Critical Path's Extensible Universal Address Book Provides Foundation for New Value-Added Services for Carriers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 3GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. World Congress 2004 Stand J3 in Hall 3 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 End-to-End Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and New Peer-to-Peer Contact Sharing Being Shown at 3GSM Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a global provider of digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. software and services, today announced that it is extending its Universal Address Book solution for carriers with additional support for end-to-end synchronization and automatic peer-to-peer contact sharing that allow carriers to offer 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. to mobile professionals and small businesses. Examples of the types of services the Critical Path solution enables are being shown this week at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France in the company's exhibition Stand J3 in Hall 3. Critical Path's extensible Universal Address Book makes it possible for carriers to simplify how subscribers use, manage and share their crucial contact information. It stores subscribers' address books on the carrier's network and then synchronizes that data across all of their messaging services and devices. This approach allows carriers to consolidate their back-end infrastructure and eliminate redundant address books that complicate com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. support and create frustration for subscribers. In addition, it provides opportunities for carriers to offer value-added services such as "mobile backup" that prevent subscribers from losing valuable contact data if something should happen to their mobile handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. or other types of devices. "Critical Path's Universal Address Book gives carriers the ability to improve the user experience across their messaging applications," said Michael Serbinis, chief technology officer at Critical Path. "This, in turn, stimulates consumption and adoption of new services, increases subscriber loyalty and creates opportunities for additional premium services on existing infrastructure." Universal Address Book Supports Peer-to-Peer Contact Sharing To illustrate the extensibility of the Universal Address Book, Critical Path is demonstrating new carrier-based peer-to-peer contact sharing at 3GSM. The Critical Path(TM) Dynamic Address Book powered by Epok, an add-on component developed in partnership with Epok, Inc., lets subscribers enable automatic updates of entries in their address book whenever contacts change their information. The rich synchronization capabilities of the Universal Address Book then enables these updates to be sent to all of the subscribers' devices and applications, including mobile phones, desktop applications and PDAs. This combination gives carriers a powerful new offering to use in targeting high-value subscribers such as mobile professionals and business users. The Dynamic Address Book makes it easier for subscribers to build and maintain their address books, thereby encouraging them to make the carrier's service their primary contact management application. With the new software, subscribers can automatically be connected to other subscribers' dynamic contact information whenever a new email address See Internet address. is entered into an address book. This saves subscribers from having to key in additional data, gives them richer and more accurate contact information, and ensures that their address books are always up to date. In addition, it accelerates adoption of the service, generating new premium revenues for the carrier and driving additional mobile data traffic. Part of a Comprehensive Platform for Delivering Value-Added Services Critical Path's Universal Address Book leverages the scalability, reliability and flexibility of the underlying Critical Path Communications Platform. This software, which is available both as licensed software and hosted services, offers a broad set of integrated components -- including email, address books, calendars, dynamic alerts, shared files, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. profile management, multi-modal access, and end-to-end synchronization -- that can be customized and tailored to the needs of multiple market segments from a single platform. As a result, wireless and wireline carriers can cut costs and time-to-market for delivering new, differentiated revenue-generating services to consumers, mobile professionals and small businesses. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global provider of digital communications software and services, headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . More information can be found at www.criticalpath.net/solutions/wirelessSP/. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. : This press release contains forward-looking statements by the Company and its executives regarding the performance, security, scalability and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. of our product and service offerings, the ability of our customers to achieve cost savings 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, unplanned system interruptions and capacity constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. , 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 A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2003, as may be amended a·mend v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends v.tr. 1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive. 2. from time to time, and all subsequent filings with the 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 CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or after the date any such statement is made. Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders |
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