LightSurf

Infobox_Company
company_name = LightSurf Technologies, Inc.
company_
company_type = 1998-2005: Private2005-Present: Subsidiary of VeriSign
foundation = 1998
location = Santa Cruz, California
key_people = Philippe Kahn, Founder
Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
industry = Wireless
homepage = [http://www.verisign.com www.verisign.com]

Philippe Kahn and Sonia-Lee founded LightSurf in 1998 shortly after Kahn created the first camera phone solution sharing pictures instantly on public networks in 1997Parks, Maney, Agger, Krey] Kanellos] . LightSurf was formed to take advantage of the explosive convergence of wireless messaging technology, the Internet, and digital media.LightSurf Press Release]

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. LightSurf is currently (Summer 2008) being offered for sale as a part of a group of "Messaging Assets" purchased and developed by VeriSign.

See also

*Philippe Kahn, Founder
* Sonia Lee, Co-Founder

Notes

References

* cite news
last = Maney
first = Kevin
year = 2007
url = http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2007-01-23-kahn-cellphone-camera_x.htm
title = Baby's arrival inspires birth of cellphone camera — and societal evolution
publisher = USA Today
date = 2007-01-23
accessdate = 2007-12-25

* cite news
last = Wong
first = Amy
year = 2007
url = http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20070518&ID=6922790
title = Camera Phone Pioneer Ponders the Impact
publisher = Associated Press
date = 2007-05-18
accessdate = 2007-05-18

* cite news
last = Johnson
first = Colin
year = 2007
url = http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202804275&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS
title = MEMS breed a new batch of consumer-pleasing devices
publisher = EE Times
date = 2007-11-12
accessdate = 2007-11-12
* cite web
last = Kanellos
first = Michael
month = April | year = 2007
url = http://www.news.com/2102-1041_3-6172586.html?tag=st.util.print
title = News.com, Who invented the camera phone? It depends.
accessdate = 2008-10-07
accessyear = 2007
* cite web
last = Parks
first = Bob
month = October | year = 2000
url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.10/kahn.html
title = Wired Magazine, The Big Picture - Borland International Inc.'s Philippe Kahn
accessdate = 20 April
accessyear = 2006
* cite news
first=Michael
last=Krey
url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6996492_ITM
title=Borland Founder Kahn Focuses On Sending Photos Over Cell Phones
work=Investor's Business Daily
accessdate=2006-04-21
* cite web
last = Agger
first = Michael
url = http://www.slate.com/id/2157736/
title = The Camera Phone
publisher = slate.com
accessmonthday = January 18
accessyear = 2007
* cite web
url = http://www.fullpower.com
title = Fullpower Technologies
publisher = Fullpower.com
accessdate = November 11th
accessyear = 2007

External links

*Philippe Kahn [http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2007/01/06/father_of_the_camera.html NPR interview] on the camera phone and mobile phone

*VeriSign [http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/news-and-events/news-archive/us-news-2005/page_029153.html press release] on acquisition of LightSurf.