Colibria's Message Focuses on Presence at Global Messaging 2005

8 Jun 2005

Colibria highlights the dynamics of presence on Stand No: 1, with the Colibria Companion Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence Server at Global Messaging 2005 - 15-16 June at Earl's Court, London.

Colibria AS, the leading international developer of mobile instant messaging and presence (IMPS) technology platforms, is focusing on multiple client operability on Stand No: 1 at Global Messaging 2005. Colibria's demonstrations underline the universal flexibility of the Colibria Companion Instant Messaging and Presence Server. By showing the platform in operation with a variety of IMPS and SIP clients, Colibria's objective is to illustrate the differences in style and functionality that can be offered to the end-user, all delivered via the Colibria Companion's seamless client access and comprehensive IMPS service integration tools. Making its UK debut is the Colibria Cast Media Suite of products, a powerful set of tools that enable mobile campaigns, polls and competitions to be set up easily and quickly.

The Dynamics of Presence
The company's carrier-grade Colibria Companion Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence Server is a scalable, flexible and future-proof solution that supports advanced presence, messaging and multimedia services. It enables rapid and economical rollouts, and provides mobile operators with the means to build new ARPU-increasing revenue streams. The Colibria Companion represents a standardised platform that supports seamless, efficient network and service evolution. A proven solution with a global customer base, the Colibria Companion was recently selected by Saunalahti Group Oyj - the fastest growing MVNO in Finland - for the first Nordic IMPS service, which launched in March 2005.

Colibria's demonstrations at Global Messaging 2005 encompass a variety of different clients, with all communication between the devices being handled through the Colibria Companion server:

  • Embedded IMPS and SIP clients from various mobile phone vendors
  • Downloadable smartphone clients
  • Colibria's own PC client, WAP client and SMS client

A powerful messaging and presence enabler, the Colibria Companion delivers certified OMA WV support for presence, instant messaging, groups, shared content and core features. The Colibria Companion comprises the full range of core components, including Presence server; Instant Messaging server; Instant Messaging Gateway (MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ); Groups server; IMPS PC and Mobile Clients; Communities and Blogs server and clients; and Chat server.

The Colibria Companion contains powerful presence interfaces and APIs that can be used to share presence information between a variety of applications, over and above core Instant Messaging functionality. This supports existing and new applications that use presence information more intelligently, enhancing standard telecom services - for example, SMS, MMS, voice calls, games and communities, where the emphasis is on meeting new friends and encouraging group interaction, and on maintaining efficient contact with staff and work colleagues.

Colibria Cast for Audience Interaction Solutions
The Colibria Cast suite offers a powerful set of audience interaction solutions for promotions and broadcast tie-in applications, enabling service providers to provide customers with a powerful set of tools to create and administer campaigns. Comprising Colibria Cast Mobile Campaign and Colibria Cast Mobile Vote, these products offer enormous potential for both media companies and service providers as an important low-cost channel for increasing revenue with exciting new services.

About Colibria
Established in 2000, Colibria is a technology leader in the field of instant messaging and presence systems, with its IMPS and Communities solutions widely deployed by a variety of mobile operators - including Cable & Wireless, Enitel, Globe Telecom, Megatel, Telefonica Moviles and Telenor Mobil - in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Colibria's new generation core network mobile platforms are scalable and flexible solutions that provide the vital infrastructure to support advanced new presence, messaging, and multimedia services quickly and economically - fully supporting IMPS today, as well as ensuring a seamless use of IMPS and SIP for future IMS-enabled networks. Colibria's new generation carrier-grade IM and presence servers are designed to provide operators with a seamless future-proof pathway to support network and service evolution.

The company operates from locations in Norway, Manila and the UK, and is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance, contributing extensively to the OMA IMPS (previously Wireless Village) forum. Colibria is highly active in interoperability testing, and provides server test access to the major OMA IMPS client vendors.

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