28th Sep 2007 07:06
Mobile Tornado Group PLC28 September 2007 Mobile Tornado Group plc ("Mobile Tornado" or "the Company") Mobile Tornado expands its business into South America Partnership agreement with TecnoVoz Limited Mobile Tornado, one of the world leaders in convergent, instant communications,today announces that is has signed a partnership agreement with TecnoVoz Limited("TecnoVoz") in Argentina to provide Push To Talk over Cellular ("PoC") servicesto the enterprise and mobile operator market. Branded "Walkei Talkei" thisservice is commercially available immediately. Until now, mobile operators and enterprise organisations have traditionally hadto incur significant capital expenditure in order to roll out new value addedservices including Push to Talk ("PTT") . Now operators and enterprises canenjoy using instant voice communications in a cost effective manner. Under the terms of the deal, TecnoVoz will host Mobile Tornado'sPush-To-Xperience platform providing access to PTT services. Mobile Tornado isresponsible for supplying software licences to its patented IPRS PTT system, andproviding 3rd line support. Jeremy Fenn, CFO of Mobile Tornado, said: 'Mobile Tornado is pleased to announce its expansion into South America.Following successful deployments of the Company's flagship PTT product in NorthAmerica, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific we are ready to bring cutting edgetelecommunication technologies to the South American market. .A combination ofrapidly developing regional economies with largely untapped customer bases inboth corporate and consumer sectors creates a unique opportunity for ourproducts in that region. PTT communication solutions are almost non existent inthe South American markets and Mobile Tornado is in a strong position to bridgethat gap.' For further details please contact: Mobile Tornado Group plc Jeremy Fenn, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +44 (0) 7734 475888 Blue Oar Securities Plc Romil Patel / Rhod Cruwys Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 4400 Buchanan Communications Charles Ryland / James Strong Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000 About Mobile Tornado Group Plc Mobile Tornado's Push-To-Xperience platform enables service providers totransform their mobile communications services from separate voice and datafunctionality to powerful, ubiquitous systems that can deliver multiple mobileservices simultaneously. Mobile Tornado's ground-breaking technology powerscommunication sessions which can instantaneously transmit voice, text or otherdata, and video clips with an easy-to-use, one-click, "push-to" button on theirmobile phone. "Push-To" sessions can occur one-to-one, one-to-many,mobile-to-PC and PC-to-mobile, worldwide. Push-To-Xperience provides a real-timepresence as users leverage their Internet identity to communicate with theircontacts and can instantly see their contacts that are online, just like adesktop-based Internet Messaging session. Mobile Tornado sells software licences and services to mobile operators andenterprises worldwide through a number of distribution partners.. Mobile Tornadospecialises in providing platforms and applications in the mobile data servicesmarket including presence-based messaging, Push-To-Talk, Push-To-Video andrelated services. More information about Mobile Tornado is available at http://www.mobiletornado.com/ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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