3 Hong Kong Becomes First Operator in Hong Kong to Offer
‘Click-and-Listen’ Messages Inbox on iPhone3G
Comverse today announced that 3 Hong Kong, the mobile operation of
Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (“Hutchison Telecom
Hong Kong”) and the city’s 3G leader, has launched Hong Kong’s first
visual voicemail service.
Powered by Comverse’s Visual Voicemail, the operator’s users now can
enjoy a dramatically enhanced visual voicemail experience, compared to
conventional voicemail. Instead of dialing in for voice messages, users
can see information about each voicemail in a message inbox, such as
sender, time of call and message length and then click and listen to any
message. Users also can delete and reply to any message.
“Being the first operator in our market to provide visual voicemail on
the iPhone3G extends our string of market firsts, which also includes
launching the city’s first 3G network,” said Amy Lung, Chief Operating
Officer – Mobile of Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong. “Comverse, the global
market leader in visual voicemail, has supported us to bring a
feature-rich solution to market quickly with satisfactory results. The
user feedback has been strongly positive.”
Visual Voicemail is part of the Comverse Voice HUB, a single platform
for multiple voice-related services, such as next-generation voicemail,
ringback tones, and call completion. Operators can reap cost savings
from the Voice HUB’s unified platform because it reuses major components
and takes advantage of centralized operation, maintenance and
provisioning.
“Fast becoming the next-generation voicemail standard around the world,
visual voicemail has huge mass market potential,” said Urban Gillstrom,
Group President of Global Sales at Comverse, the world's leading
supplier of software and systems enabling value-added messaging and
content services, converged billing and active customer management, and
IP communications.
“Operators welcome the boost in user satisfaction,” he said, “as well as
the additional revenues generated through increased voicemail usage and
premium service positioning.”
About Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited
Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (“Hutchison Telecom
Hong Kong” or “HTHK”) is one of the largest mobile operators in Hong
Kong. Using the brand ‘3’, Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong is committed to
providing high quality 2G and 3G mobile telecommunications services in
Hong Kong and Macau.
