Odigo Demonstrates Interoperable Mobile Instant Messaging

[BigBlueBall News]

Press Release

February 13, 2002

Kensington, U.K. ¨C February 13, 2002 - Odigo Inc., the leading provider of Instant Messaging and Presence Solutions to wireless carriers and service providers worldwide, today demonstrated interoperable Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services, utilizing the protocol developed by Wireless Village, at the Wireless Village 1.0 Launch Event here in the Millennium Gloucester Hotel.

The Wireless Village initiative, sponsored by Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, was established in April 2001 to accelerate the market¡¯s vision of ubiquitous instant messaging and presence services from any mobile device to any other networked device. The initiative has yielded an open and common specification that enables interoperability between systems regardless of platform or manufacturer, while addressing, and overcoming, the demanding requirements of wireless communication.

"The Wireless Village initiative represents a major advancement for the IM and Presence industry and a major opportunity for Odigo," stated Howard Woolf, Odigo CEO. "The new generation of mobile handsets will be equipped with built-in, completely interoperable IM and Presence capabilities. Odigo¡¯s Open IM and Presence Servers will now enable a new range of instant communications services for Wireless Carriers."

Odigo¡äs support of the Wireless Village Initiative is another step in the company¡¯s ongoing efforts to provide its customers the most interoperable, carrier-class, instant communications services available. The Odigo Open Instant Messaging and Presence Servers have been licensed by many of the leading wireless carriers and service providers worldwide. Now in production for over 3 years, the servers provide unrivaled scalability, service performance and system management tools.

About Odigo, Inc.

Odigo, Inc. is the leading provider of Instant Messaging and Presence Solutions to wireless carriers and service providers worldwide. Odigo¡äs products include IM Servers, SMS-IM Gateways, and Presence Management Solutions. Founded in 1998, Odigo is a U.S. based company with headquarters in New York City. Odigo has licensed its IM and Presence Solutions to customers such as Comverse Network Systems, NEC, British Telecom, Austria Telecom, Sunrise Communications, Prodigy/SBC, and others. Learn more at www.odigo.com.

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