IXI Mobile Brings MSN Messenger and Hotmail to Ogo
November 30th, 2005IXI Mobile, developer of the Ogo family of mobile messaging solutions, today announced that it is making MSN Messenger and Hotmail available on Ogo messaging devices as part of its end-to-end solution. The agreement with MSN enables IXI to offer MSN services to mobile service providers worldwide. The complete Ogo offering, which includes mobile messaging devices and hosted services, helps service providers bring revenue-enhancing mobile messaging products to market quickly and easily.
The Ogo series of mobile devices delivers a true on-the-go mobile messaging experience with a full screen, QWERTY keyboard, easy-to-use interface, and clamshell design. Ogo devices are targeted at mass-market users, and can be customized for individual territories and service providers. To promote successful Ogo releases, IXI provides a turn-key solution to mobile operators and service providers worldwide, including the device, all necessary gateways and backend servers, and related launch and support services.
The end-to-end offering was recently launched at Swisscom Mobile, the leading mobile operator in Switzerland with over four million subscribers. Swisscom began selling Ogo in November 2005. Ogo was initially launched with AT&T Wireless (now Cingular Wireless) in the United States in September 2004. The Ogo CT-10 was the only device of its kind to provide simultaneous, unlimited IM and email from leading portals – MSN, AOL and Yahoo! – plus text messaging in one dedicated mobile device. At this time Ogo service no longer available in the United States but is rumored to be making a return, no providers have been named as of yet.
