NEC and Bubble Motion agreed that NEC will exclusively provide the BubbleTALK service to telecom operators in the Japanese market. Both the companies will collaborate to enable Bubble Motion to provide the underlying products, functionality and related services for BubbleTALK, while NEC provides deployment and technical support for operators in Japan.
Additionally, NEC and Bubble Motion are aiming to offer Bubble TALK to telecom operators spanning the globe, and create synergies between BubbleTALK and NEC’s NGN products, such as NC series and IP Messaging.
BubbleTALK enables users to send short voice messages directly to the receiver’s handset. Bubble TALK’s interoperability allows operators to deploy within a few weeks and does not require any additional network resources, and can even be deployed as a hosted service.
Thomas Clayton, CEO and president of Bubble Motion, said: The Japanese mobile market is the most advanced in the world and NEC is, by far, the leader in providing the most cutting edge services to both the Japanese and worldwide operators, so this is a perfect fit and partner for offering BubbleTALK.
Bubble Motion is funded by Sequoia Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital and prominent angel investors. Headquartered in Mountain View, California the company is engaged into voice messaging.
