PARIS, April 17, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Ubicco, the subsidiary of the Fi SYSTEM Group (Paris Stock Exchange:FISY) which has been specializing in the editing of multi-access solutions since 1999, is announcing the new version of its software suite MoViE Software, which totally supports i-mode technology and devices. This is the kind of technological progress which has been noticed by the major operators and which is providing a precise answer to the emergence of a new market: i-Mode(tm). Today, i-mode(tm) has its platform in France: MoViE.
I-mode is a mobile multimedia system proposed by NTT Docomo in Japan and in other countries around the world (Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Korea and now, today, in France) and has over 32 million subscribers. The advantages for i-mode users are immediately obvious:
* Ergonomic devices, in colour, and with high quality sound and
considerable autonomy
* A richer service offer, thanks to the billing of content suppliers
* Uniformity of services on the existing devices
MoViE has integrated i-mode(tm) since September 2000. The new version of MoViE, as of today, supports the latest i-Mode(tm) evolutions such as:
* i-mode(tm) e-mail: making it possible to send and receive
multimedia e-mails via mobile phone
* supporting customized themes (polyphonic ringtones, background
images)
* Integrating telephone diary and directory functions: making it
possible to add directly to your telephone directory/diary a
contact/event which has been found by surfing the Net
Denis Lafont, from Corporate Development: "By bringing together the technology, the contents and the model of automatic billing, i-mode(tm) is presenting itself as a system which is truly a winner and which should help re-launch the Mobile Internet market in France for the general public. It was therefore obvious that Ubicco's MoViE offer should position itself as an i-mode(tm) platform -- as soon as it is introduced onto the French market. This is therefore a competitive edge that is being made available to Ubicco and the Fi SYSTEM Group customers, who can thus convert and produce their contents for the I-mode(tm) norms in Europe as of today.
About Ubicco (www.ubicco.com)
Ubicco, a subsidiary of the Fi SYSTEM Group, has been editing multi-access solutions since 1999. Its software suite -- MoViE Software -- is aimed at key accounts, content editors, ASP and operators who would like to distribute their contents and applications to new devices (I-mode(tm) telephones, WAP telephones, PDAs, Web TV, Web Touch) and protocols (i-mode(tm), SMS, Wap, SyncML, VoiceXML).
Based on innovative technology, MoViE Software comprises two distinct modules: the MoViE on-line Adaptation Server for all online applications (i-mode(tm), WAP, HTML, Voice XML, HTML) and the MoViE Messaging server, for all Push-type applications (SMS, e-mail i-mode(tm), e-mail Internet, Fax, EMS and soon, MMS).
As a recognized innovator in a world on the move, Ubicco is an active member of the WAP forum, the Voice XML FORUM, the SyncML Consortium and the AFNOR.