JavaOne Conference, SAN FRANCISCO, June 27th 2005 — Funambol, the mobile open source company, today announced an engineering agreement with Nokia to collaborate on ensuring interoperability between Nokia devices and Sync4j, Funambol’s open source mobile application server based on the open standards Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management (formerly known as the SyncML standard).
Available for download at the Funambol developer website at www.sync4j.org, Sync4j is an open source mobile application server that can be used with any SyncML client on any Nokia mobile device. The application server enables synchronization, application provisioning and device management of mobile devices.
“We are glad to join forces with the world leader in mobility,” said Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol. “ We look forward to this first step in our collaboration with Nokia, to accelerate the development of mobile applications and help enterprises and carriers lower the cost of delivering and supporting new mobile services and applications.”
Sync4j, with more than 14,000 downloads a month, is the leading open source implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance standards for Data Synchronization and Device Management. Nokia is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance and implements OMA Data Synchronization and Device Management in several mobile phone models.
"We are committed to open standards and very pleased with this opportunity to test our OMA-based clients on Funambol’s open source server software. Through interoperable tested OMA Data Synchronization and Device Management services, our mobile devices are able to provide an easy and convenient user experience for business users and consumers alike,” said Timo K. Huttunen, Vice President, Series 60 Core Platform in Nokia.
Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the world-leading open source mobile application server based on SyncML, the Open Mobile Alliance standard for data and device remote synchronization. Sync4j is the standard solution for the development, provisioning and management of all wireless services: data synchronization, remote device management and application provisioning. Funambol provides customers with commercial licensing for Sync4j, support and custom development to fulfill all mobility needs. Funambol is headquartered in Silicon Valley with a development center and a sales office in Italy and can be reached via email at info@funambol.com, or by visiting www.funambol.com and www.sync4j.org.
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