Comverse has expanded its converged messaging portfolio with the launch of Comverse Instant SMS, which combines the worlds of SMS and mobile instant messaging (MIM) while preserving the successful user experience of each.
The Instant SMS upgrades the existing SMS experience, adding MIM functionalities like presence, mood expressions, emoticons, multi-party chats and personal messages.
It can also interconnect with Internet instant messaging users, providing a wide target group with whom users may communicate.