Funambol, a venture-backed open source mobile "cloud sync" company, announced a service it says will allow mobile VoIP uses to meld contacts from a number of end points, including mobile phone contact directories, email and social networks. The company said this service, which it sells through to mobile VoIP providers, helps mobile VoIP users to access more contact info and therefore increase the utility of their mobile VoIP service.
The service also reportedly tracks changes in contact numbers, automatically updating users' address books in the cloud.
"Several of our customers are mVoIP providers that sync user address books with email systems and social networks," Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO, said in a release. "They selected Funambol because open source lets them fully customize the solution to support their needs and target devices."
VON's Richard Martin points out [1] that Funambol is hardly the only company offering this sort of service for free, with Apple MobileMe, Google's Sync, Nokia's Ovi Sync and Microsoft's MyPhone all competing for market share already in the free cloud sync software niche. Funambol asserts its software's open source code makes it more customizable and flexible than these proprietary solutions.
For more:
- see the press release here [2]
- see the VON article on Funambol's offering here [1]
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Funambol secures $12.5 Million in venture funding [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.von.com/news/funambol-cloud-syncs-mobile-voip.html
[2] http://www.yourcommunicationnews.com/funambol+introduces+first+open+source+mobile+cloud+sync+for+mvoip_36678.html
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/funambol-secures-12-5-million-venture-funding-0