2007-03-14
Birdstep upgrade TMN Mobile broadband internet client to Microsoft® Vista®
Birdstep expands relationship with TMN Portugal by upgrading the nationwide mobile internet offering for laptop to Microsoft® Vista®. The order also includes additional cellular USB and PCMCIA modems as well as new laptop client licenses.
Oslo/Stockholm/Seattle/San Francisco/Cambridge – March 14, 2007 –Birdstep Technology ASA, the leading provider of seamless connectivity and mobility software for laptop, PDA's and Smartphones, today announced the broadened relationship with TMN Portugal that demonstrate Birdsteps and TMNs ambition to promptly deliver relevant and valuable support for major platforms and cellular modems to the market
The upgraded EasyConnect software client will be used to further augment the successful nationwide deployment and provide TMN with leading edge client technology for seamless broadband mobile data connectivity.
“We are proud of TMN's trust in Birdstep Technology and our ability to deliver world leading client software for all types of modems and devices on all commercial platforms available on the market “said Petri Markkanen, CEO, Birdstep Technology
Birdstep has, with the solid experience of more than 40 operator deployments and many first to market launches, the expertise needed to provide the best ease-of-connectivity client in the market. For more than 6 years our connection manager have been used and enjoyed by millions of users all over the world. It has given Birdstep the leading technical and commercial experience necessary to guide our customers to successful market launch.
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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 four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Birdstep AB in Sweden, Birdstep Technology Inc. in Seattle, Birdstep Technology in San Francisco, US 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 40 operators globally including T-mobile Group, Vodafone Group, Orange, TIM, Turkcell, TMN, KPN, Sprint, Telenor and TeliaSonera. The company also cooperates with global partners such as Nokia, SonyEricsson, Cisco, Intel, Ericsson, Nortel Networks, HP and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Microsoft and Vista is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.