Symsoft awarded 16 MSEK contract by strategic polish partner
Polish usage of short messaging is on the go. Symsoft has now been awarded a contract by Polkomtel to extend their existing Nobill SMS Platform. Polkomtel S.A. is the leading mobile operator in Poland.
The polish market for mobile messaging is growing as the services are used more frequently among the 38 million inhabitants. As a result of the increased demand for mobile services such as messaging, the leading mobile operator in Poland, Polkomtel S.A., has chosen Symsoft as their partner in delivering extensive and advanced mobile services.
– In Poland, text messages are frequently used and Symsoft has successfully provided comprehensive messaging solutions to Polkomtel. Symsoft has given utmost support during our cooperation, especially regarding the enormous system capacity increase. The exchange of text messages rises dramatically, in particular during holidays such as Christmas, New Year and Easter. The Nobill SMS platform has proven flexible and feature-rich and responds very well to the complex requirements Polkomtel has within the area of text messages, Mr Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Core Network and Services Development Department Manager at Polkomtel S.A. said.
– We are proud to be acknowledged as a long-term supplier to Polkomtel and we are delighted and committed to support them in their success. Our cooperation, which was initiated when we supplied our first system in 2003, has proven that the Nobill SMS platform cost-efficiently can handle very large volumes of text messages. Nobill is designed to handle 30 000 messages per second. This is un-matched by any other SMS system in the world. We consider a leading operator such as Polkomtel, acting in a market with high growth potential, as a strategic partner and we are very delighted to extend our cooperation, Patrik Philipson CEO of Symsoft.
Polkomtel S.A. is the operator of Plus and Sami Swoi digital mobile networks, available to over 99% of Poland's population and covering more than 98% of its area. Among other notable achievements, it was the first company to offer MMS messaging, voice-based access to text messages (SMS), and GPRS, EDGE and UMTS based data transmission services.