Tag Archives: Synchronica
Only 5 per cent of smartphones & tablets are protected says Juniper
Rating: Despite the fact that good security apps are free
Despite the publicity given to malware, fraud and device theft and the fact that many of the leading and respected mobile security applications for smartphones are actually free, the vast majority of smartphones and tablets apparently remain unprotected. According to a new report from Juniper Research only 5 per cent of global smartphones and tablet devices have security software installed. The report, ‘Mobile Security Strategies: Threats, Solutions & Market Forecasts 2012-2017‘ forecasts that both corporate and personal users will begin to recognise the need to protect their data. It also predicts that the demand for mobile security products will increase over the next five years to a point where 20 per cent mobile devices will be protected by third party security software. That’s still a massive 80 per cent left unprotected. Continue reading
Posted in BYOD, Mobile Stats, mobile security
Tagged Juniper Research, mobile security, Nitin Bhas, phishing, Synchronica
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Synchronica gets in RCS via NewPace
Rating: Planning to offer RCS-e capability to operator clients
To date, there hasn’t really been much of a buzz around Rich Communications Service (RCS) – which is a GSMA driven standard that unifies different types of communication into a single service on a mobile handset. However, Synchronica has decided to cement an alliance with Canada’s NewPace Technology Development to cooperate in the development, sales and marketing of a Rich Communications Suite (RCS) product. No prizes for guessing that Synchronica is planning to offer RCS to its client base of over 100 mobile operators worldwide. GoMo News suggests that the company has spotted an opportunity which RCS can fill in developing countries without the need for high speed mobile internet. Continue reading
Carsten Brinkschulte moves on from Synchronica
Rating: We remember him best for the screaming phone
It has now been eight weeks since Carsten Brinkschulte resigned as CEO with Synchronica, but he tells GoMo News that it is time to move on and do something new. Brinkschulte remains a shareholder and supporter of the company which he co-founded seven years ago. He expanded the company from a small team in Berlin to the global leader in next-generation mobile messaging with more than 90 operator and 10 device manufacturer customers. However, GoMo News still remembers the early days when we visited Carsten in Munich which – by a happy co-incidence – just so happened to coincide with the Munich Beer Festival. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging
Tagged Carsten Brinkschulte, screaming phone, Synchronica, SyncML
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Synchronica tries to clarify Android app availability
Rating: It’s not available from us, honest
Like many other Android handset owners, the news (see here) that Synchronica has built an Android app which will work with all the major Instant Messaging (IM) services, attracted our attention. A really good IM client would be available for free. That’s not quite how the company sees things, though. When Synchronica included this sentence in its release, it hadn’t quite thought through the consequences. It said, “The IM client app for Android can be downloaded from Synchronica Mobile Gateway or pre-installed by the device manufacturer.” That’s a could, possibly rather than a definite ability.Eventually, a Synchronica spokesman told GoMo News, “Synchronica does not offer b-2-c [business-to-consumer] software or services and the IM client will therefore not be downloadable from Synchronica [itself].”
What the company actually meant is that the client app, “Will be made available for download from the carrier brands (e.g. Claro).” Which in this case means América Móvil’s web site.
Our source at Synchronica told us, “Unfortunately, I have no information from the carrier regarding the specific URL at the present time.”
Yet, GoMo News suspects that as soon as such a URL emerges, the Android client will escape into the wild.
Synchronica may just as well bite the bullet and put the client on the Android Market now. It would be simpler for everybody involved. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging, Mobile Operators, Mobile applications, android
Tagged América Móvil, android, Claro, client app, im, Synchronica
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Android IM client app from Synchronica
Rating: Easy way to operator-branded IM services
Acknowledging the market-leading status of Android, Synchronica has produced an instant messaging (IM) client app for Android. It enables operator-branded IM services on Android smartphones. Latin America’s América Móvil will be the first to launch the new client app – under its Claro brand, which is powered by Synchronica’s IMPS platform throughout all its subsidiaries. Importantly, the client doesn’t just support Synchronica’s own service – it also supports popular services such as Facebook, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AOL, ICQ, and Jabber XMPP. The app would normally be pre-installed by the device manufacturer, but it can also be downloaded from Synchronica Mobile Gateway. Sadly the company didn’t say how. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Microsoft, Mobile Messaging, Mobile Operators, Yahoo, android, google
Tagged América Móvil, AOL, Carsten Brinkschulte, Enrique Viau Najarro, Facebook, google talk, ICQ, Jabber XMPP, Synchronica, Windows Live, Yahoo
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Synchronica takes over Nokia’s messaging business for operators
Synchronica is one of the most expansive companies in the world of white-label messaging services. After a certain point, I actually stopped reporting on Synchronica news – there was just too much of it. But today, the story has added piquancy to it, because Synchronica has bought out Nokia’s Northern American Operator Branded Messaging business. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging, Mobile Operators, mobile news, nokia
Tagged america, mobile, mobile Im, Mobile Messaging, nokia, Synchronica
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América Móvil and Synchronica continue their grand mobile messaging alliance
Global telecoms group América Móvil may be the greatest friend that mobile messaging company Synchronica has ever made. The two companies have been rolling out high-end services to low-end phones in Móvil operators around the world – and today sees the announcement of a new deal with América Móvil’s Porta Ecuador. Continue reading
Mobile messaging: América Móvil and Synchronica launch for 5th time
Claro Perú has become the fifth subsidiary of the América Móvil group to launch Claro Messenger, a mobile IM service powered by Synchronica’s hosted instant messaging and presence service (IMPS) platform. Continue reading
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Tagged América Móvil, im, mobile Im, Mobile Messaging, Synchronica
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Synchronica picks up Indian phone maker
Not content to merely ink deals with mobile operators, mobile messaging company Synchronica has nailed a deal with a Top 10 device manufacturer in India. The contract will see the companies working together to provide a low-tech Blackberry-like device to Indian consumers. Continue reading
Posted in India and Asia Pacific, Mobile Devices, Mobile Messaging, india, mobile news
Tagged india, mobile, mobile device, mobile gateway, Mobile Messaging, mobile phone, smartphone, Synchronica
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Synchronica announces 60 operators and 1 billion customers
Mobile messaging provider Synchronica has announced that it’s 60 mobile operator deal… which increases the number of consumers it’s services can reach to almost 1 billion. This is after its successful acquisition of competitor iseemedia, and group-wide framework agreement with a pan-African operator group. Continue reading
Synchronica nails mobile documents patent in US and China
Rating: they promise to stay out of the patent wars, though
At it’s heart, Synchronica is a mobile messaging company. It has undergone a series of purchases and expansions this year that has seen its global presence and abilities grow impressively. Today it has announced that it has the patent covering wireless streaming for documents, e-mail attachments and maps to devices in both the USA and in China – but goes on to assure us it will not be using these patents aggressively. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging, mobile news
Tagged iseemedia, mobile, mobile email, Mobile Messaging, mobile patents, patents, Synchronica
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Synchronica acquires iseemedia, raises $7 million
Today Synchronica has completed the a buy-out of competitor iseemedia that it announced a month ago. Thanks to the acquisition, the mobile comms company has gained extra capabilities, a massive foothold in India and raised C$7.13 in extra funding. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Content, Mobile Messaging, india, mobile news
Tagged Email, india, iseemedia, mobile, Mobile Content, mobile email, Mobile Messaging, Synchronica
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Mobile operator friendship pays out big for Synchronica
Part of the dream has come true for Synchronica – provider of high-end services to low-end mobile phones. While the company has been signing a lot of operator contracts this year, it has now gotten it’s Instant Messaging service embedded on 6 upcoming devices from a “top-10 mobile device manufacturer”. But the interesting part is why it got those services embedded – because a power mobile operator said so. Continue reading
Synchronica buys into Indian mobile market with iseemedia
Synchronica is a mobile messaging provider that we’re particularly fond of here at GoMo News – it provides genuinely useful services to mobile owners all over the world, using very low-end, cheap technology. Today it has announced a major acquisition; iseemedia, a Canadian mobile email and content company. Not only does this boost the number of operator partners for Synchronica, it provides it with a serious foothold in the rapidly expanding Indian mobile market. Continue reading
Posted in India and Asia Pacific, Mobile Agencies, Mobile Messaging, india, mobile news
Tagged india, iseemedia, mobile, Mobile Content, mobile email, mobile sms, mobile text, SMS, Synchronica
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Mobile email for even the most low-tech phone: Synchronica and Smart
Smart Communications is the biggest mobile operator in the Philippines – and today it has launched a mobile email service that every single subscriber will be able to use. Even those without smartphones… or even mid-level feature phones. All you need is SMS. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Messaging, Mobile Operators, mobile news
Tagged Email, gomail, mobile, mobile device, mobile email, mobile phone, Smart Philippines, Synchronica
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