Synch signs global agreement

Synchronica PLC 21 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 to announce that it has signed a worldwide reseller agreement with one of the world's top five IT services companies for its award-winning mobile push email and 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 further penetrate the global market for mobile email, which is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years, led by the emerging markets. "All forecasts point to emerging markets as the breakthrough area for mass market mobile email. The number of mobile phone subscribers in developing countries has almost tripled in the last five years, and they now account for more than 58 percent of subscribers worldwide", Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica CEO, comments. Under the terms of the latest deal, the global IT services and systems integration company will market the mobile email and synchronisation product Mobile Gateway as part of a standard solution to mobile network providers in more than 40 countries worldwide. Synchronica will derive licensing fees based on subscriber numbers. Commenting on the agreement, Carsten Brinkschulte said: "Synchronica is building strong momentum with major industry providers as mobile email becomes a mass market application that can be used by anyone with access to a handset. Our latest reseller agreement for Mobile Gateway is with one of the world's largest and best known IT brands and a great endorsement for our product. With this agreement we are further expanding our reach into the global market and laying the 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 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. About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard mobile email and synchronization solutions for more than 1.5 billion devices in the market today. Mobile operators, device manufacturers and service providers in emerging and developed markets use Synchronica products to offer mobile email, PIM synchronization and backup & restore services to their consumer and corporate customer base. Products include the push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway and the device management suite Mobile Manager with the flagship solution Backup & Restore. Headquartered in the UK with a development centre in Germany 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 of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at www.synchronica.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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