Wmode Acquires App Developer Widality
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 17, 2010 at 12:14:01 AM
Wmode Acquires App Developer Widality
CALGARY, Canada, September 17, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Merger Leverages Wmode Technology and Widality App Experience to
Deliver Application Lifecycle Management Services
Wmode(R), a leading managed-services provider of mobile Internet services
to operators, today announced the acquisition of Widality(R), an
industry-leading B2B mobile app development and services company.
Wmode and Widality, two privately held companies, are joining to
capitalize on the rapidly growing smartphone application opportunity. Wmode
has been delivering browser based mobile data solutions for 10 years and is
one of the leading industry providers of operator portals, storefronts, app
stores and media delivery solutions.
Widality is the developer of momentem(TM), one of the most popular
business apps for BlackBerry(R) smartphones with users in 116 countries. As a
result of the acquisition, Widality will become the mobile app services group
within Wmode responsible for growing revenues outside of Wmode's core
operator services business.
"As the mobile app market continues to explode, new entrants are emerging
every day. With this acquisition, Wmode will now deliver a range of services
to app providers making it possible for them to deploy and monetize their
solutions faster; all while delivering a high level of quality and support to
their customers," said Emanuel Bertolin, CEO of Wmode. "We are delighted that
Widality is joining us - we plan to build on the groundbreaking work they
have already achieved in this emerging market."
As part of the acquisition, Wmode will accelerate investment in the
award-winning momentem service and embrace the opportunities being presented
by the BlackBerry Application Platform such as super app capabilities,
multi-language packages, and multiple platforms including support for the new
BlackBerry 6.0 operating system.
As one of the industry's early pioneers to roll out a sophisticated app
and hosted service, Widality has steadily gained both industry and user
accolades for the momentem service including being named a top 10 business
app by Fierce Wireless, ZDNet, IT Pro, eWeek, and CIOZone. Since launching
the service on BlackBerry App World two years ago, it has become one of the
most widely used apps in the market.
Widality identified the need for a strategic partner to take its business
to the next level and to take advantage of the abundant market opportunities
ahead, and recognized that Wmode had the credibility, platform expertise, and
bench strength needed to achieve this growth.
Terry Hughes, President of Widality, who is joining Wmode as Head of
Market Development, commented, "The timing is perfect. Monetization of apps
is about to happen on a large scale and some serious players are looking to
be successful in the app market. Wmode's pedigree and our real-world
experience of rolling out apps make us the ideal team to help companies
across the value chain profit from the app revolution."
The new business group will deliver application lifecycle management
services that enable app providers developing on Android, BlackBerry, iPhone,
Symbian and Windows Phone 7 to reach their target audience in new ways,
distribute their solutions more effectively, engage with and understand their
customers, deliver more sophisticated services, and most importantly,
increase revenue.
Notes to Editors:
About Wmode
Wmode operates ClearMode(R), a comprehensive service suite that provides
mobile operators with the recruitment, management, discovery, delivery and
payment of mobile apps, content and services. Wmode offers these technologies
and services as a managed service to enable mobile operators, MVNOs, content
providers and media and brand companies to deliver a broad range of wireless
Internet solutions to their consumers. ClearMode, the first complete
distribution solution for media and App Stores has been operated as a managed
service since 2002. Wmode, founded in September 2000, is a privately held
company with offices in Calgary and Toronto, Canada and Bern, Switzerland.
Further information about Wmode can be found at http://www.wmode.com.
Widality is the developer of the award-winning momentem service, one of
the most popular business apps on BlackBerry(R). Recently acquired by Wmode,
a major provider of app distribution and content management services to
wireless carriers, Widality is now leveraging momentem and Wmode expertise
and technologies to provide a range of services to the app economy. The team
is expanding the widality of apps, helping app providers to get above the
noise and monetize, by delivering scalable quality services.
http://www.widality.com
Wmode, ClearMode, Widality and momentem and related trademarks, names and
logos are the property of Wmode Inc. and are registered and/or used in the
U.S. and countries around the world.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are
the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research in Motion Limited.
For further information: Media Contacts: Tom Beaman, SVP, Global
Marketing and Sales, Wmode, Inc., +1 416.617.0506, tom.beaman(at)wmode.com;
Arleigh Galant Vasconcellos, Principal, the agency, +1-403-561-4810,
arleigh(at)theagencyinc.ca
Source: Wmode, Inc.
For further information: Media Contacts: Tom Beaman, SVP, Global Marketing and Sales, Wmode, Inc., +1 416.617.0506, tom.beaman(at)wmode.com; Arleigh Galant Vasconcellos, Principal, the agency, +1-403-561-4810, arleigh(at)theagencyinc.ca
CALGARY, Canada, September 17, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Merger Leverages Wmode Technology and Widality App Experience to
Deliver Application Lifecycle Management Services
Wmode(R), a leading managed-services provider of mobile Internet services
to operators, today announced the acquisition of Widality(R), an
industry-leading B2B mobile app development and services company.
Wmode and Widality, two privately held companies, are joining to
capitalize on the rapidly growing smartphone application opportunity. Wmode
has been delivering browser based mobile data solutions for 10 years and is
one of the leading industry providers of operator portals, storefronts, app
stores and media delivery solutions.
Widality is the developer of momentem(TM), one of the most popular
business apps for BlackBerry(R) smartphones with users in 116 countries. As a
result of the acquisition, Widality will become the mobile app services group
within Wmode responsible for growing revenues outside of Wmode's core
operator services business.
"As the mobile app market continues to explode, new entrants are emerging
every day. With this acquisition, Wmode will now deliver a range of services
to app providers making it possible for them to deploy and monetize their
solutions faster; all while delivering a high level of quality and support to
their customers," said Emanuel Bertolin, CEO of Wmode. "We are delighted that
Widality is joining us - we plan to build on the groundbreaking work they
have already achieved in this emerging market."
As part of the acquisition, Wmode will accelerate investment in the
award-winning momentem service and embrace the opportunities being presented
by the BlackBerry Application Platform such as super app capabilities,
multi-language packages, and multiple platforms including support for the new
BlackBerry 6.0 operating system.
As one of the industry's early pioneers to roll out a sophisticated app
and hosted service, Widality has steadily gained both industry and user
accolades for the momentem service including being named a top 10 business
app by Fierce Wireless, ZDNet, IT Pro, eWeek, and CIOZone. Since launching
the service on BlackBerry App World two years ago, it has become one of the
most widely used apps in the market.
Widality identified the need for a strategic partner to take its business
to the next level and to take advantage of the abundant market opportunities
ahead, and recognized that Wmode had the credibility, platform expertise, and
bench strength needed to achieve this growth.
Terry Hughes, President of Widality, who is joining Wmode as Head of
Market Development, commented, "The timing is perfect. Monetization of apps
is about to happen on a large scale and some serious players are looking to
be successful in the app market. Wmode's pedigree and our real-world
experience of rolling out apps make us the ideal team to help companies
across the value chain profit from the app revolution."
The new business group will deliver application lifecycle management
services that enable app providers developing on Android, BlackBerry, iPhone,
Symbian and Windows Phone 7 to reach their target audience in new ways,
distribute their solutions more effectively, engage with and understand their
customers, deliver more sophisticated services, and most importantly,
increase revenue.
Notes to Editors:
About Wmode
Wmode operates ClearMode(R), a comprehensive service suite that provides
mobile operators with the recruitment, management, discovery, delivery and
payment of mobile apps, content and services. Wmode offers these technologies
and services as a managed service to enable mobile operators, MVNOs, content
providers and media and brand companies to deliver a broad range of wireless
Internet solutions to their consumers. ClearMode, the first complete
distribution solution for media and App Stores has been operated as a managed
service since 2002. Wmode, founded in September 2000, is a privately held
company with offices in Calgary and Toronto, Canada and Bern, Switzerland.
Further information about Wmode can be found at http://www.wmode.com.
Widality is the developer of the award-winning momentem service, one of
the most popular business apps on BlackBerry(R). Recently acquired by Wmode,
a major provider of app distribution and content management services to
wireless carriers, Widality is now leveraging momentem and Wmode expertise
and technologies to provide a range of services to the app economy. The team
is expanding the widality of apps, helping app providers to get above the
noise and monetize, by delivering scalable quality services.
http://www.widality.com
Wmode, ClearMode, Widality and momentem and related trademarks, names and
logos are the property of Wmode Inc. and are registered and/or used in the
U.S. and countries around the world.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are
the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research in Motion Limited.
For further information: Media Contacts: Tom Beaman, SVP, Global
Marketing and Sales, Wmode, Inc., +1 416.617.0506, tom.beaman(at)wmode.com;
Arleigh Galant Vasconcellos, Principal, the agency, +1-403-561-4810,
arleigh(at)theagencyinc.ca
Source: Wmode, Inc.
For further information: Media Contacts: Tom Beaman, SVP, Global Marketing and Sales, Wmode, Inc., +1 416.617.0506, tom.beaman(at)wmode.com; Arleigh Galant Vasconcellos, Principal, the agency, +1-403-561-4810, arleigh(at)theagencyinc.ca