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Critical Path's Memova Messaging Platform Enables Telefonica Moviles to Offer New Universal Contacts Service.


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Critical Path, a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced that Telefonica Moviles Espana, Spain's leading mobile operator, is using Critical Path's Memova(R) Messaging platform to power its new universal contacts service for consumers. The first of its kind in Spain, the new service called "CopyAgenda," provides a centralized cen·tral·ize  
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1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.

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 contact list that can be integrated with all Telefonica Moviles and movistar messaging services, enabling subscribers to easily access, synchronize See synchronization.  and manage contacts across multiple messaging applications and communications devices Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. .

With a growing number of devices (PCs, mobile phones, PDAs) and an increasing array of communications services (email, IM, SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

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, mobile email, VoIP, etc.) -- each with its own independent address book -- today's consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep contact information up-to-date, consistent and synchronized syn·chro·nize  
v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es

v.intr.
1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.

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. To address this problem, enable better integration across all mobile and broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. , and provide subscribers with the best possible user experience, Telefonica Moviles implemented a Universal Contacts solution with Critical Path's Memova Messaging.

The rich functionality, flexible architecture and immense scalability of Memova Messaging, as well as its support for existing and emerging standards, were some of the qualities most valued by Telefonica Moviles. Additionally, the platform could be easily integrated with existing infrastructure, allowing Telefonica Moviles to get to market quickly with new value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. , such as CopyAgenda.

With the new CopyAgenda service, Telefonica Moviles and movistar subscribers can set up a universal contact list, including friends, colleagues and family members in their community, and store this list on the service provider's network server. The universal contact list is currently integrated with email and will soon be integrated with other messaging applications, including chat, SMS and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. . Using a specially developed, lightweight version of the SyncML protocol called AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call.  (Advanced Messaging and Address Book), address books in all of these applications, as well as those stored on SyncML-compatible mobile devices, can be automatically synchronized. Whenever new contacts are added or updated in one application or device, updates are automatically reflected across all integrated devices and services. The service also provides an automatic back-up feature for mobile device address books, so a lost phone never means lost personal data.

In addition to powering the new CopyAgenda service, the Memova Messaging solution enables Telefonica Moviles to roll out additional new services more easily. The open standard-based Universal Contacts solution can store contacts for a wide variety of applications, such as video-conferencing. Additionally, anti-abuse technology can be integrated with universal contact lists to provide greater spam protection and parental controls This article is about computer options. For the television show, see Parental Control (TV series).

Parental controls are options, typically included in digital television services, computer and video games, or computer software used to access the Internet, that
. This enables users to set up "white lists" and "black lists" controlling who can contact them -- essentially creating a closed, safe community of people they wish to communicate with online or via mobile messaging.

"Critical Path's contact-centric approach puts contacts -- rather than the email or messaging application -- at the center of the consumer experience to build an intelligent connection between consumers, their community and the messaging services they use," said Donald Dew, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Critical Path. "This enables service providers to provide new value-added services that address critical issues, including security and spam, while also providing a seamless user experience and reducing infrastructure costs."

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path's Memova(R) solutions provide a new and improved email experience for millions of consumers worldwide, helping mobile operators, broadband and fixed-line service providers unlock the potential of email in the mass market. Memova(R) Mobile gives consumers instant, on-the-go access to the messages that matter most. Featuring industry-leading anti-spam and anti-virus technology, Memova(R) Anti-Abuse protects consumers against viruses and spam. Memova(R) Messaging provides consumers with a rich email experience, enabling service providers to develop customized offerings for high-speed subscribers. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the globe, Critical Path's messaging solutions are deployed by more than 200 service providers throughout the world. More information is available at www.criticalpath.net.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements by the Company and its executives regarding the performance of our product and service offerings, the future release of our products and services and our customer's products and services which include our offerings, the ability of our customers to achieve cost savings and improve revenues in the provision of services, industry trends, market and customer requirements, the ability of our products and services to meet the business needs of our customers, the market for products and services like ours and the performance of our senior management in achieving strategic goals. The words and expressions "look forward to," "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for," "anticipate," "hope," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors' technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and market conditions, and software and service design defects. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) made from time to time including Critical Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and Current Reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K

The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock.


Form 8-K

See 8-K.
, as may be amended from time to time, and all subsequent filings with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). The Company makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made.

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