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Funambol and Nokia Collaborate on Mobile Open Source SolutionSAN FRANCISCO, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- JavaOne Conference -- 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). "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. About Funambol Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the world-leading open source mobile application server. Sync4j is the open standard solution for the development, provisioning and management of all wireless services: data synchronization, remote device management and application provisioning. It supports the Open Mobile Alliance standard for data and device synchronization, formerly known as SyncML. Funambol provides customers with commercial licensing for Sync4j, and support and custom development to fulfill all mobility needs. Funambol is headquartered in San Mateo, California with a development center and a sales office in Italy. For more information, contact us at [email protected], or by visit http://www.funambol.com/ and http://www.sync4j.com/. Media contacts: Jennifer Cloer Page One PR/Funambol 503-547-9451 [email protected] Funambol CONTACT: Jennifer Cloer of Page One PR for Funambol, +1-503-547-9451,[email protected] Web site: http://www.funambol.com/http://www.sync4j.com/ |