Odigo Announces Presence Management Server to Enable Instant Conferencing Solutions

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Press Release
March 21, 2002

Solutions to increase operator ARPU and reduce churn

New York, NY – March 21, 2002 – Odigo Inc., the leading provider of Instant Messaging and Presence Solutions to mobile operators, this week announced separate partnerships with two leading conferencing technology companies to provide operators with innovative Instant Conferencing Solutions. The Solutions will enable an operator’s customers to initiate instant voice conference calls directly from their contact lists, from any device.

Odigo has teamed separately with Voyant, the leading provider of innovative and collaborative voice solutions, and Octave, a leader in instant group conversation and conferencing technology for the global carrier industry, to develop Instant Conferencing Solutions based on the integration of voice conferencing with presence management information.

"We are very excited to work with two of the finest conferencing companies in the world to build on the capabilities of our Open Presence Management Server," stated Avner Ronen, Odigo CMO. "We are confident that the integration of our technology with Voyant and Octave technologies will drive significant on-the-fly conferencing."

Odigo’s Presence Management Server aggregates, manages and delivers Presence Information based on a set of rules and priorities that are fully controlled by the end-user. The Presence Information itself is produced by different network sources, and is accessible through a rich set of XML-based APIs.

Howard Woolf, Odigo’s CEO, said that there is a tremendous need for sophisticated IM, presence and conferencing products like the ones in development. "Our Presence Management Server will power a new range of killer applications that will result in competitive differentiation, greater customer loyalty and new opportunities for the carriers we serve."

About Odigo, Inc.

Odigo, Inc. is the leading provider of Instant Messaging and Presence Solutions to wireless carriers and service providers worldwide. Odigo’s 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.

Odigo Contact:
Alexander Diamandis
Tel: 212.809.2002 x21
alex@odigo.com