REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 16, 2007 — Funambol, the mobile open source company, today announced it has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the “Cool Vendors in Mobile and Wireless, 2007,” report by Gartner, Inc. Three companies were chosen as a “Cool Vendor” in this year’s wireless report based on their promise of offering flexible solutions that take the complexity and cost out of wireless and that challenge the assumptions made by wireless users.
“Funambol is pleased to be a Gartner Cool Vendor. We believe being named a cool vendor is recognition by a respected analyst firm that highlights our position as an attractive alternative to proprietary mobile messaging solutions,” said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. “Funambol’s open source push email software enables mobile operators to generate revenue by providing push email, contacts and calendars for the mass market, not just for highly paid professional users.”
Funambol recently surveyed 500 consumers about their mobile email behavior and found that there will be hundreds of millions of new mobile email users in the coming years and that almost half expect to start using mobile email this year. To access the Funambol report, visit http://www.funambol.com/solutions/requestpublication.php.
Gartner’s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are:
Funambol is the mobile open source company and is the leading provider of open source push email and PIM for consumers. Funambol is supported by a global network of users and developers representing more than 1,000,000 downloads and 10,000 contributors in more than 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol’s software has been deployed at wireless operators, Fortune 100 enterprises, hardware OEMs/ODMs and ISVs including customers such as Computer Associates. Funambol is headquartered in Redwood City, California with a development center in Italy. See www.funambol.com.
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