Sonim, Samsung Partner on PTTSonim, Samsung Partner on PTT

Companies enter strategic partnership to jointly deliver interoperable PTT handsets to the mass market

February 11, 2004

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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sonim Technologies, the leader in enabling wireless data networks to deliver services including the Push-to-Talk (PTT) capability, along with Samsung, a leading provider of mobile phones to operators worldwide, today announced a global Strategic Partnership that utilizes Sonim PoC Client. Under this strategic partnership agreement, Sonim and Samsung will collaborate to jointly deliver handsets with Push-to-Talk capability based on the Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) standard, ensuring the interoperability required to create substantial subscriber adoption for global usage.

"We are excited to partner with Samsung to provide the highest quality experience over a standards-based, interoperable PTT solution," said John Burns, CEO and President for Sonim Technologies. "Sonim has invested over two years of development to produce the top tier integrated client/server software solution for PTT, one that is optimized for the industry's leading mobile feature phones as well as smart phones, such as those created by Samsung."

Sonim is a contributing member of a worldwide consortium that submitted the PoC specification to the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) on 15 August 2003. Samsung leverages Sonim's expertise in Push-to-Talk and the time-to-market advantage of Sonim's client software in order to produce a portfolio of PoC compliant handsets that target a large wireless subscriber market worldwide. The relationship will also provide the parties with a platform to further collaborate on joint product roadmaps for future generation PoC-based applications such as Direct Messaging and IP Conferencing.

"The PoC specification is the open and viable standard for near and long term PTT solutions and Sonim has cleared the technology barrier for PoC handset interoperability, setting the path for exponential growth in demand for PTT-enabled handsets," said Andrew Park, Vice President, Samsung R&D. "We are pleased to continue our work with Sonim to create the best, feature-rich PTT experience for carriers throughout the world."

Sonim Technologies Inc.

Samsung Corp.

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