World's Largest Mobile Companies to Link IM Networks

Barcelona -- The GSM Association (GSMA) -- a group of some of
the world's largest mobile-phone companies including Vodafone,
Orange, T-Mobile and China Mobile -- announced that it has
signed an agreement to provide instant messaging services across
a wide number of networks. GSMA CEO Rob Conway said
member companies have launched a campaign that will eventually
give more than 700 million mobile subscribers worldwide access to
an IM service that is "intuitive, reliable, secure and will work across
networks." Other participants include Telefonica, TeliaSonera, TIM,
Turkcell, Aircel, Bharti, BSNL, Hutchison Essar, Idea, MTNL and
Spice.
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