SEVEN takes two thirds of push mail operators — MobileMonday Global: Industry News

^{100 operator customers} SEVEN takes two thirds of push mail operators

24 Aug 2006 at 10:41 GMT Timo Poropudas

Mobile push mail developer SEVEN today announced that it has signed one hundred mobile operators as customers for its mais software system. Most of the operators offfer use the Finland-based Smartner software, according to Paul Hedman, who directs the company’s international operations.

SEVEN now controls 65 percent of the white label market, owning the most operator relationships and the largest addressable subscriber base of any push email provider.

SEVEN’s current customer base conservatively has a combined addressable market of 700 million users.

Reaching the century mark comes after a strong first half year performance for SEVEN. Twenty customers were signed in the last six months, reflecting the growing importance of mobile email for operators and end users alike.

Key wins in 2006 include Alltel in the US, Hutch in APAC, 3UK in EMEA and Etisalat in ME.

Current worldwide customers include Cingular Wireless and Sprint Nextel in the U.S.; KDDI Corp. and NTT DoCoMo in Japan; O2, Orange, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor Group and Vimpelcom in Europe; and Bharti, DTAC, FarEasTone, Optus, and Telkom Indonesia in Asia-Pacific; Etisalat and Wataniya in Middle-East & Africa.

SEVEN’s push email is now available on over 200 different mobile devices across the widest number of operating platforms including BREW, J2ME, Microsoft Pocket PC, Microsoft Smartphone 2003, Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, Palm OS and Symbian-based phones.