Sigmaroc. Regulatory News (SRC)

20 Feb 2006 11:44

Messaging International Plc20 February 2006 Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector: Technology 20 February 2006 Messaging International Plc ("Messaging International" or the "Company") New Products Messaging International, the AIM traded provider of innovative messagingservices, launched new converged mobile/fixed and PC services at the 3GSM WorldCongress Barcelona, the world's premier mobile event, last week. The servicesprovide a one-click access to an operator's network from a PC, and enable usersto send pictures, music, videos and texts to mobile and suitably enabled fixednetworks direct from their PC. The Company has added a new multimedia message ('MMS') capability to itsplatform, which enables subscribers to send PC or Internet content (picture,music, video or text) to a mobile phone. Fully integrated in familiar PCprogrammes, the products include an MMS Composer and Player which allow thesubscriber to add, convert and preview any PC content to mobile format. In tandem with this, the Company has developed a Toolbar Plug-in designed as anadd-on to the Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox web browsers. The Toolbarbrings the telephone network one click away from users, enabling them to send anSMS or any PC or Internet picture, music or video as MMS to the mobile networkwith the ease of a PC keyboard and mouse. Messaging International also has added Microsoft Outlook Express to its list ofbusiness enablers, which currently includes Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes.Essentially, this opens up the consumer market by embedding the new MMS Composerand Player, within the programme, thereby enabling users to add pictures, music,video or text. It also allows a two-way mobile email. Additionally, in line with the telephony networks migration towards IP,Messaging International's products can now work in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)enabled networks and incorporate presence preferences, allowing subscribers tochoose on which device they want to receive messages. Messaging International CEO Guy Levit commented: "We continuously look at waysto develop new products and fulfil market requirements so I am delighted tolaunch these new initiatives. Operators have already shown keen interest in theproducts, and feedback at the 3GSM Barcelona last week has been encouraging." - ENDS - Contacts: Guy Levit TeleMessage Ltd Tel: +972 3 9225252 Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44(0) 20 7242 4477 Notes TeleMessage Ltd TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com) is a fully owned subsidiary of MessagingInternational Plc. It provides cross-platform messaging systems andapplications. These are designed to enable users to send, receive and managevoice messages, email, SMS, IM and MMS across various media platforms. Itsupports multiple languages, text to speech conversion, e-mail notification,unlimited SMS length, and direct reply to SMS/MMS capabilities, all illustratingthe uniqueness of the service. The Company has a number of contracts with majorblue chip companies This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange