Syniverse, Tencent ink a deal

 

Syniverse has won a multi-year deal with Tencent, China-based integrated Internet portal with messaging, entertainment, lifestyle and shopping apps and games. The partnership enables Tencent to authenticate global end users of Tencent's WeChat app via Syniverse's Enterprise Messaging Service.

When an end user registers with the WeChat app over his or her mobile phone, Syniverse's highly reliable platform will deliver a one-time verification code via SMS. The one-time code will be delivered directly to the end user with low processing latency, subsequently allowing the user to complete the registration and activate the app.

"WeChat has more than 100 million registered users outside of China," claimed a release. .

"WeChat users hold the security of their private information and their convenience in the highest regard, and Syniverse's solution ensures both by providing a channel to safely and quickly verify identity during the registration process," said Morten Brøgger, Chief Sales Officer, Syniverse. "Our service will initiate the first of many pleasant experiences that users will have with WeChat."