Core Facts
• Good TechnologyTM acquires Intercasting
• Terms not disclosed
• Good Technology is a provider of device agnostic push mobility solutions including corporate and personal email
• Intercasting is a mobile social networking connectivity company
• Intercasting enables a smartphone-style experience on billion-plus feature phones
• Acquisition enhances Good's Good for You consumer solution
• Adds to company's position as a leading provider of mobile communications across broad range of devices to consumer, enterprise and Government markets
• Good has patented underlying technology covering real-time over the air synchronisation for wide range of applications
• Intercasting's award-winning ANTHEM platform enables Good to extend services beyond Smartphone market
• ANTHEM integrates and delivers social networking brands, leading IM interfaces, app stores and consumer email in one application
• ANTHEM works with operators and device manufacturers to deliver the integrated solution
• Both Good and Intercasting market services through operators and device manufacturers
Quotes
Brian Bogosian, Chairman, President and CEO of Good Technology
"Our acquisition of Intercasting further enhances Good's emergence as the global leader for mobile access to applications and content, especially as it pertains to how people communicate and collaborate. Intercasting's hosted solution, in market with all tier one U.S. mobile operators, includes unified messaging, device integration, and an application portal to enable a true "smartphone" experience for the billion-plus feature phones on the market today. This solution further expands Good's extensive device portfolio while enhancing the capabilities of the Company's Good for You solution."
Shawn Conahan, Founder and CEO of Intercasting Corporation:
"Mobile users are more connected than ever before, but we know they want easier-to-use solutions that let them do more on a broader selection of devices. Combining our ANTHEM solution and technology with Good's patented push technology will create the most versatile and open real-time synchronization platform for a broad range of applications available."
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