fring presents communication application suite optimized for
the Intel® Atom™ Processor at OSiM 2008 in Berlin

London, 17 September, 2008, fring announces their communication application suite based on Moblin, the open source software stack optimized for Intel® Atom™ processor based devices hosted on Moblin.org.

fring has been working closely with Intel to optimize fring’s award-winning mobile VoIP, IM and mobile internet community application for the Intel Atom processor based products running on the Moblin platform, such as MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) netbooks and nettops.

fring will demonstrate how the mobile Voice over IP, Instant Messaging and mobile internet community solution takes advantage of the Intel Atom processor platform at the OSIM event in Berlin 17-18 September 2008. Being an open-source event, this will give developers an opportunity to see fring’s recently released open API in action, and learn about the benefits and opportunities of developing on the fring platform.

Boaz Zilberman, co-founder & chief technology architect at fring said: “We are glad to have designed such a strong and reliable product optimized for the Intel Atom processor platform and the Moblin.org open source framework. We have a strong belief in open source development, illustrated by the release of our open API. We also believe in the trend towards ultra-mobility. The Intel Atom processor and also Intel’s work in to the Moblin initiative illustrate Intel’s commitment to this market, so we are delighted to have the opportunity of demonstrating our solution to the developer community at OSIM in Berlin

“We welcome fring’s efforts in delivering communication solutions for Intel® Atom™ processor based platforms.” said Ram Peddibhotla, marketing director, System Software Division, Intel Corporation. “With fring’s mobile communication suite running on Moblin based software, customers can expect good Internet and media experience on these Internet-centric mobile devices like Mobile Internet Devices and netbooks.”

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fringtm is a mobile internet community and service that enables its users to talk, chat and interact with other fringsters and their favorite internet services including Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo!™, AIM® and hundreds of SIP providers from their mobile phones.

fring operates on the Voice over Internet Protocol (mVoIP) that allows users to make free calls over mobile and cellular data networks or a Wi-Fi connection. fring uses 3G over mobile phone networks and therefore provides a continuous call connection. fring is 100% free with no subscription costs; consumers simply pay for the data they use under their existing line rental agreement. Completely PC independent, it requires no additional hardware and no location limitations (e.g. Wi-Fi hotspots).

The Beta version of fring was made publicly available in January 2007. fringTM operates on Symbian Series 60 devices, Samsung S60, Sony Ericsson UIQ Smartphones, Windows Mobile, iPhone, J2ME, Linux Mobile & Intel’s Moblin devices, which currently represent more than 1000 mobile handsetss (the full list is available at www.fring.com website)

The fring community includes users across more than 200 countries.

 

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Gil Regev, Marketing Communications Manager at fring™
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