Colibria scoops Red Herring ‘Top 100’ Europe Award
Mobile Instant Messaging player follows rapid growth with place in the elite ‘Top 100’ list.
Colibria, a global leader in new generation Mobile Instant Messaging solutions, today announced its success in the Red Herring ‘Top 100’ Europe awards.
The elite ‘Top 100’ list is built from the highest achieving private companies in Europe which are setting the standards in technological innovation. Previous companies receiving the accolade from Red Herring include Google, e-Bay and Skype. The annual list is hotly contested with over 700 companies entering.
The award follows a period of substantial progress for Colibria having won 17 new mobile operators customers and company growth of over 200% in 2006. With its market share increasing exponentially over the last three years, the award recognises Colibria as one of the top three MIM vendors globally.
Colibria was praised by the Red Herring judges for its MIM portfolio ‘Elevate’, the credentials of its management team, its business model and the key partnerships that the company has fostered. Colibria’s Elevate portfolio enables operators to not only launch innovative MIM services, but to ensure their interoperability with existing messaging services such as SMS as well as other operator networks.
Keith Gibson, CEO of Colibria commented: "We are extremely proud that our achievements and dedication have been recognised by Red Herring. Mobile IM is widely anticipated to be the next evolutionary step of the mobile messaging market. We are committed to helping mobile operators launch and develop their MIM services, enabling MIM to break into the mainstream with innovative, user-centric services."
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About Colibria
Colibria was founded in 2000 and is already a leading international player in the field of new generation Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) solutions. Based in Norway, Colibria also has locations in the UK, Belgium, Spain, Singapore and the Philippines. Colibria has a global customer base of mobile operators in Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as working with leading systems integrators. Strategic partners include LogicaCMG, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, Nokia, and Motorola.
Colibria’s IM platform provides an end-to-end solution from advanced server technology through to innovative handset clients. It delivers the infrastructure for launching instant messaging and associated multimedia services as well as advanced IMS based messaging and presence services. Colibria is focused on ensuring interoperability between devices, platforms and operators. Its IMPS and SIP/IMS test server facilities are now the de facto standard for product and service trials, with users in over 30 countries around the world.
Colibria is an active participant in the international standards arena, contributing extensively to the OMA IMPS forum as a member of the Open Mobile Alliance, as well as the GSMA. It is also a founding member of the COMET alliance, a global consortium committed to the delivery of end-to-end converged messaging solutions.
Colibria’s investors are Northzone Ventures (www.northzone.com), Verdane Capital (www.verdanecapital.com) and Ferd Venture (www.ferdventure.no).