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Vodafone to use Irish mobile solution
Tuesday, August 14 2001
by Kevin O' Brady


Vodafone, the parent company of Eircell, is to adopt Xiam's Information Router
software and market the product to UK business customers.





The Information Router allows mobile users to access information held in
corporate networks through any mobile GSM device. According to Xiam, the system
will allow remote users to access and respond to e-mails, interact with company
databases and download information from company Web sites through mobile text
messaging.



Any mobile user can use the solution, but Vodafone will specifically target
corporate users in the UK market, said Hew Spiers, chief financial officer at
Xiam. For its part, Vodafone has an unparalleled reach into the corporate market,
and the Information Router is a new product for Vodafone to offer its customers,
he added.



The software provides information alerts to users as well as allowing users to
access whatever other information they want, said Spiers.



The deal will see Vodafone offer a basic version of the product to customers for
STG10,000 and a premium version for STG35,000, with Xiam keeping most of the
revenue generated.



Xiam had already been offering a similar service to Eircell customers and the new
deal marks an expansion of the company's product in the UK market. In Ireland,
the software is marketed as the Information Manager, but according to Spiers, it
is the same product.



The Information Router currently supports SMS, WAP, i-mode and mobile e-mail, and
is expected to support EMS, MMS and 3G messaging in the future.



The agreement will provide both companies with new business opportunities in the
enterprise market, said Xiam.



In April 2001, Xiam announced that it had secured EUR6.7 million in funding to
assist in the company's proposed expansion into Europe.



The company explained at that point that the funding would be used for research
into, and development of, its information routing technology.



Xiam develops software solutions with a particular emphasis on wireless Internet
technology. The company's headquarters are in Dublin, where it employs about 100
people.



Xiam is at http://www.xiam.com and Vodafone
is at http://www.vodafone.com.