Fixed Mobile Convergence

The boom in both the social networking world and the mobile messaging arena has opened wide avenues for technology developers and mobile solutions integrators to introduce innovative products that integrate social networking tools and mobile messaging platforms to provide a seamless mobile social networking experience to the users.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., a provider of transaction management, cloud enablement and connectivity services for connected devices, has acquired Miyowa, Inc., a company that offers mobile solutions for social networking and messaging aggregation. Leveraging its technology platforms, Synchronoss offers a simple and seamless on-demand channel for service providers and their customers, while Miyowa (News - Alert) makes it possible for the mobile carriers and handset manufacturers to leverage and monetize social and messaging solutions across a number of mobile devices. With the new development, Synchronoss will integrate the advanced capabilities and technology offered by Miyowa to its existing mobility platform for connected devices.

“Our ConvergenceNow Plus+ platform enables devices to connect, sync and activate an expanding array of services from any device. The acquisition of Miyowa expands our existing mobility platform by adding powerful social networking device capabilities and reinforces our strategic vision for global cloud enablement of connected devices,” commented Stephen G. Waldis, chairman and chief executive officer at Synchronoss. “Our ConvergenceNow Plus+ platform and its Network Address Book has become an even more powerful social address book as it is enhanced with the addition of the Miyowa product suite. Our combined value proposition will truly enable mobile and social to come together, delivering a significant unified and easy to use social experience for our Tier 1 Service Providers and OEM customers.”

Miyowa is a Marseille, France based provider of enhanced mobile social networking solutions from the device to the cloud, enabling instant messaging and transfer of digital media across all operating systems and within a variety of connected devices. The company has been serving a number of well known clients such as the wireless carrier Orange, as well as device manufacturers such as HTC (News - Alert), Samsung and ZTE. Apart from that, it has established close relationships with a range of social networks and messaging providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Gtalk and AIM. With the help of the integrated technology platforms firmly developed by Miyowa, Synchronoss will be able to streamline its cloud operations within a range of mobile devices and operating platforms.

“We are extremely excited to become part of the Synchronoss team. Our relationships with leading European carriers like Orange (News - Alert), combined with the 100 million plus devices that Synchronoss enables in North America and Europe, uniquely positions us for expansion around the globe,” said Pascal Lorne, chief executive officer, chairman and co-founder at Miyowa. “The addition of Miyowa’s social networking connectivity with Synchronoss’ industry leading ConvergenceNow Plus+ platform will deliver an unparalleled value proposition and enable our combined company to capitalize on a number of the most powerful growth drivers in the technology industry; social, mobile and the cloud.”

In May 2011, Synchronoss Technologies (News - Alert), Inc. announced that it has enhanced its ConvergenceNowPlus+ platform with the addition of the SmartMobility product. The SmartMobility product now drives faster and more efficient device connectivity from the cloud.

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