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THE FUTURE OF SMS & INSTANT MESSAGING
INTRODUCTION
KEY CONCLUSIONS
INSTANT MESSAGING MARKET TODAY
Overview
Enterprise versus Consumer Messaging
Wireless IM Drivers
Wireless IM Ecosystem
WIRELESS INSTANT MESSAGING ISSUES
Lack of
Integration
Difficult to Use
Lack of Interoperability
TECHNOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS
Cellular
Network Capabilities
Wireless LAN Technology
Internet Multimedia
Presence
Location-Based Services
Security Considerations
Instant
Messaging Standards
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Instant
Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP)
SIP for Instant Messaging and
Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE)
Extensible Messaging and Presence
Protocol (XMPP)
Wireless Village
Presence & Availability
Management (PAM) Working Group
THE FUTURE OF MESSAGING
Interoperable
Services
Standards Based
Presence-Enabled Address Book
Automated
Operation Based on Profiles
Smart Clients
THREATS, OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES
Cellular Operator Strategies
Service Provider Strategies
Device
Vendor Strategies
Infrastructure Vendor Strategies
Software Vendor
Strategies
VENDOR AND OPERATOR PROFILES
Cellular
Operators
AT&T Wireless
Cingular Wireless
Nextel
Sprint
PCS
T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless
IM Service Providers
AOL
ICQ
MSN
Yahoo
Device, Infrastructure and Software Vendors
ActiveBuddy, Inc.
Agile Mobile
Akonix Systems, Inc.
All Instant,
Inc.
Antepo
Apple
Applied Messaging Corp.
Bantu, Inc.
BEA Systems
Black Octopus
Cerulean Studios
Comverse (Odigo)
Danger, Inc.
Dynamicsoft
Ecrio Inc.
FaceTime Communications
Fastmobile
Followap
General Wireless
Good Technology
Groove
Networks Inc.
Hotsip
IBM
Ikimbo
Infinite Agent
Invertix Corp.
Jabber, Inc.
MessageVine
Microsoft (Enterprise
and MSN)
MobileIM
NMS Communications (MessageMachines)
One Voice
Technologies
OpenWave
OZ Communications
PeopleSoft
Research
in Motion
Ruksun Software Technologies
Salesnet
Simplewire, Inc.
Telecommunication Systems
The Messaging Architects
Vayusphere
TABLE OF ACRONYMS
Figures
- Figure 1, Forecasted wireless IM users, worldwide (in
millions)
- Figure 2, Danger Sidekick
- Figure 3, Interoperability between IM vendors
- Figure 4, Future IM interoperability
- Figure 5, Nokia 6800
Tables
- Table 1, Wireless IM ecosystem
- Table 2, Key attributes of IM standards
- Table 3, Comparison of ‘big three’ public IM
service providers
- Table 4, Acronyms
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