2007-06-18
Birdstep awarded contract on secure seamless mobility with major Nordic bank
~ Birdstep extends the relationship with a major Nordic Bank by delivering a solution for secure seamless mobility, including new enterprise client licenses. The order further expands the long-term relationship with the customer with deployments in the Nordic and Baltic countries ~
Oslo – June 18, 2007 –Birdstep Technology ASA, the leading provider of secure seamless connectivity and mobility software for laptop, PDA's and Smartphones, today announced an expansion order from a major Nordic bank. The order includes an extension of Birdsteps SafeMove software product for secure, encrypted seamless mobility into Nordic and the Baltic countries. Birdstep's SafeMove software will be used for secure mobile enterprise communication across the region.
Birdsteps relationship with the bank started already back in 2000 and the new order demonstrates Birdsteps ability to support and continuously deliver successful products and projects.
“We continue to reinforce our position as the market leader for secure seamless mobility solutions towards mobile operators, OEM and enterprise customers. This secure enterprise solution is good proof of the continued demand for secure mobile Internet solutions delivered by Birdstep.” says Petri Markkanen, CEO of Birdstep Technology
Birdstep SafeMove meets the highest information security requirements set by the financial industry. In addition to automatically retrieving the best possible data connection, the SafeMove product also provides encrypted data communications.
“We are very proud of our security product portfolio and the commercial success it is demonstrating. Security is essential for all mobile applications and we are see increasing demand for mobile security.” continues Petri Markkanen.
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About Birdstep (www.birdstep.com)
Birdstep Technology ASA is a public company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under ticker 'BIRD'. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with five wholly-owned subsidiaries: Birdstep Technology AB in Sweden, Birdstep Technology Inc. in Seattle, Birdstep Technology in San Francisco, US, Birdstep Technology in Finland and Birdstep Technology Ltd in Cambridge, UK.
Birdstep Technology is a global software development, marketing and sales company offering seamless connectivity and mobility client software for mobile data users on laptops, pocket PC and Smartphones as well as state-of-the-art embedded database technologies.
Birdstep has an installed base at more than 50 operators globally including T-mobile Group, Vodafone Group, Orange, TIM, Turkcell, TMN, KPN, Sprint, Telenor and TeliaSonera as well as more than 30 Enterprise Customers including Nordea, Handelsbanken, Ministry of Justice in Finland, Finnish defence force, etc. The company also cooperates with global partners such as Nokia, SonyEricsson, CMG Logica/VMdata, Motorola, Cisco, Intel, Ericsson, Nortel Networks, HP and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
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Tel: +46 (0) 730 58 45 00