This week down at CTIA in San Francisco, GotVoice announced partnerships that illustrate an extended presence in the marketplace. Here’s a quick summary of each of the three releases.
1) GOTVOICE AND IVR TECHNOLOGIES PARTNER TO BRING VOICEMAIL UNIFICATION AND TRANSFORMATION-TO-TEXT TO COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS (Full Release here)
GotVoice and IVR Technologies, a leading software developer of IP-based enhanced services and real-time billing solutions have partnered to bring voicemail unification and voicemail-to-text solutions to communication providers around the world. The companies’ seamless integration makes it possible for service providers to integrate IVR’s flagship product Talking SIP into GotVoice’s G2 platform, and have Talking SIP’s voicemail messages transcribed into text without requiring a change in carrier or caller behavior.
IVR Technologies’ advanced software platform combines five traditionally separate network elements – application, media, real-time billing, location/registration and Class 5 services – into a single, tightly integrated server for SIP-based voice-over-IP networks. Talking SIP is designed to drive revenue to the network by providing intelligent and in-demand applications that attract users and reduce turnover through innovative features, creative billing options, customizability and end-user empowerment.
IVR Technologies will utilize GotVoice’s next-generation voicemail unification and transformation-to-text platform to unify mobile, home, PBX, VoIP and IP-based PBX voice messages. This enabling customers to read their voicemail and listen to them as digital audio files via email, a mobile phone, or the Web.
2) GOTVOICE TOGETHER WITH VARITALK LIVENS VOICEMAIL WITH CUSTOM VOICE MESSAGES AND VOICEMAIL GREETINGS UTILIZING CELEBRITY VOICES (Full Release Here)
GotVoice has partnered with Varitalk, the world’s leading provider of personalized talking audio, to bring custom voicemail greetings and personalized voicemail messages to customers. We can now silently insert custom messages into people’s voice mailboxes and enrich callers’ existing voicemail experience with custom greetings developed by Varitalk. The partnership makes it possible for consumers to leverage Varitalk’s custom content through GotVoice technology. The service requires no upgrades or changes to existing voicemail systems, and can work across any major provider, including: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile.
Through this partnership, GotVoice and Varitalk are revolutionizing individualized content for mobile phones, enabling the creation of user-generated voicemail greetings spoken by top celebrities. Through its partnership and integration with GotVoice, Varitalk has been able to extend the reach of its patented technology, creating a new, high-value distribution opportunity for its media and brand clients with user-personalized Voice Mail greetings. Though the application is currently limited to advertiser-paid greetings, Varitalk is exploring a retail offering as well.
3) GOTVOICE ANNOUNCES VOICEMAIL SERVER SUPPORT FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, VOICEMAIL HARDWARE VENDORS AND IVR COMPANIES (Full Release Here)
GotVoice announced voicemail server support for service providers, voicemail hardware vendors and IVR companies. We can now retrieve voicemail from carriers and PBX installations without the need for upgrades or changes to existing systems for seamless voicemail-to-text and digital audio file integration.
The GotVoice G2 platform already provides unification across multiple existing voicemail platforms, including those from companies such as DCL Metaswitch, Avaya, Octel, Unisys, Nortel, Meridian, HP, Comverse, Cisco, ShoreTel, NEC, InterVoice, OpenWave, Alcatel Lucent and GN Netcom. Network operators utilizing these voicemail platforms can immediately offer their customers a single view and interface that integrates other voicemail platforms – and yet is faster, better quality and offered at a lower price point than is available anywhere else in the world.
The GotVoice solution has already accessed tens of millions of messages pulled from legacy voicemail servers including those of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AllTel. With GotVoice, carriers have an economical and effortless method for delivering their subscribers’ voicemail as both text and digital audio files via email, SMS, Web and API, creating additional revenue streams and increased data traffic. The GotVoice solution is available today to carriers and IP communications providers via OEM, APIs, White Label and Hosted Solutions.
