HELSINKI AND OSLO, JUNE 23, 2004
Movial and Colibria announce end-to-end Instant Messaging and Presence solution to meet increased market demand.
Movial, the provider of cross-platform Presence and Multimedia client products, and Colibria, a leading provider of Community Messaging solutions for mobile operators, announced today interoperability and joint marketing between Movial Connect wireless client products and Colibria’s Instant Messaging and Presence Server based on the latest OMA IMPS (Wireless Village) standards.
Colibria is committed to offer a world leading IMPS server. Colibria will, through this partnership, continue to work closely with Movial on interoperability testing between the Colibria IMPS server and the Movial Connect clients" says Jan Spidsberg, VP Sales and Marketing, Colibria. "The agreement enhances both parties’ ability to address the recent increase in market and customer demand," adds Spidsberg.
"Movial is very pleased to work with Colibria”, says Victor Donselaar, Business Unit Manager Applications, Movial. "By working closely with leading messaging providers such as Colibria, we are able to ensure interoperability of our Connect client products and provide end-to-end wireless Instant Messaging and Presence services in which the end user is the clear winner" adds Donselaar.
For more information regarding this press release please contact:
Victor Donselaar, Business Unit Manager Applications, +358 9 8567 6400, victor.donselaar@movial.fi
Jan Spidsberg, VP Sales and Marketing Colibria, +47 90113805, spidsberg@colibria.com
Colibria is a leading provider of Presence Servers and Community Messaging solutions for mobile operators. Colibria is a committed supporter of the OMA IMPS (previously Wireless Village) forum and is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance. The company offers long experience with mobile communication both from suppliers and operators in the Scandinavian market. Colibria is working with operators worldwide. Leading investors in Colibria are Four Season Venture and Northzone Ventures.
For more information on Colibria please visit: www.colibria.com
Movial Corporation develops software and services for the mobile multimedia and presence-enabled applications market. By enhancing the ability of device, system, and IM vendors to conceive, design, and deliver the software differentiators that drive revenue, Movial is the choice of Nokia, HP, Orange, and Jabber, Inc. Movial has distinguished itself with mobile presence innovations such as 'Push-to-Video,' while simultaneously becoming the time- and cost-to-market leader for Linux-based consumer electronics.