Kirusa, SandCherry and Telisma Partner to Showcase Speech Solutions

CANNES, FRANCE - Partners Kirusa, SandCherry and Telisma have joined forces at the 3GSM World Congress to display an end-to-end carrier-grade solution - which combines the SandCherry's multi-service deployment platform, Kirusa's multimodal platform and Telisma's automatic speech recognition software - for advanced speech- and multimodality-enabled services. This integrated software solution will at provide carriers and enterprises means to mass deploy a multiplicity of enhanced applications and services, allowing them to take advantage of previously unavailable sources of revenue. The 3GSM World Congress will also serve as an outlet to underscore company developments: Kirusa is entering a VAR agreement with DS Group, a major Italian systems integrator; SandCherry is highlighting upgrades to its flagship SoftServer platform; and Telisma presents its MRCP-compliant speech platform as well as the opening of a sales office in Germany. These developments point towards the true arrival of enhanced services using multimodality, which are making inroads with carriers worldwide. "Multimodality and speech significantly extend the reach, usability, and possibility of advanced applications for entertainment, information, commerce, interactive messaging, customer service, workforce management, and more - these services are no longer just pipe dreams of the future," noted Dale Hartzell, SandCherry marketing vice president. "SandCherry, Kirusa and Telisma are putting the tools in place for carriers to deploy these enhanced services on a mass basis and finally bring them to the greater marketplace using today's networks."