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Our friends from Mobispine are in the shopping spree. They announced a definitive agreement under which Mobispine will acquire all General Wireless shares in a stock transaction. The combination of the two companies will offer consumers “one of the most comprehensive portfolios of mobile applications in the industry,” including personalized RSS feeds of news and blog articles, the ability to share content with friends and the option to send SMS and MMS messages from the PC to mobile phones among other features. On the other hand, Mobispine will make sure its mobile news reader app reaches more people through already established General Wireless’ carrier partnerships.
The products and services currently offered by Mobispine and General Wireless greatly complement each other and will drive further growth. To date, both companies have grown strongly with Mobispine’s current adoption rate tracking at 200,000 mobile downloads per month with users in more than 180 countries. As a result of the acquisition Mobispine will have access to General Wireless’ expansive list of global customers and partners which will broaden the company’s reach and drive momentum. General Wireless has partnerships with more than 20 global operators such as: Vodafone UK, Telefonica Moviles Espana, Orange, Telecom Italia Mobile, KPN, TeliaSonera, Mobilkom Austria, NetCom, 02 and Tele2 among others.
General Wireless’ CEO commented on the transaction: “The combination of General Wireless and Mobispine represents an enormous opportunity for mobile operators and consumers who are seeking the latest technologies and value for money… This acquisition will allow us to combine efforts and technologies and deliver the best applications for the mobile Internet.”
Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval, Mobispine shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
