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Articles tagged with: Mobile Messaging and Instant Messaging
Acision Syncs SMS with Instant Messaging
Acision has announced that Russian mobile operator, MTS is using its Instant Messaging solution to offer an enhanced messaging experience to its subscribers. Combining the Acision Person to Person Gateway with core elements from Colibria's product portfolio - including the Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS) - Acision's Instant Messaging solution provided integration between mobile instant messaging and SMS. more
Related Tags: sms, rsa, ict, acision, mts, mobile-instant-messaging, presence, Russia
SMS and MMS Set the Cash Registers Ringing in the Nth American Mobile Market
Mobile carriers profit heavily from short message services (SMS) and multimedia messaging services (MMS), with volumes more than doubling annually. The North American mobile messaging market is in a state of rapid adoption and high revenue growth, with billions of dollars generated in SMS revenue from a user base that covers half of the mobile user population in the region. more
Messaging Hub Provided Interoperability Between MMS, SMS and IM
Syniverse Technologies and Colibria have announced a messaging hub solution which will deliver seamless interworking between operators for IM, SMS, MMS and presence applications. Syniverse is a provider of technology and business solutions and Colibria is a provider of instant messaging and presence solutions. more
Related Tags: mms, sms, colibria, syniverse, interoperability
Global Consumer Mobile Messaging To Exceed $88 Billion By 2012
Total spending on mobile messaging services by consumers will rise 15% from $65 billion in 2007 to over $88 billion by 2012, according to a new Strategy Analytics report. Although SMS will continue to contribute to the vast share of consumer messaging spend, the availability of low-cost flat-rate data plans will enable rapid growth in usage of traditional PC based messaging services, such as email and instant messaging via mobile. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-email, sms, analytics, 3
Presence and Converged Services Will Drive Messaging Usage
The availability of Presence information - status text, availability, mood and even potentially location - within mobile messaging services, such as mobile instant messaging, would drive UK mobile users to communicate more regularly, a survey by Colibria (which sells presence based services) has revealed. The survey of 2,000 online respondents in Britain found that over 80% of respondents interested in mobile instant messaging (MIM) would be more likely to chat with contacts - friends, family and colleagues - on their mobile phone if they could see their availability or mood, for example. more
Related Tags: social-networking, colibria, mobile-instant-messaging
Low-Cost Handset Aims to Support Instant Messaging Platforms
An alliance of hardware and software vendors have joined together to develop what they expect to be the world's lowest cost smartphone that enables email and web-based messaging functions. The new Smart Entry Phone (SEP), which is targeted at emerging markets, will also enable simultaneous access to all leading communication portals such as MSN, ICQ, Chikka or Yahoo. more
Related Tags: infineon-technologies, abi-research, infineon, brightstar
Hutchison Taps NeuStar for Yahoo! Mobile IM Service
NeuStar says that it has provided Hutchison 3G UK with the necessary software to bring Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging (IM) service to 3's mobile customers in the UK. 3 chose NeuStar's Mobile Messaging Gateway solution to implement the roll out of Yahoo! Messenger across its subscriber base. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, mobile-im, neustar, hutchison, windows-live
LogicaCMG Expects North American Messaging Surge
LogicaCMG says that expects formidable messaging growth in North America and points to a number of indications that the region is on the verge of a surge in text messaging volumes. Based on both analyst and its own research, LogicaCMG is predicting that North American text messaging volumes will grow as much as 50 per cent in 2007 - a significant increase over previous years. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, starbucks, acision
Hutchison 3G Italy has selected NeuStar's Next Generation Messaging Services for mobile instant messaging (IM) in Italy. NeuStar's IMSC (IM Service Centre) and MMG (Mobile Messaging Gateway) will allow 3 Italia subscribers to see whether their Windows Live Messenger and 3 Italia IM "buddies" are online, and to communicate with them in real time. more
Related Tags: hutchison-3g, mobile-im, neustar, hutchison, 3-italia, mobile-instant-messaging, windows-live
New Year Set Global SMS Records
Thousands of miles, different time zones, even the seas and oceans proved no barrier for friends, family and loved ones this New Year, as the amount of SMS sent globally increased over 30 per cent compared to last year, to reach a staggering 33 billion messages sent worldwide. These statistics are being attributed to increased use of SMS by groups outside of the traditional young user segments. more
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