dotMobi Wins Key Licensing Agreements for Its Mobile Device Database

The company behind the .mobi Internet address designed to help consumers find mobile content, announced that Microsoft’s MSN Mobile group will use dotMobi's DeviceAtlas mobile device database to help develop and deliver mobile adapted content to its customers.

DeviceAtlas is a superset of existing mobile device databases, containing attribute information for more than 5,500 devices around the world, including leading-edge mobile devices like the Apple iPhone, RIM Blackberry, Nintendo DS Lite and Amazon Kindle. Due to dotMobi's special position in the industry, it offers DeviceAtlas for free to mobile internet content developers worldwide, with low-cost versions offered to enterprises.

As part of its goal to meet the needs of its mobile internet users, MSN Mobile is planning on using DeviceAtlas to understand the mobile capabilities of its customers and help deliver mobile content that best meets customer's needs.

"We’re pleased to lead the way in adopting DeviceAtlas as our standard for mobile content development," said David Raissipour, group program manager, at Microsoft's MSN Mobile group. "dotMobi’s DeviceAtlas is unique in that it ties together the mobile content, operator, and handset communities, and lets us create the kind of specialized content that continues to differentiate MSN in the market."

Morodo, an international call provider, has also adopted DeviceAtlas as its in-house standard.

To promote and provision MO-Call, a software-based service that offers low-cost international calls direct from a mobile phone, Morodo needed a solution to handle the thousands of different phones and operators in the world. The company implemented DeviceAtlas to provide their users with a seamless experience on its http://mo-call.mobi site.

"Since implementing DeviceAtlas and launching our .mobi site, we've seen an increase in registrations. Interestingly, customers are coming from all over the world. I think that shows the power of the .mobi domain in marketing a brand," said James Barnes, Technical Director, Morodo.

Paul Nerger, Vice President of Advanced Services and Applications at dotMobi, said, "DeviceAtlas continues to grow by the day in the number of phones and attributes that are available to developers. We're excited that Microsoft and Morodo have seen the benefits of DeviceAtlas in helping to resolve the issues inherent in the heterogeneous nature of the mobile handset industry."