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Royal Tunbridge Wells, 25 June, 2007. - Synchronica plc, an international providerof mobile synchronization and device management solutions, received the MobileService award at the eco Internet Awards 2007 in Cologne for Mobile Gateway 3.0.Synchronica was announced as the winner of the prestigious award for the bestproduct in the Mobile Service category at the eco gala event in Cologne, Germany.
Synchronica, an expert in push email, beat off the fierce competition of more than200 other applicants to convince a jury of press, analysts, IT and telecoms expertsthat the Mobile Gateway was the best mobile service product. Synchronica joins ahigh profile list of previous winners including Monster, the jobs portal, Xing andSiemens Business Services.Every year the association of the German internet enterprises (eco) awards a prizeto companies for an innovative and extraordinary product or service which brings asignificant user benefit.The award winning Mobile Gateway from Synchronica is an independent platform, basedentirely on open industry standards. It allows push email and data synchronizationwith almost all mobile phones available on the market without the need to install anadditional client on the device. After a simple online registration thesynchronization of contact and calendar data as well as transmission of emails isimmediately available.Due to the full support of POP3 and IMAP, the consumer is able to use popular emailservices like MSN, AOL, Gmail or Yahoo. Businesses can employ the system to operatewith mail servers like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and Sun JES."The internet has become increasingly mobile. Does this mean the internet willconquer the mobile world? We believe that Synchronica's Mobile Gateway has exactlythat potential. We are sure that this will become an alternative to popular SMS textmessages in Germany", said Dr. Bettina Horster, Head of M-Commerce task force forthe eco association."We are delighted to have won the award for best mobile service in the eco Awards2007. This encourages us in our effort to enable mobile email for the mass market,"comments Nicole Meissner, CMO of Synchronica. "Push email will shortly expand to theprosumer and consumer markets. Virtually every mobile phone user has an emailaccount, and most of them now have an email-enabled device. This is the mostcost-effective alternative to the BlackBerry for the mass market."The eco Award is the fourth award that Synchronica's Mobile Gateway has receivedwithin six months. The other awards received have been the Golden Marcom CreativeAward (AMCP), Seal of E-Excellence and most recently the Innovationspreis ITK fromInitiative Mittelstand.
More information about the award [German]:http://www.eco.de/se rvlet/PB/menu/1935611/index.ht ml
About the association of the German internet enterprises, eco
Eco is the registered association of German internet enterprises. Founded in 1995,its aim is to enhance the commercial use of the internet, thereby strengtheningGermany's position both in the global internet economy and as a business location ingeneral. As a body, eco sees itself as the advocate and mouthpiece of Germaninternet businesses in all relevant political, legislative and internationalgroupings. It currently represents 300 members, promoting their commercialdevelopment as well as providing advice and support to companies whose products andservices are available via the internet.
About Synchronica
Synchronica plc develops and markets synchronization and device management solutionsfor mobile operators, device manufacturers and enterprises. Its product portfolioranges from data synchronization (OMA DS / LEMONADE) to device management (OMA DM)and firmware update over the air (FOTA). The company has deployed the world's firstlive installation of a device management suite in a carrier-grade environment.Products include the mobile device management suite Mobile Manager and the pushemail and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Headquartered in the UK with adevelopment center in Berlin, Synchronica plc is a public company listed on theLondon Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available athttp://www.synchronica.com
For more information, please contact:
Nicole MeissnerChief Marketing OfficerTel.: +44 1892 552 780Mobile: +44 7977 256 412Fax: +44 1892 552 721nicole.meissner@synchronic a.com
