Istanbul, Turkey- February 12, 2010 - LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications and Argela, a leading telecom solutions provider, announced that Argela’s VoIP solution that was launched by Turk Telekom as WIROFON is embedded in LG GM735 device for a Turk Telekom campaign. The campaign became a huge success with 20,000 device sales in only 2 weeks.
WIROFON is a wireless service that enables Turk Telekom customers to make calls from their dual-mode handsets with the Wi-Fi support feature irrespective of their location, and also in the absence of a SIM card in the handset. Accessible through the Internet, it provides the users with quite cheaper tariffs and enables them to stay connected, even if they are abroad. Supported clients are Web, PC, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry(soon) and Android(soon). Now the service is embedded in LG GM735 and eases Turk Telekom subscribers’ lives through enabling them stay connected with their Turk Telekom lines and tariff even when they are mobile. LG GM735 offers fast internet and file transfer by 3G, extendable memory, video conversation via secondary internal camera and wireless connectivity.
The technology behind this service is Argela’s Fixed-Mobile Convergence solution. It removes the boundaries of telecom by helping network operators expand their market beyond their geographical area and allowing them to launch new, innovative, revenue-generating services.
Mr. Selim sarper, Vp of Business Development at Argela, commented on the partnership with LG and said: “ What we, as Argela, are always focusing on is innovation and adding value to our customers’ businesses through this innovation. So partnering with companies that thrive on innovation is very important for us. We are delighted to say that our WIROFON project with Turk Telekom and LG became a great example to this.”
Argela will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress – Hall1-C13 in Barcelona on February 15-18, 2010 and demonstrating WIROFON on LG GM735 and other devices with different clients.
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Argela collaborates with telecom operators around the world to help them increase their revenue and customer satisfaction; contain their costs, and decrease churn through distinguished and innovative turn-key solutions including, but not limited to, fixed-mobile convergence, Argela ADz-on advertising platform, Web TV, intelligent network (IN) applications and femtocell.
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