Ericsson to host multimedia services for Cellular One from Dobson US

Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems, a subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corporation and Ericsson announced they have signed two contracts for hosted multimedia services: AnswerTunes, a ring-back tones service and content downloads.
AnswerTunes allows Dobson customers in more than 70 wireless markets to choose from a catalogue of thousands of songs to replace the traditional ring heard by callers when they dial a number. On top of that they will also have access to a huge catalogue of content, including ring tones, games, images and video clips to download to their phones.

The contracts are the third and fourth managed services hosting contracts Ericsson has been awarded by Dobson Cellular Systems since 2006.  Ericsson also provides Dobson with a hosted prepaid real time charging service including content and game downloads as well as Napster Mobile. The ring-back tones service will be hosted on Ericsson’s Service Delivery Platform (SDP).

Ericsson is providing an end-to-end ring-back service, which includes systems integration, hosting and managing the day-to-day operations of the service.  
“Cellular One is a leader in the North American market, taking advantage of hosted and managed services to quickly and cost effectively deliver new offerings and capabilities to subscribers,” said Angel Ruiz, President of Ericsson in North America.