Ascom expands with acquistion of Argogroup

To all Ascom QVoice users:

In line with Ascom's growth strategy, the Mobile Test Solution business unit makes a significant expansion by completing the acquisition of Argo Interactive Ltd. (Argogroup) and Argogroup GmbH. This follows a strategic alliance with Comarco Inc. and success in the North American market.

Argogroup is a major global supplier for mobile and converged service testing using 'fixed' probes. It has customers in the USA, Europe and Asia.

The combined strength of 'fixed' and 'mobile' test will result in a best of breed proposition that will offer operators a complete view of their network, for both traditional and emerging mobile services.

Benefits for QVoice users include:

• skills and strengths of both teams ensure even faster time to market, wider sales/support coverage, more products to suit user requirements
• expertise of Argo service/contents testing enhancing QVoice features
• systems for monitoring, scheduled testing, regression testing, revenue assurance
• unique offering from Ascom covering both walk/drive and stationary testing

More detailed information on this exciting expansion will be sent to you soon.

About Argogroup

Argogroup's premier product "Monitor Master" is a user experience optimization platform. It mimics real users doing real things on mobile devices, identifying issues that affect user experience including usability, compliance, interoperability and performance. It is 300 times more efficient than manual testing and the one platform supports the assessment of all mobile technologies available such as SMS, EMS, MMS, WAP, J2ME, ring-tones, graphics, video, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), e-mail and Web.

Sincerely
Your QVoice Team