Argela is a Turkish-based

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that develops communication technologies mainly for the telecom, public safety, and defense sectors. Founded in 2004, acquired by

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in 2007, and headquartered in Istanbul, Argela has branches in Sunnyvale and

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. Argela's products include

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, fixed-mobile convergence, IMS/IN Applications, service delivery framework, three screen TV services and performance monitoring tools

Products

iTV

Argela's iTV is an

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service distributed via the Internet. It allows the users to choose the program or the TV show they want to watch from an archive (VoD, TSTV)or live from a channel directory. iTV is Future-safe as internet bandwidth tends to increase in the near future. Tivibu is one of the field proven application which has attracted 110,000 users in first month using Argela's iTV solution. iTV service won IP&TV industry award for Best IP TV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement in 2011 by reaching one million subscribers in first year.

Argela ADz-on advertising platform

Argela ADz-on consists of: ADz-on-Voice, ADz-on-Messaging, ADz-on-TV, ADz-on-Internet and ADz-on-VAS, Adz-on

Ringback Tone Advertising RingBack Tone Advertising, or RBT-Ads (also known as RingBack Advertising, Ad RingBack, Ad-RBT, AdRBT, Voice Ads, or Biz-Ring), replaces the Ringback tone period, or standard acoustic signal a caller hears that indicates the called phone is ringi ...

Fixed-mobile convergence

Argela's fixed-mobile convergence solution offers an extensive set of SIP clients: Web, PC, iPhone/iPod, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and Blackberry. Tuitalk is a free Voip client made by Argela. It allows users to call landlines and mobile phones via Wi-Fi. The application was released in 2008 for Windows and Mac OS X. WIROFON service won the CommsMEA “New Telecom Service of the Year” award was also another application launched by

, later the software was also embedded in LG mobile devices. The campaign became a success with 20,000 device sales in only two weeks.

SCP & IN Applications

Argela’a Service Control Platform (SCP) is the platform where multiple IN services can be deployed, including ICS(Intra Call Service), Ring Back Tone (RBT),

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(MVPN),

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(ACR), Smart Call Termination (SCT), Virtual Mobile Attendant (VMA).

IMS Applications

Argela's IMS Application portfolio includes Multimedia Ring Back Tone (M-RBT), Sponsored Call (SPC), Collect Call Service (CCS), 3rdParty Call Control (3PCC), Virtual Subscription (VS) and Centralized Service Management Platform.

Service Delivery Framework

Argela's Service Delivery Framework(SDF) based on Argela's Multiplay Service Delivery Platform(MSDP) promises rapid uptake of new services leading to ARPU and total revenue increase with automated service and partner management capabilities. Automated business processes reduce OPEX and re-use of infrastructure reduce CAPEX.

Performance monitoring tools

Argela's monitoring tool dedicated to Prepaid subscribers; Prepaid Watcher has mechanisms to watch over and measure operators pre-paid systems.

References

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