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Phunware Awarded Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan for Multiscreen as a Service Platform
SANTA CLARA, California, July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the North American patient experience solutions market, Frost &
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[{"type":"text","content":"SANTA CLARA, California, July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the North American patient experience solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Texas-headquartered Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), with the 2019 North America Company of the Year Award for its end-to-end, white-label, modular, Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform. Phunware's fully-integrated cloud platform for mobile enables brands to engage, manage and monetize iOS and Android application users while healthcare providers can leverage the platform in parallel to improve their patients' experiences before, during and after their medical visits and appointments.\n\"Phunware extended MaaS to a range of verticals, offering turnkey native solutions to address various industry-specific needs. Leveraging its experience across industries, it created an exceptional 'one-stop-shop' suite of offerings designed to appeal to newcomers and incumbents in the mobile space,\" said Siddharth Shah, Program Manager at Frost & Sullivan. \"Phunware's location based services, including its mapping, navigation and wayfinding capabilities, provide plug-and-play software development kits (SDKs) across both proximity and real-time geofencing through a cloud-based platform that powers device content, indoor and outdoor location and customizable points of interest among many use cases and feature sets.\"\nOne of the most popular healthcare uses of Phunware's platform is its wayfinding feature, a multi-format digital app that enables patients and visitors to navigate directly to their destinations. Aided by GPS, wi-fi, beacons, internal maps and mobile location technology, the platform determines ideal routes for each consumer, guiding them through parking lots, entrances, elevators, connections between buildings and temporary obstacles. The plug-and-play wayfinding and location based services SDKs easily integrate with existing apps and include a simple map editor portal, which hospital staff can update without developer involvement.\nPhunware also supports patients who are temporarily or permanently disabled, such as those who are wheelchair-bound, blind or deaf. This capability is a crucial differentiator because hospitals typically have a proportionately higher number of disabled visitors than other public spaces. Its proven technology works on the grou...