aldiscon cmg founded 2007 key people lawrence quinn founder products messaging infrastructure consumer mobility services enterprise mobility services website xura having been acquired by comverse inc. on 6 august 2015 1 acision is now known as xura inc. nasdaq mesg 2 3 a new company launched on 9 september 2015 combing both companies . 2 3 prior to this it was a privately held mobile communications software company specialising in messaging systems that enable popular services such as text messaging or short message service sms multimedia messaging service mms voicemail ip messaging mobile value added services and enterprise mobility solutions . contents 1 history 2 industry recognition 3 references 4 external links history edit before xura inc. acision s roots came from two companies the wireless data services wds division of anglo dutch consultancy and telecommunications company cmg the first to develop a short message service centre smsc in 1992 which was first deployed in 1993 . cmg wds also developed ucp emi a protocol primarily used to connect to short message service centres smscs . the irish mobile telecommunications pioneers aldiscon the first to commercially deploy an smsc telepath and its now standardized protocol smpp in 1993 . aldiscon s first deployment of its telepath smsc was with teliasonera in sweden in 1993 4 followed by fleet call now nextel citation needed in the us telenor in norway citation needed and bt cellnet now o2 uk citation needed later in 1993 . in 1997 aldiscon was acquired by uk based logica which merged with cmg in 2002 to form logicacmg . both company s wireless divisions merged into logicacmg wireless networks . acision was born on february 20 2007 when logicacmg wireless networks was sold for 265m us 525m to private investors atlantic bridge ventures and access industries and became known as acision . 5 the lead investor at atlantic bridge and now executive chairman at acision laurence quinn was one of the founders of aldiscon . 6 in june 2015 it was announced that acision would be acquired by comverse . 7 the acquisition closed on 6 august 2015 . 1 in september 2015 xura inc. was launched following comverse inc. s acquisition of acision on 6 august 2015 . 1 the new joint entity changed its name to xura inc. to better reflect its mission to be the trusted next generation digital technology provider to operators and enterprises across the globe offering communication solutions for today s multi device multi service consumer . 2 the name xura was adapted from the word aura . 2 8 xura will also be renaming all comverse and acision subsidiaries . industry recognition edit 2011 acision wins two global telecoms business innovation awards 9 2010 informa recognises acision as number one in smsc 10 2009 global telecoms business awards 2009 singapore acision and sph search awarded best consumer innovation award 11 2007 global messaging monte carlo acision awarded best messaging application service consumer 12 2004 futurecom florianopolis brazil logicacmg wins award in recognition of sms and mms messaging excellence in brazil 13 2003 sybase alliance event london logicacmg wins innovation award for britannia airways wireless solution 14 1998 irish software association dublin logica aldiscon awarded irish company of the year 15 references edit a b c http globenewswire.com news release 2015 08 06 758646 10145059 en comverse completes acquisition of acision creating a leader in digital communication services.html a b c d http www.prnewswire.com news releases introducing xura comverse and acision launch new global company fresh brand reflects digital communications leadership 525842251.html a b http www.xura.com 1 first commercial deployment of text messaging sms 2 logicacmg sells telecom products 3 mighty quinn back on top at logica mobile europe feb. 2007 http globenewswire.com news release 2015 06 15 744526 10138408 en comverse signs definitive agreement to acquire acision combined company to extend global leadership in next generation digital service solutions.html http www.betaboston.com news 2015 09 09 comverse no not the shoe guys changes name to xura 4 acision wins two global telecoms business innovation awards 5 acision recognised as number one in smsc 6 nationwide mobile location based directory search awarded best consumer innovation award 7 global messaging acision awarded best messaging application service consumer 8 logicacmg wins award in recognition of sms and mms messaging excellence in brazil 9 logicacmg wins innovation award for britannia airways wireless solution 10 logica aldiscon awarded irish company of the year external links edit xura official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acision & oldid 689062475 categories mobile technology companieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2008articles with unsourced 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