Cloud-based communications provider Jibe Mobile has closed USD 8.3 million in financing with investments by Vodafone Ventures, the US investment arm of Vodafone Group, Tokyo-based game creator MTI, and other investors. Jibe plans to use the funding to continue developing its open technology platform leveraging GSMA joyn and RCS 5 standards, as well as enhance its open APIs enabling developers to incorporate real-time, 'rich communications' into mobile applications.
The Jibe Mobile Developer Portal and App-to-App Platform SDK are designed to give application developers the tools to infuse their applications with real-time app-to-app and multi-user capabilities. Jibe's app-to-app platform will allow developers to incorporate real-time in-app rich communications into new 'carrier grade' mobile applications for such areas as multi-player games, distance learning, remote diagnosis and health care, customer care, sales and service, and enterprise collaboration.
