Portugal's ZON OPTIMUS Selects Acision Fusion for Mobile Messaging

READING, England, February 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Consolidated messaging platform offers richer communications and superior experience across SMS, MMS, OTT, RCS and WebRTC Services

Acision, the global mobile services leader, today announced that ZON OPTIMUS, a carrier for mobile services in Portugal, has selected Acision Fusion as its convergent messaging platform. As a single, cost-effective platform for SMS, MMS, IP, OTT, RCS and WebRTC services, Acision Fusion will initially provide stat-of-the-art MMS messaging to ZON OPTIMUS. However, Fusion's comprehensive architecture paves the way for seamless integration and connectivity with all messaging channels, providing a consolidated solution for the operator's future Rich Communication services.

"By selecting Acision Fusion, ZON OPTIMUS has extended its confidence in Acision and will benefit from the most complete messaging platform on the market today," said a ZON OPTIMUS spokesperson. "Acision Fusion provides us with a modular architecture not only to efficiently and effectively handle a variety of messaging scenarios, including MMS, but also offer a superior messaging experience to our users, while reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and enabling new revenue streams. As a future-proof solution, Acision Fusion will provide us with a a unique opportunity to provide rich, and fully transparent communications services, all from a single environment, enabling new monetiszation models and services from the Acision Cloud."

Acision Fusion is hardware independent so can be deployed as a virtualised solution in the operator's own data centre or, alternatively, in the Acision Cloud. Once deployed, ZON OPTIMUS will be able to easily adapt to regulatory changes, introduce value added security as well as additional privacy features across its messaging portfolio. Also, when complimented with Acision Business Tools, Acision's centralised management and customer care solution, the platform will provide uniform reporting and management in addition to giving ZON OPTIMUS valuable business insights in network activity.

"Today it is essential for operators to deliver superior quality messaging and media content regardless of network or device, and Acision Fusion provides the best platform on the market to do this. By deploying Acision Fusion, operators like ZON OPTIMUS can provide unparalleled communication services, which not only increase customer satisfaction but also drive new revenue and profitability by stimulating service usage. Additionally, operators can continue to accommodate growing traffic streams as well as launch innovative, new services, which all in all generate revenues and boost consumer loyalty," said Glen Murray, GMS and SVP for Europe and Russia, Acision.

From 24^th -27^th February 2014, Acision will be launching a number of exciting and innovative, new services at Mobile World Congress that could transform operators' ability to generate revenue. To showcase this, Acision are hosting visitors on stand 8.1A41 and featuring for the first time in Hall 8.1 - the App Planet - billed as "the destination to see who is creating the next big thing!". To find our more and take the opportunity to see the next big thing from Acision, please contact corporatemarketing@acision.com 

About Acision

Acision connects the world by powering relevant, seamless mobile engagement services that interoperate across all IP platforms and enrich the user experience creating value and new communication opportunities for carriers, enterprises and consumers across the world.

For more information, visit Acision at http://www.acision.com

About ZON OPTIMUS

ZON OPTIMUS is a telecommunications and entertainment group which offers fixed and mobile next generation solutions for Pay TV, Internet, Voice and Data to all market segments - Residential, Personal, Corporate and Wholesale. It is the leader in Pay TV, Next Generation Broadband services and Cinema Exhibition and Distribution in Portugal.

ZON OPTIMUS has 1.6 million Pay TV customers, 3.6 million Mobile subscribers, 1.2 million Fixed Voice customers and 900 thousand Fixed Broadband customers in Portugal. ZON OPTIMUS provides a service of excellence, having achieved in 2013 the title of "Best Customer Service in the World" for the second year running, awarded by one of the most prestigious entities of the industry.

ZON OPTIMUS is at the forefront of innovation, offering the most advanced products and services: the best digital cable network in Portugal; a 4G network that serves 90% of the country; the best telecommunications and entertainment integrated service in Portugal - ZON 4i; the most innovative Pay TV service - IRIS; and an advanced portfolio of integrated solutions for enterprises.

More information available at http://www.zonoptimus.pt