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Guests
can check-in/-out with their mobile
phone and open their room door with any type cell phone; OpenWays is
100%
compatible with ALL 4 billion cell phones and ALL cell phone networks
worldwide!
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CHICAGO — OCTOBER 20, 2009 — Next month
hoteliers and security executives from around the world will be
introduced to a
revolutionary solution that securely delivers a key over the air to the
right
cell phone in order to open the right door lock. This revolutionary
application, developed by a team of well-known security and hospitality
industry veterans, is offering users fast track check in with no
plastic
key-card to access their guestroom door. -- more -- Developed by OpenWays, based in Chicago and with offices in Las Vegas, Seoul and in Europe, this patents-pending solution has the exclusive advantage to work on all 4 billion cell phones today without any hardware or software add on. It’s simple, highly secured and works anywhere in the world. In addition, OpenWays eliminates the need for hotels to purchase, issue and dispose of plastic key cards for cell phone users. This not only saves time and labor costs, but it significantly helps the environment, making it the “greenest” way to check-in and open any electronic door lock on the market today. OpenWays will unveil its application on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10:15 a.m. in Booth No. 3169 at the 2009 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. OpenWays is an application built on an open architecture platform for hoteliers and for the security industry to streamline the check-in/-out process. OpenWays is 100% compatible with any cell phone network technologies (GSM, UMTS, CDMA, 3GCDMA, LTE, WIMAX…) and Mobile OS standards (BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, Symbian, Google Android, JAVA J2ME, MICROSOFT WINDOWS mobile…). OpenWays’ contactless solution is fully interoperable between carriers and can be deployed NOW, very easily and quickly worldwide, without having to wait for other technologies that could take years to reach critical mass like NFC (Near Field Communication). In fact, with the ability to immediately address 100% of the cell phone users OpenWays is “paving the road to NFC.” OpenWays interfaces with central-reservation systems, property-management systems and the major electronic-locking systems on the market today: The solution works with all new and existing electronic locks or access control system regardless the card technology being used (magnetic-stripe card, smart card, proximity card, RFID cards, etc). About OpenWays OpenWays is a global
solution provider of
mobile-based access-management and security solutions. With offices in
Chicago,
Las Vegas, Seoul and in Europe, OpenWays provides technology solutions
allowing
for the secure issuance and delivery of access rights and keys process
via any
cell phone operating on any network. The OpenWays solution is truly
unique as
it built on the concept of credential dematerialization. The OpenWays
mobile
room key solution works on ALL the 4 billion cell phones in service in
the
world today. For more information, please contact Barb Worcester at +1
440
930-5770 or email barbw@prproconsulting.com.
More information can be found by
visiting www.OpenWays.com. |
| Contact: Barb Worcester PRpro Tel: (440) 930-5770 barbw@prproconsulting.com |