2005-12-05
Birdstep "SmartRoaming" wins Nokia award for best product on Series 80 devices
Oslo/Stockholm – December 6, 2005 - Birdstep Technology (OSE: BIRD) today was selected as the Forum Nokia PRO Award Winner for the best enterprise application on Nokia's Series 80 based, WLAN enabled Smartphones.
The Forum Nokia PRO Awards 2005 recognize significant contributions to driving innovation in the mobility industry, among PRO members in seven categories. The awards are designed to broaden awareness of the most innovative and successful work in the mobile solutions and applications field. Birdstep Technology was the winner of the category for enterprise applications on Series 80 devices.
“Forum Nokia PRO members represent the most advanced and successful companies engaged in creating applications, technologies and services for the global mobility market,” said Marc Naddell, director, Forum Nokia PRO. “By launching this new awards program we can highlight the most outstanding accomplishments in this community and reward companies that are supporting growth and innovation across the mobility industry.”
The selection was made by an independent panel of mobile industry journalists and analysts. The panel included Mike Dano, reporter, RCR Wireless News (U.S.); Kevin Fitchard, senior editor, Telephony (U.S.); Glenn Letham, managing editor, SymbianOne.com (Canada); Bryan Ma, associate director, Asia/Pacific Personal Systems Research IDC (Singapore); Mark Newman, chief research officer, Informa Telecoms and Media (U.K.); Stuart O'Brien, editor, Mobile Entertainment (U.K.); Brad Smith, data/IP editor, Wireless Week (U.S.); Yuelong Yan, deputy editor-in-chief of Telecom World Magazine (China) and Eric Zeman, editor-in-chief, Mobile Enterprise magazine (U.S.).
The Birdstep Mobile IP Client and SmartRoaming Service
The Birdstep Mobile IP Client supports secure and continuous connectivity between Wireless LAN (including guest zones or hotspots) and cellular networks. This market leading client allows users to automatically connect and re-connect across different types of infrastructures without application downtime, security degradation or user intervention. The client also mobilizes security components based on SSL VPN solutions as well as thin clients solutions such as Citrix without interruption. Birdstep's Mobile IP Client interoperates with most authentication methods commercially available in the market. The client offers complete hassle-free mobility without user intervention. Birdstep's solution is already available on Nokia 9300i, Nokia 9500 and soon to be released Nokia E series Smartphones. The client is already available for laptops and soon on Windows Mobile platforms.
In conjunction with Birdstep's SmartRoaming service, the Mobile IP Client provides mobility across networks independent of the operator or subscription. For more information, visit www.smartroaming.com.
About Birdstep Technology
Birdstep Technology ASA is a public company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under ticker 'BIRD' with head quarters in Oslo, Norway in addition to offices in Stockholm, Sweden and Seattle, USA, as well as offices in Frankfurt, Cambridge (UK), San Francisco, Sao Paolo and Shanghai. In December 2004 Birdstep acquired 100% of the shares in Alice Systems, now Birdstep AB in Sweden. The acquisition makes Birdstep a complete provider of connectivity and mobility solutions for PC, pocket-PC and Smartphone devices. that enable operators to improve their customer experience as they move between available networks, e.g. fixed, cellular and wireless connections. The company today employs around 70 people dedicated to development of advanced connectivity and seamless mobility solutions, as well as small footprint, high performance database technologies. Birdstep's global customers and partners include Nokia, SonyEricsson, Cisco, 3Com, Alcatel, Ericsson, Nortel Networks, HP, Fujitsu Siemens Computers and more than 30 mobile network operators worldwide including T-Mobile Group, Vodafone Group, Orange, TIM, Sprint , Telenor and TeliaSonera. Birdstep offers “SmartRoaming”, a hosted roaming service to provide mobility across networks independent of the operator or subscription. For more information, visit www.birdstep.com.
Contact Information:
Stefano Holguin, VP Marketing, Birdstep Technology ASA
Phone: +47 24134700, email: stho@birdstep.com