Monday, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said the company's partner-ecosystem business model is helping mobile operators, developers and device-makers optimize innovations, speed up their go-to-market strategies, and take advantage of new market opportunities. The Redmond, Washington headquartered software and services provider launched its Connected Services Accelerator Program in June 2008 with a view to seek, to incubate, and ultimately commercialize, new types of consumer, business and mobile services supported by Windows Mobile smartphones and Windows Vista- enabled mobile broadband PCs.
Within three months, V3 Teletech Pte Ltd and Formotus Inc., winners of the SingTel-sponsored Mobile Connected Services Accelerator project under Microsoft's Connected Services Accelerator Program, were able to bring out mobile location-based services applications for the logistics and transportation sectors.
V3 Teletech Pte Ltd and Formotus were provided with technical and commercial guidance as well as access to multi-market mobile operator SingTel's infrastructure and resources for development and testing purposes.
Sandi Thomas, general manager for Asia Pacific within the Communications Sector at Microsoft said, "As the telecommunications industry continues to converge with the Internet, Microsoft has seen increasing interest from our partners to create services that can be customized and monetized,"
Microsoft said these solutions would be showcased within the GSM Association's mobile Innovation Zone at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau.
"Microsoft believes in the power of software plus services and its ability to help the telecoms industry deliver more innovative, customizable and robust services to customers in a timely manner," Thomas added.
MSFT declined $0.74 or 3.69% and closed Monday's regular trading session at $19.32. After hours, MSFT rose $0.10 or 0.52% and traded at $19.42.
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