Synchronoss Powers BT Personal Cloud Services in the UK
March 01 2016 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
UK converged operator will use Synchronoss
Personal Cloud™ platform for free and subscription cloud storage
services for customers
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR), the leader in
mobile cloud innovation and software-based activation for mobile
carriers, enterprises, retailers and OEMs around the world, today
announced that BT Group Plc, the UK’s largest telecoms operator,
will use the Synchronoss Personal Cloud™ platform to power its
cloud-based storage service for customers.
The five-year transaction between the two companies will see BT
update their existing BT Cloud service to take full advantage of
the innovative new features and benefits provided by the
Synchronoss Personal Cloud platform in the UK, with the potential
for other global markets to follow. BT customers can securely back
up, store, synch and access their data from their laptops, tablets
or PCs, and smartphones to their own account in the cloud.
Synchronoss technology will update BT Cloud to provide significant
new media playback functionality, making it easier than ever for
customers to access their photos, music and videos from wherever
they are.
The Synchronoss Personal Cloud technology is used by some of the
world’s leading operators including AT&T, Verizon, América
Móvil, SFR and Singtel, to offer subscribers a branded solution to
automatically back-up, synchronize, store and protect all their
personal contacts, content and data for accessing across a range of
different devices.
The platform offers innovative services, including
Group Spaces, which is a dedicated space that allows users to
easily share photos, documents and files with specific friends,
family or colleagues. Using the Synchronoss
framework, BT will also have an opportunity to
present its cloud users with customized notifications and/or
contextual third party offers designed to encourage
subscribers to take specific actions (such as the ability
to order photo prints of stored photos directly from BT Cloud).
Synchronoss’ easy-access API and SDK framework provides BT with
the opportunity to create products and services with third party
providers and merchants who can connect via the platform to BT’s
cloud-using customer.
“Our BT Cloud service makes it as easy as possible for customers
to keep their digital memories safe and unlocks their digital lives
through simple and fast access to their personal content”, said
David McDonald, Director of Broadband, BT. “We are pleased that our
agreement with Synchronoss will enable us to further evolve BT
Cloud, bringing more new and exciting features to our
customers.”
“This is a significant win that underlines Synchronoss’ status
as the preferred provider of cloud services to major operators and
endorses its strategy to expand on a global basis,” said Bob
Garcia, President and COO, Synchronoss. “We are honored to be
providing our Personal Cloud platform solution to BT as an
essential part of an operator’s service strategy for engaging and
retaining customers and adding meaningful long-term value to its
relationships with them.”
About Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.Synchronoss (NASDAQ:
SNCR) is the mobile innovation leader that provides personal cloud
solutions and software-based activation for connected devices
across the globe. The company’s proven and scalable technology
solutions allow customers to connect, synchronize and activate
connected devices and services that empower enterprises and
consumers to live in a connected world. For more information visit
us at www.synchronoss.com.
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Life are trademarks of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. All other
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