IVR Technologies, Bulletin.Net Provide Integrated Voice Solution to VoIP Operators

Bulletin.net offers a range of messaging products and services including SMS Text, IM, MMS and email to enable communication between computer or web applications and mobile phones or devices. The partnership between IVR Technologies (News - Alert) and Bulletin.net will result in the interoperability between IVR Technologies’ Talking SIP and the Bulletin.net SMS text services. This will provide the VoIP network operators with an integrated solution that can be supported by the mobile phones irrespective of their smart capabilities and allow them offer next-generation enhanced services to their customers. This will help them drive revenue and subscriber loyalty on the one hand, and help in reducing operating costs on the other hand.

The collaborating companies

According to the collaborating companies, VoIP network operators can now provide leading enhanced services that can be controlled via text messaging from any SMS enabled mobile phone or desktop computer. Supported operations in this initial integration include international callback, account balance updates, Class 5 feature management and voucher credit top-up.

Bulletin.net provides a global SMS Gateway (News - Alert) which enables mobile messages to be delivered from anywhere to anywhere around the world. This connectivity to the mobile wireless network, which is operated through a series of business partnerships, provides their clients with a complete end-to-end mobile messaging service and worldwide coverage.

“Web-to-Mobile SMS text messaging is growing rapidly as an integral and critical part of any communication system,” said president and COO of Bulletin.net, Inc., Bruce Herbert, in a statement. “We are therefore delighted to be partnering with IVR to combine the superior performance of our SMS solutions with IVR’s powerful suite of voice services.”

“We are very excited to be partnering with Bulletin.net to allow our customers to leverage Bulletin.net’s hosted infrastructure to gain the international coverage, reach and resiliency they need to grow their subscriber base. This partnership allows service providers to integrate the next-generation services of Talking SIP with the non-smartphone market in a configuration that offers time-to-market advantage, zero CAPEX and nominal OPEX (News - Alert),” said IVR VP of product development, Randall Walrond, in a statement.