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BB Communicator enables users to make inexpensive phone calls to fixed and mobilephones, in addition to free calling among BB Communicator, BB Phone and BB Phonefiber optic users. SBB has over 4.8 million subscribers of IP Phone in Japan,making this one of the world s largest IP phone services.
"We evaluated a number of solutions for BB Communicator and after carefulevaluation, we selected CommuniGate Pro because of the platform s proven highreliability, scalability and performance; the ability to easily add nodes as neededwithout stopping the system; its ease of manageability even for very largedeployments; as well as the ability to easily customize VoIP applications," saidDaiki Orihara, General Manager, Business Development Dept., CNW Business ManagementDept., Communication Network Division of Softbank BB.
"The seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook's groupware features is anotheradvantage of using CommuniGate Pro as the core engine behind our systeminfrastructure. We plan to continue capitalizing on the many new and excitingservices offered by CommuniGate Pro including Web 2.0 and Fixed Mobile Convergence,"continued Orihara.
CommuniGate Pro is a highly scalable and fully integrated internet communicationserver and development platform that provides 99.999% uptime with its truly uniquedynamic clustering technology. In addition to IP calling, CommuniGate Pro provides BB Communicator customers with services such as e-mail, instant messaging,presence, calendar management, address books and rich media via the ASP (ApplicationService Provider) model. Regardless of their ISP, customers can use BBCommunicator at home or away, in the office, hotel or Internet café. In the future,these features and applications will be available on mobile phones as well.
Key features of BB Communicator include:
Voice Services Incoming/outgoing IP phone Call transfer Voice mail TV Phone using PC
Application Services Robust security features on messaging (CloudMark anti-spam) Easily manageable schedule and calendar Secure instant messaging using encryption Presence
Looking ahead, SBB also plans to roll out another SaaS (Software as a Service)product targeting small- to mid-sized businesses and leverage CommuniGate Pro as analternative to their MS Exchange server and groupware features.
"We are honored that Softbank BB has selected CommuniGate Pro for its BBCommunicator services. This proves that CommuniGate Pro offers a truly unifiedcommunication solution that combines scalability, high performance and reliabilityin an easy-to-mange platform. This project was made possible through the jointcollaboration of our Japanese partners, Dragon Networks Associates, Inc. and OpenTechnologies Corporation. Hitachi Software Engineering Corporation provided thehardware and its support. SBB is well known for being a catalyst and innovator inimproving lives with the use of advanced technologies. Together with SBB, we hopeto continue to bring innovative and exciting services to SBB and their valuedcustomers throughout the Japanese market, said Jon Doyle, Vice President ofBusiness Development at CommuniGate Systems.
The CommuniGate Pro Enterprise Suite, including Pronto! a sleek, unifiedcommunications dashboard based on Adobe Flash(r) and Adobe Flex(tm) 2 technology, isavailable today at www.communigate.com/community, free for the first five users,making it a smart choice for small businesses or the home office network. Forinstallations over five users, the CommuniGate Pro Enterprise Suite is pricedstarting at US$849 for 25 users. ISPs, Broadband and Mobile Operators can contactsales@communigate.com for pricing information.
About my BB Communicatorhttp://www.softba nkbb.co.jp/news/press/2007/p08 31_01.html
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About Dragon Networks Associateshttp://www.dragon-n etworks.com/
About Open Technologies Corporationhttp://www.opentec h.co.jp/AboutUs/index-e.html
About CloudMarkhttp://www.cloudmark .com/serviceproviders/company/
About SOFTBANK Group Since its establishment in 1981, management policy of SOFTBANK Group has been to"endeavor to benefit society and the economy and maximize enterprise value byfostering the sharing of wisdom and knowledge gained through the IT revolution".Foreseeing the advent of the PC era at the time of business establishment, thecompany got to market fast with the package software distribution business. In1990s, before the dawn of the Internet era, we established Yahoo! Japan Corporation,and later established "Yahoo! Japan" which became the biggest Japanese Internetportal.In 2001, SOFTBANK BB Corp. launched a commercial service of high speed and low price"Yahoo! BB ADSL", and led Japan to be the best broadband superpower in the world.Together with fixed line business of SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. and mobile communicationbusiness of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp., the company is taking now a big step toward theubiquitous society where people can access "anytime, anywhere and with anyone"through broadband.The company is now asked for unprecedented speed, flexibility, and innovation whilepeople's lifestyle and concept of values is diversifying.SOFTBANK Group will keep challenging to offer the advanced service which willcontribute to enriched people's lifestyle in the age to come.About CommuniGate SystemsFounded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems developscarrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband & mobile serviceproviders, enterprises, and OEM partners worldwide. Over 130 million subscribersincluding 47 million voice customers rely upon CommuniGate Systems products fortheir voice and data communication today. CommuniGate Systems is the most trusted &financially stable vendor which maintains the highest customer satisfaction levelsin the Rich Media Communications industry. CommuniGate Systems provides flexibility,performance, scalability, with the benchmark proven architecture that remainsun-challenged in the industry. Our open development environment with simple APIsdelivers extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999%uptime for the most demanding application environments. CommuniGate Systems has over175 members in its partner network worldwide. Download CommuniGate Pro today and join the initiative to drive interoperability ofUnified Communications and convert nearly 2 billion e-mail accounts to a singleidentity for all forms of Internet Communications. For more information, go towww.communigate.com
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Brian BlankFutureWorks, Inc. (408) 428-0895 Ext 114brianb@future-works.com
