Colibria Delivers Messaging Solutions for Telefonica Moviles España’s SMS 2.0 Service

Colibria AS, the leading international developer of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) and Presence solutions, reports that its Colibria Companion IM and Presence server and mobile clients have been deployed by Spain’s premier mobile operator, Telefonica Móviles España, to launch its new messaging service, SMS 2.0.

Telefonica Moviles España’s subscribers will now have access to the new messaging service, SMS 2.0, which is enhancing existing SMS by adding features such as real-time messaging, buddy lists, presence information, group messaging and the ability to track entire conversations. Telefonica Móviles España’s launch of SMS 2.0 represents a further step forward in response to GSMA’s Personal IM initiative, enabling operators to create viable communities based on SMS and IM working together.

Colibria’s SMS Continuity Server allows SMS 2.0 subscribers to exchange messages with a variety of mobile clients, and from a PC-windows client to mobiles, making IM convergence a revenue-generating reality. SMS 2.0 subscribers can, via the same platform and clients, also see at-a-glance information about their buddies, reflecting their personality, moods and interests. Colibria’s Companion supports SMS Continuity for legacy users, allowing the delivery of instant messages using SMS if the recipient is not equipped with an SMS 2.0 client, and encouraging the take up of the new SMS 2.0 service.

In addition, Colibria’s Interconnect Server will enable Telefonica Móviles España to interconnect their SMS 2.0 Service with other Messaging Communities, ensuring cross-network interconnectivity. Pablo de Casso, Head of Messaging at Telefonica Móviles España, explained:
"Demonstrating good continuity with SMS is key to ensuring market acceptance for our SMS 2.0 service, which we see as a highly significant and strategic messaging product. Colibria’s Mobile IM and Presence solutions are enabling us to achieve the necessary degree of device interoperability for SMS 2.0 – this provides considerable enhancement of the current SMS user experience, and will encourage greater messaging traffic from all subscribers. We anticipate that end-users will quickly see the benefits offered by the increased flexibility and immediacy of our new service."

Colibria Companion
The Colibria Companion IM and Presence Server offers a set of powerful carrier-grade instant messaging and presence enabling solutions, and is capable of delivering OMA IMPS and SIP/IMS support. The platform enables cross-network connectivity and SMS Continuity, and has unmatched embedded client interoperability, as well as support for legacy clients – SMS, MMS, HTML, XHTML, and WAP. It incorporates a feature-rich PC client, and supports a multitude of downloadable terminal clients, including Symbian, J2ME, iMode, Microsoft Mobile Clients and BREW.

Colibria’s IM and Presence platform is an established powerhouse, providing a growing number of mobile operators and strategic partners with a cost-effective, scaleable, and flexible resource on which to base a burgeoning range of compelling enhanced messaging services. The design focus for Colibria’s platform is to deliver an end-to-end solution for flexible service integration, combining a wide range of applications that include viral community building, blogging and content.

About Colibria
Colibria is a leading international player in the field of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) and Presence solutions, operating from its global headquarters in Norway, and locations in the UK, Belgium, Spain, Singapore and the Philippines. The company was established in 2000, and today employs more than 80 staff around the world. Colibria has a global customer base of mobile operators in Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as working extensively with leading systems integrators – strategic partners include LogicaCMG, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, and Motorola.

Colibria’s IM and Presence platform provides an end-to-end solution, from innovative handset clients through to advanced server technology. The addition of Colibria’s PIM Interconnect Manager delivers the vital infrastructure for advanced presence, messaging and multimedia services. Focused on ensuring interoperability between devices, platforms and operators, Colibria’s 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, including service providers, handset suppliers, software developers and operators. 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 GSM Association. It is also a founding member of the COMET alliance, a global consortium committed to the delivery of end-to-end converged messaging solutions.

For more information, please contact:

Liv Anne Løkka
Colibria AS
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Fax: + 47 67 11 35 01
Email: lokka@colibria.com
Web: www.colibria.com

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