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Synchronica PLC

29 September 2010

 

29 September 2010

Synchronica plc

('Synchronica' or 'the Company')

Synchronica Receives First Certification Order from Device Manufacturer

Synchronica plc, the AIM listed mobile email, instant messaging and data synchronisation provider announces that it has completed an order from a 'top-10' mobile device manufacturer to certify and license its IMPS instant messaging client to be pre-installed on 6 models of the manufacturer's handsets. This work satisfies a new prerequisite from a major Latin American operator group which mandates device manufacturers certify their devices with Synchronica's IM infrastructure. The order is worth an initial $48,000.

With the device certification process the operator intends to ensure full compatibility and increase the mobile usage of its own IM service in order to protect its market position. Operators are facing a growing threat from premium device manufacturers who are increasingly marketing device-specific services as a means of establishing direct relationships with end-users thereby reducing the influence of the operator. Synchronica's IM service provides a vendor-neutral, operator-owned instant messaging system which binds users to the brand and puts the operator back in control of its value-added services portfolio.

This is the first order that Synchronica has obtained from a device manufacturer as a consequence of the operator's device certification requirements. Synchronica expects to receive further orders from a number of device manufacturers wishing to sell devices to the operator.

A recent report from Visiongain¹ suggests that mobile IM provides operators with a unique opportunity to increase their revenues, further strengthen their services, introduce new plans, increase network traffic, and build customer loyalty. Accordingly, Visiongain expects that by the end of 2012, mobile IM will deliver a compound annual growth rate of 68.2%.

Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, comments: "We're thrilled that major operators are using Synchronica's award-winning products to provide innovative self-branded messaging services to their subscribers. Device certification ensures that subscribers enjoy the best user experience when accessing the IM service, regardless of the type of handset they use. We look forward to working closely with device manufacturers to provide full certification of their handsets to our IM infrastructure."

[1] Mobile Instant Messaging Report 2009-2014: Services in the Social Network and iPhone era

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About Synchronica

Synchronica plc is a leading developer of next-generation mobile messaging solutions based on open industry standards. The award-winning product portfolio includes the flagship product Mobile Gateway, providing push email, synchronization, instant messaging (IM), backup and restore, and mobile connectivity to social networks. Synchronica's products are white-labeled and offered by mobile operators in emerging and developed markets to provide mass market messaging services, increasing data revenues and reducing churn.

Synchronica Mobile Gateway provides a unique multi-protocol gateway combining Push IMAP, SyncML, ActiveSync, Email to MMS, and Email to SMS, delivering push email and synchronization to literally any mobile phone currently in the market without requiring an additional client to be downloaded. Expanding instant messaging to mobile devices, Mobile Gateway establishes carrier-branded IM communities, using the industry standard XMPP and provides gateways to popular internet IM communities, connecting any IMPS-enabled handset.

Headquartered in England, Synchronica also maintains a development center in Germany, in addition to a regional presence in the USA, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.L) and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture (SYN). For further information, please visit www.synchronica.com

 

 

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