OZ and KPN Bring the Power of Branded Mobile IM to The Netherlands; Leading Mobile Operator Brings Mobile IM via MSN to Millions of Its Customers.THE HAGUE, The Hague, The (hāg), Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye, city (1994 pop. 445,279), administrative and governmental seat of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, capital of South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the North Sea. Netherlands & MONTREAL -- Staying in touch with friends and family while on the go just got a lot easier for KPN's mobile customers in the Netherlands. Today OZ announced that it has teamed with KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) to offer instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM) via Microsoft's MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). service, to KPN's 6.3 millions customers. Starting today, KPN customers can access their MSN IM service chat by sending and receiving IM's from their i-mode(TM) mobile phones, whether their contacts are logged in on a PC or on a mobile device. KPN customers can simply connect to their MSN Instant Messenger in 3 easy steps:
1 - Select 'MSN Instant Messenger' from the application folder
2 - Enter in their existing username and password
3 - Within seconds they are up and running, able to chat with
members of their existing contacts
"Expanding the communications options for our valued customers is important for us at KPN," said Marcel Timmerhuis, Manager for Mobile Consumer Marketing at KPN. "We are delighted to offer this affordable and fun service to our i-mode customers and we are very pleased to be working with OZ in delivering this coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. service to our customers." The OZ Mobile IM Solution meets the dynamic needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers with a proven, standards-based and customizable client application that is designed to meet customers' specific requirements. Working with the leading instant messaging service providers, the OZ Mobile IM Client enables mobile operators to offer a mobile IM experience that looks familiar to users' existing desktop IM services, and allows end-users to easily select which IM service they would like to use. The OZ client does this within a small memory footprint while providing the best user experience possible. "Being away for your PC doesn't mean that you should not be able to stay in touch with the people that matter most in your life," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder of OZ. "As Europe's mobile users continue to demand data services that enable them to stay connected while they are on the go, the OZ Mobile IM Solution provides a fantastic, easy and affordable way to deliver this capability to mobile subscribers." About OZ OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with mobile IM and email solutions that provide users with a seamless and always-on mobile messaging experience. Working with the leading mobile operators, portals/ISPs and handset manufacturers, OZ delivers innovative and standards-based solutions that provide rich and fully integrated messaging experiences on millions of mobile devices. OZ is proud to count among its customers and partners: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (TM), Bell Mobility, Cingular, KPN, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL See Tcl/Tk. Tcl - Tool Command Language & Alcatel Mobile Phones, T-Mobile USA(R) and Virgin Mobile USA Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is a cellular telephone company that is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel. Virgin Mobile USA uses Sprint's CDMA-based Personal Communications Service (PCS) network. . OZ is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the US and Europe. For more information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com. About KPN KPN offers telecommunication services to both consumers and businesses. The company's core activities are telephony and data services through KPN's FIxed network in the Netherlands, mobile telecom services in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium and data services in Western Europe. KPN is the market leader in the major segments of the Dutch telecom market. Through E-Plus in Germany and BASE in Belgium, KPN has number-three positions in the mobile markets of these countries. KPN was incorporated in 1989. Its shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the stock exchanges of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , London and Frankfurt. More information can be found at www.kpn.com OZ Communications and the OZ logo are trademarks of OZ Communications Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. i-mode and the i-mode logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc, in Japan and other countries |
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