Press release

Embargoed until 00:01 6th April 2005

Mobrio launches openZpace, a full feature Blogging Service for Individuals & SMEs

Mobrio, the London based mobile web services company and owners of the popular youth-oriented theZpace blogging service, announced today the launch of openZpace, a feature-rich hosted blogging service for users of both the fixed and mobile Internet.

“Mobrio’s theZpace service, launched in September 2004, is targeted primarily at the mobile savvy youth segment.”, remarked Julian Swallow, Mobrio’s CEO. “We are beginning to see an increasing number of bloggers that fit an older demographic profile. openZpace is aimed at this burgeoning market segment, offering customers a feature-packed service that is easy to use and highly flexible. openZpace is also ideal for SMEs that wish to reduce web costs and have increased control over their web publishing activities.”

openZpace offers integrated, state-of-the-art personal publishing (“blogging”) capabilities regardless of whether you are on the move, at home or at work.

openZpace enables its users to:

  • Create professional-looking personal web sites quickly and easily and without any specialised knowledge
  • View and publish content at a PC or using a mobile phone
  • Upload content via email, SMS, MMS, WAP, a PC browser or using the dedicated openZpace mobile application
  • Customise the layout and appearance of a site
  • Expand a site by authorising ‘friends’ to add content or comment
  • Share digital photo albums, sound and video clips
  • Order quality prints and gifts using the photos on your site
  • Create and maintain dynamic news feeds even on a mobile (RSS)
  • Maintain an ‘Events Calendar’ so a group can be kept aware of upcoming activities
  • Send, receive and manage all email (includes automated SPAM and virus control)
  • Be compatible with other blogging tools and services that support the Blogger™ API
  • Reduce the delays and costs normally associated with updating a corporate web site
  • Trial the service for 30 days without any charge and then select a suitable service level starting at £2.99 per month

Learn more and trial openZpace free for a month at www.openzpace.com.

For further information on openZpace, theZpace or Mobrio, contact Julian Swallow at julian@mobrio.com or visit www.mobrio.com.

About Mobrio

Mobrio is a mobile web services company based in London. The company specifies, designs, develops and operates product and service solutions for the mobile Internet.

Mobrio designs and operates ‘white label’ blogging services for third party organisations.

For further information about Mobrio, visit www.mobrio.com or send email to info@mobrio.com.