Orange
to use Kiss Me application104.com signs agreement
with the Orange Group28 November 2002 104.com
has announced that activities outside Japan have been enhanced through
being selected as a supplier of a mobile applications platform to Orange
group companies. By using 104.com's Xme (Kiss me) platform, Orange
group companies across Europe and beyond will be able to offer even
more compelling mobile content and applications to their customers.
Orange intends to launch a number of multimedia services using the
platform over the next six months. The agreement signed with the Orange
Group highlights 104.com's involvement in the development of new multimedia
applications. The Xme platform has content aggregation
technologies for easily uploading and managing content from third parties.
Content and applications are distributed according to personal profiles
and the user's device capabilities. The system includes interfaces
to the billing systems of the Orange member companies and connections
to the messaging systems and gateways. Dynamic device adaptation technologies
further optimize the customer experience. At the heart of the Xme platform
are 104.com's in-memory database technologies that enable an ultra-fast
user-profile and content retrieval for millions of customers on a relatively
small hardware footprint. "This agreement demonstrates
the trust in our platform solution by one of the major mobile operators
in the world. We are providing Orange with our extensive know-how and
experience of the Japanese mobile Internet market, making it possible
to set up new applications and services in a short time for a wide
variety of devices," says Arjen van Blokland, Vice President International,
104.com. Dirk Van Bavel, Director of Implementation
for OrangeWorld - the non-voice services division of Orange - said:
"Orange is committed to providing its customers with the most
innovative and exciting services. By using solutions such as 104.com's
Xme platform, we are making it easier for our customers to access the
services they want, whenever they want them and wherever they are." Find
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