Followap launches iFollow, the premier interoperable wireless instant messenger
The product launch, from Sunnyvale, California — six months before the first operator deployment. iFollow lets WAP users join customised communities and message across to internet messengers.
Sunnyvale, California.
- May 2, 2000 - Followap™, a leading developer of advanced services for WAP-enabled mobile devices, proudly announced the commercial launch of iFollow, the latest innovation in wireless instant messaging.
Followap's breakthrough solution, iFollow, revolutionizes the field of mobile Internet technologies. iFollow delivers unprecedented Mobile Instant Messaging services, acting as a gateway between multiple devices and instant messaging services. iFollow enables users to connect to their own customized communities, on the move, anytime and anywhere.
iFollow is the first solution to introduce interoperability between all the major instant messengers available in today's Internet world, such as ICQ, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo. Users create a list of people they can communicate with, irrespective of the type of device or instant messenger service used. iFollow advanced instant messaging operates on all WAP, SMS, and Web-enabled devices.
The iFollow platform is a highly scalable, reliable and secure telecom grade software solution based on industry standards, incorporating management and billing interfaces. iFollow enables mobile operators and wireless services providers to assume a leading role in the wireless data market by supplying an attractive VAS.
"Followap brings the instant messaging revolution to the world of mobile communications," says Tommy Volsen, Director of Business Development at Followap. "Unlike other solutions, Followap's iFollow platform is device independent, and works with any Internet instant messenger." Followap has successfully completed extensive trials of the iFollow platform and is ready for commercial deployment.
iFollow brings the best of the Internet to the hundreds of millions of mobile phone subscribers.
About Followap
Followap is the leading provider of Mobile Instant Messaging Presence and Location (IMPL) platforms for mobile operators. Its flagship product, iFollow, has become the world's first commercially installed IMPL platform in December 2000, when it was launched within Ireland's Eircell Network as its branded e-merge Messenger service. Additional installations and pilot trials of iFollow are currently underway in 15 countries, with additional commercial launches at the world's largest mobile operators expected in the coming months.
With significant telecom and datacom experience, Followap is constantly extending its core technology in new directions and continues introducing additional scalable and reliable telecom-grade products that provide state-of-the-art messaging services to subscribers while incorporating essential carrier interfaces, such as network management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), billing and more.
Headquartered in the USA, the company has an R&D center in Israel, as well as sales and support offices throughout the world. Followap offers full customization and integration services to address the specific requirements of its customers and provides extensive technical support and consulting services.