KEYSTONE, Colo., July 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - SpectrumMax® enables 2 new WiFi Mobile products. SpectrumMax® CableCell® voice and messaging over WiFi service which drastically reduces cellular airtime costs and provides product differentiation that allow MSOs to reduce churn, increase Win Backs and compete in the mobile voice and rich messaging arena with features young Millennials love. Also announced today is CablEnable®, a fully integrated BSS /OSS system that provides an end-to-end solution for all aspects of MSO entry into the mobile and messaging space.
Today at the CableLabs® Summer Conference, San Antonio TX-based SpectrumMAX® will demonstrate an innovative new WiFiMobile® service that promises to turbocharge MSO phone calling products, allowing cable operators to eliminate customer losses and successfully compete with cellular (wireless) carriers and OTT messaging applications.
"SpectrumMAX® CableCell® enables cable operators to offer 'WiFi First' cellular voice + messaging service (WiFi Mobile®) to new and existing subscribers and provide an unmatched enhanced messaging suite for cellular + VoIP communications," said Paul Posner, president of SpectrumMAX®. "We're improving cellular coverage indoors and in other dead spots, as well as eliminating most messaging and roaming costs. In addition, Rich Messaging provides capabilities that are wildly popular internationally but which no U.S. wireless service provider offers today. Young Millennials like these features because they are fun. Small businesses want these features because they are functional. By dramatically lowering costs, improving reception in-home or office, and providing new and enhanced messaging features, this product is tailor-made to reduce cord cutting and churn and increase Win Backs."
"This is the most full-featured MVNE solution (Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) in the wireless industry and an outgrowth of an actual, functioning MNO (mobile network operator)," said Jeff Henry, Vice President of Business Development for SpectrumMAX®. "SpectrumMAX® provides a platform for enhanced distribution of existing and new telecommunications services, as well as over 75 years of expertise operating all aspects of a cellular business. We provide cable operators with the opportunity to be a First Mover launching a unique mobile wireless service they control, a.k.a. WiFi Mobile®, that creates an effective quadruple play (cable, Internet, landline phone, and mobile phone) similar to successful European rollouts, continued Henry.
"This is a Zero CAPEX, hosted, cloud-based solution platform that is all about generating new revenue and reducing customer churn. It's also about monetizing the WiFi networks cable operators are building out and offering a differentiated mobile product that will appeal to the 80 million Millennials that are cutting the cord. Cable operators are putting out millions to expand WiFi networks and create large scale roaming alliances with millions of access points. Now with SpectrumMAX, those WiFi access points can all provide voice and messaging off of the cellular network. The result is a huge reduction in MSO voice and messaging resale cost and cable companies can now all do Voice with a powerful competitive advantage," continued Henry.
What's different about this WiFi First service is that it reduces cellular resale cost to 1/3 of what it was due to the fact that 60-70% of calling/messaging occurs where WiFi is available. Continued WiFi expansion and traffic management enhancements should provide further cost reductions in addition to gains in functionality and control. MSOs who have already made major WiFi network investments and can leverage that through better Voice and Rich Messaging services and seamless integration of advanced features with their existing VoIP offerings.
How CableCell® works
- App: includes smart connection manager that monitors cellular + WiFi signals. Can be configured to WiFi first, cellular first, best connection, user manual selection, or something in between. Also includes Rich Messaging suite. Works with any Android or iPhone.
- App servers: communicates with app and sends traffic to appropriate gateway (cellular, cable operator) or point-to-point.
- Translation servers: convert communications from app to standard protocols for delivery to cable company gateways, cellular gateways as required.
- Specialized cellular interconnection: receives/delivers traffic between MSO and cellular gateways.
- As a result:
- Rich Messaging - in addition to standard cellular text and picture messaging:
- Flexible, user-friendly platform allows unlimited pricing plans, fast and easy implementation, interconnection, number porting, regulatory and logistics management provided end-to-end
- POS: full-function retail POS, cash management, inventory management, employee accountability (cash, payroll hours, etc.), and reporting
- Provisioning: automated system activates/deactivates customer service instantly. Can be integrated with other MSO systems
- Data warehouse: Real-time access to billing, calling, messaging activity, delivery of CDRs, and other data allows expanded reporting and import/export capabilities
- Call center: can provide tier 2 and above support
- Rating: Provides the link between the cable company and the cellular gateways, billing, and rating functions
- EZ Screens: simplifies sales/CSR/admin input, prevents mistakes, populates underlying systems through back-end API
- Data Warehouse: all data is collected, normalized, and put into a single data warehouse for reporting, export to other systems
- Trouble ticketing
- Reporting
- Provisioning real-time
- Number porting - automated
- Regulatory, licensing, and interconnection expertise
- Customer care
- Distribution: comprehensive operations systems for sale, resale, and distribution of cellular, broadband, VoIP, cable, and other products through third party dealers or through company stores and call centers
- Single source solution can integrate with cable company systems or operate as a separate system
- Hosted, cloud-based solution
- Utilizes existing systems, rather than building your own
- Applicable to existing VoIP subscriber base in addition to cellular
About SpectrumMAX
The SpectrumMAX solution was the result of 3 years of development by the collective IT groups from Pocket Communications, a mobile network operator based in San Antonio, TX, and the app/device software development group from Houdinisoft, the industry leader in unlocking and re-provisioning ("flashing") CDMA cellular phones.
Pocket built and ran a 500 cell site CDMA cellular network and developed its own billing/POS system that handled over 400,000 subscribers, 125 company stores, 500 independent dealer locations, and ran over $9 million/month in cash through store operations with a loss ratio of <.1/2%. Launching operations in June 2006, Pocket grew to 385,000 subscribers before being sold in February 2010 to Cricket Communications (now owned by AT&T).
In 2008, Houdinisoft created the "flashing" industry using a SaaS model to unlock and reprovision CDMA devices, allowing them to operate on a different network. Since inception, the company has converted 3 million devices for over 20 North American CDMA MNOs.
For More Information contact:
Jeff Henry
VP Business Development
TEL 210-347-3927 jhenry(at)spectrummax(dot)com
http://www.SpectrumMAX.com http://www.CablEnable.com
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