Indonesia Cooperative Council - DEKOPIN - Selects Critical Path's Memova(R) Mobile as Official Mobile Email and Information Service
JAKARTA, Indonesia--(Business Wire)--
Critical Path, Inc. a leading provider of messaging software and
services, today announced that DEKOPIN, the Indonesia Cooperative
Council, has selected Memova(R) Mobile as the official mobile email
and information service for its members. DEKOPIN is the highest body
in Indonesia representing cooperative organizations, with more than
130,000 cooperatives and 30 million individuals as members.
In an effort to minimize the digital divide and improve the
competitiveness of cooperatives throughout Indonesia, DEKOPIN has
launched an initiative to make information and communications
technology more accessible. As part of this initiative, DEKOPIN is
working with Critical Path, as well as regional mobile operators, to
provide affordable mobile email and information services that its
members can access from virtually any mobile phone. The services,
which are being powered by Critical Path's Memova Mobile platform,
will enable users to access email and other information services
anytime, anywhere - from their mobile handsets.
"Critical Path is helping us provide a powerful new mobile service
that will have a significant impact on the Indonesian economy," said
Adi Sasono, Chairman, DEKOPIN. "Thanks to Memova Mobile, our members
will now have on-the-go access to email and the information they need
to conduct business. We are pleased to work with Critical Path, and we
believe that Memova Mobile is an excellent platform to power these
important new services."
With Memova Mobile, email messages and other business-critical
information can be easily mobilized and pushed to the user's mobile
phone. DEKOPIN cites a number of benefits for Indonesian cooperatives.
For example, fishermen can have maritime weather reports pushed to
their mobile phones, farmers can receive up-to-the-minute product
pricing, and cooperatives of all kinds can share critical information
via mobile email.
"We're pleased that DEKOPIN has selected Memova Mobile as the
official mobile email and information service for Indonesian
cooperatives," said Desra Ghazfan, Director, Southeast Asia, Critical
Path. "There is an enormous demand for mobile email and information
services in emerging markets, such as Indonesia, and we are excited to
work with DEKOPIN to make these kinds of services more accessible to
consumers and small businesses."
About Memova(R) Mobile
The portfolio of products from Memova Mobile provides consumer
mobile email, multimedia content and assurance solutions for service
providers. Memova Mobile solutions push email and personalized news,
blogs, music, sports and other popular consumer content to everyday
mobile phones as well as provide assurance services, protecting the
contacts and contents stored on mobile handsets. Leveraging existing
infrastructure and the phones subscribers are already using, Memova
Mobile solutions enable operators to get to market quickly with
easy-to-use mobile data services designed exclusively for the consumer
mass market. Memova Mobile solutions power services offered by leading
telecommunications companies worldwide, including Telecom Italia,
Telefonica Moviles, O2, Indosat and Hutchison Telecommunications.
About DEKOPIN
DEKOPIN (Dewan Koperasi Indonesia - Indonesia Cooperative
Council), based on the Parliamentary Act No. 25 Year 1992 and
Presidential Decree No. 24 Year 1999, is the single highest
organization in Indonesia embodying and fighting for the aspirations
of cooperatives movements in achieving its goals in accordance to the
principles of cooperatives. This representative body is an umbrella
organization for over 130,000 cooperatives and over 30,000,000 members
throughout Indonesia. For more information about DEKOPIN, see
www.dekopin.coop
About Critical Path, Inc.
Critical Path is about Messages that Matter(R). For consumers,
this means messaging services that deliver a better email experience,
rich multimedia sharing capabilities and on-the-go access to the
messages that matter most. For service providers, this means
mass-market solutions that have a significant impact on the bottom
line -- value-added messaging services that attract new subscribers,
drive revenue and improve customer loyalty. Founded in 1997, Critical
Path has deep messaging experience and a strong track record of
success. With offices around the globe, Critical Path's solutions have
been deployed by more than 200 service providers throughout the world,
including Vodafone, Telecom Italia, O2, Telefonica Moviles, Tiscali,
SFR, Indosat, WIND and ONO.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements by Critical
Path and its executives regarding the performance of our product and
service offerings, the availability of our customer's products and
services which include our offerings, industry trends, the ability of
our products and services to meet the business needs of our customers,
and the market for products and services like ours. The words and
expressions "look forward to," "will," "expect," "plan," "believe,"
"seek," "strive for," "anticipate," "hope," "estimate" and similar
expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to,
the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and
services, and the ability of our technology to address customer
demands. The Company makes no commitment to revise or update any
forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances
after the date any such statement is made.
Note to Editors: Critical Path, the Critical Path logo, Memova and
the Memova logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc., registered
in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective holders.
Critical Path Corporate Communications
Nikki Gore, 1-647-428-5822
pr@criticalpath.net
www.criticalpath.net
or
DEKOPIN
Reina Natamihardja, +62 21 520 6525
reina_rafaldini@yahoo.com
or
Fleishman-Hillard
Amy Mills, + 44 20 7395 7186
amy.mills@fleishmaneurope.com
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