore, London, Paris, Stockholm and Madrid. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.sonimtech.com or learn more about the push to talk at www.mobilesforworkers.com .
About NewPhone
NewPhone is a Service Provider (MVNO) in Sweden utilising the Telenor GSM and 3G network. NewPhone acts as a full-scale mobile operator focused on providing effective mobile solutions to companies, primarily the SME market. NewPhone started its operation in 2004 and has achieved a substantial customer base with an ARPU of 81 Euro per month. NewPhone is also present in Norway where both NetCom ASA and Telenor are network partners.
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Press Releases Sonim Technologies, the leader in mobile VoIP and push-to-talk IMS solutions for operators and the global provider of high-performance mobile VoIP applications and devices, is providing Newphone with the handset and a hosted OMA-PoC 1.0-compliant push to talk (PTT) solution to offer to Newphone’s subscriber base. The Sonim solution lets NewPhone offer one-to-one and one-to-many push to talk (PTT) capabilities to industrial, field and other mobile workers leveraging Sonim’s unique XP1 handset, the first ruggedized, IP52-compliant handset to offer the OMA PoC PTT capability.
The Sonim solution includes not only the XP1 designed with such features as extra large interface buttons, an oversized scratch resistant screen for better visibility outdoors, water and dust resistant casing and extended battery life, but also a complete desktop dispatch capability that allows a dispatcher to interact with up to 20 simultaneous calls and to broadcast to thousands of simultaneous users.
“Sonim has provided a world class Push to Talk solution that was designed with the enterprise user in mind. With Sonim’s hosted solution, we’re immediately able to meet the needs of our target market -- the industrial worker who needs instant communication on a physically rugged but technologically sophisticated phone,” said Andreas Khoshnou, Managing Director at NewPhone. “Sonim is the only supplier of the OMA PoC standard solution that has the right phone and the right tools for the enterprise to control and optimize this new type of instant communication.”
“NewPhone is really one of the finest examples of a European mobile operator focused on our target market, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We’re thrilled that they have selected our solution and excited about the immediate take up they are experiencing in the market,” said Bob Plaschke, CEO of Sonim. “As a result, NewPhone’s ARPUs are double that of their competitors, and they expect to generate significant additional revenues from offering our solution. We’ve said all along that Push To Talk starts in Europe in the enterprise, and NewPhone is the living proof.”
About Sonim Technologies, Inc.
Sonim Technologies enables today’s GPRS, UMTS, EVDO, WiFi and WiMAX data networks to deliver high-performance mobile VoIP “Push-to-X” applications and services, specifically optimized to meet the productivity objectives of mobile enterprises. Sonim’s OMA PoC 1.0 server, client and handset solutions represent the industry’s only business class implementation of the push-to-talk standard and form the basis of an emerging suite of streaming IMS-compliant applications. Sonim is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Bangalore, London, Paris, Stockholm and Madrid. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.sonimtech.com or learn more about the push to talk at www.mobilesforworkers.com .
About NewPhone
NewPhone is a Service Provider (MVNO) in Sweden utilising the Telenor GSM and 3G network. NewPhone acts as a full-scale mobile operator focused on providing effective mobile solutions to companies, primarily the SME market. NewPhone started its operation in 2004 and has achieved a substantial customer base with an ARPU of 81 Euro per month. NewPhone is also present in Norway where both NetCom ASA and Telenor are network partners.
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Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
