Today in Amsterdam at Nokia World we’ve just launched the new Dopplr mobile service m.dopplr.com. We’re also opening up the service to 25 leading mobile network companies around the world. Many thanks to all the active Dopplr travellers who have helped us test and improve m.dopplr.com.

Here’s the release:

Dopplr launches mobile service and announces the global Mobile 25

Amsterdam, Netherlands – December 4, 2007 – Dopplr, the online service service for international business travellers, today launched its mobile service - m.dopplr.com - at Nokia World. Dopplr also announced that it is opening up the service to world travellers at 25 leading mobile network companies.

m.dopplr.com extends Dopplr experience to the mobile

How does Dopplr work? Dopplr lets you share your future travel plans with a group of trusted fellow travellers whom you have chosen. It also reminds you of friends and colleagues who live in the cities you’re planning to visit. For example, Dopplr might tell you that three of your trusted friends and colleagues will be in Amsterdam when you are planning to be there.

The m.dopplr.com service extends the core benefits of Dopplr onto your mobile: you can add trips, see coincidences, and see the future travels and whereabouts of those friends and colleagues.

Dopplr Mobile can be used with any mobile device with a modern browser including the Nokia Nseries and Nokia Eseries ranges, the Apple iPhone and RIM Blackberry devices.

“Our aim is to simplify the experience for socially active international travellers,” said Lisa Sounio, CEO and co-founder of Dopplr. “Dopplr is easy to use and a joy to look at. We call it beautility – combining beauty and utility on the social web. The m.dopplr.com service extends the Dopplr experience so that you can take it with you anywhere in the world.”

Announcing the Dopplr Mobile 25

To coincide with the launch of m.dopplr.com Dopplr is opening up to business travellers at 25 of the world’s leading mobile network companies including China Mobile, Vodafone, KDDI, T-Mobile, Orascom, SK Telecom.

The full list of the companies invited can be found at www.dopplr.com/mobile25.

Frequent travellers with a valid email address at one of the Dopplr Mobile 25 companies can join from that site. Once a person joins, he or she can then invite other trusted friends and colleagues to share future travels.

“The launch of m.dopplr.com is a perfect time to open up to world travellers working at mobile network companies around the world,” said Taneli Tikka, Chief Operating Officer of Dopplr. “We look forward to the many comments and suggestions from these active travellers on how to evolve the mobile experience of Dopplr.”

Currently an invitation-only network, Dopplr has attracted a global following of active business travellers. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, recently named Dopplr his “favorite non-wiki website” in The New York Times Sunday Magazine: “An invitation-only travel site. You put in your travel schedule and link to your friends. It allows you to see where everyone is. I love it.” The Guardian newspaper recently chose Dopplr as one of 10 independent Internet companies to watch. Dopplr was also highlighted, alongside Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo and Digg, as a useful Web service at the recent Nokia launch of the Ovi services brand in London.

Previously Dopplr has extended invitations to the international travellers at the Dopplr 100 (top international companies and institutions), the Dopplr MBA 100 (leading business schools), the Dopplr NGO 100 (leading international and humanitarian organizations) and the Dopplr Premium 100 (leading fashion and luxury brands).

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