LightSurf
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| Lightsurf Technologies, Inc. | |
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| Type | 1998-2005: Private
2005-Present: Subsidiary of VeriSign |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz, California |
| Key people | Philippe Kahn, Founder Sonia Lee, Co-Founder |
| Industry | Wireless |
| Website | www.lightsurf.com |
Philippe Kahn and Sonia-Lee founded LightSurf in 1998 shortly after Kahn's invention of the Camera Phone[1] in 1997. LightSurf was formed to take advantage of the explosive convergence of wireless messaging technology, the Internet, and digital media.[2] VeriSign acquired Lightsurf in 2005.
LightSurf's core technology, the LightSurf 6 Open Standards MMS Platform, is a suite of hosted and managed MMS services that allows users to capture, view, annotate, and share multimedia messages with any handset or e-mail address, regardless of device, file type, or network operator.[2]
Lightsurf's products include the first mobile picture messaging solution in North America (GSM and CDMA), the first mobile picture messaging solution on a GPRS carrier network, the first commercially deployed inter-carrier MMS solution in North America, the highest volume of picture and video messaging in North America and over 400 million media messages shared on Sprint’s network (powered by LightSurf).[3]
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[edit] See also
- Philippe Kahn, Founder
- Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Parks, Bob (October, 2000). Wired Magazine, The Big Picture - Borland International Inc.'s Philippe Kahn. Retrieved on 20 April 2006.
- Maney, Kevin. "Baby's arrival inspires birth of cellphone camera — and societal evolution", USA Today, 2007-01-23. Retrieved on 25 December.
- Krey, Michael. "Borland Founder Kahn Focuses On Sending Photos Over Cell Phones", Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
[edit] External links
- Philippe Kahn NPR interview on the camera phone and mobile phone
- Lightsurf Technologies official site
