Synchronica, an international provider of mobile messaging services, has launched the Mobile Gateway MediaTek Toolkit for device manufacturers using MediaTek chipsets. The toolkit provides a complete set of technical and commercial resources that enables device manufacturers to add advanced messaging services to their mass-market handsets.
MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions and one of the biggest mobile chipset suppliers to Chinese phone manufacturers. MediaTek is siad to be a leader in SOC (system-on-chip) solutions for wireless communications and was recently voted the twelfth top Global 100 High-Tech company by Bloomberg Business.
Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway is an infrastructure platform for next-generation mobile messaging. Based on industry-standards (IMAP, OMA DS, IMPS), Mobile Gateway does not use a JAVA application on the device, but instead provides messaging services directly to the native clients of the MediaTek platform. This unique approach delivers the best possible user experience with minimal memory footprint enabling Smartphone-like features even on low-end, mass-market MediaTek chipsets.
Synchronica says it has built up substantial experience with the MediaTek platform: the MessagePhone uses MediaTek chipsets, and Synchronica is working closely with several device manufacturers that are planning to launch MediaTek-based mass-market devices, bundled with Mobile Gateway.
Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, comments: “To stay ahead of the competition, device manufacturers are now focusing on end-to-end solutions for mass-market phones, rather than competing purely on hardware features and design. Increasingly, this means bundling advanced services connecting devices to social networks and messaging communities. The Mobile Gateway MediaTek Toolkit provides device manufacturers with the technical resources and infrastructure services required to provide users with a consistent messaging user experience with minimal memory footprint and fast execution, even on low-end, mass-market devices”.