IXI Mobile, developer of the Ogo family of mobile messaging solutions, has announced that it is making MSN Messenger and Hotmail available on its Ogo messaging device as part of its end-to-end solution. The agreement with MSN enables IXI Mobile to offer MSN services to mobile service providers worldwide.

The Ogo series of mobile devices are designed to deliver on-the-go mobile messaging with a full screen, QWERTY keyboard, easy-to-use interface, and clamshell design. Ogo devices are targeted at mass-market users, and can be customised for individual territories and service providers.

IXI provides a turn-key solution to mobile operators and service providers worldwide, including the device, all necessary gateways and backend servers, and related launch and support services.

'We are excited to be working with MSN to bring popular desktop messaging applications to the mobile market.' said Amit Haller, CEO and co-founder of IXI Mobile. 'We look forward to delivering great mobile messaging solutions together.'

'MSN is very pleased to collaborate with IXI Mobile on the Ogo offering designed for the mass market audience which will allow MSN to expand the availability of its global services by bringing its integrated IM and e-mail customer experience to more users,' said Matt Champagne, director of MSN Mobile at Microsoft.

The end-to-end offering was recently launched at Swisscom Mobile, the leading mobile operator in Switzerland with over four million subscribers. Swisscom began selling Ogo in November 2005. Ogo was initially launched with AT&T Wireless (now Cingular Wireless) in the United States in September 2004.

The Ogo CT-10 was the only device of its kind to provide simultaneous, unlimited IM and e-mail from leading portals - MSN, AOL and Yahoo! - plus text messaging in one dedicated mobile device. The device costs from $17.99 per month. More information can be found at www.ogo.com.

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