Sigmaroc. Regulatory News (SRC)

14 Jan 2008 11:20

Messaging International Plc14 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 messagingservices, has signed an agreement with Partner Communications Ltd (orangeTMbrand) (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD), one of Israel's leading mobileservice providers, to launch a service which enables orange users to send textand 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 serviceintegrates with the Internet Explorer and Windows File Explorer, and allowsusers to right-click the mouse over multimedia content and send it to mobilephones. The service also integrates with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OutlookExpress 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 thestrong uptake of PC to SMS, sending MMS messages from your PC is a naturalevolution. MMS uptake with operators can tremendously improve by enabling usersto 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. Theservice was launched as part of orange synergy, where partners allows serviceproviders to leverage its mobile infrastructure, making the integration, easyand cost efficient. " ** ENDS ** 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 becominga leading provider in the rapidly growing multimedia messaging market. Its 100%owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com), provides cross-platformmedia messaging management systems and applications. These are designed toenable PC, browser, mobile phone and wireline telephone users to send, receiveand manage voice messages, email, SMS, IM and MMS across various mediaplatforms. It supports multiple languages, text to speech conversion, e-mailnotification, unlimited SMS length, and direct reply to SMS capabilities, allillustrating the uniqueness of the service. The Company has a number ofcontracts with major blue chip companies including Rogers Wireless, the largestwireless provider in Canada. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange