TeleMessage

TeleMessage was founded in 1999 in Tel Aviv, Israel raising more than 10 million dollars in its first 2 series of investment rounds.{{Cite news | title = Globes Article |newspaper = Globes|date = 25 June 2000| url = http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=250346|last1 = צוקר|first1 = דפנה}} After being acquired by Messaging International plc in August 2005, it then went public and was traded on the London Stock Exchange AIM section under the Messaging International name.{{Cite journal | title = Messaging International PLC acquires Telemessage | url = http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?type=news&code=cotn%3AMES.L&it=&articleid=5420409&format=raw&action=article | journal = Interactive Investor - August 2005

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It received conditional funding of up to USD 900,000 for a joint research and development project for "Secure Rich Communication Services Messaging" in 2015. The funding was provided by the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1406029321978883900/messaging-international-gets-up-to-usd900000-in-funding.aspx|title=Messaging International Gets Up To USD900,000 In Funding|work=MorningstarUK|access-date=2014-07-22|language=en}}

In 2004, Rogers Wireless selected TeleMessage SMS to Landline solution, powered by ScanSoft RealSpeak, for its TXT 2 Landline service.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-09-28|title=Rogers Wireless Selects ScanSoft and TeleMessage to Power TXT 2 Landline Service|url=https://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=30572|date=1 January 2005|website=Speech Technology Magazine}} Verizon Wireless, an American telecommunications company, started using TeleMessage's SMS service to convert typed text messages into audio messages that play to a recipient's landline phone and the service was launched in June 2006.{{cite web|first1=LR Mobile News Analysis Light|last1=Reading 6/1/2006|accessdate=2020-10-01|title=Verizon Wireless to Give SMS a Voice|url=https://www.lightreading.com/ethernet-ip/verizon-wireless-to-give-sms-a-voice/d/d-id/628150|website=Light Reading}} Rogers Communications and the American telco Sprint Nextel are amongst others to launch the mail plugin.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-10-01|title=Text Messaging Comes to Landlines|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/149799/texting.html|date=14 August 2008|website=PCWorld}}

In 2013, five years after Comverse launched the TeleMessage PC2Mobile with a Tier-1 European operator, Sprint started selling the TeleMessage offering to allow doctors and clinicians to send HIPAA-compliant texts.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-10-02|title=Sprint Launches Secure Messaging Platforms for Health Care|url=https://www.eweek.com/mobile/sprint-launches-secure-messaging-platforms-for-health-care|website=eWEEK|date=28 June 2013}} Delisted from the British stock exchange and privatized in 2017, it joined the G-Cloud public procurement framework and a financial compliance partner program managed by Verint Systems in the following years.{{cite web|first1=Gyorgy|last1=Gyarmati|accessdate=2020-09-23|title=TeleMessage Joins Verint's Financial Compliance Partner Program |url=https://www.verba.com/telemessage-joins-verint-compliance-partner-program/|date=15 June 2020}}

In 2019, it along with Boku Identity and Deep Labs joined NICE Actimize’s X-Sight Marketplace.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-10-01|title=Boku Identity, Deep Labs, and TeleMessage Join NICE Actimize's X-Sight Marketplace, the Industry's First Financial Crime Management Ecosystem|url=https://www.niceactimize.com/press-releases/Boku-Identity-Deep-Labs-and-TeleMessage-Join-NICE-Actimizes-XSight-Marketplace-the-Industrys-First-Financial-Crime-Management-Ecosystem-304|website=NICE Systems}} In February 2020, Proofpoint, a Sunnyvale based enterprise security company partnered with TeleMessage to use their Mobile Archiver service for capturing text, voice and WhatsApp messages.{{cite web|first1=Raul|last1=Castañon|accessdate=2020-10-01|title=CafeX Communications, Proofpoint, TeleMessage, Staffbase: News Roundup for February|url=https://medium.com/@rcastanon/cafex-communications-proofpoint-telemessage-staffbase-news-roundup-for-february-9b48a5d7997e|date=25 February 2020|website=Medium}} The company is also working with Microsoft in protecting and governing data that is arriving from other Microsoft 365 services.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-10-01|title=Microsoft 365 gets next generation Compliance Manager and more|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-365-gets-next-generation-compliance-manager-and-more|website=Neowin}}

On February 20, 2024, the firm was acquired by Smarsh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smarsh.com/press-release/smarsh-completes-acquisition-of-telemessage-extends-communications-compliance-leadership|title=Smarsh Completes Acquisition of TeleMessage, Extends Communications Compliance Leadership|work=Smarsh|access-date=2024-02-29|language=en}}

In May 2025, TeleMessage gained media attention after it was revealed that Mike Waltz, former U.S. National Security Advisor, was using an unofficial version of Signal called "TM SGNL," created by TeleMessage to archive messages securely. This discovery highlighted the company's role in providing modified messaging applications for secure and compliant archival of governmental communications, raising discussions around security and record-keeping practices within high-ranking government circles.{{cite web|first1=Joseph|last1=Cox|date=1 May 2025|title=Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages|url=https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/|website=404 Media|access-date=1 May 2025}} It was later reported that TeleMessage had been hacked. {{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |last2=Lee · |first2=Micah |date=2025-05-04 |title=The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked |url=https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=404 Media |language=en}}

• Mobile Archiver - addresses mobile phone text and call archiving for compliance, regulatory and eDiscovery response requirements. It reduces risk across a variety of industries, capturing mobile content from BYOD and corporate phones; Enabling the captures and archive of: SMS, MMS, Voice calls, as well as WhatsApp and WeChat chats and calls.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-09-23|title=Overview: TeleMessage's Mobile Archiving Solution|url=https://www.infotech.com/software-reviews/research/overview-telemessage-s-mobile-archiving-solution?format=false|date=15 April 2020|website=www.infotech.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://picante.today/technology/2019/11/04/105536/boku-identity-deep-labs-and-telemessage-join-nice-actimizes-x-sight-marketplace-the-industrys-first-financial-crime-management-ecosystem/|title=Boku Identity, Deep Labs, and TeleMessage Join NICE Actimize's X-Sight Marketplace, the Industry's First Financial Crime Management Ecosystem|work=Picante Today|date=4 November 2019 |access-date=2020-09-23|language=en}}{{cite web|first1=Raul|last1=Castañon|accessdate=2020-09-23|title=CafeX Communications, Proofpoint, TeleMessage, Staffbase: News Roundup for February|url=https://medium.com/@rcastanon/cafex-communications-proofpoint-telemessage-staffbase-news-roundup-for-february-9b48a5d7997e|date=25 February 2020|website=Medium}}
• Secure Enterprise Messaging - enables secure enterprise chat for co-workers by using user-friendly mobile apps and a range of APIs that connect to any operational IT system.
• Mass Messaging - provides tools to deliver multi and omnichannel bulk messaging across: SMS, MMS, Voice calls, Faxes, Email, and Mobile Apps.

• Mobile station (MS) message selection identification system{{citation|title=United States Patent: 7103348 - Mobile station (MS) message selection identification system|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=telemessage&OS=telemessage&RS=telemessage}}
• Controller for use with communications systems for converting a voice message to a text message{{citation|title=United States Patent: 7103348 - Mobile station (MS) message selection identification system|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,103,348.PN.&OS=PN/7,103,348&RS=PN/7,103,348}}

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