Renan Ayrault from Maeglin Software ageed to explain to us what exactly Pleex does and what is a “Peer2peer mobile social network”.. apart from being quite a mouthful.

Q:: Could you present us Pleex and your company?

Pleex is the first Peer-to-Peer Mobile Social Network. Once you have downloaded Pleex on your mobile, you can :

• Secure your mobile content (address book, pictures, videos etc) on our Web site (coming in April)
• Communicate freely by Bluetooth & meet new friends or business partners thanks to the profiles they automatically exchange via Bluetooth
• Automatically exchange their MP3, pictures, videos, and résumé by peer-to-peer
• Win presents every month thanks to our Pleexos loyalty program

Maeglin Software is based in Paris and Montpellier (France). Our investors include Paris-based CDC Innovation (a Caisse des Dépôts subsidiary), Innovacom (a France Telecom subsidiary) and CapDécisif (seed funds for companies based in the Paris area).

Q:: Is it free ? if yes will you use mobile ads ?

Yes, Pleex is free to use, and we plan on staying so, as we believe the value of such a service comes in part with a large number of users. We have premium services coming up for Q3 2008. And yes, we will use mobile ads, both on our Wap site and ou application.

Q:: Will your product stay Off deck and/or go also On deck ?

Our product will stay off-deck for the foreseeable future.

Q:: Right now this is product based uniquely in France is there an international roll out plan?

Yes, we plan on rolling out our service internationally in May with an English version.

Q:: What is your vision of mobile web ?

I believe mobile Web has a wide open future provided two issues are addressed: speed and price. Internet use really took off when ISPs started to offer broadband access at moderate price. The same has to happen for mobile Web to become widely used. I also believe that its future is even brighter in countries where PC-based Internet access is difficult and expansive e.g. emerging countries.

Thank you very much Renan for your insight and a brief overview of Pleex. We wish you the most success with your international roll out.

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