announced it has joined the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) forum. SurfKitchen joins mobile operators including AT&T, Orange, Deutsche Telekom AG and Vodafone and constituents from across the mobile value chain in a global initiative focused on simplifying the customer experience for mobile data services and improving mobile device security.

Established in 2004 by eight mobile operators, OMTP is an operator-sponsored forum that serves the needs of each and every link in the mobile phone value chain by gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements. Since its inception, OMTP has grown to include 32 members and sponsors that represent mobile operators, handset manufacturers, chip makers, content providers, and software and OS developers. In joining OMTP, SurfKitchen is furthering its commitment to provide a compelling and intuitive user experience for a wide variety of mobile Internet applications and services across the broadest range of feature and smart phones.

“The OMTP is about bringing together established industry experts from across the mobile value chain,” said Tim Raby, Managing Director of OMTP. “We are delighted to have SurfKitchen join OMTP as with its expertise in helping mobile operators across the world deliver a compelling user experience for Internet applications and services, it brings unique insight that will help our work around simplifying the customer experience for data services.”

OMTP currently has activities looking into a diverse range of areas including the mobile web (BONDI), green devices and accessories, device cameras, visual voicemail, network and battery optimization amongst others. In particular, the OMTP BONDI initiative is addressing the problem that an application written for one phone must be rewritten again and again if it is to work on all phones. BONDI solves this problem by providing a consistent set of web APIs which will work on across different platforms and phones. Widgets and web applications will hence be able to execute across a wide range of different devices from different manufacturers and on different mobile networks.

“Ensuring the consistent accessibility and security of Web applications across platforms and devices is an increasing concern for the industry,” said Michel Quazza, chief executive officer, SurfKitchen. “We are pleased to be contributing our expertise as a mobile Internet platform provider to OMTP and feel that the work it is doing with the BONDI initiative is particularly significant. We look forward to collaborating with leading companies from across the mobile value chain to help the industry deliver a richer and more productive mobile Internet experience for operators, consumers and developers alike.”

About OMTP

OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements to ensure consistent and secure implementations, thereby reducing fragmentation and simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services across mobile terminals.

OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and has members from hardware and software vendors across the value chain.

About SurfKitchen

SurfKitchen is uniquely focused on providing mobile operators and their partners with the ability to deliver the optimum mobile user experience for mobile Internet applications and services. Optimizing the mobile user experience allows mobile operators to build brand loyalty, reduce customer churn and drive the uptake of mobile Internet applications and services, resulting in increased mobile data ARPU.

SurfKitchen provides a Mobile Internet Platform that delivers a personalized, compelling and intuitive on device experience for subscribers to discover, acquire and use the broadest catalogue of mobile internet applications and services on the widest range of smart phones and feature phones including Symbian Series 60, Microsoft Mobile 5&6, Java J2ME MIDP2, BREW 3.1.5, RIM BlackBerry and Android platforms.

SurfKitchen's solutions have been deployed by major operators throughout the world including Orange Group, Telstra, Telefonica Moviles Espana, Maxis, and Cincinnati Bell Wireless.

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