Synchronica Launches Android IM Client

Mobile messaging solutions company Synchronica has launched an instant messaging client app for Android. 

The Synchronica Mobile Gateway IM client allows for operator-branded IM services on Android smartphones. The company says Latin American network América Móvil will be the first to launch the new client app, which is powered by Synchronicas instant messaging and presence service (IMPS) platform, through all their subsidiaries.

The IM client app can be downlaoded from Synchronica Mobile Gateway, or pre-installed by the device manufacturer. The client app supports services such as Facebook, Windows Live, Yahoo, Google Talk, AOL, ICQ, Jabber XMPP, and the Synchronica Messenger IM service.

The Synchronica IM client app allows users to carry out multiple IM chats (one to one or group) simultaneously, receive push notifications of new messages, switch between multiple IM chats, and search for new contacts by their mobile number or IM user name.

Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte says: “We are seeing significant growth in Android, particularly in the pre-paid and mid-range smartphone markets. Service providers like América Móvil see the value in deploying consumer IM solutions alongside operator-owned IM communities as a highly effective means to increase customer stickiness and reduce churn. Now, with the new Synchronica IM client app for Android, operators will be able to offer branded IM services on the fastest-growing smartphone platform.”

“Making the Claro brand an appealing, long-term proposition for our subscriber base is incredibly important to us,” says Enrique A Viau Najarro, regional sales specialist of Claro, a subsidiary of América Móvil.

“Claro Messenger is a very attractive way of providing subscribers with a low-cost, highly desirable instant-messaging service that ties them to the Claro brand. With this client app, we can now provide an even better Claro Messenger experience to our Android customers,” Viau Najarro adds.