Fixed Mobile Convergence

Acision, a provider of mobile data, and Aegis Mobility, a developer of solutions for distracted driving, announced their partnership to address safety concerns associated with mobile phone use.   

The alliance is expected to enable mobile operators to offer subscribers safe-driving technology.

According to the National Safety Council, 28 percent of motor vehicle crashes can be attributed to talking and texting on a cell phone while driving. Texting and driving can increase the risk of a crash by 8 to 23 times.

As per the partnership, Aegis Mobility's DriveAssist solution will be integrated with the Acision (News - Alert) Personalized Messaging portfolio. The Acision portfolio enables operators to offer messaging solutions with additional value-added services.

The interoperability with Acision's technology speeds up and simplifies the deployment of Aegis Mobility's distracted-driving solution for operators. DriveAssist allows the network to mediate text messages, data sessions, and voice calls when a cell phone user is driving.

“Acision is partnering with Aegis Mobility to offer a solution to address safety concerns associated with mobile phone usage while operating a motor vehicle,” said Rick Harris, senior vice president and general manager of North American operations for Acision, in a statement.

Both the companies are working together through the Acision Innovation Network. The Acision Innovation Network is a program that includes more than 100 partners from the telecom industry working with Acision on the creation and marketing of new applications and services to advance mobile communications.

“Acision and Aegis Mobility are working together to address the challenge of distracted driving,” said William Stack, president of Aegis Mobility. “Our work with Acision is an important step in the ongoing effort to provide solutions that enable operators to meet growing subscriber demand for distracted driving solutions in a scalable, network-efficient manner.”

In November 2010, Acision announced its association with Sandvine (News - Alert), a provider of broadband network tools for fixed and mobile operators, to offer detailed traffic insight and capabilities such as traffic flow control, subscriber control, service creation and differentiation.




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Edited by Jennifer Russell