OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today
announced the availability of its Mobile IM Solution on the TDC A/S
mobile network, empowering millions of subscribers to easily access
the widely popular IM service on their mobile devices. TDC customers
now have easy and affordable access to their Windows Live(TM) Instant
Messaging (IM) service on their mobile phone.
The OZ Mobile IM solution provides consumers with a simple and
enjoyable way to extend their instant messaging session with their
friends and family from the PC to the mobile phone, enabling them to
stay connected anytime and anywhere.
This latest service launch - the largest Windows Live IM
deployment in Europe in the second half of 2007- further strengthens
OZ´s leadership position in the European market and in Scandinavia,
where OZ already has deployments with 3 Denmark, 3 Sweden, Telenor
Norway and Telenor Sweden.
"With an estimated 450 million IM users worldwide, it´s only
logical that we are seeing more and more consumers demanding the
ability to use IM while mobile," said Jim Knapik, OZ President and
CEO. "OZ is the world´s largest provider of mobile IM and consumer
email services with a 95 percent market share in the U.S. We are very
pleased to meet this demand in Europe and the Scandinavian region by
empowering TDC customers with what they want - easy access to mobile
IM."
About the OZ Mobile IM Solution
The OZ Mobile IM Solution allows mobile operators to offer their
subscribers affordable access to an established communication
phenomenon, and if desired, immediately leverage their own mobile
communities with presence, and increase ARPU. The OZ Mobile IM Gateway
seamlessly bridges the mobile phone and portal/Internet messaging
worlds. The OZ Mobile IM Clients extend the real-time, PC-based
portal/Internet IM experience to the mobile phone for consumers.
Availability
The Windows Live Messenger service is available initially on 5
devices (Nokia 5300, N73, N95, SE k800i, SE w880i) as a download to
TDC Mobile customers, Click customers and two TDC Service Providers
(TELMORE & Duet). The service will initially be offered free of charge
for a promotional period.
About TDC A/S
TDC is the leading provider of communications solutions in Denmark
with a strong Nordic focus. TDC is organized as four main business
lines in the Nordic region: Business Nordic, Fixnet Nordic, Mobile
Nordic and YouSee. TDC´s activities outside the Nordic region comprise
Sunrise, the leading Swiss telco, and HTCC, the leading Hungarian
telco. TDC became partially privatized in 1994, and fully privatized
in 1998. Nordic Telephone Company ApS owns 87.9% of the shares with
the remainder held by individual and institutional shareowners.
About OZ
OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with the most popular
messaging and Internet services, including IM, email and online
communities, through their mobile phones. Working with the leading
mobile operators, handset manufacturers, portals and online
communities, OZ delivers innovative and standards-based solutions that
provide rich and fully integrated messaging experiences on millions of
mobile devices.
Leading companies that are Powered by OZ(TM) include: 3
Scandinavia, Alltel, AOL(R), Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, AT&T,
Dobson, ICQ, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Pantech & Curitel,
Rogers Wireless, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile
Phones, Telefonica Moviles Espana, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, Telus
Mobility, T-Mobile USA(R), Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile USA and
Yahoo! (R).
OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada,
with regional offices in the United States, Europe and India. For more
information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com.
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