Followap

Followap is a leading provider of Presence and Instant Messaging solutions to the telecommunications industry with over 17 network operators, many of them tier-one operators, serving a combined user base of over 200 million subscribers. Followap’s products enable operators to establish advanced, interoperable presence-enhanced services, key for next-generation networks. Followap is active in industry standardization efforts in forums including OMA, IETF, 3GPP and the GSM Association.

One of Followap's key customers is Vodafone.

Followap was a Sequoia capital company. The company was acquired by NeuStar for $139M in November 2006.

External links

* [http://www.sequoiacap.com/company/followap/ Sequoia Capital Website]
* [http://www.neustar.biz/pressroom/announcements/press_release.cfm?press_id=892 NeuStar acquisition announcement]
* [http://www.vodafone.com/start/media_relations/news/group_press_releases/2001/press_release19_07.html Vodafone introduces instant messaging provided by Followap]