Messaging International Plc
14 January 2008
Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector: Technology
14th January 2008
Messaging International Plc ('the Company')
Agreement with Partner Communications Ltd
Messaging International Plc, the AIM traded provider of innovative messaging
services, has signed an agreement with Partner Communications Ltd (orangeTM
brand) (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD), one of Israel's leading mobile
service providers, to launch a service which enables orange users to send text
and multimedia messages to any mobile phone.
The service, known as smsomms, allows orange mobile subscribers to send text,
pictures, music and video to mobile phones from their PCs. The service
integrates with the Internet Explorer and Windows File Explorer, and allows
users to right-click the mouse over multimedia content and send it to mobile
phones. The service also integrates with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook
Express and allows sending messages to established contact lists and groups.
Orange customers can download the software from the www.orange.co.il portal,
from which they'll get the service via TeleMessage.
Messaging International Managing Director, Guy Levit, said, 'Following the
strong uptake of PC to SMS, sending MMS messages from your PC is a natural
evolution. MMS uptake with operators can tremendously improve by enabling users
to send content from the Internet and their PCs to their mobile phones.'
Iris Beck, Vice President of Marketing & Content, Partner Communications said, '
The smsomms service is a good conversion of the mobile and PC worlds. The
service was launched as part of orange synergy, where partners allows service
providers to leverage its mobile infrastructure, making the integration, easy
and cost efficient. '
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For further information visit www.telemessage.com/corporate.html or contact:
Guy Levit Messaging International Plc Tel: + 972 3 9225252
Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 7242 4477
Mark Percy Seymour Pierce Ltd Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 8000
Notes
Messaging International Plc
Messaging International joined AIM in August 2005 with the objective of becoming
a leading provider in the rapidly growing multimedia messaging market. Its 100%
owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com), provides cross-platform
media messaging management systems and applications. These are designed to
enable PC, browser, mobile phone and wireline telephone users to send, receive
and manage voice messages, email, SMS, IM and MMS across various media
platforms. It supports multiple languages, text to speech conversion, e-mail
notification, unlimited SMS length, and direct reply to SMS capabilities, all
illustrating the uniqueness of the service. The Company has a number of
contracts with major blue chip companies including Rogers Wireless, the largest
wireless provider in Canada.
This information is provided by RNS
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