Fixed Mobile Convergence

Funambol (News - Alert) recently announced the launch of a personal cloud app for the Wholesale Applications Community or WAC (News - Alert). For the first time, a non-game app has been approved and acknowledged by WAC. Nearly 60 mobile operators and device maker affiliates of WAC will now be able to offer this app to their combined base of three billion users. Users can also buy supplementary cloud storage via the Funambol app, as the WAC billing APIs have been incorporated by Funambol for in-app upgrades.

In a release, Peters Suh (News - Alert), CEO of WAC said, “We are excited to welcome Funambol as the first major non-game app into WAC. Their rapid integration of the WAC billing APIs shows how easy it is for apps to quickly gain access to a vast global base of mobile operator and device manufacturers. This again underlines our commitment to helping the developer community make more innovations in applications.”

Major mobile network operators and manufacturers across the globe have come together to form the WAC with the objective of making the developers’ tasks of creating and distributing digital content a lot easier. Global plans abridging the submission, allotment and completion processes for developers are offered by WAC to regulate the mobile application system.

Amit Chawla (News - Alert), CEO of Funambol said, “Funambol is focused on rapid global adoption of our personal cloud solution and WAC offers a great way to reach billions of users. WAC streamlined the billing process to make it super easy for dozens of WAC members to offer a personal cloud service to all of their users.”

Mobile operators and device manufactures are offered white-label personal cloud offerings by Funambol. WAC member user bases can now avail the Funambol app, which has been improved with the incorporation of the WAC billing APIs. Funambol tries to reach mobile users through the app stores from Apple (News - Alert) and others along with the collaboration with WAC.

In other news, Funambol recently upgraded its personal cloud solution with a new visual mobile timeline app. According to the company, the Funambol OneMediaHub lets users wirelessly secure digital photos, videos, files, contacts and calendars on mobile phones, tablets and computers in the cloud, sync them across devices and share them with other people and systems.