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Mumbai, INDIA and London, UNITED KINGDOM [14 December 2004]:
Speech & Software Technologies (SST), a TATA Group promoted company, announced today the signing of a technology partnership with Neos Interactive Limited (Neos) to bring the latest and best in integrated communications and entertainment systems to hotel rooms worldwide. SST would be putting its technology expertise behind Neos, a leading-edge provider of interactive TV entertainment systems to the hotel industry, and jointly further develop Neos’ suite of products.
Founded as a textile trader more than a century ago, TATA is now India’s largest industrial conglomerate, operating 80 companies in seven sectors including engineering products, communications and information technology services. Speech & software Technologies is a TATA promoted company providing technology solutions to telecom carriers and the hotel industry, including TATA’s own Taj Group of Hotels. It was founded in 1997 and is involved in the research and development of speech technologies including value-added products and services in the area of automatic speech recognition, computer telephony integration and internet-telephony convergence. Neos Interactive, based in London U.K., has developed an original invention from Trinity College, Dublin and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford into a revolutionary hotel multi-media platform, NeosTV, to deliver on-demand video and music services, PC applications, together with TV Internet access. Unlike other in-room entertainment systems, NeosTV has a user-friendly and intuitive interface, which can be customised to each client hotel needs in appearance and functionality and comes with the broadest selection of media content. The NeosTV system is installed in some of the world’s leading hotels, including the Taj Group’s flagship Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India. Prakash Shukla, President of Speech & software Technologies said: “When we first selected NeosTV for the Taj Mahal we realised that it would set the entertainment and guest technology standard for five-star hotels throughout the world. Using technology resources within TATA Group, Asia’s largest exporter of software, we shall be working with Neos in developing new functionality for its next generation of hotel guest systems. Tassos Kazinos, Chief Executive of Neos Interactive, said, “Neos is very excited to be working with SST to continue to deliver state-of-the-art technology solutions that revolutionise the hotel guest experience. The relationship with SST will enable us to offer Neos products to an ever increasing number and range of hotels worldwide. Speech & Software Technologies is a TATA Group promoted company operating with almost 100 software developers and engineers from modern facilities in Mumbai and Chennai to create software for use in Telecom, and hospitality industries. Amongst SST’s customers are Orange Mobile, BPL Mobile, MTNL (Fixed Line provider), Taj Hotels, ITC Hotels, Shaw Hotels. For more information about Speech & Software Technologies please visit www.sstil.com Neos Interactive is an emerging leader of high-end broadband interactive TV solutions and services to luxury hotels in Europe, the Middle East and India. The Company’s focus is entertainment and communications technologies, and its mission is to help its clients deliver higher levels of customer service, increase customer loyalty, augment ancillary room related revenue and improve profitability across their business. The Company designs, develops, installs and operates NeosTV, the world’s most advanced and highest quality Interactive Communications & Entertainment (ICE) system with a commitment to research and exceptional levels of customer service. Neos, headquartered in London, was incorporated in April 1999 to commercialise a software application developed by Trinity College, Dublin and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford under an E.U. funded project. For more information about Neos Interactive, please visit: www.neosinteractive.com |