Followap's mobile messaging products pass Wireless Village interoperability testing
Tested for Wireless Village compliance over both SMS and HTTP bearers at the first interoperability event, held in Stockholm in June 2002.
New York, NY - July 17, 2002 - Followap Inc., a leading provider of advanced end-to-end mobile messaging and Presence solutions for mobile operators, announced today that its products have been successfully tested for Wireless Village compliance for both SMS and HTTP bearers during the first Wireless Village Interoperability event, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 25-27, 2002. Followap mobile messaging and presence solutions fully comply with Wireless Village standards and specifications.
As a leading provider of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) and Presence platforms, Followap closely cooperates with mobile device manufacturers and leading mobile operators to create state-of-the-art messaging solutions.
Recently, Followap released its Wireless Village-compliant SDK that enables mobile device manufacturers to efficiently integrate Followap's client into their mobile devices, and enables mobile operators to brand them according to their marketing and business strategy. Followap is committed to supporting industry standards as they emerge and to contributing to standardization efforts, using its experience in designing and implementing MIM and Presence platforms.
"We are very pleased to have formally become a Wireless Village-compliant provider, and more importantly, we are pleased with the success of the Wireless Village Interoperability event", said Tommy Volsen, COO of Followap. "We believe that industry standards and platform interoperability are key to the success of revenue-driving mobile messaging and presence services. The Wireless Village initiative has reached a significant milestone, and Followap has proven its leadership and commitment by being successfully tested at such an early stage of the process. We will keep working closely with Wireless Village to deliver Wireless Village-enabled products to the market".
About the Wireless Village Initiative
Founded by Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia, Wireless Village Initiative was formed in April 2001 to define and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. The specifications will be used for exchanging messages and presence information between mobile devices, mobile services and Internet-based instant messaging services, all interoperable and leveraging existing Internet technologies.
For more information on the Wireless Village Initiative and the Interoperability event, please visit http://www.wireless-village.org .
About Followap
Followap is a leading provider of advanced end-to-end mobile messaging and presence solutions for mobile operators. Followap solutions encompass distributed server platforms and a wide range of messaging clients and applications. Followap's flagship platform, iFollow™, was selected by the Vodafone Group as the Mobile Instant Messaging platform for Vodafone operators. Followap is committed to enabling mobile operators to offer advanced messaging services by continuously introducing innovative, carrier-grade messaging and Presence products.