Business
Agreement with Virgin Mobile
Agreement with Virgin Mobile.
About this update from Sigmaroc Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Messaging International Plc\n31 July 2006\n\n\n Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector: Technology\n\n\n31 July 2006\n\n Messaging International Plc ('the Company')\n\n Agreement signed with Virgin Mobile USA\n\n\nMessaging International Plc, the AIM traded provider of innovative messaging\nservices, has, through its subsidiary TeleMessage, signed an agreement with\nVirgin Mobile USA ('Virgin Mobile') to market Messaging International's\nproprietary Text to Landline solution.\n\n\nThe new service will enable Virgin Mobile users to send text messages, which are\nthen converted to voice messages by text to speech technology and delivered to\nany landline phone in the USA. The recipient can then send a voice or selected\ntext message reply, which the original sender can retrieve through a text\nmessage alert. Virgin Mobile customers pay standard text messaging rates when\nusing the Text to Landline service and Messaging International will take a\npercentage of this revenue.\n\n\nMessaging International CEO, Guy Levit, said: 'The launch with Virgin Mobile\nadds one more US operator to our rapidly growing client list, thereby confirming\nour position as leader in the Text to Landline application in the North American\nmarket. The service is becoming increasingly popular, enabling users to\ncommunicate directly and non-intrusively with friends and family who use a\nlandline.'\n\n\nThe TeleMessage technology provides a cross-platform media messaging management\nsystem. Designed to enable PC, browser, mobile phone and wireline telephone\nusers to send, receive and manage voice messages, email, text (SMS), IM and MMS\nacross various media platforms. Multiple languages can be used, it has text to\nspeech capabilities, email notification, unlimited SMS length and direct reply\nto SMS capabilities, all illustrating the uniqueness of the service.\n\n\n * * ENDS * *\n\n\nContacts\n\nGuy Levit Messaging International Plc Tel: + 972 3 922 5252\n\nIsabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 447\n\n\n\nNotes\n\n\nMessaging International Plc\n\nMessaging International Plc joined AIM in August 2005 with the objective of\nbecoming a leading provider in the rapidly growing multimedia messaging market.\nIts 100% owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com), provides\ncross-platform media...