REDMOND, Washington, June 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company's expertise in mobile personal data protection and management
to come to Microsoft.

Microsoft Corp today announced it intends to acquire MobiComp, a company
that helped pioneer technologies allowing the backup and restoration of
mobile data and mobile posting of social content to websites such as
Facebook. The acquisition would combine MobiComp's expertise building
innovative mobile data protection and sharing services with Microsoft's
vision to provide compelling experiences that span work and play across
mobile phones, the web and PCs. Terms of the planned acquisition are not
being disclosed.

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"People expect their phones to deliver the best experiences from PCs and
the web right to their pockets," said Todd Peters, corporate vice president
in the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. "Investing in the right
solutions from companies like MobiComp will extend the capabilities of
Windows Mobile and Windows Live to help us provide the most innovative and
seamless way to stay connected."

The Portugal-based company is known for a variety of breakthrough mobile
services including MobileKeeper Backup & Restore, MobileKeeper Sharing &
Communities, and Active mTicker. These services help mobile operators and
people round the world back up personal content stored on a phone, publish
updates to online communities, and get entertainment and news content
delivered to phones.

"Like Microsoft, we've always believed in an open and innovative mobile
platform and deep industry partnerships," said Carlos Oliveira, co-founder
and CEO of MobiComp. "We're thrilled that our work over the past eight years
can now be extended by partnering with Microsoft's world-class portfolio of
mobile services."

MobiComp will contribute to a rapidly expanding list of offerings from
Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business while continuing to serve its
existing partners and customers, which include 11 mobile operators worldwide.
Fifty handset makers build on the Windows Mobile platform, and 160 mobile
operators in 55 countries carry Windows Mobile phones. The services of
Windows Live, including one of the largest free instant messaging services
and weblogging services, run on every major mobile operating system
worldwide.

"We're extremely pleased with this announcement, which reflects our
country's leadership in innovative technology," said Nuno Duarte, general
manager of Microsoft Portugal. "It highlights the success of our prime
minister's economic policies and serves as proof of Microsoft's commitment to
the partnership signed between Portugal's government and Bill Gates two years
ago. Following several top companywide awards for Microsoft Portugal, this is
further evidence of our visibility in Microsoft's worldwide efforts."

About MobiComp

MobiComp is a Braga, Portugal-based software services company, founded in
2000, that provides mobile operators and consumers innovative security and
access to information while mobile.

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software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise
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