‘Write-Once, Run Anywhere’ Value Proposition Now Enables Developers and Mobile Operators to Deploy Intuitive and Compelling Rich Media Applications on BlackBerry Smartphones

Paris, France – November 25, 2008 − Streamezzo, creators of the Universal Software Platform™ that overcomes mobile industry fragmentation and dramatically simplifies mobile service development, today announced that its Rich Media Client is available for the BlackBerry® wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM).  The Streamezzo Rich Media Client will allow developers to build services for many BlackBerry smartphones, including the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220.

Streamezzo’s Universal Software Platform is a complete software framework for developing and deploying ubiquitous rich media mobile services that run on any operating system.  Streamezzo’s Rich Media Client is compatible with hundreds of mobile devices and all major operating systems, as well as proprietary real-time operating systems.

Thanks to Streamezzo’s rich media architecture, interactive user experience and “write once, run anywhere” value proposition, application developers can now focus on creating and marketing truly compelling mobile applications for the BlackBerry platform without the time and expense associated with application porting.  As a result of today’s announcement, service providers and mobile operators can extend the deployment of their Rich Media Application portfolios to the BlackBerry platform, expanding subscriber reach and accelerating data services revenue growth.

“If you’re a PC developer, you build your application for the Windows environment for maximum reach and you port it or rewrite it for the Mac OS if you want virtually one hundred percent market coverage,” said Oliver Avaro, Streamezzo’s Executive Vice President and CTO.  “In the highly fragmented mobile industry you need to port your application to a dozen platforms to get that kind of penetration.  Today’s announcement expands our Universal Software Platform to include support for BlackBerry, and will offer developers a bridge across the entire mobile ecosystem so that truly compelling mobile applications can now be developed once and Streamezzo ensures interoperability on virtually any handset and operating system.”