Messaging International Plc BIRD funding for Secure RCS Messaging
22 Luglio 2014 - 1:30PM
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Messaging International Plc
22 July 2014
Messaging International Plc / Market: AIM / Epic: MES / Sector:
Technology
Messaging International Plc ('the Company')
TeleMessage Ltd receives BIRD funding for Secure RCS
Messaging
Messaging International Plc, the AIM traded company and provider
of converged messaging products and services, is pleased to
announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd
('TeleMessage'), has received from the Israel-U.S. Binational
Industrial Research and Development ('BIRD') Foundation conditional
funding for a joint R&D project with a major US wireless
network operator for "Secure RCS Messaging". The BIRD Foundation
will provide grant funding up to $900K towards the project, split
70-30 (TeleMessage - operator), with the project due to be
completed in late 2015.
The BIRD Foundation promotes collaboration between Israeli and
American companies in various technological fields for the purpose
of joint product development.
Projects submitted to the BIRD Foundation are thoroughly
reviewed by evaluators appointed by the National Institute of
Standard and Technology (NIST) and by evaluators appointed by the
Chief Scientist's Office of the Israeli Ministry of Economy. This
project is one of 889 projects which the BIRD Foundation has
approved for funding during its 37 year history. To date, BIRD's
total investment in these projects has been over $308 million,
helping to generate direct and indirect sales of more than $10
billion. The BIRD Foundation supports projects without receiving
any rights in the participating companies or in the project itself.
The financial assistance is repaid as royalties from sales. The
BIRD Foundation provides support of up to 50% of a project's
budget, beginning with R&D and ending with the initial stages
of sales and marketing. The BIRD Foundation shares the risk and
does not demand that the investment be repaid if the project fails
to reach the sales stage.
The RCS (Rich Communication Services) program is a global
initiative to deploy inter-operator services within an industry
ecosystem. Created by the GSM Association (GSMA), RCS are designed
to offer richer yet simpler communication services supported by a
strong ecosystem and a variety of architecture implementation
options. RCS is an upgrade that marks the transition of messaging
and voice capabilities from circuit switching technology to an
all-IP world. It has the potential to combine voice and SMS with
instant messaging or chat, live video sharing and file transfer
across all devices and networks.
RCS was built for consumers and does not address the enterprise
security requirements of many business customers. Some of the
requirements included in this project are:
-- End-to-End security
-- Message encryption
-- Secure authorization
-- Security layers (time limited, PIN, limit forwarding, remote
wipe, archiving, perfect forward secrecy)
-- Enterprise management, policy nor archiving
-- Protection on end-points (phone/network)
-- Secure fallback to SMS/MMS
Messaging International CEO Guy Levit said, "We are excited to
continue to partner with one of the leading Telecom companies in
the world. It is also our pleasure to work with the BIRD
Foundation, proving again our investment in technology is at the
forefront. Even better is the "Secure RCS Messaging" as it fits
exactly into our roadmap plans of "Mobile Messaging for
Enterprises" as described in our final results published earlier
this month."
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For further information visit www.telemessage.com or
contact:
Guy Levit Messaging International Tel: + 972 3 9225252
Plc
Mark Percy Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894
7000
Catherine Leftley Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894
7000
Notes to Editors
About Messaging International Plc
Messaging International Plc joined AIM in August 2005. Its 100%
owned subsidiary, TeleMessage Ltd (www.telemessage.com), delivers
smart and secure messaging seamlessly over any communication
device. Designed specifically for mobile operators and enterprises,
the enterprise and VAS consumer solutions intelligently and
seamlessly handle text, voice, data, and multimedia messages as
well as IP messaging via Smartphone push notifications or RCS over
mobiles, tablets, the web, Office, APIs and IT infrastructure. The
Company has a number of contracts with major blue chip companies
including Sprint, one of the largest wireless providers in the US,
Rogers Wireless, the largest wireless provider in Canada, and many
more.
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