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Synchronica Signs Global Distribution Deal with Brightstar for Mobile Gateway Print E-mail
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, England  February 6 2008 -- Synchronica plc, the mobile email and

synchronisation company, is pleased to announce a worldwide agreement with Brightstar Corp, a global leader in distribution and supply chain solutions for the mobile industry, for the distribution of its award-winning mobile push email and synchronization technology, Mobile Gateway.

As part of the agreement, the two companies will create a dedicated sales and marketing team that will draw on Brightstars vast customer base to promote Mobile Gateway in over 50 countries across six continents. Initial marketing undertaken by the teams has generated positive responses from potential customers. Over 15 opportunities with mobile operators are now in active discussion and / or under trial. The Company has hired a dedicated sales representative in Miami, where Brightstar is headquartered, to handle this alliance and ensure its success.

Brightstar, with estimated annual gross revenues of $4.8 billion in 2007, serves many of the worlds leading mobile network operators. In addition, Brightstar has a strong presence in the fast growing emerging markets in Asia Pacific, Africa, India and throughout Latin America. The company also serves customers throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Brightstar delivered one of every 20 mobile devices in the world in 2007.

Commenting on the agreement, Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte said: We are very excited to team with Brightstar. This is an outstanding validation of Mobile Gateway which provides an easy-to-use and affordable way for accessing email on mass-market mobile phones. Brightstars marketing flair, as well as its far-reaching and established supply chain extends our global reach, in particular in the booming emerging markets of Latin America and Asia, where we see a tremendous opportunity for growth.

Brightstar vice president of data centric and enterprise Michael Tate, said: We are delighted to partner with Synchronica, as Mobile Gateway is an outstanding product. As a global leader we seek value added solutions for the global wireless market and Mobile Gateway is best in class. We see a huge opportunity for push email and synchronisation solutions and Mobile Gateway is sure to generate tremendous interest across the world.

About Synchronica Mobile Gateway

Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providing push email and synchronization services. Based on the open industry standards SyncML and Push IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to be installed on the device or behind the firewall. Today more than 400 device models and 1.5 billion devices support the industry standard.

Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises, enabling their mobile users to send and receive email from consumer mailboxes (AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronize their calendar and contact data with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and Sun Java Communications Suite.

 

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