TIM Launches Personal Cloud Service in Brazil

Funambol Inc., provider of white-label personal cloud solutions, and TIM, a tier-1 mobile operator with 72 million subscribers in Brazil, announced that the TIM Protect Backup service, powered by Funambol, is live for TIM Brazil customers.

The personal cloud service automatically secures user data (contacts and calendars), rich media (pictures, videos and music) and files in the cloud, syncs these across mobile devices and computers, and allows sharing via email and social networks. This simplifies the digital lives of mobile consumers as their data and content is automatically backed up, available anytime and easily shared.

The service supports all popular smartphones, tablets and personal computers. It is managed by FS VAS, provider of mobile value added services in South America. The data is stored in Brazil with AWS technology.

“As people use more mobile devices, having an easy way to backup valuable data, access it anytime and share it becomes important,” said Alberto Leite, CEO, FS VAS. “TIM is pleased to offer Protect Backup, powered by Funambol and managed by FS VAS, to simplify the digital lives of mobile customers.”

Brazilians are adopting smartphones and tablets en masse and are using them to store an array of personal data, rich media and files. As people acquire additional devices or upgrade to newer models, it becomes important to have a way to ensure that their data and content are secure.

To address this need, TIM launched the Protect Backup service that is more than just backup. Protect Backup establishes a personal account in the cloud for each user to store all of the important data and content on their mobile devices and computers. The service makes it easy to access this data and content across one’s devices and to share items such as pictures or files. The result is that customers do not need to worry about losing their devices or figuring out how to transfer contacts or content such as pictures between devices, because TIM Protect Backup automatically does this.

“By offering a personal cloud service, TIM is well positioned to assist subscribers with their expanding mobile needs and can strengthen their relationship with customers,” said Amit Chawla, Funambol CEO. “Funambol is pleased to work with FS VAS to enable TIM to offer this valuable and easy-to-use mobile service.”