Interop Technologies has announced that it is providing Alaska Communications Systems ( News - Alert) Group, Inc. with leading-edge short message (SMS), multimedia message (MMS), and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP ) solutions, enabling the operator to offer state-of-the-art services to its customers.
Interop ( News - Alert) Technologies is a provider of advanced wireless technology solutions for the global wireless, packaged goods, and content industries. The company delivers hosted and turnkey messaging, device management, and personalization solutions. Interop Technologies currently has nearly 150 deployments with more than 40 wireless operators and major brands across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Operators can look forward to having the ability to support significant customer growth with the scalable, highly reliable solutions from Interop Technologies. It provides operators with valuable management tools and delivers all features that end users expect.
John Dwyer, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Interop Technologies, said in a company press release, “We are pleased that ACS ( News - Alert) has selected our company as its exclusive wireless solutions provider. We are fully committed to helping ACS deliver the latest wireless services to businesses and consumers across Alaska.”
ACS is offering services using many of the Interop Technologies hosted solutions such as WAP Gateway ( News - Alert) 2.0 that helps customers access news, sports, weather, entertainment, and business content on the Internet, Multimedia Message Service Center 4.0 that allows customers to send and receive digital photos, audio, video, and voice messages on MMS-capable handsets and Short Message Service Center 4.0 that supports text messaging, mobile email, and Web-based messaging. With the hosted business model, ACS benefits from a capital-efficient, service bureau environment.
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