New Consumer Mobile Email Service Launched by SFR Quickly Reaches 150,000 Subscribers Using Critical Path's Memova Messaging Technology

1. New Consumer Mobile Email Service Launched by SFR Quickly Reaches 150,000 Subscribers Using Critical Path's Memova Messaging Technology

Critical Path, Inc. a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced that SFR, Vodafone's French Network Operator, has reached 150,000 MMS Mail subscribers in just four months since the launch of the new consumer mobile email service this summer.

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- read full story from criticalpath.com, Nov 2 2005


2. Critical Path Announces 2005 Third Quarter Results; Record Results -- Cash Flow Positive; Continued Improvement in GAAP Results; Profitable on Adjusted EBITDA Basis

Critical Path, Inc. a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2005.

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- read full story from criticalpath.com, Oct 31 2005


3. Internet phone calls on the rise

Systems that allow you to use an existing telephone will win out
A third of people in the US and Europe will abandon phone lines in favour of wireless and broadband telephony come 2009, say analysts Gartner.

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- read full story from BBC News, Nov 3 2005


4. T-Systems Expands VoIP Network

Deutsche Telekom's (Quote, Chart) T-Systems division announced today that it is expanding its Voice over IP (define) network to attract new business customers.

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- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Nov 2 2005


5. Yahoo Redesigns Its Online Mapping Service

Yahoo Inc. has redesigned its online maps to make it easier to get driving directions to multiple destinations and find local merchants — the latest move in the company's duel with Internet powerhouse, Google Inc.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 3 2005


6. VoIP providers band together

A handful of voice over Internet providers will announce on Thursday that they are banding together to promote the use of Internet telephony. The group, called the Internet Voice Campaign, is a part of the VON Coalition, a group that aims to increase adoption and use of voice over IP. EarthLink, Google, Pulver.com, Sonus Networks and Skype, which was recently bought by eBay, are all founding members of the group.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 2 2005


7. Microsoft acquires Net-calling start-up

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has acquired a small company that specializes in voice communication over the Web, the second acquisition it's made in that market in recent months.

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- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 2 2005


8. Early Skype backers rev for Revver

Several investors in Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies have reunited to offer an undisclosed amount of Series A financing to Revver, a peer-to-peer video-sharing service with an online presence.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 2 2005