Roamware Expands Solutions Portfolio to Serve In-Country Mobile Subscribers

BARCELONA, Spain, February 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Mobile World Congress -- Roamware, Inc., a leading provider of roaming and mobile financial services (MFS) solutions, announced it has expanded its portfolio to include solutions and services for non-roaming, in-country mobile subscribers. The company has traditionally been known for its expertise in developing mobile roaming services and solutions, working with more than 480 mobile operators across 154 countries.

Bobby Srinivasan, CEO of Roamware commented, "The decision to provide in-country services has been a natural extension to our roaming business. Our close relationships with hundreds of global operators offer us deep insight and understanding into what mobile consumers need, and we see an enormous opportunity to work with operators to provide innovative value-added services to their subscribers on their home networks. We expect our portfolio of in-country solutions to contribute significantly to our business in 2011."

Some of the innovative in-country solutions and services that Roamware has rolled out and deployed in recent months include:

    
    - Temporary Number Service - An innovative service that enables operators
      to offer an additional number to an existing subscriber for a limited
      period without having to issue an additional SIM card. The service,
      which allows subscribers to have extra numbers without having to carry
      separate devices or switch SIM cards, is particularly useful to mobile
      users who need to share their number in the public domain for a short
      period of time. For example, an individual could share his or her
      number in newspaper advertisements or on to-let boards without worrying
      about it being misused.
    - Local Multiline Service - A solution that is designed to address the
      problems faced currently by mobile users who want to maintain multiple
      subscriptions. The subscriber will have one SIM but with two or more
      numbers. At any time, both MSISDNs can receive phone call and short
      message. The subscriber can choose to make calls or SMS from either
      number. Billing on each number will be separated. The subscriber need
      not subscribe to a special SIM card.
    - Virtual Number Service - A service in which a user can activate a
      number on any mobile phone operated by same operator or any landline
      operated by same operator, without requiring a SIM card. The user can
      also activate the service with limited features, from any other
      operator's mobile or landline phone. This unique service offers both
      reachability and communication without owning a phone. Once activated,
      the user can make and receive calls or SMS on the phone depending on
      the capability of the host phone and network.
    - Local Short Codes Service - A location-based service that routes mobile
      calls according to the subscriber's current location. A business can
      obtain an easy to remember three-to-five digit short-code number from
      its mobile operator that can be used by customers to access nearest
      branch of the business from any location. The number can, for example,
      direct short-code calls to the closest bank, customer care centre, taxi
      service, hospital or even a local pizza shop. This innovative service
      helps businesses in marketing of services and at the same time benefits
      consumers by enabling to easily connect to the nearest branch of a
      business.

About Roamware, Inc.

Roamware, Inc. is the leading provider of roaming and mobile financial services solutions with a customer base of over 480 mobile operators across 154 countries. The company is the global leader in mobile roaming solutions with an estimated 60 per cent market share of the voice and data roaming segments for GSM, 3G and CDMA technology platforms. Roamware m-commerce and mobile banking solutions have been successfully deployed by major banks and global operators around the world, including: Vodafone, Permanent TSB and Bank of Ireland.

Its solutions range from credit transfers, international remittance, person to person transactions to top-up and bill payment. The company is headquartered in San Jose with operations in Brussels, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi Singapore, Dublin, Johannesburg, Amman and Hong Kong. http://www.roamware.com