REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 5, 2007 - Funambol, the mobile 2.0 messaging company powered by open source, today announced it has been honored with two Mobile Star Awards. It is the second year in a row that the company has been chosen by readers of Go Mobile for its consumer mobile email solution and the visionary leadership of its CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco.
"These awards highlight the success open source is having in the wireless industry as well as Funambol's lead position in the consumer mobile messaging space," said Hal Steger, Funambol VP Marketing. "We want to thank Go Mobile readers for recognizing Funambol as leading the Mobile 2.0 messaging charge and for our innovative open source push email and PIM sync capabilities for the mass market."
The sixth annual Mobile Star Awards honor and promote the best companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technologies. The winners are voted on by subscribers to Go Mobile, MobileVillage's free online newsletter sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT managers, developers and top tech journalists.
Funambol's 2007 Mobile Star Awards are the most recent in a series of awards that have honored the company's industry leadership. Funambol's position as the leading provider of open source-based Mobile 2.0 messaging has received widespread industry recognition. Some of the most recent honors in 2007 have included the AlwaysOn's Top 100 Private Companies, Global Messaging's Best Messaging Infrastructure and Platform, Cool Vendor in Mobile & Wireless by a top-tier industry analyst firm, and American Venture Magazine's Top 40 Emerging Technology Leaders.
With the release of Funambol v6 earlier this year and customer wins such as Earthlink and other service providers and online portals, Funambol continues to push the envelope on innovation for low-cost mobile messaging for the masses. Funambol is helping mobile operators, service providers, online portals, device manufacturers and others in the mobile ecosystem to bring better, faster, cheaper wireless services to consumers and to lead the Mobile 2.0 messaging revolution.
Funambol is the mobile 2.0 messaging company powered by open source. The company is the leading provider of open source push email and PIM sync 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 carriers, service providers, online portals, device manufacturers, Fortune 1000 enterprises and ISVs including customers such as Earthlink and Computer Associates. Funambol is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a development center in Italy. See www.funambol.com.
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