21st Feb 2008 07:00
Synchronica PLC21 February 2008 21 February 2008 Synchronica plc ("Synchronica" or "the Company") Synchronica signs second global agreement for Mobile Gateway within two weeks New global reseller agreement for Mobile Gateway with one of the world's top five IT services companies will further accelerate market penetration Synchronica plc, the mobile email and synchronisation company, is pleased toannounce that it has signed a worldwide reseller agreement with one of theworld's top five IT services companies for its award-winning mobile push emailand synchronisation technology, Mobile Gateway. The agreement takes the total number of distribution or licensing contracts signed by the Company in the past six months to three. This deal is in addition to an agreement announced on 6 February 2008 with Brightstar Corp, a global leader in distribution and supply chain solutions for the mobile industry. The latest deal establishes another channel and will help Synchronica to furtherpenetrate the global market for mobile email, which is expected to grow rapidlyover the next five years, led by the emerging markets. "All forecasts point toemerging markets as the breakthrough area for mass market mobile email. Thenumber of mobile phone subscribers in developing countries has almost tripled inthe last five years, and they now account for more than 58 percent ofsubscribers worldwide", Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica CEO, comments. Under the terms of the latest deal, the global IT services and systemsintegration company will market the mobile email and synchronisation productMobile Gateway as part of a standard solution to mobile network providers inmore than 40 countries worldwide. Synchronica will derive licensing fees basedon subscriber numbers. Commenting on the agreement, Carsten Brinkschulte said: "Synchronica is buildingstrong momentum with major industry providers as mobile email becomes a massmarket application that can be used by anyone with access to a handset. Ourlatest reseller agreement for Mobile Gateway is with one of the world's largestand best known IT brands and a great endorsement for our product. With thisagreement we are further expanding our reach into the global market and layingthe foundation for long term growth." Enquiries: Synchronica plc Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO, +44 (0) 7977256 406 Angus Dent, CFO, +44 (0) 7977256 347 Nicole Meissner, CMO +44 (0) 7977256 412 Corfin Communications Neil Thapar, William Cullum +44 (0) 207 977 0020 Seymour Pierce David Newton, Parimal Kumar +44 (0) 207107 8000 About Synchronica Mobile Gateway Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providingpush email and synchronization services. Based on the open industry standardsSyncML and Push IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobiledevices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson,Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to beinstalled on the device or behind the firewall. Today more than 400 devicemodels and 1.5 billion devices support the industry standard. Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, andenterprises, enabling their mobile users to send and receive email from consumermailboxes (AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronize their calendar andcontact data with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, andSun Java Communications Suite. About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard mobile email andsynchronization solutions for more than 1.5 billion devices in the market today.Mobile operators, device manufacturers and service providers in emerging anddeveloped markets use Synchronica products to offer mobile email, PIMsynchronization and backup & restore services to their consumer and corporatecustomer base. Products include the push email and synchronization solutionMobile Gateway and the device management suite Mobile Manager with the flagshipsolution Backup & Restore. Headquartered in the UK with a development centre inGermany and a presence in Hong Kong, Dubai, U.S. (North Carolina and California)and Latin America. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list ofthe London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available atwww.synchronica.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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