16-01-2008 ChangingWorlds signs deal with Vodacom during An Taoiseach Led Trade Mission to South Africa

 

Dublin, Ireland and Johannesburg, South Africa Wednesday, January 16th 2008 –

ChangingWorlds, the global expert in intelligent content discovery and subscriber intelligence for the Mobile Internet signed a deal with leading mobile operator Vodacom during the An Taoiseach led Trade Mission to South Africa this week. Vodacom, one of Vodafone Global’s most important operations, is the number one mobile operator in South Africa with over 23 million customers..

Signing the deal with Vodacom and Minister Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Vincent Ryan, VP of International Sales & Marketing, ChangingWorlds said “This business mission, expertly organised by Enterprise Ireland, is an ideal opportunity to get government level endorsement and strengthen relationships with existing partners and clients in South Africa.” He added, “We have a long-term relationship with Vodacom and we are delighted that our latest deal with Vodacom coincides with the visit of An Taoiseach and Minister Micheál Martin to South Africa to promote Irish business.”

 

From Left to Right: Mr. Vincent Ryan, VP of International Sales & Marketing, ChangingWorlds; Mr. Peter Maltare, Chief Strategy Office, Vodacom; Minister Micheal Martin, T.D.; Mr. Ian Finnegan, Sales Director EMEA, ChangingWorlds; Mr. Frank Ryan, CEO, Enterprise Ireland

 

The ChangingWorlds’ ClixSmart Intelligent Portal Platform offers a suite of intelligent content discovery and personalization solutions for mobile data, as well as sophisticated portal management. The ClixSmart Intelligent Portal Platform will add advanced artificial intelligence technology to Vodacom’s Vodafone live! portal to enhance mobile content relevance and optimize the user experience.

 

ClixSmart Business Intelligence Manager - an advanced mobile subscriber and portal usage reporting tool and the latest addition to the ClixSmart Intelligent Portal Platform, will offer Vodacom a subscriber intelligence platform for the optimal management of its Vodafone Live! portal.

 

Vodacom selected ChangingWorlds for its reputation in building world-class subscriber intelligence solutions and looks forward to a successful partnership.

 

The South Africa Trade Mission was organised by Enterprise Ireland in order to help Irish companies capitalise on the growing opportunities in South Africa. The mission included Irish companies who like ChangingWorlds, are active in this market and those who have included South Africa in their business development strategy for 2008.

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About Vodacom
Vodacom is a Pan-African cellular communications company providing a world class GSM service to more than 28.2 million customers in South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, and in Mozambique. Vodacom South Africa launched its 3G network in December 2004 and subsequently its 3G HSDPA network in March 2006. Vodacom Tanzania will roll out its 3G network in the near future.

 

Vodacom is the market leader in all of the countries where it currently operates, with a 58% market share in the South African market; Africa's largest and most profitable cellular market. Shareholding: Telkom SA - 50%, Vodafone Group Plc - 50%.

 

About ChangingWorlds
ChangingWorlds is the market-leading provider of intelligent personalization and wireless portal products to the telecommunications industry. Based on advanced artificial intelligence technology, the company’s ClixSmart™ Intelligent Portal platform offers a personalized content discovery solution that enhances content relevance and optimizes the user experience of the wireless internet, resulting in greater ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) for the network operator.

Proven in market as a high-performance, scalable and carrier-grade wireless portal solution, ClixSmart is used by over 45 mobile operators worldwide including the Vodafone Global Group, O2 UK & O2 Germany, the TeliaSonera Group, Celcom Malaysia and Hong Kong CSL ChangingWorlds was founded in 1999 and is privately owned. The company now employs over one hundred highly qualified staff in Ireland (Dublin), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) and USA (San Francisco).

Press Contact:
Kathrina Gallogly
Marketing Manager
ChangingWorlds Ltd.
Tel: +353-1-4359806
Mobile: +353-87-2797362
Email: kathrina.gallogly@changingworlds.com

 

 

 

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