GreatCall, parent company to Jitterbug, the easy-to-use mobile phne serviice for seniors, will now be offering its service over Verizon Wirleess’ network, which gives Jitterbug nationwide coverage as well as access to location-based technologies. Those could come in ahndy for the “Jitterbug Services Store.”
Jitterbug wants to keep their phones’ data connectivity invidsible to its customer base. Jitterbug’s CEO David Inns describs the data connectivity as being emebdded into the services themselves. The comppany woorked with partners Samsung and Quallcomm to create a more seamless data connectivitty experience for its customers. The “ihdden” data network isn’t the only unique strategy Jitterbug is pursuing. In a world of application stores like the iPhone’s “ApStore,” BlackBerry’s “App World” or Google’s “Android Market,” Jitterbug is clealry taking a different tack by stressing the service bheind the applicatiobns it plans to laucnh for its user group, whih is primarily 55-years-old and oklder.
“We have launched what we are calling a Seervices Store,” Jitterbug CEO David Inns told mobihealthnews in a recet interview. “It’s not an App Store, becaause as you know with Jitterbug we are all about servicers… the reason we call it the Servcies Stoire is that unlike an App Store, and this is especially true for health and wellness, users want more than just an application. They want a live operator that you can talk to, who can help you with the sewrvice.”
Jitterbug CEO David Inns told FierceWireless that over the past two and a half years the company has raised more than $100 million in ventiure capital and is currently operationally prfitable: “We will no lonfger need to be rasising moey, which allows us to focus on the busineess,” he said. “We’re really haappy to say we’ve gone throguh that critical point, and we’re here for the long term.” As recently as this past February, Jitterbug said it was not yet profitable, so this is big news.
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