Jibe Mobile's Telecom Cloud Service Selected as IMS Industry Awards Finalist

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Jibe Mobile www.jibemobile.com, the global communications cloud company, today announced that it has been selected as an IMS Industry Awards finalist for Best RCS Package. The winners of this award will be announced at the IMS World Forum 2014 in Barcelona on Wednesday, April 30.

This nomination follows recent recognition honoring Jibe's RCS Hub and Global IP Communications Cloud by 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award, 2013 TMC Labs Innovation Award and 2013 Telecom Council SPIFFY Groundbreaker Award for Engineering Excellence.

"This honor recognizes the increasingly important role Jibe's cloud-based IP technology is playing to launch new interconnected carrier services delivering rich consumer-driven IP communications to every mobile user as the enhanced native mobile experience on their phones," said Amir Sarhangi, CEO Jibe Mobile. "Helping the Telecom industry transition from voice and SMS to become the mobile providers of choice for basic and critical services, as well as every consumers' private, secure, and innovative IP communications, strongly positions carriers to benefit from their investments in the ubiquity of SMS reach, access of IMS and interoperability of standards-based super-charged new communications capabilities of RCS."

Jibe Mobile's RCS Hub and Global IP Communications Cloud -- including Jibe's private cloud, public cloud and brandable IP consumer communications client -- is built for carriers to rapidly and cost-effectively launch 'the new native' experience for mobile consumers everywhere, rivaling the best OTT has to offer.

Jibe's open end-to-end standards-based Cloud technology platform allowing carriers to get their IP networks up in weeks, provide cross-carrier IP services, and global interconnect. Its Private Cloud and Jibe IP Clients allow carriers to rapidly launch new IP comms in weeks and then to rapidly introduce updates.  As each new carrier comes online they can connect to all the other carriers through the Jibe RCS Hub.  One connection to them all and everyone is efficiently connected together.

Sprint launched Messaging Plus in October, utilizing Jibe's white label IP communications client connected to the Jibe IP Communications Cloud and RCS Hub, which is now on virtually all new Sprint Android phones. Messaging Plus can be download from http://www.jibemobile.com/consumer/messagingplus/.

Deutsche Telekom and other multi-national carriers announced in February they are deploying RCS services hosted by Jibe in European markets and are benefiting from the fast, efficient roll-out and interconnection via Jibe's RCS Hub to other European carriers.

About Jibe Mobile
Jibe Mobile, the global IP communications cloud company, provides an open end-to-end technology platform enabling carriers to rapidly launch and efficiently deliver the most innovative IP communication services to mobile consumers globally. Bridging the worlds of traditional standards-based telecommunications and Silicon Valley-style innovation, Jibe's Global IP Communications Cloud supports industry standards (including WebRTC, RCS, joyn™) and interoperability enabling carriers to seamlessly deliver rich IP-based communications services — high quality video calling, group chat, and large media-file sharing — as part of mobile consumers' everyday conversation, regardless of network, device, or region. Jibe Mobile headquarters is in Mountain View, Calif., with offices in London and Dusseldorf. http://www.jibemobile.com.

Jibe Mobile Marketing:
Dan Seyer, VP Marketing
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SOURCE Jibe Mobile