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iSkoot, the leading provider of carrier-friendly mobile VoIP solutions, today announced that the company has acquired Social.IM, the social network IM client. This acquisition positions iSkoot to grow beyond mobile VoIP and create a compelling and valuable consumer solution with a growing lineup of Web communications that can be integrated and pushed to your phone.
“Social.IM has served as an instant Web communications desktop platform and we see a clear consumer integration with iSkoot‘s upcoming suite of Web to mobile push services,” said Mark Jacobstein, iSkoot CEO. “Acquiring Social.IM is a key step in our path to introduce later this year a groundbreaking new communications platform that will revolutionize the mobile landscape.”
Social.Im
Social.IM built a customizable desktop application and Web service that adds real-time communication and desktop notifications for social networks, online communities, and Web sites. The technology includes a desktop IM client and also the capability to deliver new message alerts, information, and content to social network or online community members.
Social.IM also released a developer API that allows for social network application developers to reach their users on desktop.
“iSkoot is ideally positioned to become the leading push services communications provider, both on the mobile platform and the Web,” said Yan-David Erlich, Social.IM CEO. “We are excited to see Social.IM participate in enabling the next step in their growing lineup of valuable consumer solutions.”
Skype
iSkoot already delivers mobile VoIP solutions (via Skype) for carriers and millions of consumers around the world. But this year, the mobile VoIP leader has begun to focus on the development of mobile products and services that integrate the mission-critical Web services that consumers value most into mobile handsets.