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Visto sets the Benchmark in Wireless Email at Cannes
Visto will be demonstrating the market's broadest range of wireless email / PIM solutions to mobile operators attending the 3GSM World Congress
(Redwood Shores, CALIF., February 19, 2004)– Visto Corporation (www.visto.com), the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions to wireless operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms, will be demonstrating many new additions to its increasingly wide range of device and delivery support for wireless email and PIM at next week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. These additions to the supported devices strengthen Visto's number two position in the wireless email market. Visto now offers more choice to mobile operators than any other provider.
"2004 will be a landmark year in wireless email," said Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO of Visto. "All of the major wireless operators are evaluating wireless email / PIM offerings now and will be selecting their platforms this year. The older, browser-based, or single device offerings are no longer acceptable; wireless operators are counting on multi-platform solutions like Visto's to help differentiate themselves and improve margins among their consumer and business markets."
Visto has more than 100,000 paid subscribers with nine wireless operators across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Over the last six months Visto has entered into nine new active evaluations of mobile email solutions with influential network operators and mobile infrastructure / terminal suppliers in several European countries. The strength of Visto's offering lies in the breadth of its solutions. Support is available for all the popular device platforms, including Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian, J2ME, and WAP. All market segments are supported, with solutions for consumer, mobile professional, SoHo, SME and corporate customers. The most popular implementations are supported from zero-footprint consumer solutions to desktop redirectors and enterprise-grade server based systems delivering true push email.
"Visto is winning the business because we offer more choice to mobile operators than any other provider," said Bogosian. "Ideally, wireless operators want one wireless email / PIM provider to support all their popular devices and all the market segments that they are addressing. They can get it all from Visto and that mantra is starting to resonate in the market."
Visto will be demonstrating its various wireless messaging solutions at the 3GSM World Congress in several booths, including those of Microsoft, PalmSource, Symbian, and Nokia Series 60, as well as by appointment with selected device manufacturers and wireless operators. Several senior Visto representatives will be present at the Congress and would welcome discussion with press and analysts, during and after the show, on both the development of this marketplace and on Visto's role in shaping it. For additional information or to set up an appointment, please contact Tuesday Uhland or Steve Maynard before or during the Congress.
About Visto Corporation
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to mobile operators for the broadest set of mobile device platforms. Visto Mobile Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise access to corporate email. Visto Mobile Personal Edition is a flexible set of custom-branded applications and services that let mobile operators provide subscribers with real-time, secure, remote access to their corporate and personal email, PIM and other files directly from their mobile devices. Both solutions include message push for immediate email notification, and are well-suited to the "converged" mobile PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone), J2ME and Symbian platforms as well as enhanced mobile WAP/Web browser-enabled mobile devices. Visto's solutions are available from Visto and through mobile operators worldwide, including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers AT&T Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone and TELUS Mobility. For more information, visit www.visto.com .
Visto is backed by Oak Technology Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Vantage Point Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital, Blueprint Ventures, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Walden VC.