VeriSign® Powers Multimedia Message Services
Across Canada
Inter-Carrier Service Solves Interoperability Issues between Wireless
Carriers; Enables Widespread Sending and Receiving of Photos, Audio
and Video Clips
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. – June 30, 2005 – VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq:
VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for
the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced that it
is powering Canada’s inter-carrier multimedia message services (MMS)
for wireless phone customers across the country.
VeriSign’s comprehensive MMS interoperability platform,
incorporating unique transcoding technology, overcomes the numerous
challenges of exchanging multimedia messages across diverse networks
with different technologies. With the implementation of VeriSign’s service,
Canadian carriers will be able to exchange MMS messages with one another
without interoperability issues.
Announced by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications
Association (CWTA), this initiative is the broadest of its kind in North
America and will enable customers with MMS-capable phones, to send rich
content such as photos, graphics, audio clips and video clips to other
MMS-capable phone users. As of July 1, sending an MMS message will be
as convenient and simple as sending a text message to a recipient's
10-digit wireless phone number.
“Wireless subscribers are increasingly viewing messaging
as a convenient and cost-effective method of communicating on the go,”
said Vernon Irvin, executive vice president of VeriSign Communications
Services. “Solving interoperability issues in Canada is a major step
towards propelling the sending and receiving of photos, audio and video
clips into mainstream usage.”
“Canadians have already embraced text messaging, with
3.7 million messages being sent per day,” said CWTA president &
ceo Peter Barnes. “Now that VeriSign technology is enabling consumers
to send multimedia messages to friends and family outside of their wireless
providers, we’re sure to see a rapid increase in wireless traffic across
the nation.”
VeriSign’s Inter-Carrier Multimedia Messaging Services converts
disparate protocols, making multimedia messaging interoperability possible
between GSM and CMDA networks and provides connectivity and routing
between operators using similar or disparate multimedia messaging centers,
or messaging servers.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), operates intelligent infrastructure services
that enable businesses and individuals to find, connect, secure, and
transact across today’s complex, global networks. Additional news and
information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
For more information, contact:
VeriSign Media Relations: Leslie Rubin, lrubin@verisign.com,
650-426-5363
VeriSign Investor Relations: Tom McCallum,
tmccallum@verisign.com, 650-426-3744
TRADEMARKS
VeriSign, and other trademarks, service marks, and logos are registered
or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries in
the United States and in foreign countries.
Copyright © 2005 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved.
Statements in this announcement other than historical
data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ
materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty
of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly
operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to
successfully develop and market new products and services and customer
acceptance of any new products and services, including the products
and services described herein, the possibility that VeriSign’s announced
new services may not result in additional customers, profits or revenues;
and increased competition and pricing pressures. More information about
potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial
results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2004 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking
statements after the date of this press release.
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