Critical Path to Provide Hutchison 3G with Multimedia Sharing Software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a global leader in digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. software and services, today announced that Hutchison 3G has selected the Critical Path(TM) Internet File Server to provide online file storage and sharing services to customers. The Critical Path solution will be the foundation for Hutchison 3G's new storage service giving consumers the ability to manage, store and share a full range of multimedia content. Hutchison 3G, which will offer third-generation mobile multimedia and communications services under the 3 brand, will initially deploy the Critical Path solution in the UK, followed by the other markets where Hutchison Whampoa Hutchison Whampoa Limited or HWL (Traditional Chinese: 和記黃埔有限公司, HKSE: 0013 holds 3G licenses. "We selected Critical Path because its solution enables us to attract customers with its rich, intuitive multimedia and sharing capabilities," said Lisa Gernon, strategy and marketing director, Hutchison 3G UK. "Critical Path's Internet File Server integrates effectively with our existing infrastructure. The breadth and flexibility of the Critical Path solution will enable us to develop our services as we go forward." "We continue to see demand from global carriers for 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. that help drive traffic and generate new revenue," said William McGlashan, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Critical Path. "Subscribers want to be able to save and share fun multimedia content, and Critical Path provides a secure and highly efficient online service that provides users with rich intuitive features for storing, accessing and sharing their favorite photos, music and video files from anywhere." About 3 Hutchison 3G UK Limited will deliver third-generation mobile multimedia and communications services under the 3 brand in the UK, offering a convergence of media, information and telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. to enable live video calls, multimedia content and entertainment while on the move. 3 services will be available from sister companies in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Ireland, Italy, Israel and Sweden. For further information, please visit: www.three.co.uk. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global leader in digital communications software and services. The company provides messaging solutions -- from wireless, secure and unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. to basic email and personal information management -- as well as identity management solutions that simplify user profile management and strengthen information security. The standards-based Critical Path Communications Platform, built to perform reliably at the scale of public networks, delivers the industry's lowest total cost of ownership for messaging solutions and lays a solid foundation for next-generation communications services. Solutions are available on a hosted or licensed basis. Critical Path's customers include more than 700 enterprises, 190 carriers and service providers, eight national postal authorities A postal authority organises collection and delivery of domestic mail (US), or post (UK), within its area of control, or in the case of foreign mail, delivery to or receipt of mail from other postal authorities. Payment for the service has been performed in many ways. and 35 government agencies. Critical Path is 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. 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, 2001, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended March 30, June 30, and September 30, 2002, all as may be amended from time to time. 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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