BellSouth selects Openwave for messaging in Latin America

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said its messaging technology will be used by BellSouth International across its Latin American properties.

Openwave will supply its Multimedia Messaging Service Technology to allow BellSouth to begin messaging services across its subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Brazil’s Vivo also recently introduced picture messaging services based on Openwave’s software.