PrairieComm selects e-SIM's MMI for FronTier 3G platform
October 20, 2004
PrairieComm, a developer and supplier of 3G-baseband processors and communications software, and e-SIM, a provider of MMI (Man Machine Interface) solutions for mobile platform suppliers and device manufacturers, announced that they have signed an agreement to bundle e-SIM's MMI Solution with PrairieComm's FronTier 3G platforms. As part of the agreement PrairieComm purchased e-SIM's MMI Solution and will include it as a bundled part of its platforms.
PrairieComm plans to offer its clients e-SIM's modular and customizable MMI Solution as an integral part of its FronTier application framework platform. The MMI offering is pre-integrated onto FronTier along with other software components such as multimedia/video services, browsing, messaging, predictive text, and voice recognition.
"e-SIM's powerful tool and reference MMI provides the features and flexibility required by the 3G market," said Jeff Bennett, Director of 3G Marketing, PrairieComm. "The addition of e-SIM's solution to our application framework offers PrairieComm customers the opportunity to rapidly deliver customized, feature-rich handsets based on the cutting-edge FronTier platform."
"We are proud to have been chosen as the MMI solution providers for PrairieComm's 3G platforms," said Reuven Kleinman, VP Business Development and Marketing, e-SIM. "PrairieComm's leading 3G platform together with the e-SIM advanced MMI solution enables handset manufacturers to create high-quality, attractive, and customized 3G handsets and bring them to market quickly and efficiently."
e-SIM's complete MMI solution includes a customizable MMI application together with a robust software framework with support for windowing, multi-lingual text, and concurrent application management, as well as e-SIM's RapidPLUS development and customization tools.
FronTier offers ODMs and OEMs a complete, integrated form factor hardware design and an application framework that meets the demands of 3G operators worldwide. The multimedia-rich 3G reference phone platform also boasts a bill of materials similar to existing 2.5G handsets enabling mass-market 3G data phones. e-SIM's MMI solution will first be available on the FronTier110 platform, a UMTS/GSM/GPRS form factor platform for low-end multimedia feature phones.
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