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Colibria Brings Mobile Instant Messaging to Over 11m Subscribers Across Scandinavia with TeliaSonera

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:49:59 +0000

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. » read more »

Bell Mobility Taps OZ For Mobile Messaging Solution

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:19:21 +0000

New mobile IM, Email combo solution provides consumers with one-stop messaging access

OZ, a consumer mobile messaging solution provider, announced that Bell Canada has selected OZ to provide mobile email services to customers of Bell Mobility, the national wireless business unit of Bell Canada.

“We are very pleased to be working again with Bell Mobility,” said Skuli Mogensen, Founder and CEO of OZ. “By combining two of the most popular communications services available on the Internet onto the mobile phone, OZ enables Bell Mobility customers to stay connected with the people that matter most in their lives with the messaging solution of their choice.”

The Bell Combo Client allows Bell Mobility and Solo Mobile customers to easily use their IM and email solutions at the same time. For example, a user is reading an email on a mobile phone, with a glance, the user can simply see which one of their contacts is available on IM and can start a chat discussion, and vice versa. The solution is currently available on the Samsung a900 and the Sanyo 6600 devices.

About the OZ Mobile IM and Mobile Email Solutions » read more »

LogicaCMG Enables TMN to Provide Super SMS

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:09:04 +0000

Leading Portuguese operator selects LogicaCMG to offer subscribers advanced mobile instant messaging and presence

LogicaCMG is announcing a deal to enable Portugal’s leading mobile operator, TMN, to launch its ‘Super SMS’ service. The Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) and presence platform elements of the service will be powered by Colibria’s IMPS based Mobile IM solution.

‘Super SMS’ will evolve TMN’s existing SMS services, allowing subscribers to take advantage of richer and immediate group communications with their friends. In addition to MIM, the service is presence enabled, providing information on the user’s mood, location and availability. This new-generation of mobile messaging is the first step towards fully converged IP-based messaging for the operator.

Colibria’s technology was chosen in partnership as part of LogicaCMG’s intuitive messaging portfolio as it supports an increasingly rich multimedia user experience as well as integrating with successful legacy messaging services such as SMS. Colibria’s solution will also allow mobile IM to interwork with PC IM clients. » read more »

Colibria Showcases 'SMS Evolution'

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:14:05 +0000

Colibria Showcases 'SMS Evolution'

Mobile IM Solution Builds on Familiar SMS Experience

Enhanced server and client features offer operators a first step towards full MIM services

13 February 2007 â€“ Colibria is showcasing â€˜SMS Evolutionâ€™ at this yearâ€™s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona: a Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) solution which introduces enhanced MIM features built around the familiar SMS experience and the SMS+ market concept.

The SMS Evolution solution portfolio enables operators to build on the success of SMS to introduce richer, more interactive and personalised features offered by MIM. Key components of the solution include:SMS Evolution Client

A unique address book client which operates with the familiarity of a standard phone address book, while offering many of the enhanced features of full MIM. The client can be embedded or downloaded onto a userâ€™s device. Features include:

* Address book integration â€“ from existing phone address book contacts
* Extended user profile information: pictures, icons, moods
* Picture send and Shout! - one to many notification prompt » read more »