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Press Release
October 25, 2001
Clix, the largest Internet Service Provider in Portugal, will offer an innovative Jabber-based real-time messaging and presence service provided by Antepo and Jabber.
Lisboa, Portugal, New York, NY and Denver, CO – October 25, 2001. – Antepo, Inc. and Jabber, Inc., the leading providers of carrier-grade wireless and wireline Presence and Communications solutions, announces the licensing of their multi-access Instant Messaging platform by Clix. Clix will enable its 1 million Portuguese customers to use the multiple access channels (Desktop, WAP, SMS, J2ME) to instantly exchange text messages, audio files and presence information.
“We have chosen the Antepo-Jabber technology because it is an open and scalable platform, capable of interacting with other popular IM services such as MSN, Yahoo or ICQ,” Pedro Pina, CEO of Clix says. “We were looking for a solution bridging multiple devices while ensuring seamless end-to-end communication among users; Antepo and Jabber had the best fit with our expectations.”
The branded IM service will strengthen ClixŒs dominance in Portugal and favorably position its portal on the fast-growing segment of multi-access communication. Consumers have embraced services such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN and Yahoo!, sending an estimated 900 million instant messages a day in 2000. Use is expected to grow to 7 billion messages a day by 2004 (IDC).
“This commercial success in Portugal highlights the value of the strategic cooperation formed by Jabber and Antepo. The combination of our expertise have resulted into a cohesive offering that perfectly meets ISPsŒ and carriersŒ demands,” Max Seguineau, CEO of Antepo, Inc. says.
“ClixŒs choice brings further credibility to Jabber technology,” Rob Balgley, CEO of Jabber, Inc. adds. “This deal is the latest achievement in a recent string of successes. Being recognized as a powerful and stable platform to serve million-plus subscriber-bases is a much needed guarantee in todayLs volatile market.”
About Clix
Launched in October of 1999, Clix is the leading ISP in Portugal offering free access to the internet, with a monthly average of about 45 million page views and over 1 million registered subscribers. Being the major ISP, it includes some of the best national offer in both services and contents in diverse areas such as Entertainment, Culture, Technology or Economics and Finance. Clix is the ISP and portal brand of ClixGest, and is a holding of the Sonae Group and France Telecom.
About Antepo
Antepo delivers integrated presence and real-time Messaging software solutions by extending JabberŒs open, scalable architecture with proprietary client, gateway and server components. Antepo provides real-time access to communication and presence management to mobile network operators and corporations. AntepoŒs customers and partners include Orange, Jabber, Inc, Clix, Motorola, Uppli, and Sun Microsystems. Antepo supports the Wireless Village initiative. Please visit http://www.antepo.com.
About Jabber, Inc.
Jabber, Inc. is the developer of the worldŒs most widely used platform for extensible Instant Messaging and presence management applications. An independent company whose investors include France Telecom and Webb Interactive Services (NASDAQ: WEBB), Jabber, Inc. is a commercial software company that has its roots in the Jabber Open Source project. With over 50,000 servers deployed, Jabber has been adopted in the telecommunications, enterprise and software development markets. See http://www.jabber.com
About Webb Interactive
Webb Interactive ServicesL web site can be found at http://www.webb.net.
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