Sigmaroc. Regulatory News (SRC)

20 Mar 2006 16:16

Messaging International Plc20 March 2006 Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector: Technology 20 March 2006 Messaging International Plc ('Messaging International' or 'the Company') Agreement with a Tier One USA Mobile Operator Messaging International, the AIM traded provider of innovative messagingservices, is pleased to announce that a leading tier one USA mobile operator hassigned an agreement to market Messaging International's proprietary Text toLandline solution. The agreement enables the operator's customers to send textmessages, which are converted to automated voice and delivered to any landlinephone in the USA. The recipient can then send a voice message reply, which theoriginal sender can retrieve through a text message alert. The service will be made available on the operator's network at standard textmessaging rates to all its USA customers. Messaging International will receive apercentage of the revenues received from every landline message. Horacio Furman, Chairman Messaging International, commented: "We are excited tobe working with this leading USA mobile operator. The 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." * * ENDS * * Contacts:Guy Levit Messaging International Plc Tel: + 972 544 449 951Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7242 4477 NotesMessaging International PlcMessaging 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange