Hawaiian Telcom Selects InPhonic Wireless Solutions for the Aloha State
04 May 2005 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Hawaiian Telcom Selects InPhonic Wireless Solutions for the Aloha
State - New Telcom Selects InPhonic to Deliver Full Range of
Wireless Solutions - WASHINGTON, and HONOLULU, May 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InPhonic Inc. (NASDAQ:INPC), a leading
online seller of wireless services and products, today announced an
agreement with Hawaiian Telcom, Hawaii's largest telecommunications
provider, to provide operational systems to support the launch of
its wireless voice and data services to customers across the State
of Hawaii. Hawaiian Telcom, previously known as Verizon Hawaii, was
recently acquired by Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm The
Carlyle Group from Verizon Communications, for $1.6 billion.
Through its Mobile Virtual Network Enablement (MVNE) services,
InPhonic will enable Hawaiian Telcom to rapidly deploy wireless
voice and data services capabilities statewide, which will be
critical as Hawaiian Telcom builds its customer base to gain market
share in Hawaii's highly competitive wireless market. InPhonic's
experience in delivering systems platforms for procurement,
activation, billing, and self-service platforms based on web and
speech recognition technology, will be instrumental in executing
Hawaiian Telcom's vision for wireless services. "We are very
excited that Hawaiian Telcom selected InPhonic for its wireless
solutions," said InPhonic's Chairman and CEO, David A. Steinberg.
"Our relationship with Hawaiian Telcom demonstrates the strength of
InPhonic's MVNE platform to deliver next-generation end-to-end
wireless solutions for expansive customer markets and large
enterprises." "Access to these capabilities allows us to be more
agile and nimble. Selecting a company with an excellent track
record for rapid mobile carrier deployment allows Hawaiian Telcom
to move forward quickly," said Michael S. Ruley, Hawaiian Telcom's
chief executive officer. InPhonic will provide web-enabled
technologies for both Internet and in- store support to enable
immediate risk assessment, provisioning, handset activation,
account creation and customer care at Hawaiian Telcom's retail
stores, dealers and call centers. InPhonic's CEO David A. Steinberg
continued, "InPhonic continues to capitalize on the investments we
have made in our MVNE platform over the last six months. We believe
these investments in our technology platform should yield continued
improvements in our operating margins in the second quarter and
beyond as the business scales." About Hawaiian Telcom Hawaiian
Telcom is the state's leading telecommunications provider, offering
a wide spectrum of telecommunications products and services that
includes local and long distance service, digital subscriber line
(DSL) broadband for Internet use, wireless services, and print
directory and internet directory services. The company, founded
more than 120 years ago, serves residents and businesses statewide
and has about 1,700 employees. About InPhonic Headquartered in
Washington, D.C., InPhonic, Inc. (NASDAQ:INPC) is a leading online
seller of wireless services and products. InPhonic sells these
services and devices, and provides world-class customer service
through websites that it creates and manages for online businesses,
national retailers, member-based organizations and associations
under their own brands. InPhonic also operates Wirefly, a leading
mobile phones and wireless plans comparison site that was awarded
"Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine in 2004. Today, InPhonic owns
and operates Liberty Wireless, a leading MVNO and can deliver a
full range of mobility solutions to enterprise clients through its
Mobile Virtual Network Enablement (MVNE) platform. In 2004,
InPhonic was selected #1 company of the year on the Inc. 500 - Inc.
Magazine's list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in
the United States. More recently, InPhonic was named T-Mobile's
Internet Partner of the Year for 2004. For more information on the
company, its products and services, visit the InPhonic Corporate
Web site at http://www.inphonic.com/. "Safe Harbor" Statement -
Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this
press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Important factors, which could cause
actual operating results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements, are detailed in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by the
Company. This press release and statements are current as of the
date of the individual announcements and the Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. DATASOURCE:
InPhonic Inc. CONTACT: Nathan Hokama, Public Relations Director of
Hawaiian Telcom, +1-808-226-7470; Tripp Donnelly, Vice President,
Corporate Communications of InPhonic, Inc., +1-202-333-0001, Web
site: http://www.inphonic.com/
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