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Smith Micro Software Announces Agreement with Telecom New Zealand, Further Expanding Its Global Footprint in the Asia Pacific Region

2011-02-16 16:51
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QuickLink Mobile® Provides Innovative Multimode, Seamless Data Connectivity for Consumer and Business Mobile Customers

Mobile World Congress 2011

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS – Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading developer and marketer of software solutions and services for the mobility market, today announced the expansion of its global footprint through an agreement with Telecom New Zealand, the largest telecommunications service provider in New Zealand. Under the terms of the deal, the Smith Micro Software QuickLink Mobile® connection manager will power Telecom’s complete line of modem devices designed for PCs and Netbooks.

QuickLink Mobile offers emerging wireless service providers a quick deployment solution with a focused feature set for their subscribers’ needs while they market under their mobile brand.

QuickLink Mobile provides a seamless user experience by automatically connecting and authenticating a user network, minimizing infrastructure upgrade costs and maximizing revenue opportunities for wireless service providers. A key feature of QuickLink Mobile is the inclusion of free banner ad space, which allows a service provider to market its products and services to users each time the connection manager is opened and built in advertising space can also provide Telecom New Zealand cross-sell opportunities to increase ARPU.

Providing single mode connection management to 3G GSM networks and WiFi, QuickLink Mobile will enable Telecom New Zealand to offer a robust connectivity experience to its subscribers and enterprise customers. Telecom New Zealand-branded, the solution will deliver numerous benefits, including greater customer satisfaction, reduced customer support costs, and effortless software installation and setup by automatically configuring mobile devices to access different types of wireless networks.

“Today’s wireless broadband subscribers demand ubiquitous access to information and content, making mobile connection management software a critical offering by mobile operators to maintain a competitive edge and attain customer loyalty,” said Smith Micro Software President and CEO, William W. Smith, Jr. “Telecom New Zealand is an important QuickLink Mobile customer for Smith Micro and aptly demonstrates both our expansion into a new market and the growth opportunities that exist for connectivity solutions in the global marketplace.”

With more than 100 million licensed copies of its QuickLink® branded connectivity software distributed worldwide, QuickLink Mobile for PCs, laptops and Smartphones and the QuickLink Mobile Server have emerged as a leading connectivity solution.

About Smith Micro Software, Inc.:

Smith Micro Software, Inc. develops mobile applications and solutions for the communications industry. Our portfolio of products and services spans Connectivity Management, Communications and Content Management solutions. Smith Micro’s solutions include client and server software applications to help its customers manage their software investments.

More information about Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ:SMSI) can be found on smithmicro.com.

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This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation forward-looking statements relating to the company’s quarterly revenues guidance, its financial prospects and other projections of its performance, the company's ability to increase its business and the anticipated timing and financial performance of its new products and potential acquisitions. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are changes in demand for the company’s products from its customers and their end-users, new and changing technologies, customer acceptance of those technologies, new and continuing adverse economic conditions, and the company's ability to compete effectively with other software companies. These and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made on the basis of the views and assumptions of management regarding future events and business performance as of the date of this release, and the company does not undertake any obligation to update these statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.

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