Published: 08/08/2016 – 20:24:11
The American technological Smith Micro Software wants to compete in the applications for family safety and parental control market with the technology developed by Portuguese iMobileMagic
The American technological Smith Micro Software will invest in the development of applications for family and parental control security, exploring a rated market, this year, 4.2 billion dollars and is growing.
the applications were developed by iMobileMagic, the Portuguese company that was acquired by Smith Micro and becomes the Smith Micro Portugal.
“an investment in what is the mobile platform of next-generation family safety was made” designed to “ensure the protection of children, the elderly and other family members who require special care,” said Bill Smith, chairman and CEO of Smith Micro.
“We have a vision to expand location services currently provided by our platform for new products,” said Marco Leal, founder of iMobileMagic and now vice president of Smith Micro software.
“in addition to the scenarios around the family, with the technology we developed, we want to create new services for as many scenarios as fleet management, field teams, IoT (Internet of Things), education, etc, “he added.
The solutions developed by now Smith Micro Portugal can be used on smartphones or tablets but also in devices wearable, like smartwatches.
With these applications, you can ally location to device management, enabling households to reference the best children and the elderly, but also makes it possible, through the parental control solutions, effective ways to manage time and the digital exposure of children, even at a distance.
the Smith Micro Software states that the number of active users of family-location services only in the markets of North America and Europe amounts to 70 million, more than quadrupling compared to 2011.
Marco Leal reveals that the company is already creating location solutions, at low cost for domestic animals and also intends to move towards solutions for fleet management, education and management teams on the ground.
Smith Micro Portugal has already as clients in Europe major mobile operators such as T-Mobile, O2 and MEO (in Portugal, owned by the French Altice), but also in Asia.
the company will continue in Braga. “We are involved with the investment we made in Braga, we will continue to invest and develop us, because we found a team of excellence that develops excellent applications,” he said.
The Smith Micro Software has the its portfolio also other products such as CommSuite, integrating solutions to turn voicemail into text messages. This solution is used by 19 million users, which generate about 1,000 million per quarter messages.
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