Colibria and Movial to make group based communication a reality
‘Enhanced Messaging’ solution provides North American operators with totally new community-based revenue opportunities
Colibria, the leading global provider of new generation IM and Presence solutions, today announced its collaboration with Movial, the company that inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences, to launch an ‘Enhanced Messaging’ solution aimed at addressing the messaging requirements of North American mobile operators.
The Enhanced Messaging solution, aligned with the requirements of the CTIA Enhanced Messaging Initiative, will provide support for group-based conversations allowing users to create ad-hoc groups enabling spontaneous one-to-many and many-to-many conversations. The solution integrates Colibria’s Evolve Messaging and Enrich Presence product portfolios with Movial’s Communicator Mobile and PC clients.
The Enhanced Messaging solution will provide mobile operators with the capability to deploy new revenue-generating enhancements to existing SMS services. SMS services have seen traffic volumes increase almost 400%* in the past three years throughout North America. Portio Research has predicted that SMS traffic volumes for 2008 in North America are likely to exceed 340 billion, up from 85 billion in 2005. The ability for a mobile operator to incorporate a group-based communication capability is paramount to ensure that this forecast growth becomes a reality.
Lars Kristian Roland, Colibria’s Chief Technology Officer said, "Based on nearly a decade of experience gained in the deployment of IM and Presence solutions worldwide we believe that there is significant opportunity for US mobile operators to create a totally new user experience combining enhanced text and multimedia messaging that incorporates an evolved group-based communication capability, and that also interworks with SMS and MMS."
Jari Ala-Ruona, Movial’s Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder said, "With SMS usage increasing, the collaborative efforts of Colibria and Movial present a compelling, rich and integrated Mobile and PC solution to mobile operators looking to capitalize on this growth. The Enhanced Messaging solution removes all infrastructural complexity to deliver an exceptional end-user experience."
Colibria and Movial will demonstrate their joint Enhanced Messaging solution at CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 being held at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA, September 10-12, 2008.
To schedule a demonstration or an interview, for North America please contact Ilona Mohacsi at +1 631 764 3729 or email ilona@abelsongroup.com, and for Europe please contact either David Ross-Tomlin at +44 (0) 20 7229 4400 or email colibria@nelsonbostock.com.
About Movial
Movial inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences for companies embracing transformational technologies. Leveraging its deep expertise in Internet, Linux and mobile devices, Movial seamlessly enables its customers to deliver richer user experiences to millions of people on PCs and on mobile devices. Movial's device creation, Internet communications applications and design for digital services are generating revenue for industry leaders like ARM, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica, and FarEasTone. By delivering highly intuitive and compelling user experiences, Movial has become the trusted source for enriching the way people interact every day. For more information, visit http://www.movial.com.
For further information on Movial, please contact:
Ilona Mohacsi (US Media)
Abelson Group, Inc.
Tel: 1 631 764 3729
Email: ilona@abelsongroup.com
* Portio Research, "Mobile Messaging Futures 2007-2012"