ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading developer and marketer of software solutions and services for the mobility market, today announced that leading Indian telecom service provider, MTS India, has selected QuickLink Mobile® to deliver superior data connectivity for its mobile broadband customers. MTS India, one of the fastest growing mobile broadband operators in the region, will begin shipping Smith Micro Software’s connection management technology to its subscribers in the latter half of 2011 across an array of modem dongles.
QuickLink Mobile is a comprehensive multi-network mode solution that embraces a powerful, cross-platform approach to connectivity management. As a result, MTS India is able to easily and seamlessly accelerate deployment of its services to multiple markets while enhancing the user experience for its mobile service subscribers. QuickLink Mobile features an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) and skinning engine, and provides MTS India with detailed control of application features and default settings, a snapshot of available networks, and quickly determines the best available network connection. In addition, QuickLink Mobile enhances the operator’s average revenue per user (ARPU) by enabling pre-paid and post-paid data services, and will reveal new services that become available once a data connection is established.
“As the leading telecom services provider in India, we are dedicated to providing our subscribers with the best broadband experience possible. As part of this endeavor, we are excited to select QuickLink Mobile to deliver superior data connectivity for our mobile broadband customers,” said Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing Officer at MTS India. “We are impressed with the connectivity product portfolio and expertise Smith Micro Software possesses and look forward to integrating their knowledge-base into our services.”
“This deployment with MTS India continues to reinforce QuickLink Mobile’s broad appeal to mobile service operators across the globe,” said William W. Smith, Jr., President and CEO of Smith Micro Software. “As an industry leader in connection management solutions, we are pleased to provide MTS India with a best-in-class mobile connectivity product that will allow them to enhance the flexibility and breadth of their service offerings. Through our connection management solution, MTS will deliver an improved overall user experience and superior services to their mobile service subscribers.”
For more information on QuickLink Mobile please visit:
http://www.smithmicro.com/products/quicklink-mobile.aspx.
About Smith Micro Software, Inc.:
Smith Micro Software, Inc. develops mobile applications and solutions for the communications industry. Our portfolio of products and services spans Connectivity Management, Communications and Content Management solutions. Smith Micro’s solutions include client and server software applications to help its customers manage their software investments.
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About Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd.
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL) is a joint venture between Sistema {LSE: SSA} of Russia, the Russian Federation and the Shyam Group of India. The Russian Federation holds a 17.14% stake in the company. Sistema is the majority shareholder with a 56.68% stake. SSTL provides its services under the MTS brand through a commercial agreement with Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS. In a short span of time, SSTL has secured over 10 million wireless subscribers and provides mobile broadband services under the MBlaze brand to more than 600,000 customers in over 130 cities in the country.
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