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Critical Path's Memova Mobile 3.0 Brings Mobile Email and Content to Virtually All of Today's Consumer Phones.


Ubiquitous Support for Messaging Clients, No Software Downloads and Over-the-Air Provisioning Enable Operators to Drive Faster Uptake; New End-User Features Improve Consumer Experience

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:CPTH), a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced it is unveiling Memova[R] Mobile 3.0 - the latest version of its consumer-oriented mobile email and content solution - at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (Stand 2D20, Hall 2). Building on the existing Memova Mobile platform, version 3.0 introduces extended phone client support, while offering new ways to improve the consumer experience and increase subscriber usage of mobile email and content.

Despite high consumer demand for mobile email and the increasing proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous

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 of digital content, most mobile email and content services are too costly and difficult for the average consumer to set up and use. What's more, operators are faced with the challenge of supporting multiple email technologies as new handsets and client protocols continuously emerge. In order to successfully drive mass-market adoption, operators need a solution that better addresses the unique needs of consumers and supports all of the prevalent and emerging messaging clients on handsets.

With the launch of version 3.0, Memova Mobile brings its simple, consumer-oriented experience to virtually any of today's popular consumer mobile phones. Augmenting existing compatibility with 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.  and SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
 handsets, the latest version of Memova Mobile introduces support for the major IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force.

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 and OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture.

(2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative.
 push email client See e-mail program.  protocols and is designed to support new client standards as they emerge. As a result, services powered by Memova Mobile work with the phones consumers are already using, and services can be provisioned over the air with no software to download.

"Memova Mobile is client agnostic ag·nos·tic  
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, which means operators no longer have to bet on a single technology when choosing a consumer mobile email solution," said Robert Zuber, Chief Mobile Strategist, Critical Path. "With Memova Mobile, operators can focus on what's most important - providing the best user experience possible - while deploying a flexible solution that will work with just about any phone."

Along with broad messaging client support, Memova Mobile 3.0 delivers new features designed to simplify the user experience and drive uptake, including a new Web-based account management tool, the ability to specify when and how much email/content is delivered to the phone, and interactive content uploading. These new features expand upon the platform's existing capabilities, which make it simple for users to activate mobile email services See Internet e-mail service.  on the phone or a Web interface, as well as easily allow and block email senders and discover and subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
subscribe, take

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company";
 content channels.

Critical Path expects Memova Mobile 3.0 to be generally available within the next 60 days. Product demonstrations are being held at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 12-15 (Stand 2D20 - Hall 2), and will also be held at CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
 Wireless in Orlando, March 27-29 (Booth 803).

For more information about Memova Mobile 3.0, visit www.criticalpath.net.

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[TM] 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 service providers throughout the world. More information is available at www.criticalpath.net.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

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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, and the market for products and services like ours. The words and expressions "look forward to," "will," "can," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for," "offers," "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 Form 10-K

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Form 10-K

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 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, Forms 10-Q for the three months ended March 31 and June 30, 2006, and Current Reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K

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, 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.

Note to Editors: Critical Path, the Critical Path logo, Messages that Matter, Memova and the Memova logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc., registered in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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