Geodesic, a leading provider of award-winning innovative products in the information, communication and entertainment space and Indyarocks, a popular Indian Entertainment based Social network have announced the launch of the worlds first socially integrated Multi service instant messenger.

Over 3.2 million users of Indyarocks will now be able to chat with their friends spread across different IM platforms, from any computer with a web browser and a basic Internet connection.

While commenting on the launch, Kiran Kulkarni, Managing Director, Geodesic Limited, said, “We are thrilled to implement the world’s first socially integrated web based multi-service IM for Indyarocks. Our IM platform provides Indyarocks users with a comprehensive IM experience, including the ability to login to their Indyarocks, Yahoo, MSN, GTalk, ICQ, AIM, and Jabber networks simultaneously and chat with buddies across all accounts. We continue to see tremendous growth for our IM platform as more and more publishers & web developers are realizing the value of integrated real-time social interactions.”

Kalyan Manyam, CEO, Indyarocks.com, said “The integrated Multi-service IM will be a powerful way for our users to connect with their friends on and beyond Indyarocks.com. The chat feature will also enable our users to share their favorite Indyarocks content (photos, videos, blogs, movies, games etc) instantly with their friends across the world wide web.”

The Multi-chat service is completely a browser based application and will not require any downloads. The chat feature will be available across all pages of Indyarocks.com to provide a seamless rich chatting and social networking experience. Members will be able to browse through Indyarocks without disturbing any chat instances.

Indyarocks is a free to use service. People can register at www.indyarocks.com and enjoy the IM services. Once logged in, the screen names of their online friends from all IM services that users have accounts with are retrieved and displayed in one organized window within Indyarocks page.

The service will be supported by non-intrusive ads providing a platform for Youth brands to reach out to millions of young Indians across the globe.

Android delivers a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Joining a well-developed list of applications is our very own mundu messenger.

Mundu messenger for Android currently works on devices with Android platform. Now, keep in touch with all your IM contacts across AIM®, Yahoo®, MSN®, Google® Talk, ICQ® , and Jabber® right from your Android phone.

Make the most of your classy handset and use it as more than just a mobile. So download mundu messenger, and explore the rich-featured mundu right away.

Symbian is a highly advanced mobile computing platform that allows you to run a number of different software applications on it, from Sat Nav to Google Maps to office Software, and joining in the list is our very own mundu messenger.

Mundu messenger for Symbian platform currently works on devices with Nokia’s Series 60 3rd Edition MR, FP1 & FP2, namely E71, E51, N95, N95, N78, N82 and many more. Now, keep in touch with all your IM contacts across AIM®, Yahoo®, MSN®, Google® Talk, ICQ® , and Jabber® right from your Nokia mobile.

Make the most of your classy handset and use it as more than just a mobile. So download mundu messenger, and get going right away.

where Mundu IM really shines is in its extras. The service allows you to share pictures taken from your phone with friends, transfer files, and cross-conference with contacts across IM services, making it much simpler to talk with people, regardless of their preferred IM software.

Mundu’s design is second to none. It features stylish icons that make it easy to choose your IM service, and the interface during chat was simple, which made the experience far more usable.  Read more>>

Mumbai, Monday, September 8, 2008 – Geodesic Information Systems (NSE: GEOINFO), a leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging today announced that it has joined the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program and plans to offer its award-winning mobile services to support a broad range of BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry® Curve™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ and BlackBerry® 8800 series smartphones.

According to Gartner, while SMS continues to increase in usage, the growing prevalence of IM clients on phones is shifting usage patterns. Gartner contends that IM will overtake SMS, becoming a mass-market application for the phone. Mobile users are increasingly relying on their handsets to serve their needs – not just for communication – but for entertainment, information and commerce as well. More than 1.8 billion Internet-enabled handsets have shipped globally, with more than 750 million active users. In 2007, operators worldwide realized mobile data (non-voice and non-SMS) revenue of more than $60 billion.

One of Geodesic’s flagship products, Mundu IM, is the leading universal mobile IM solution. It successfully combines all of the most popular IM services, including Yahoo, AOL, MSN, ICQ and Google Talk, with deep collaboration across mobile, Web and desktop platforms, enabling users to chat seamlessly from their home, office or while in transit. Mundu IM supports all leading web browsers, including IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari and, in addition to interoperating with the leading consumer IM services, it integrates with Jabber for enterprise IM. Geodesic’s IM service also offers advanced features such as multi-lingual chat, conferencing capabilities across IM services, push email, and extensive presence management. Since its launch, Mundu IM has been the recipient of a string of industry awards that recognize the service as one of the top mobile applications in the market.

“We’re delighted to be a BlackBerry Alliance Program member and offer their users critical business communications tools,” said Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesic’s senior vice president of business development and general manager of U.S. operations. “By bringing IM beyond the desktop and enabling anytime instant messaging, business users will be able to enhance their mobile communications and improve productivity – a win-win for employers and BlackBerry smartphone users.”

About Geodesic Information Systems
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd. is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of award-winning products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA (Silicon Valley), as well as Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Note: Mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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Navita Sharma
Corporate Communications Manager
Geodesic Information Systems Limited
Navita.sharma@geodesic.com
Tel: 022 40786038/ 9819852039

Carmen Hughes
Ignite PR
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Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd
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Mobile IM adoption in Europe is expected to triple from 8% in 2007 to 24% by 2013, taking the current subscriber base of 26.7 million to 80 million, according to a report issued by Forrester Research. Consumers want to be able to communicate with multiple friends over multiple IM accounts and have a richer mobile IM experience.

Geodesic’s Mundu IM is the leading universal mobile IM solution that successfully combines all of the leading IM services with deep collaboration across the Internet, wireless devices and platforms. Since its launch, Mundu IM has been the recipient of a string of industry awards that recognize the service as one of the top mobile applications in the market. Mundu IM operates across mobile, Web and desktop platforms and supports all leading web browsers, including IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. It also interoperates with the most popular IM services, including Yahoo, AOL, MSN, ICQ and Google Talk, with integrated Jabber for enterprise IM. Geodesic’s IM service also offers advanced features such as multi-lingual chat, conferencing capabilities across IM services, push email, and extensive presence management.

“After an extensive evaluation of available offerings, MEDION chose to partner with Geodesic and its market-leading Mundu IM service, which we believe will give us a significant competitive advantage,” noted Oliver Soellner, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at MEDION. “Mundu IM meets our customers’ growing demands for innovative mobile solutions, by providing a highly interoperable, easy-to-use service with community features for information access, sharing and posting to social networks.”

Geodesic’s solutions are preferred by handset vendors and carriers worldwide because of their usability and innovative VAS offerings. Mundu IM enables manufacturers to offer user interface skinning and branding, and XMPP-based management for creating online communities that bridge consumers’ ability to share content across social networking sites while supporting their platform of choice.

“We’re very pleased to announce this partnership deal with MEDION, a company highly regarded for their extensive line of innovative and affordable products,” commented Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesic’s Vice President and General Manager. “We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with MEDION, starting in Europe and expanding to other regions.”

About MEDION AG:
MEDION is a listed company with its headquarters in Essen and employs appr. 1200 staff members. MEDION’s business model is geared towards making high-quality, innovative and trendy designed consumer electronics products available to broad consumer segments. In addition to its traditional marketing campaign business with consumer electronics products, MEDION is increasingly focused on developing and marketing a complementary line of services, particularly in the areas of telecommunications/MEDIONmobile, downloads and online services.

About Geodesic Information Systems Limited:
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of award-winning products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Note: Mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

For more details on this release, please contact:
Navita Sharma
Corporate Communications Manager
Geodesic Information Systems Limited
Navita.sharma@geodesic.com
Tel: 022 40786038/ 9819852039

Carmen Hughes
Ignite PR
+1-650-592.1768
Carmen@ignitepr.com

Vikram Kharvi
Adfactors PR
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