LightSurf
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| LightSurf Technologies, Inc. | |
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| Type | 1998-2005: Private 2005-Present: Subsidiary of VeriSign |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz, California |
| Key people | Philippe Kahn, Founder Sonia Lee, Co-Founder |
| Industry | Wireless |
| Website | www.verisign.com |
Philippe Kahn and Sonia-Lee founded LightSurf in 1998 shortly after Kahn claims to have independently invented[1] a camera phone[2] in 1997. LightSurf was formed to take advantage of the explosive convergence of wireless messaging technology, the Internet, and digital media.[3]
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.
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).
In 2005, LightSurf was acquired by VeriSign.
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[edit] See also
- Philippe Kahn, Founder
- Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
[edit] Notes
- ^ Who invented the camera phone? It depends. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ Parks, Maney, Krey
- ^ LightSurf Press Release
[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.
[edit] External links
- Philippe Kahn NPR interview on the camera phone and mobile phone
- VeriSign press release on acquisition of LightSurf.
