REDWOOD CITY, California and HOUSTON, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- New SimMobile(R) solution reinforces role of open source and standards in delivering mobile services for mass market

Funambol, the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, and Simdesk, the Software as a Service (SaaS) pioneer in messaging and collaboration, today announced a partnership to add push email and PIM synchronization to SimMobile, Simdesk's next generation mobile services platform that targets Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and Prosumers.

Simdesk's decision to license Funambol software marks the strengthening of its mobile services focus and comes during a year that will see a deeper convergence of mobile services for enterprise users and consumers. This convergence is compelling SMBs to integrate mobile capabilities with their workers' diverse array of personal phones. By using Funambol open source software, Simdesk will provide a mobile messaging solution that offers the broadest mobile device compatibility in the market.

Funambol and Simdesk will demonstrate their integrated solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 11-14, 2008. Please visit Funambol's booth 1J46 in Hall 1 and Simdesk's hospitality suite 4.7HS43 and booth 2.1A69 to learn more.

"Partnering with Funambol was a natural extension of our commitment to open source and standards," said Louis Waters, President of Simdesk. "It is becoming increasingly evident that the mobile device is the computing platform of the future and open source is the best way that mobile services can be fully deployed for the mass market. When we decided to focus our business strategy more on mobile it was an obvious choice to work with Funambol."

This year is also expected to be the tipping point for the adoption of open source and standards in the mobile market. Increasing demand from users to access desktop applications from their phones is resulting in new business opportunities for service providers, ISVs and operators. By partnering with Funambol, Simdesk can easily deploy its enhanced mobile services with features such as the broadest device capability and easy customization. In addition, with access to the source code, Simdesk customers can integrate the new solution into their own systems and extend the functionality according to their own priorities.

"We chose to partner with Simdesk because they have a game-changing proposition for the SMB market," said Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol. "SMBs require access to mobile services just like large corporations, but proprietary mobile email solutions put a large strain on their budget and IT resources. With the combined strength of Simdesk's integrated service solution and Funambol's open source handset support, SMBs and prosumers now have full office functionality on a wide variety of mobile devices at a very affordable price point."

The Funambol-based Simdesk mobile solution will be available within 90 days.

About Simdesk

Simdesk delivers to mobile operators and broadband service providers a next generation mobile services platform that provides an integrated suite of services including secure file storing and sharing, a true Exchange alternative with shared calendar, contacts and notes, a distinctive virtual printer network, and opt-in advertising. Unlike traditional mobile email gateway providers, Simdesk offers an unique end-to-end solution that redefines services for SMBs and Prosumers delivered at a disruptively low cost to deploy and through a wide variety of access points including mass-market handsets, the web and desktop.

Visit http://www.simdesk.com for more information.

About Funambol

Funambol provides mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source. The company is the leading provider of open source push email and PIM sync solutions for the mass market. Funambol open source has been downloaded more than 1,500,000 times by 10,000 developers in 200 countries, providing unrivalled device compatibility. The commercial version of Funambol has been deployed at service providers, mobile operators, portals, device manufacturers and ISVs including customers such as 1&1, Earthlink and CA, Inc. (formerly Computer Associates). Funambol is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with an R&D center in Italy. See http://www.funambol.com.

Media Contacts Shelly Milam for Funambol David J. Lopez Page One PR Simdesk +1-415-875-7491 +1-713-843-2008 shelly@pageonepr.com dlopez@simdeskcorp.com Web site: http://www.funambol.com http://www.simdesk.com

Shelly Milam of Page One PR, +1-415-875-7491, shelly@pageonepr.com, for Funambol; or David J. Lopez of Simdesk, +1-713-843-2008, dlopez@simdeskcorp.com