7 Oct 2008 07:00
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 7 October 2008 |
Globo plc
MAJOR NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCED FOR MOBILE MARKET
Globo plc ("Globo"; LSE-AIM: GBO; www.globoplc.com), a leader in the Information and Communications Technology market in Greece and a SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions provider, has announced that it is to launch CitronGO!™.
CitronGO! is believed to be one of the first of a new breed of open, 'cloud', mobile communication software solutions that will provide personal and professional users with true ubiquitous computing on a single screen on any mobile phone or laptop - regardless of manufacturer, vendor or network. It is currently in Beta Testing and commercial launch is scheduled for early 2009.
CitronGO! has been developed from Globo's existing e-business, communications and SaaS proprietary technologies. The key features include:
- Push email
- Push contacts
- Push calendars
- Instant messaging
- Web storage 'cloud'
- Web 2.0 - social networking accounts
- File conversion
Research by Globo highlighted that users want an 'all-in-one solution' that provides an instant email experience, but are unwilling to change their handset for one of the specialised handheld devices. CitronGO!'s capabilities mean it can be downloaded onto an individual's existing mobile phone or be accessible by any web browser on laptop or PC - enabling a professional or personal user to benefit from interaction with a wide range of services which include email, calendars, contacts, instant messaging and folders. CitronGO! brings together corporate and personal spaces - such as FaceBook - onto a 'single screen', synchronises data and shares applications over the air (OTA) to provide a complete 'push' experience.
Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, Globo's CEO, commented: "Today, with more than three billion mobile subscriptions globally, the mobile handset is becoming the ultimate personal device for ubiquitous computing. CitronGO! introduces a new layer of interaction for end-users who can easily personalise the way they want to communicate with others - so as to 'share' moments of their personal and professional life from anywhere, at anytime and using any device including their existing mobile phone.
"Building on our existing proprietary technologies, CitronGo! will represent a significant extension to our business when it is launched commercially in 2009."
CitronGO! will be available as a 'Software as a Service'. This will enable telecoms providers, operators, mobile phone manufacturers and ISPs to offer CitronGO! to their customers as part of a bundled service. Businesses and OEMs will be able to incorporate CitronGO! into their corporate infrastructure as a fully licensed service to offer these same benefits to their employees for use on their corporate mobile phones. Software companies and resellers will be able to provide the service as a third party. Globo also intends to enable CitronGO! to be downloadable directly via the Globo website.
Potential users can have their first 'user experience' of CitronGO! via a 'walkthrough' on the Globo website. A Positioning Paper is also available and can be downloaded from www.citrongo.com.
END
CONTACTS
| Globo plc | |
| Costis Papadimitrakopoulos, Managing Director | +30 210-646-6008 |
| Dimitris Gryparis, Finance Director | +30 210-646-6008 |
| Bankside | +44 20-7367-8888 |
| Steve Liebmann, Simon Bloomfield or Andy Harris | |
| St Helen's Capital Plc (Joint Broker) | |
| Ruari McGirr | +44 20-7628-5582 |
| NCB Stockbrokers Limited (Nomad & Joint Broker) | +44 20-7071-5200 |
| Christopher Caldwell or Jonathan Gray |
About Globo
GLOBO plc was admitted to AIM in December 2007. Founded in 1997 by Konstantinos Papadimitrakopoulos and headquartered in Halandri (a suburb of Athens), Globo has established itself as one of the market leaders in the Greek ICT market. It provides e-business and telecom software products and related services to the private and governmental sectors in Greece as well as developing and operating broadband wired and wireless networks. It has developed to become one of the largest e-business software and S.a.a.S. vendors in Greece. For further information please go to www.globoplc.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CITRONGO!
CitronGO!™ is a new breed of open software that supports, aggregates and integrates a variety of protocols and applications to enable easy integration between service providers, network operators and manufacturers. It synchronises with a variety of platforms across the web 'cloud' and requires minimal configuration.
CitronGO! is an add-on 'plug & play' service that supports most handset characteristics, including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, BREW and Java/J2ME applications. CitronGO! will operate on almost all devices - desktops, laptops, mobiles or palms - running Java applications or Windows mobile.
CitronGO! synchronises data over the 'cloud' to provide a true 'push' experience: