Alphabet acquired Jibe Mobile, a transaction announced in September 2015.
Jibe Mobile operates in Android / Messaging, is based in Los Altos, California, USA. Jibe Mobile operated a cloud platform for RCS (Rich Communication Services), the carrier-messaging standard meant to succeed SMS with richer features. Google acquired Jibe as part of its commitment to bring a modern, universal messaging experience to Android in partnership with mobile carriers. The deal was disclosed in Google's Android blog post committing to the RCS standard.
Advance carrier-grade RCS messaging on Android via Jibe's RCS cloud infrastructure.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.