Clickatell, leading global mobile messaging provider, today announced several notable honours from the seventh annual Mobile Star Awards for 2008. Having received over 150 entries from 80 leading companies around the world and counting over 2 300 votes, Mobile Star promotes top companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.
”There are thousands of new applications, technologies and devices launched each year, making it a tough choice for IT professionals to keep up with these trends,” says MobileVillage Editor Gary Thayer. “By showcasing the best companies, partners and products available in the market today, awards programmes like the Mobile Star Awards help IT professionals make the best decisions for their companies.”
Clickatell wins top honours in four categories at the 2008 Mobile Star Awards:
Most Visionary Wireless Leader - Clickatell CEO Pieter de Villiers (Gold)
Best Alerting/Messaging System for Enterprise - Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Gold)
Best Application Development Solution for Enterprise - Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Silver)
Best Marketing Solution for Enterprise - Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Silver)
“I am honoured to be acknowledged as a wireless leader by Mobile Star but really see our customers as the true visionaries,” says Pieter de Villiers - Clickatell CEO. “Since founding Clickatell back in 2000, our vision has been to serve the anytime, anywhere mobile messaging needs of businesses, communities and governments around the world. Every day, our customers prove the myriad of ways that SMS improves people's lives - from notifications for critical healthcare to patients, to helping people better manage their financial lives, to helping people stay instantly informed and communicate better in their daily lives, to helping provide safe school campuses around the world, and much more. Clickatell has worked with over 8 300 customers to help make this vision a reality.”
Clickatell's Messaging Gateway is being used by enterprises of all sizes across hundreds of industry sectors in over 200 countries. By extending reach to mobile phones, Clickatell easily integrates mobile messaging into critical enterprise customer-facing applications such as the call centre, CRM, marketing, and others to improve customer and end-user communication, interaction and servicing. As a result, Clickatell customers experience improved productivity, increased cost efficiency and stronger loyalty from their end-customers and users.
For more information about Clickatell Messaging Gateway click here: http://www.clickatell.com/products/gateway.php
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Clickatell enables businesses, governments and communities to leverage the ubiquity of mobile messaging to inform, alert, notify, transact, interact and share information. Delivering mobile messaging solutions since 2000, Clickatell is a global leader in mobile communications specializing in SaaS messaging services and Bulk SMS gateway connectivity to small, medium and large enterprises in a variety of vertical markets. Clickatell's multi-modal capability and worldwide coverage gives organizations the power to deliver any message to any device anywhere in the world. Reaching more than 700 networks in more than 200 countries, Clickatell serves 8,300 customers including Visa, Nokia, Oracle, RSA, AVAYA, BBC, Continental Airlines, CNN, First National Bank, Metropolitan Life, Oracle, Shell, and other industry leaders. Clickatell products and services increase customer acquisition, improve loyalty and build trusted brands through direct, personal, easy, and immediate communications. A Sequoia-backed company, Clickatell is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and has offices in South Africa. For more information, please visit: http://www.clickatell.com/central/campaigns/redir.php?cid=58706
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