Odigo Messenger

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Odigo
Developed by	Comverse
Latest release	4.0 build 689
OS	Windows
Genre	Instant messaging client
License	Freeware
Website	odigo.org

Odigo Messenger was an instant messaging service. For a short time in 2004 Odigo Messenger allowed users to use the service to talk to users in other IM networks, but the feature was discontinued at the beginning of 2005, presumably for legal reasons.

People claim that AIM bought it and closed all the servers of it and erased the database.^{[citation needed]}

The service first became available in 1998 and has also been branded as Bravenet Messenger during a spell of affiliation with the web services provider. Although originally made available by Odigo, Inc. the service was supplied by Comverse, who hope to use it to help innovate and forward their wireless products.

The word Odigo probably comes from the Greek "οδηγώ" which means "I guide/lead/drive/steer".

[edit] Odigo and 9/11

Odigo claims that, two hours before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, two Odigo employees received messages of a possible terrorist attack. Odigo informed Israeli and American authorities, and assisted their investigations during the aftermath of the suicide attacks.