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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 Brightstar’s
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 world’s 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.
Brightstar’s 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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