Ladbrokes raises the stakes for the Martell Grand National with VeCommerce's VeBET solution

VeCommerce Limited (ASX: VCM), a leading global supplier of natural resources and speech recognition language (NLSR), speaker verification and voice enabled e-commerce solutions, today announced that Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming arm Hilton Group plc and the largest bookmaker in the world, has launched the second phase of its VeBet based voice-enabled betting system.First used in May 2002 for the FIFA World Cup, Ladbrokes added support for horse racing and dog racing on 1 April 2003 in time for the start of the racehorse of the 2003 season in the UK and in particular the nation's favorite race, the Martell Cognac Grand National.Using communication technology, speech recognition, the system allows callers to place bets on horse racing and dog racing without queuing for an operator to take your call or face button - it is vitally important when a person has. The winner of the all-important "new system supports more than 11 different types of bets ranging from the ever popular victory" and every so-'scommesse across multiple types of exotic bets as Tricasts, Yankees, 15 lucky "or Trixie. Ladbrokes bet your opinion known in a way familiar to them, as they would to an operator Ladbrokes. For example, callers to make a bet each way would only say, ₤ 10 in each direction Pass.Paul Monty Magee, VeCommerce managing director, we are delighted that Ladbrokes has launched the second phase VeBet that continue to drive acceptance and awareness of voice enabled self-service solutions UK.Around the world has seen a dramatic increase in satisfaction Customer and service levels resulting from the distribution of voice-enabled solutions, Magee continued. The winning companies also, because the cost of operating each customer can be reduced by up to 90%. These cost savings come directly to your baseline, and at this time of economic uncertainty, cost savings must be accepted! In recent years, Ladbrokes has experienced significant growth in all its activities and has launched VeBet as part of a long term strategy for meet the increasing needs of contact centers. Designed to handle the large volume of calls generated by their unpredictable yet have an account, a user VeBet Ladbrokes offers efficient, easy and profitable auto service auto-channel.With system VeBet, VeCommerce assisted Ladbrokes over 100,000 calls in the Grand National Day, up 43 percent over last year, working together with their call center operators and a button there application.Ladbrokes are not alone in choosing the VeBet. The main challenge for organizations around the world are already offering the highest levels of customer self-service and satisfaction with VeBet. With over 15 million bets successful to date, VeBet has demonstrated its ability to support the large number of athletes registered in the UK, easily capable of handling volumes of over 180,000 days of calls. great race-END About LadbrokesLadbrokes, betting and gaming division of Hilton Group plc, is largest bookmaker in the world. It offers its customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the service to over 2000 licensed betting in the UK, Ireland and Belgium, state of the art call center in London and Liverpool and its interactive services. More 300,000 customers in 160 countries registered, bet with Ladbrokes on the Internet, online and casino www.ladbrokescasino.com.About www.ladbrokes.com VeCommerce "the future is listening VeCommerce Limited (ASX: MCV) is a global leader in providing natural resources and language speech recognition (NLSR), speaker verification and voice enabled e-commerce solutions. VeCommerce basic approach is intended to provide business solutions using the latest in communications and information technology cords, which allow callers to complete complicated but routine "operations or investigations, without having to contend with the frustrating menu button "or having to wait for an operator available to answer your voice call.VeCommerce can allow business organization systems and processes through safe, easy to use and always available self-service facilities for customers to simply speak in a natural tone of conversation on any phone, dramatically reducing the cost of each customer transaction.VeCommerce worldwide are: Suncorp Metway, Ladbrokes, ASX Perpetual, Pizza Hut, the Authority accidents

England's World Cup Foundation For Failure

Isuspect few tears were shed as head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson left his post with the England football team. Well, except perhaps for the great Phil Scholari who had just driven his third consecutive victory against the Swedish relaxed tournament. Eriksson has had his critics during his five years with England reign, engineering time and again to confuse some baffling decisions not only fans but the players themselves. England lost last stretches back to the day before Eriksson announced his squad for the World Cup to a nation lost. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but even then the eyebrows raised at the choice of only four strikers to attack our world the glory. The disbelief was compounded by the fact two forwards (Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen), returning from injury are not yet ready. Having said Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips was not in the team because of a limited number of fixtures in the Premiership, Sven proceeded to gather incredibly Arsenal's Theo Walcott, a player's inexperience as there was only made an appearance in the first team Arsenal. Election of the fourth and last was Peter Crouch, a player of that goal nearly a prolific scoring ability Christmas before breaking his duck for the season at Liverpool. Michael Owen following the injury and the subsequent departure of the World Cup, Eriksson decided to attack England's best option was to play Wayne Rooney as a lone striker. as our only real world class footballer, Rooney has been wasted in a role that was waiting for him to run like a madman chasing balls all game in the heat and humidity. The lack of support inevitably led to frustration for Rooney, ending with his red card and left England. Rooney is in top form terrible to play off a front man defense and run the ball. England fans can only hope and pray that the new boss Steve McClaren appreciates this and play to our strengths.

Can Michael Owen Restore Himself As England's Top Man?

Michael Owen twisted his knee and the subsequent release of the World Cup, coming just weeks after recovering from a previous accident was not just a personal setback, but ultimately, a fatal blow to England's World Cup hopes. Sven-Göran Eriksson sense Select Team for the World Cup left England not only light in the striker department, but also seriously our ability to understand the success of the tournament. With only four strikers to choose Eriksson always knew he was a dangerous game. This was compounded by the fact that Rooney and Owen were returning from an injury and Theo Walcott, who never played a better first team for Arsenal. But Owen's injury will hurt Eriksson. He took an unnecessary risk, overloading his team with midfielders, assuming that the objectives are shared between teams. Michael Owen became an overnight sensation, a rainy night in St Etienne in France during the World Cup in 1998. Eighteen-year-old youth, Owen has only scored a sensational goal against Argentina in the second round, only to lose to England, again on penalties. But he returned to Liverpool Football Club, a national hero and in England had found a striker whose presence in camp could cause fear in the hearts of the opposition. The arrival of new coach Rafael Benitez as Liverpool FC, has led a move to Real Madrid and a link with England colleague David Beckham. Despite a relatively successful season was sold to Newcastle United, where his performances have been blighted by injury. England fans worldwide is Owen, who wants a speedy recovery and success. England do not have the luck of the quality of a lot of strikers at the moment and the restoration of Owen is vital for their assault on the European Championship in 2008. Only time will tell if Michael Owen could return to his best form and realize the potential he has shown as a child. England fans around the world will keep our fingers crossed.

Great Places to Travel to in the UK With Car Hire UK From Rhino

Known as a green and pleasant land England, along with the rest of the UK, has a rich culture and breathtaking scenery. Britain is easily accessible wherever you are in the world and no other airport has more passenger traffic at Heathrow, making car hire Heathrow Airport, the most convenient way to complete the trip. Driving along the roads of England to see why so many people who want to live here, despite the inclement weather. England has preserved its heritage and added many beautiful pieces of innovative architecture with the landscape. Including the Angel of the North sculpture, which ensures Gateshead, Newcastle, reform of Bankside Power Station, which houses the Tate Modern Art Gallery and the Eden Project in Cornwall Biodome. The combination of these benchmarks for a future generation of some of the most popular tourist attractions in England makes the world an unforgettable place to visit. I remember in WouldnÂ't prehistoric Stonehenge, Buckingham Palace and impressive Blackpool Tower, with its charming surroundings Beach Resort? Having a car in England you can work around their hamlets, villages, cities and airports with ease and the best way to reach the British forests, moors, glens and valleys. For example, if you want to take advantage of car hire at Birmingham Airport, then you can continue north-west of the bustling port city of Liverpool. Merseyside This city is lively, where the Beatles became famous, and, like its neighbors in Manchester, is world famous for its football team. From Liverpool is easy to catch the ferry and head across Ireland. Both Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland, and Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland are the charming towns to visit, although a car will let you see what geological wonders such as the Blarney Stone and the Giant's Causeway. Or you can go from Birmingham to the north of Nottingham and the surrounding area of Sherwood Forest, where the outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men have become archetypal figures in British folklore. Other areas of outstanding natural beauty in England, worth a visit the Lake District in Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales. Of course, you want to walk and stretch your legs, but the best tracks here are more 'easily accessible by car. Heading further north you come to Scotland and a visit to Britain would be complete without seeing the magical city of Edinburgh. The best time of year to visit (if Dona't tells the crowd) and the Edinburgh Festival, which has some of the world's most interesting results in all kinds of different art forms. From the fashion metropolis of London, which has some of the best restaurants, bars and clubs, the wild beauty of the unspoiled places like Devon or Norfolk Broads, the UK is a special place that is full of history and l 'eccentric eccentricity of its friendly people.

zamano Dish up World Cup Games to O2

Dublin 31/05/02 - Zaman, the leading provider of innovative, cost-effective mobile applications, today announced the launch of the World Cup games SMS Caviar and cabbage and Mystic Mick with O2 Ireland. For the players an alternative to standard interactive team sports manager games, both caviar and cabbage and Mystic Mick offers players fun, exciting, easy to play friendly matches with phones without problems. Caviar and cabbage is a True or False World Cup test, test players knowledge about the World Cup and entertains with football's most legendary events of the years, while Mystic Mick is a game of anticipation and If players have to predict the results of the 25 matches of the tournament. Both games are live on the website of O2 Ireland for the duration of the World Cup with the community centered on a Web Advanced interactive classification, which oversees all the best players in the world. The release of other distribution of successful M-Ent zaman suite of games for mobile phones, currently available to over 36 million subscribers in Europe. The success of the M-Ent is in a constant ability to generate significant traffic and revenues for mobile network operators in combination with advanced management capabilities, said Darren O Rodaigh, Business Development Manager, Zaman. He said the combination of applications, statistics and quotes Caviar and cabbage leaves and other sports trivia games in the shade, while Mystic Mick adds another dimension to the key games of the World Cup to promote interaction between players. END About CabbageIt was Caviar and cabbage and things out there, "Phil Thompson, Liverpool FC.Caviar and cabbage is a True or False World Cup test, the test of World Cup players knowledge, and entertains with legendary quotes. A player will get a world cup true or false trivia question. correct answer to be rewarded with caviar and earn points or wrong answer and get cabbage. Anyway, the players get something useful or statistics. Every fourth question , a player receives a football event, which again have to decide what is true or false. MickMystic Mystic Mick is a game of prediction and chance in which players must take the key matches of the tournament scores. There A total of 64 championship matches in the competition in June. Every day, the player will be sent the meeting schedule for the next day and must respond with the expected score for selected matches. Points are awarded for the correct result both Win , Lose or Draw, and also to get the exact result. zamanozamano Who is a leading global provider of innovative, cost effective mobile application for European operators of wireless networks and businesses. zaman product suite supports applications in all technologies Mobile: SMS, WAP, GPRS and 3G, allowing mobile interaction convincing. Focusing on the entertainment revenue, and improved messaging services, Zaman has an international reach of over 36m mobile subscribers. IrelandO2 L About O2 "Spain is a wholly owned subsidiary of mmO2 plc, a company with her sister in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and the Isle of Man mmO2 has approximately 17. 5 million customers and approximately 14,000 employees, with revenues' year ended March 31, 2002, to 6.927 million (STG4.276 million). data (not voice) accounted for 13.4% of total service revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2002.