Silicon India Magazine names Kirusa to the top 100 technology companies list for the second time in a row
India and New Providence, New Jersey, December 10, 2008: Silicon India Magazine, one of the popular business and technology magazine, has named Kirusa, the world’s leading vendor of Voice SMS and a leading developer of mobile value-added services, amongst one of the top 100 technology companies in the U.S. founded or managed by Indians. This is the second time that Kirusa has been named in si100 awards and reflects Kirusa’s consistent growth and impact on the market place.
Dr. Inderpal Singh Mumick, Founder and CEO, Kirusa Inc., said “To be recognized in the si100 list, for the second time in a row, is a testimony to our team’s talent and commitment in delivering enhanced services.” He further added, “Our focus has always been to provide best possible end-user experience and constantly innovate, enabling carriers to generate more revenues and add value to subscribers.”
The si100 is an annual listing of the top 100 technology companies founded and managed by Indians in the U.S. The si100 not only represents the continuing rise and glory of Indian entrepreneurship in high-tech but also recognizes companies impacting the market place.
A distinguished panel comprising accomplished Indian CEO's & CIO's of public companies, VC's, analysts, founders of other VC funded companies including silicon India editorial board decided on the top 100 companies listed below.
Kirusa Voice SMS service enables user to send short voice messages in their Voice. The recipient instantly receives a notification which prompts them to listen, reply, forward or save the message. Voice SMS is an enhanced mode of communication enriched with the sender’s voice, language and emotions. It works on all handsets, eliminating the need of software installation on the handset, thereby, minimizing the deployment time. Vodafone, Idea, Grameenphone, Etisalat (UAE and Egypt), Ufone and Warid Telecom (Pakistan and Bangladesh) are some of the key customers who have adopted Kirusa’s Voice SMS solution.
Innovative features such as Direct Listen™, for direct access and reply to messages; Speed Codes™, for quickly sending messages; Group Messaging; Mobile Number Portability; Background Music and International Voice SMS add to the bouquet of services offered by Kirusa’s Voice SMS solution. To strengthen the emotional connect with loved ones, users can also schedule Voice SMS messages for any future date in advance, for sending greetings.
This si100 list is the 11th in the annual series and top ranking private companies from each sector - software, semiconductors, IT services, and wireless, networking, internet, mobile and outsourced product companies / engineering services have become a part of the list.
Silicon India is a business and technology magazine published from Fremont, California, which covers business, technology and entrepreneurship. Its readership builds from CIOs, CTOs, CEOs and market influencers like venture capitalists, technology adopters, and analysts.
More information on the award is available at
http://www.siliconindia.com/si100_2008/si100mobile.html
About Kirusa
Kirusa is the world’s leading vendor of Voice SMS and a leading developer of mobile value added services. Kirusa’s solutions include the hugely successful KV.SMS™, the world’s most advanced “Voice SMS” solution that has been selected by more than twenty five carriers around the world. Kirusa Voice SMS enables mobile subscribers to send messages by speaking. A user dials * followed by the recipient’s number and speaks a short message. The recipient gets an SMS notification from the sender and can dial a number in the notification to directly access the spoken message. Kirusa’s solution works on all handsets and on all networks, and offers the industry’s most intuitive user interface, with features such as DirectListen™ for direct access and reply to messages, Speed Codes™ for quickly sending messages, group messaging, mobile number portability, background music, interconnection and international Voice SMS. KV.SMS can be deployed in a matter of weeks, and its rapid user adoption has led to explosive revenue growth for Kirusa's customers. Kirusa offers an exchange service for interconnection of Voice SMS messages between carriers, and is pioneering a suite of applications that touch mobile users through voice. Kirusa has partnered with Qualcomm to deliver a Brew client for sending and receiving Voice SMS messages. Kirusa solutions are built on Kirusa’s patented and patent pending technology and its highly reliable and scalable multimodal platform. The platform enables carriers to cost effectively deploy additional revenue generating applications such as messaging, search, information and entertainment. Kirusa’s solutions are used by mobile subscribers millions of times daily. Kirusa has been recognized as one of top 100 technology companies by Silicon India for years 2007 and 2008, and one of top 25 emerging technology companies by Smart Techie magazine. Kirusa recently won the Silver Star award in the Consumer Messaging category by Mobile Village. Headquartered in New Jersey and led by an experienced team of wireless telecom executives and technologists, Kirusa has sales offices in three continents, with research and development facilities in New Delhi and in Bangalore, India. ‘Kirusa Voice SMS,’ ‘DirectListen™’ and ‘Speed Codes’ are trademarks of Kirusa, Inc. For more information, please visit www.kirusa.com.
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