Rich Client Application for Mobile Instant Messaging

For many mobile operators, Mobile Instant Messaging has become a standard product with strong demand especially from young customer segments. Asking for maximum usability, users require client applications with multi-tab access to preferred IM networks such as MSN, ICQ or Yahoo. Furthermore, rich mobile client applications push the market penetration with Mobile IM services.

Communology’s white-label Mobile IM clients provide convenient mobile access to preferred IM communities. Mobile IM clients replicate interaction and communication features from online services and add phone specific features via one single interface.

Based on many years of experience and lots of refe- rence cases from around the world, Communology supports a broad range of more than 100 mobile handsets on multiple mobile platforms, including Java ME, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

The user interface is adapted to mobile operators requirements. Multi tabs enable connection to different IM communities, including operator-specific or regional networks.

Communology’s rich client applications offer a broad feature set to enable seamless Instant Messaging

Online and mobile Instant Messaging features via one interface

White-label product with minimum adaptation requirements
Access to contact lists with display of presence, status and moods
Group communication and chat rooms
Seamless integration of the phone’s address book
One click to call buddies
Optional location information of contacts
Optional integration of advertising in various formats
Support of multiple mobile platforms with device types following customer requests
Update and client version management
Compliance with IMPS 1.2, 1.3, and SIP/SIMPLE, MSN, ICQ
Preload on handsets and/or OTA provisioning

Mobile Instant Messaging Architecture

Exended Offering

As an addition to licensing Communology’s white-label clients, a wide set of professional services is offered:

Non-standard-based client development
Porting of clients to specific handsets
Interoperability testing of clients against different IM server solutions
Integration of clients in live systems
ASP offering of download services
Project Management & Consulting

Success Case: Vodafone / NeuStar Instant Messenger

»We looked for a software partner enabling us to deliver mobile clients for our Mobilbox Pro service quickly without compromising on our high quality standards. Communology’s proven expertise and reputation as a quality leader convinced us. After successful service launch we will further extend the portfolio of supported devices and have clients embedded in several devices soon.«
Guenter Krauss, Senior Vice President and General Manager of NeuStar NGM

Communology acts as an official supplier to NeuStar’s Next Generation Messaging (NGM) business area to provide mobile clients and secure porting to multiple handsets. The cooperation enables NeuStar NGM to focus more on forging and strengthening customer relationships within its core managed mobile data services. The cooperation also proves the open use of the managed NeuStar IM platform being able to include best-of-breed products from companies such as Communology to increase ease of use and adoption. The joint mobile IM solutions enables access to MSN, Yahoo and ICQ IM networks. In a stepwise approach, Communology provides mobile clients for Java phones, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.

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More information

Brochure Download
Feel free to download our new Mobile Instant Messaging brochure (PDF)

Video Snippet
Catch a glimpse of the LiveMedia IM functionality at our YouTube channel (link)

Releated news

2010-02-15
Communology unveils Instant Messaging and Visual Voicemail for Android

2010-01-26
Exhibiting sophisticated communication apps for Android, Java ME, Symbian and Windows Mobile

2009-04-02
NeuStar and Communology to Provide End-to-End Client/Server Solution for Mobile Instant Messaging