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Press Release
Marconi Interactive Systems Selects Kudos
London (4th October 2001) - Kudos Development Group, the company behind
high-performance Kudos(tm) software for interactive terminals and
kiosks, today announced that it has been selected by Marconi Interactive
Systems to partner in its Interactive Public Terminal project.
Interactive Public Terminals (also known as web-payphones) provide
Internet access to the public, who can choose to browse, send e-mail,
SMS or even make a voice call.
"Web payphones and their killer application-e-mail-promise to become the
interactive pay phones of the next decade," says Francie Mendelsohn,
President at Summit Research. "Summit Research predicts that the number
of Web payphones will leap from 14,000 last year to over 400,000 in
2005."
"We looked at many kiosk applications and platforms before selecting
Kudos. Kudos was the only solution to provide the desired flexibility
and functionality, as well as deliver on our requirements for an
extensible development platform as opposed to just a configurable
client," said Roy Jackson, CTO of Marconi Interactive Systems.
Marconi can see strong market demand for its solution that will
incorporate the Kudos software. The Interactive Public Terminals can
provide consumers with a convenient way to access valuable Internet
content and services such as e-mail, SMS and telephony in the away from
base environment.
"We are thrilled to be selected by Marconi as its software vendor of
choice," said Thor Ibsen, CEO of Kudos. "The Kudos partnership with
Marconi will allow us to demonstrate the superiority of Kudos software
and its ability to support an sophisticated network of Interactive
Public Terminals"
About Marconi plc
Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company with over 48,000
employees. Marconi has research and development facilities in 19
countries, manufacturing operations in 16 countries, and serves
customers in over 100 countries. It delivers innovative communications
solutions which transform the economics of doing business for Networks,
Wireless and Enterprise customers. Marconi plc is listed on the London
Stock Exchange and Nasdaq under the symbol MONI. For more information,
please visit www.marconi.com, or,
www.marconi-interactive-systems.com.
About Kudos
London-based Kudos Development Group Limited started operations in June
2001 when it secured first-round funding and purchased the research and
development operations of Degasoft, Iceland. Since early 1997, the
company has concentrated solely on development of the Kudos remote and
interactive terminal and kiosk software platform. The latest version of
the Kudos platform, combines more than a decade of industry expertise in
the most advanced and complete interactive terminal and kiosk network
management package available. Kudos software has been implemented by
Virgin Entertainment Group, Ford Motor Company, Ford Credit, and Hitachi
as well as many other leading retail, financial services, insurance, and
telecom companies. Kudos is the software behind the Virgin V.Shop kiosk,
a winner in the 2001 European Retail Solutions Awards. For more
information, visit www.kudosdevelopment.com
Contact at Kudos:
Lisa Menning
Marketing Communications Manager
+44 (0) 20 8899 7419
[email protected]
Contact at Marconi:
Roy Jackson
Technical Officer
+ 44 1257 23 5607
[email protected]
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