More than 12 companies leverage the Telcordia Hosted Solution for MVNOs for rapid deployment of Interactive and Mobile Services

A hip, new pay-as-you-go cell phone and wireless service made from a kid's point of view launched this month by kajeet™ (www.kajeet.com) leverages technology from Telcordia (www.telcordia.com) and enables families to safely explore the exciting new world of mobile technology. Serving the "tween," 8 to 15-year-old market, kajeet's, kid-friendly pay-as-you-go approach uses the market leading Telcordia Hosted Solution for MVNOs, part of the Telcordia Service Delivery Suite. Its leading-edge interactive voice, data and value-added services give children the mobile communications they want with the features that parents desire as well. With approximately 30 percent of the tween market currently served, kajeet and Telcordia are well poised to serve this growing market.

"Kids are agile with technology. By bringing together the world of entertainment, information and services that kids want in the palms of their hands, kajeet wants to help kids to have fun, and to be empowered and safe growing up in the wired (and wireless) world. kajeet was created specifically to help kids and parents deal with mobile tech and the tween years - - that lifestage when kids rapidly grow and change in every way at dizzying speed," said Daniel Neal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of kajeet. "We selected Telcordia as the technology enabler confident in their ability to provide a proven, reliable and scaleable solution that supports kajeet in our goal to enhance communications for kids and their families."

The Telcordia Hosted MVNO Solution, the service delivery engine behind kajeet's innovative service, includes the kajeet Configurator, which lets tweens and their families manage budgets, set up call lists and monitor account activity. Configurator includes:

* WalletManager, which allows kids and parents to determine who pays for what -- talk time or text messaging;
* ContactManager, which can be used to establish who can or can't call or text the kajeet phone; and
* TimeManager, which lets kids and parents decide when the phone can and cannot be used (such as no calls or texts during school).

These are key examples of the innovations made possible by Telcordia's technology. And a parent is not required to have a kajeet phone in order to have access to these management options for the kid's kajeet phone.

"The MVNO market still has tremendous opportunity for companies that deliver a differentiated business model that can address a niche and underserved market," said Jill Aldort, Senior Analyst, Consumer Research - Mobility Applications, The Yankee Group. "As this market continues to heat up, the clear winners will be the companies that understand the needs of their target consumers, have flexible, innovative technology to enable their service and have the distribution model, devices and differentiated features to support it."

With the MVNO market heating up globally and wireless companies competing to differentiate their offerings, companies such as kajeet are leveraging the technology innovation, deep experience and reach of the Telcordia Hosted MVNO Solution.

"Today's family wants communication services that deliver personalization, customization and control," said Mala Chandra, President, Service Delivery Solutions, Telcordia. "As this increasingly competitive landscape expands, companies look to Telcordia to work with them to help put the customer at the heart of their services with highly reliable, flexible and scalable technology, freeing them from managing the network to focusing on providing consumers the best options to fit their lifestyle."

The Telcordia Hosted Solution for MVNOs offers high quality, prepaid and postpaid wireless services without having to own or manage a network. Powered by the Telcordia Service Delivery Suite and, in particular, the Telcordia® Real-Time Charging solution, it enables the rapid introduction of new business models while facilitating a real-time, interactive customer experience. The deployment of the Telcordia Hosted Solution for MVNOs helps to dramatically reduce upfront capital investment in technical infrastructure, minimize the need to hire skilled telecom resources and enable companies to launch services quickly. Telcordia has already signed more than 12 customers since launching its Hosted Solution for MVNOs in 2005.

More information about Telcordia can be found at http://www.telcordia.com. More information about kajeet can be found at http://www.kajeet.com.

Source: Telcordia