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LOQUENDO TECHNOLOGY POWERS I-TIM VOICE, THE NEW VOICE PORTAL OF ITALY's LEADING WIRELESS OPERATOR TIM

Rome, March 1st, 2002

  • TIM and Loquendo partnering for speech-driven wireless communication
  • With i-TIM Voice customers can now speak their way through the menu of services on their mobile phone. Services include information, dedicated messages and much more.
  • Loquendo, the global speech technology leader, has provided its world-class speech technologies and services.
Loquendo -the global speech technology company- leader in TTS technology, voice platforms and solutions has provided its world-class technology within Telecom Italia Mobile's (TIM) i-TIM Voice portal.
TIM, the wireless operator with 50.7 million subscribers worldwide -of which 23.95 million in Italy (31/12/2001)- has conquered a new frontier in wireless communication. From today, thanks to the new i-TIM Voice portal, you can choose from the range of services in the menu or ask for other info just by saying what you want - you no longer need to key in your choice. For example, you can ask for everything about soccer and your favourite team's goals, the latest news, your horoscope, your favourite songs - which you can even dedicate and send to a friend's mobile.

All you need to do to access the new voice portal is dial the number from your mobile and listen. A voice will guide you through the i-TIM services. The following categories are currently available:

  • the "Newsagent" category for news, weather forecasts, competitions
  • the "Sports Bar" category for news on soccer, Formula 1, world motorbike and cycling racing, to hear the latest goal results on Sunday or the most famous soccer hymns and send them to a friend.
  • the "Luna Park" category for sending a dedicated message or for the latest on cinema, horoscopes, ring tones. In this category you'll also be able to listen to music from your favourite bands or particular phrases to dedicate to that special person.
    The voice portal's content is provided by the top Italian content providers.

The services offered by i-TIM voice portal have been made possible by VoxNauta, Loquendo's leading-edge voice platform. VoxNauta is a complete open multilingual platform with all the necessary speech components (such as best-of-breed Loquendo TTS, ASR and VXML-compliant Service Creation Environment) for creating highly reliable interactive voice applications and services. Designed to scale to millions of users, the Platform is devised for the carrier and enterprise markets and streamlines the implementation of voice services. VoxNauta is created to provide information and services from anywhere, at anytime, from any phone.
Loquendo's combination of competitive pricing, superior performance, fast implementation and leverage of existing infrastructure ensures continued low cost of ownership, as well as the capability to accommodate new evolving technologies.