Colibria Makes Rich Communication a Reality With New SIP Messaging Solution
Colibria, the leading provider of new generation mobile instant messaging (MIM) and Presence-enabled solutions, today announces the availability of its SIP IM Server. Designed to enable the convergence of voice, media and text based communication across mobile, fixed and converged networks in both IMS and pre-IMS networks, this product offering includes many of the features that have made Colibria’s market-leading MIM solutions a success.
The innovative SIP IM Server plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the concept of ‘rich communication’, as set out in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) initiative, becomes a reality for communication service providers (CSPs) and end-users alike. RCS is a joint effort of key telecom industry players to speed up the evolution of mobile phone communication towards ‘rich communication’, including features such as a Presence-enabled address book, with the introduction of new IMS-based interoperable services.
Colibria’s SIP IM Server provides a robust base upon which CSPs can introduce new service packages and deploy integrated communication services that not only greatly enhance the consumer experience, but also open up new revenue opportunities. For example, by deploying the Colibria SIP IM Server new ‘Communicator’ solutions can be created which are access type independent and combine MIM, VoIP, file and video sharing within a single package.
Colibria’s SIP IM Server supports Session Mode Messaging with MSRP (Message Session Relay Protocol) reducing signalling network load when transporting media whilst simultaneously increasing reliability and allowing tighter integration of services. In addition, a deferred messaging capability ensures that whilst the user is offline all messages are captured, with the option of waiting MIM alerts for the user via SMS.
As a fundamental element of the IMS framework, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is perceived to be an emerging market technology, but the potential for future growth is already being heralded, with analysis firm ABI Research predicting that SIP services will generate $150 billion in annual revenue by 2012[1].
Lars Kristian Roland, Chief Technology Officer at Colibria, commented, "Previously SIP IM products have originated from the fixed environment, bringing with them poor interworking across platforms. With our heritage and expertise in the mobile instant messaging market, we have developed a ‘best-in-breed’ SIP IM solution that boasts SMS, MMS and IMPS interworking and ultimately enables CSPs to offer their customers a truly converged communication service"
The Colibria SIP IM Server complies with IETF, 3GPP and OMA standards, and has proven interoperability with major IMS vendors, where it performs as an IMS application server, and is ideally placed to be deployed in multi-vendor IMS and pre-IMS environments. It will interface to any SIP compliant 3rd party client enabling the CSP to choose the best solution to support their mobile and fixed terminal requirements. As a key component of the award-winning Colibria Evolve™ Solution, Colibria SIP IM Server can be deployed with Colibria’s SIP Presence and XDM Server offerings, or with 3rd party Presence products.
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[1] ABI Research: ""SIP Services Will Generate $150 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2012", November 2007
About Colibria
Colibria is the leading global provider of new generation mobile IM (MIM) and Presence-enabled solutions. Colibria’s award-winning technology enables communication service providers to evolve their messaging services for the next phase of growth in interactive communications.
Communication service providers are now deploying MIM and Presence in order to differentiate their services and to unlock new revenue streams. Colibria's server and client product suite provides highly scalable and modular solutions for the deployment, expansion and growth of MIM, Rich IP messaging and new generation Presence services.
Colibria is fast becoming the platform of choice for mobile IM deployments worldwide. Founded in 2000, Colibria has offices in the UK, Norway, Belgium, Spain, Singapore and the Philippines. Colibria powers a growing number of mobile communities throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America with a total addressable subscriber base in excess of 350 million worldwide.
Colibria’s investors are Northzone Ventures (www.northzone.com), Verdane Capital (www.verdanecapital.com) and Ferd Venture (www.ferdventure.no).
For further information on Colibria, please contact:
Niki Hutchinson
Nelson Bostock Communications
Tel: 44 (0) 20 7229 4400
Email: colibria@nelsonbostock.com