Rich Address Book Based Social Networking Application Puts Your Complete Digital Life At Your Fingertips PARIS and CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 5
PARIS and CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Miyowa, a dynamic
global company providing compelling instant messaging and presence enriched
Mobile Web 2.0 technologies, today announced InTouch 5, the first mobile
application to deliver users a complete digital life on their mobile device.
The new solution delivers a unique user experience by integrating the mobile
address book with social presence, mobile IM, mail, user generated content,
file sharing and location services, allowing users to finally continue their
digital life on the go. With the introduction of InTouch 5, carriers can now
deliver an aggregated, robust Web 2.0 application over their existing
infrastructure, while maintaining control of the services and user
information.
"Since our founding in 2003, Miyowa has strived to provide next generation
mobile applications based on real end user requirements," said Pascal Lorne,
CEO at Miyowa. "With InTouch 5, carriers can deliver a rich mobile address
book integrated with social presence, IM, mail and many other features that
their users are demanding. Miyowa's ability to deliver InTouch 5 to nearly
every handset on the market, while leveraging an operator's existing
infrastructure, makes it the solution the choice for carriers looking to take
their data plan offerings to the next level."
"The mobile market today is at a turning point where new subscriber
acquisition rates are slowing and the race to deliver the most complete mobile
offering is intensifying," said Jill Aldort, senior analyst at Yankee Group.
"Miyowa's InTouch 5 application enables carriers to build a complete community
offering that includes Web 2.0 digital assets in an aggregated platform which
has not previously been available. As data usage adoption continues to rise,
carriers will need to be able to offer the complete Web 2.0 portfolio in order
to compete and continue to grow their ARPU and new subscriber base."
Miyowa's InTouch 5 solution enables carriers to provide customers with
increased services over data plans that quickly port to new handset models.
The turnkey solution gives operators the ability to provide a comprehensive
social networking platform, incorporating the communities users require,
without entering into restrictive relationships with social networks and IM
providers.
The solution, built around real user requirements, leverages a Miyowa
developed communications protocol which extends the IMPS (Instant Messaging
and Presence Service) standard to deliver Web 2.0 functionality including
avatars, file sharing and social networking to nearly every Windows Mobile,
Symbian, Java and BREW-based mobile device via the world's thinnest client
software. In addition, Miyowa's open communications protocol increases mobile
application responsiveness and reaction, resulting in a 50 to 80 percent
bandwidth reduction on the carrier network, and increased handset battery life
by nearly two times.
About Miyowa
Established in 2003, Miyowa is a dynamic global company whose next
generation solutions enable service providers to liberate their networks,
deliver aggregated rich content and services to end users. A Red Herring Top
100 company, Miyowa's award winning technology is innovative and proven, and
relied on by leading mobile operators around the world, processing over 3
million interactions per day. Cited as the global industry leader for Mobile
IM, it is also number 1 in Mobile Messaging Clients.
Miyowa created the first handset independent universal end-to-end client
messaging technology (MoveMessenger(TM)), compliant with all major existing
standards and systems and provides mobile operators and communities with a
white-labeled, scalable range of Mobile Web 2.0 Instant messaging related
content and services. http://www.miyowa.com
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