Visto Bolsters IP Portfolio With Addition of NTP Patents to Protect Customers,
Partners and Prospects
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Visto Corporation, a
leading global provider of secure push email, today announced that it had
signed a licensing agreement with NTP and that NTP had acquired an equity
stake in Visto. NTP's patents, which include a broad spectrum of claims
centered on the transmission of wireless data, complement Visto's own
significant IP portfolio of 25 patents that relate to mobile access to email
and data. The agreement gives Visto access to NTP's patents for the life of
those patents, providing Visto's customers and partners with access to Visto's
industry's leading technology in the mobile email market and stability in
these turbulent times.
"This license agreement further reinforces the strength and validity of
NTP founder Thomas Campana's life-long work in the mobile communications
industry as an inventor and a visionary," said Donald E. Stout, co-founder of
NTP, Inc. "Additionally, this is a clear win for mobile email users everywhere
as it provides them with a viable alternative to RIM that protects them from
any NTP litigation risk. Users of Visto Mobile can be assured of access to
mobile email and data as they are licensed to use NTP's intellectual property.
We are excited about our ownership stake in Visto's future."
"As an inventor committed to protecting and fostering innovation, I
respect the right to protect and defend intellectual property," said Daniel
Mendez, co-founder and senior vice president for Visto. "By protecting
invention, we actually provide forward-looking thinkers with a safe
environment for creating new ideas and products. It is the spirit of
innovation that is the heart of every company and the foundation for any
successful business."
The Visto platform enables the instantaneous and secure two-way delivery
of email, contacts and calendar updates to the broadest set of mobile phones
across all operating systems. Visto's open solution enables e-mail for the
mass market, targeting large enterprises, small businesses and mobile
professionals.
"Mobile users now know that Visto provides a safe and secure harbor that
today Blackberry cannot offer its own customers," said Brian Bogosian,
president, chairman and CEO of Visto. "Visto's open solution gives users the
freedom of choice to access personal or corporate mobile email from nearly any
mobile phone. With 25 patents in this market bolstered with the protection of
the NTP license, it is clear that Visto is a technology leader in providing
push email and will be a viable alternative long after other players have seen
their solutions silenced."
Visto -- fast becoming the leading provider of secure push-based mobile e-
mail -- already provides business-focused mobile mail services across Europe,
USA and Asia through major agreements with the Vodafone Group, Sprint-Nextel,
and Rogers Wireless among others. During the past year, Visto has gained rapid
momentum, with Visto Mobile currently available from more than 20 of the
leading wireless operators around the world on more than 60 mobile phones from
the industry's top manufacturers.
About Visto
Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile operators to provide
wireless push e-mail to the broadest set of mobile devices. Visto's open
solution enables e-mail for the mass market, targeting large enterprises,
small businesses and mobile professionals. The company's patented Visto
Mobile(TM) platform with ConstantSync(TM) technology works in real time with
personal and business e-mail solutions, providing maximum control and
flexibility for the operator and choice for the customer. Visto's customized,
brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including
Cingular, Elisa, KPN, Rogers Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone, SFR,
Sprint-Nextel, TELUS Mobility and the Vodafone Group.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with
offices in Seattle, London, Rome, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing and Tianjin,
China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson,
ePlanet Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners,
Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital and Blueprint Ventures. For more
information, visit http://www.visto.com or e-mail sales@visto.com
(C)Copyright 2005. Visto Corporation, Visto, the Visto logo, Visto Mobile,
ConstantSync and Constant Synchronization are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Visto Corporation. All third-party trademarks, trade names, or
service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to
refer to the goods or services identified by those third-party marks. Visto's
technology is protected by U.S. Patents 6,085,192; 5,968,131; 6,023,708;
5,961,590; 6,131,116; 6,151,606; 6,233,341; 6,131,096, 6,708,221 and 6,766,454
and 12 foreign patents. Other patents pending.
SOURCE Visto Corporation
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CONTACT:
Suzanne Panoplos of Visto Corporation,
+1-650-486-6026 or spanoplos@visto.com
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