OpenMarket Version 2.0 Delivers Significant Enhancements to Enable Mobile Content Providers to Deliver Premium Services and Impr
2007年10月23日 - 7:00PM
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Enhanced Financial Processing Capabilities Help Improve Mobile
Transaction Success Rates SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ --
OpenMarket, a leading provider of mobile messaging and financial
processing services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) mobile commerce,
today announced the launch of OpenMarket Version 2.0. This new
release of OpenMarket's messaging and financial processing platform
is designed to simplify transactions between mobile content
providers and individual consumers. The platform delivers a highly
scalable system architecture that enables significant improvement
in the integrity of the financial data associated with mobile
transactions. The announcement was made today at CTIA Wireless I.T.
& Entertainment 2007 (OpenMarket Booth #1333). OpenMarket's
innovative platform features new capabilities that will enable
automated authorization for digital content transactions,
additional online resources for mobile commerce management, and
expanded support for Multimedia Message Service (MMS). Enhancements
to the platform offer digital content providers an alternative to
the traditional approach of legacy Short Message Service (SMS)
aggregators for processing mobile transactions. Unlike legacy
systems, OpenMarket Version 2.0 is modeled after large-scale
financial processing systems such as those used by credit card
clearing houses and online retailers. OpenMarket Version 2.0
features unique authorization capabilities that enable content
providers to improve transaction success rates. The industry's
first Pre-Authorization Application Protocol Interface (API)
returns a patent- pending AuthScore(TM) that can incorporate
important factors such as the subscriber's purchasing history,
spending limit, type of payment plan, and refund activity. As a
result, content providers can access OpenMarket's predictive
algorithm that incorporates transaction history to assess a
subscriber's ability to pay for their digital content. OpenMarket
estimates that this technology can help content providers improve
transaction success rates by up to 10 percent or more.* "We are
very excited about the new authorization capabilities from
OpenMarket and the impact on our bottom line," said Ron Czerny,
chief executive officer of PlayPhone, Inc., a leading provider of
premium digital content in the U.S. "OpenMarket is once again
leading the way with its unique and innovative approach to
improving transaction success rates." As part of OpenMarket Version
2.0, customers will have direct access to the new Customer Center,
an online resource for complete mobile commerce business
management. The updated Customer Center provides real-time,
consolidated reporting with detailed information on messaging and
financial transactions processed through OpenMarket. It also
includes a new Message Center where customers can view the latest
OpenMarket news and announcements. In addition, the new Customer
Center features an improved Short Code Registration tool that
enables content provides to submit new short code programs online.
OpenMarket Version 2.0 offers expanded support for MMS, the
industry's latest messaging technology that enables content
providers to deliver premium content including images, audio,
video, and rich text to subscribers. MMS provides an additional
platform for consumers to obtain and share advanced digital content
over their mobile phones. With these additional support
capabilities, OpenMarket is able to expand its MMS connectivity
from two leading U.S. wireless providers to other top network
operators in the coming months. Another significant benefit to both
OpenMarket customers and network operator partners are the enhanced
billing and message blocking capabilities in OpenMarket Version 2.0
that ensure that the right transactions are processed while
preventing billing to deactivated or recycled phone numbers. "With
OpenMarket Version 2.0, we are providing content merchants a huge
step forward from legacy SMS aggregation solutions they've had to
rely on in the past. Our customers will have the same robust
features as the original version, as well as a set of unique new
capabilities that can directly improve their business growth and
profitability," said Steve Shivers, general manager of OpenMarket.
For a demonstration and more information on OpenMarket Version 2.0,
please visit the OpenMarket Booth # 1333 during CTIA Wireless I.T.
& Entertainment 2007 or http://www.openmarket.com/. * The
transaction success rates for the OpenMarket Version 2.0
authorization capabilities are based on OpenMarket's initial beta
testing and research. About OpenMarket OpenMarket is the only
complete messaging and financial system for mobile commerce, and
the choice for companies looking to reliably sell premium digital
content directly to consumers. OpenMarket provides an innovative
and powerful suite of on-demand services from a trusted industry
expert enabling the largest consumer brands to the smallest
enterprises to rapidly and cost effectively launch their product
offers and promotions in the mobile channel. OpenMarket provides
the most direct network operator connections in the U.S. market
today. Visit http://www.openmarket.com/ for more information.
OpenMarket and AuthScore are trademarks of OpenMarket, Inc.
OpenMarket is a business of Amdocs Limited. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners. About Amdocs Amdocs is
the market leader in customer experience systems innovation,
enabling world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated,
innovative and the intentional customer experience(TM) - at every
point of service. Amdocs provides solutions that deliver customer
experience excellence, combining the software, service and
expertise to help our customers execute their strategies and
achieve service, operational & financial excellence. A global
company with revenue of $2.48 billion in fiscal 2006, Amdocs has
over 16,000 employees and serves customers in more than 50
countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs at
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and August 6, 2007. Media Contacts: Kristy Heintz Weber Shandwick
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