Sigmaroc. Regulatory News (SRC)

26 Jul 2006 15:06

Messaging International Plc26 July 2006 Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector: Technology 26 July 2006 Messaging International Plc Partners with leading US Mobile Operator Messaging International Plc ("Messaging International" or 'the Company'), theAIM-traded provider of innovative messaging services, announces that a secondleading US mobile operator has launched Messaging International's proprietaryText to Landline solution. The service enables customers to send text messages,which are converted to automated voice and delivered to any landline phone inthe US. The recipient can then send a voice message reply, which the originalsender can retrieve through a text message alert. Messaging International willreceive a percentage of the revenues received from every message delivered. Horacio Furman, Chairman Messaging International said: "We are delighted to beworking with several large tier 1 carriers in the US. This deal underlines ourcommitment to building our international presence and represents a valuableadditional income stream for the business. We continue to make strong progressin securing similar agreements with other global wireless operators andinteroperability providers to increase our market reach, improve our competitiveedge and boost revenue." The Text to Landline service converts text messages into voice format fordelivery to landline phones. When a Text to Landline call is answered, anautomated voice system delivers the message, and provides the wireless phonenumber of the message sender. If the recipient has Caller ID display service,the wireless phone number of the message sender will appear. The recipient canthen replay to the message, send a voice message reply to the original sender,or terminate the call. Meanwhile, the wireless user (original sender) will receive a confirmation textmessage advising that their message has been successfully delivered, whether itwas delivered to an answering system or a live person, and whether a reply wassent back. If a reply was sent, the mobile user can call into a unique telephonenumber to listen to the response. * * ENDS * * Contacts: Guy Levit Messaging International Plc Tel: + 972 544 449 951 Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 4477 Notes Messaging International Plc Messaging International Plc joined AIM in August 2005 with the objective ofbecoming a leading provider in the rapidly growing multimedia messaging market.Its 100% owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com), providescross-platform media messaging management systems and applications. These aredesigned to enable PC, browser, mobile phone and wireline telephone users tosend, receive and manage voice messages, email, SMS, IM and MMS across variousmedia 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 ofcontracts with major blue chip companies including Rogers Wireless, the largestwireless provider in Canada and Sprint/Nextel, one of the largest wirelessproviders in the US. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange