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Mobispine Partners with SmartTrust to Drive Global Adoption

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:28 am
by Apoptosis
Mobispine Partners with SmartTrust to Drive Global Adoption
Stockholm, Sweden, April 9, 2008 -- Mobispine AB (MOBS) a provider of Client Applications for the Mobile Internet and SmartTrust, a global leader of SIM software technology and SIM management, today announced a partnership and distribution agreement which will allow SmartTrust to distribute Mobispine's application via the installed base of 600 million global SmartTrust WIBTM browsers. This agreement will also allow Mobispine to reach 200 operators via SmartTrust's extensive global network and provide access to SmartTrust's worldwide sales force. The agreement will enable Mobispine to broaden its global reach and further drive expansion and adoption.

"Mobispine is now tracking at 200,000 mobile downloads per month with users in more than 180 countries," said CEO Dusyant Patel, Mobispine. "We're aggressively pursuing the goal of reaching 10 million users and linking up with an important partner like SmartTrust will drive momentum and fuel growth."

Mobispine aggregates the web content and information transmitted by RSS feed offering users fast and cost effective access. Mobispine is free to download, so to start 'murfing' (mobile surfing) all users need is a mobile phone that is internet-enabled and accepts Java programs.

In addition, Mobispine allows users to view web content on their mobile phone and to save datatime, this intelligent agent gets updated only when the news article or blog changes. There are in excess of 250,000 feeds being monitored for updates and users can also add new feeds instantly. The unique search function also ensures a quick, effortless experience when exploring all the content on these feeds.

"SmartTrust takes pride in partnering with Mobispine and making the valuable news & content reader application available to the existing and future customer global base," said Robert Vangstad, VP Business Unit, VAS at SmartTrust. "This application in combination with SmartTrust WIB™ will add important revenue to the mobile operators and provide the end-users with an essential mobile content aggregator service", he continues.

The SmartTrust WIB™ continues to be the de-facto standard for SIM-based interpreter environments with implementations by over 35 different SIM card vendors and over an estimated 600 million cards currently enabled with this technology-For application developers such as Mobispine this means assurance that the application will run on all deployed platforms and certified SmartTrust WIB™ cards and thereby provide global and cost-effective reach.

The SmartTrust WIB™ is supported by the SmartTrust Certified™ program that ensures card
vendors' implementations follow the published standard and thereby provide full interoperability which in turn gives Mobile Operators the peace of mind that certified cards provide.

For more information about Mobispine, please click on the following link: http://www.mobispine.com

For more information about SmartTrust WIB™ and SmartTrust Certified™, please click on the following link: http://www.smarttrust.com


About Mobispine
Mobispine is an easy to use, free download application that allows users to view web content ontheir mobile phone. It aggregates web content transmitted by RSS feeds. Users can personalize content by subscribing to existing feeds and by adding new feeds instantly.
For more information, visit http://www.mobispine.com