Colibria provides MSN Live Messenger solution to connect PC and mobile subscribers; Service goes live in Estonia and Finland with additional roll-out to Denmark, Norway and Sweden during 2007

Colibria, a Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) leader, is providing a hosted solution for the first MIM service from TeliaSonera. MSN Live Messenger will allow subscribers to chat instantly with friends and colleagues via mobile handsets and PCs. The service will reach more than 11m subscribers across Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden by the end of 2007.

The new service combines the feature-rich experience of internet IM with the personal nature of mobile. Colibria’s MSN Live Messenger solution supports and intuitive, engaging consumer experience built on Colibria’s leading server and client technology, including the award winning mobile clients from Thumbspeed. The immediate and expressive nature of MIM with dialogue history and emoticons gives more engaging messaging than current legacy messaging services.

EMT customers in Estonia were the first the receive the service which went live on March 26th, bringing the popular online internet chat service Microsoft Windows Live Messenger (MSN) to their mobiles.

Indra Åsander, Vice president and Head of Content Mobility Services at TeliaSonera AB said, ‘With 1.5 billion mobile devices in the world today and more than three times the number of PCs, we recognise that MIM has enormous market potential. The accessibility and great user experience of MIM make it a compelling proposition for us and our subscribers.’

Keith Gibson, CEO at Colibria commented, ‘The huge success of both SMS and IM as independent applications speak for themselves: over 750 billion text messages were sent last year and in excess of 200 million people use PC instant messaging globally. Providing TeliaSonera with the new MIM service will enable them to offer a new service to these markets and create the opportunity for enhanced revenue streams.’

Source: Colibria