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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT 3 June 2016 Norwood releases first Public Beta of CORONA Cloud Highlights: o Norwood’s enhanced core business Over-the-Top (OTT) service, CORONA Cloud, has now been released as a Public Beta, ahead of an official launch in the coming weeks o Significant new features included in CORONA Cloud include: o A zero-touch, web-based business console (“the Dashboard”), providing corporate clients with detailed visibility and insights on all enrolled mobile calling users, delivering real-time reporting of employees’ OTT calling expenses, calling behaviours and calling patterns on a global and integrated basis o Based on existing trial customer feedback, corporate clients can benefit from savings up to 25-40% off their corporate phone bill, measured across fixed office and mobile user telephony expenses, when deploying both the CORONA Cloud and CORONA GTS platforms in their workplace o End-users benefit from an innovative “dual-mode” credit management interface (“the Switcher”), believed to be a world-first in the OTT sector, released simultaneously on Version 1.2 of Norwood’s award-winning and top-selling World Phone App, allowing end-users easily to segment personal and business calling expenses o CORONA Cloud, coupled with World Phone V1.2, provides a compelling feature set for corporate clients who are considering, or who are in the midst of, a “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) migration strategy for their mobile fleets o Payments through the CORONA Cloud platform are processed in a highly secure manner, using the secure platform of Norwood’s strategic payments partner, Stripe o The opening of a Public Beta of CORONA Cloud marks the final stage prior to an official launch – Norwood has a number of potential major corporate customers in the final stages of acceptance testing for CORONA Cloud and CORONA GTS (Global Trunk Services), now through the live environment ahead of the official launch, as well as a strong pipeline of targeted blue-chip clients. “Sharing Economy” telecommunications pioneer Norwood Systems Ltd (“Norwood” or “the Company”) (ASX: NOR) is pleased to announce the general Public Beta availability of the Company’s new business-focused telephony offering, CORONA Cloud. CORONA Cloud provides corporate clients with a revolutionary, centralised, zero-touch corporate web-based platform to manage Over-the-Top (OTT) telecommunications services being delivered to multiple users and groups in the business environment. The CORONA Cloud Public Beta can be accessed at: coronacloud.norwoodsystems.com Corporate clients can now “self-serve” CORONA Cloud implementations through the web and effortlessly set up individual employees, work-groups or entire departments to use the system. Employees who may have previously downloaded World Phone, can also link up seamlessly to the CORONA Cloud service platform. Corporate IT administrators can then fund, manage and report on employees’ business-related World Phone calls. The CORONA Cloud service model operates in a similar manner to cloud-based business-targeted offerings from Uber (Uber for Business), Dropbox (Dropbox for Business) and other software firms. CORONA Cloud For personal use only
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NorwoodreleasesfirstPublicBetaofCORONACloudHighlights:o Norwood’senhancedcorebusinessOver-the-Top(OTT)service,CORONACloud,hasnowbeen
releasedasaPublicBeta,aheadofanofficiallaunchinthecomingweekso SignificantnewfeaturesincludedinCORONACloudinclude:
o Azero-touch,web-basedbusinessconsole(“theDashboard”),providingcorporateclientswithdetailedvisibilityandinsightsonallenrolledmobilecallingusers,deliveringreal-timereportingofemployees’OTTcallingexpenses,callingbehavioursandcallingpatternsonaglobalandintegratedbasis
o Basedonexistingtrialcustomerfeedback,corporateclientscanbenefitfromsavingsupto25-40%offtheircorporatephonebill,measuredacrossfixedofficeandmobileusertelephonyexpenses,whendeployingboththeCORONACloudandCORONAGTSplatformsintheirworkplace
o End-usersbenefitfromaninnovative“dual-mode”creditmanagementinterface(“theSwitcher”),believedtobeaworld-firstintheOTTsector,releasedsimultaneouslyonVersion1.2ofNorwood’saward-winningandtop-sellingWorldPhoneApp,allowingend-userseasilytosegmentpersonalandbusinesscallingexpenses
o CORONACloud,coupledwithWorldPhoneV1.2,providesacompellingfeaturesetforcorporateclientswhoareconsidering,orwhoareinthemidstof,a“BringYourOwnDevice”(BYOD)migrationstrategyfortheirmobilefleets
o PaymentsthroughtheCORONACloudplatformareprocessedinahighlysecuremanner,usingthesecureplatformofNorwood’sstrategicpaymentspartner,Stripe
o TheopeningofaPublicBetaofCORONACloudmarksthefinalstagepriortoanofficiallaunch–NorwoodhasanumberofpotentialmajorcorporatecustomersinthefinalstagesofacceptancetestingforCORONACloudandCORONAGTS(GlobalTrunkServices),nowthroughtheliveenvironmentaheadoftheofficiallaunch,aswellasastrongpipelineoftargetedblue-chipclients.
“SharingEconomy”telecommunicationspioneerNorwoodSystemsLtd(“Norwood”or“theCompany”)(ASX:NOR) is pleased to announce the general Public Beta availability of the Company’s new business-focusedtelephony offering, CORONA Cloud. CORONA Cloud provides corporate clients with a revolutionary,centralised, zero-touch corporate web-based platform to manage Over-the-Top (OTT) telecommunicationsservicesbeingdeliveredtomultipleusersandgroupsinthebusinessenvironment.
TheCORONACloudPublicBetacanbeaccessedat:coronacloud.norwoodsystems.com
Corporateclientscannow“self-serve”CORONACloud implementationsthroughthewebandeffortlesslysetup individual employees,work-groupsor entiredepartments touse the system. Employeeswhomayhavepreviously downloadedWorld Phone, can also link up seamlessly to the CORONA Cloud service platform.CorporateITadministratorscanthenfund,manageandreportonemployees’business-relatedWorldPhonecalls.
TheCORONACloud servicemodel operates in a similarmanner to cloud-based business-targeted offeringsfromUber (Uber for Business), Dropbox (Dropbox for Business) and other software firms. CORONA Cloud
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implements a secure credit card payment facility, utilising Norwood’s payment partner Stripe’s advanced,securepaymentsplatform,openinguprevenuecollectionoutsidetheAppStorechannels.
This is the first time that businesses can have a consolidated, zero-touch and real-time view of employeemobile OTT calling expenses, and be able tomanage those expenseswithout the additional overhead thatcomes with BYOD implementations. Norwood has a significant sales pipeline of customers able to trialCORONA Cloud now that it is available for Public Beta, alongside initial closed beta users performing finalacceptancetestingaheadoftheofficiallaunch.
AnumberoftheseclientsarealsotriallingCORONAGTS,whichconnectsallofficevoicetraffictoNorwood’sglobal federated network, delivering a single-vendor solution for multi-sited multi-country organisations.CORONAGTS call routingover the internet is limitedto short-haul routesonly,henceusersenjoyveryhighquality calling, without the service degradation generally suffered by free VOIP services, particularly overinternationaldistances.
Alongside the general availability of CORONA Cloud, the Company’s Over-the-Top (OTT) Telephony App,WorldPhonehasalsobeenupdatedtoversion1.2, incorporatingsupportforCORONAandCORONACloud.WorldPhone nowoperates effortlessly in either a corporateor apersonal use case context, supporting anelegantuserinterfacetoenabletheend-usertoswitcheasilybetweenthetwomodes.
CORONACloudDashboard
The Dashboard is Norwood’s web-based central management platform for CORONA Cloud – a “one-stopshop”foracorporateclienttoobtaindeepinsightsandcontroloftheirmobilefleet’sOTTtelecomsspend.Itpresents a super-clear dashboard view thatdelivers an “at-a-glance”overviewon themobileOTT telecomsspend for their organisation. Each part of the dashboard supports further “drill-down” enquiries intomoredetailedreportsandsettingspages.
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CORONAClouddeliverseasytoaccessreal-timereporting:
CORONACloudprovidesadvanced,detailedandreal-timereportstogiveITAdministratorseffectiveandeasy-to-accesstoolstomanageandcontrolBYODmobilefleetusageofOTTcallingservices.
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WorldPhoneV1.2BusinessAccount“Switcher”forCORONACloud:
GettinganeworexistingWorldPhoneuserontotheCORONACloudplatformisstraight-forwardandsimple,involvingjustonestepbytheadministratorandtwosimplestepsbytheend-user:
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NorwoodSystems’CEOandFounder,PaulOstergaard,commented:
“We are very pleased to bring CORONA Cloud to market, as it represents a major enhancement andimprovementtoourcorebusinessoffering.WorldPhonehasbeenasignificantbreakouthitontheconsumerside,andwehavenowrevampedtheCORONAplatformtoincludeWorldPhonelearningsanduserexperienceimprovements,whichwebelievewilldeliversignificantappealtobusinessorganisations,improvingtheirabilitytomanageandcontrolemployees’mobileandfixedlinecalling.“With the new, integratedWorld Phone V1.2 Switcher capability, we are delivering unparalleled expensemanagementcontrolandsimplicityintothehandsofcorporateend-usersforthefirsttime.WorldPhoneV1.2isasingleOTTTelephonyAppthatcustomerscanusewithequaleaseand familiarity forbothpersonalandcorporatecalling,supportingsegmentedcreditmanagement,callinghistoryandreporting.“CORONA Cloud is the perfectway to support and implement the BYODmodel thatwe see somany firmsstrugglewithfromacontrolandreportingperspective.Userscaneasilysegmentcallingrecordsforpersonalandbusinessreasons–nolongerdostaffhavetospendtheirvaluabletimeporingthroughtheirlastmonth’sphonerecordstocompleteexpenseclaims!BYOD,doneproperly,canreduceacompany’smobilefleetexpensebyasmuchashalf,butitisverydifficulttodowithoutcreatingadditionalunwantedmanagementoverhead.CORONACloudprovidesacrediblesolutiontothisveryrealbusinessneed.“With theCORONACloud service nowavailable for Public Beta, businesses can for the first time view theirentire employee OTT calling expenses in real-time, using a high-quality consolidatedweb-based dashboard.WeareveryexcitedtobeputtingthisadvancedcapabilityinthehandsofCorporateITadministratorsandlookforwardtothestrongresponsewethinkthiswillreceive.“CORONACloudandCORONAGTSnowallowbusinessestomanageandreducetheirentirefixed linephonebill,usingasimilarapproachtothatadoptedbyotherbusiness-focusedsharingeconomyfirms,forexample,howUberenablescentralisedcontrolandmanagementofaclient’stransportcosts.”“We are delighted to be demonstrating this potent offering to a strong pipeline of potential corporatecustomersaheadoftheofficiallaunchinthecomingweeks,andindeedhavebeenextremelypleasedwiththeimmediatereactionsofthoseclientswhohavealreadyseenitinaction.”
-ENDS-ForFurtherinformation,pleasecontact:Company:PaulOstergaard,CEO&FounderOffice:+61892003500Web:www.norwoodsystems.comTwitter:@norwoodsystems,@paulostergaard
InvestorRelations:ShaneMurphy,FTIConsultingOffice:+6194858888email:[email protected]:+61420945291Twitter:@ShaneWMurphy
Media:DavidTasker,ProfessionalPublicRelationsMobile:+61433112936email:[email protected]
BackgroundIndividual travellers,businessesandgovernmentsgloballyare incurringsignificant internationalcall roamingcharges. Informa Telecom estimates that mobile operators today bill more than US$55 billion annually inroamingcharges*(source:JuniperResearchreportontheMobileRoamingMarket,2014).
Norwood Systems’ patent-pending cloud service platforms integrate the international fixed phone networkwith short-haul Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies to optimise roaming business travellers’telephonyexperiences.
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Australian businesses and individual business travellers are using Norwood’s services today on multiplecontinents.TheCompanyhasbuiltupasignificantpipelineofprospects,includingglobalplayersintheareasofaviation,professionalservices,banking,telecommunications,engineeringandlegalservices.
AboutNorwoodSystems
Norwood Systems Ltd (ASX: NOR) is revolutionizing the ‘Sharing Economy’ delivery of high-qualitytelecommunications services for individual business travellers and organisations on a worldwide basis. TheCompanylistedontheASXon16June2015.
NorwoodSystemswasfoundedin2011todevelopandsupplythebestpossibleglobalmobilityandroamingsolutions using Over-The-Top (OTT) technologies. The Company’s breakthrough offerings, CORONA™ andWorld Phone™, deliver the world’s most advanced international fixed-line roaming solutions addressing abroadspectrumofcustomers,fromindividualbusinesstravellersallthewaythroughtolargeenterpriseandgovernmentclients.
CORONA is an award-winning, enterprise-class cloud services platform thatintegrates compatible mobile devices securely and seamlessly with theorganisation’sexistingUnifiedCommunicationorPBXnetworks, independentoftheirlocation.
World Phone is an award-winning, revolutionary communications App,deliveringeffortless ‘Sharingeconomy’ consumeraccess to leading fixed-linenetwork service providers around the world, providing unparalleled localaccesstohigh-qualityvoicenetworksinmorethan90countries.
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