Colibria Powers IM and Presence at 3GSM World Congress 2006
Colibria demonstrates its continued industry innovation, putting the presence into messaging.
Colibria AS, the leading international developer of mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Service technology platforms, is highlighting the latest developments behind mobile IM and presence, ranging from interoperability to service deployment – on Stand E84-86, at this year’s 3GSM World Congress taking place in Barcelona from 13-16 February. Colibria’s IM and Presence technology 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 Colibria Companion IM and Presence Server provides a powerful carrier-grade instant messaging and presence enabler, capable of delivering certified OMA IMPS and SIP/IMS support. It 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, as well as support for a multitude of downloadable terminal clients, including Symbian, J2ME, iMode, Microsoft Mobile Clients and BREW. Colibria Companion’s Internet IM Gateway offers comprehensive IM interoperability, combining an IM and Presence Gateway for mobile and PC messaging convergence, as well as access to large established Internet communities, ranging from AOL, Google Talk, and ICQ, to MSN and Yahoo!
Offering flexible service integration, and wide-ranging viral community building and blogging applications, the Colibria Companion is currently the market’s leading IM and Presence solution and is deployed by mobile network operators and MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) worldwide, to deliver advanced revenue-generating instant messaging and presence services. A key part of Colibria’s activity involves working with the industry, including operators, service providers and handset suppliers, to ensure interoperability between devices and platforms. Colibria’s IMPS and SIP test server facilities are regularly employed by over 100 users in 30 countries for product and service trials, enabling a reliable and accurate evaluation of new concepts and applications, to pave the way for subscribers to take full advantage of the embedded and downloadable clients in current and future generation handsets.
About Colibria
Established in 2000, Colibria is a technology leader in the field of instant messaging and presence systems, with its IM and Presence and Communities solutions deployed by a variety of mobile operators across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Colibria's new generation core network mobile platforms are scalable and flexible solutions that provide the vital infrastructure for advanced presence, messaging, and multimedia services - fully supporting IMPS, as well as ensuring a seamless use of IMPS and SIP for IMS-enabled networks. The company operates from locations in Norway, the UK, the Philippines, Belgium and Singapore, and is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance, contributing extensively to the OMA IMPS forum. Colibria’s investors include Northzone Ventures (www.northzone.com), Four Seasons Venture (www.fsv.no), and Ferd Venture (www.ferdventure.no).
For more information, please contact:
Liv Anne Løkka
Colibria AS
5/F Lysaker Torg
Postboks 255
1326 Lysaker
Norway
Tel: + 47 67 11 35 00
Fax: + 47 67 11 35 01
Email: lokka@colibria.com
Web: www.colibria.com
Georgina Garrett/Simon Jones
Garrett Axford
Harbour House
27 High Street
Shoreham by Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5DD, UK
Tel: +44 1273 441200
Fax: +44 1273 441300
Email: mail@garrett-axford.co.uk
Web: www.garrett-axford.co.uk