DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – 10 May 2010 – Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), a global leader in mobile technology with software in over two billion phones, welcomed the latest results released today by leading global analyst firm, VisionMobile. The 100 Million Club, VisionMobile’s embedded mobile software watchlist, cites Myriad’s continued dominance and growth in mobile application environments, mobile browser and mobile middleware.
Only 30 mobile software products from 26 companies have shipped in more than 100 million devices, and so qualify for their place in the 100 Million Club. More exclusively, Myriad is one of only two companies to have multiple software products included in the list. The software products are Myriad’s Browser, Messaging Client and Jbed™ Java ME; and Nuance’s T9/XT9, eZiText and Vsuite.
“At the end of H2 2009, cumulative shipments for software products by the 100 Million Club members reached 24.6 billion, showing an 11% increase since the first half,” said Andreas Constantinou, VisionMobile’s Research Director. “We congratulate the vendors who have succeeded in crossing the 100 million handsets barrier and placed themselves in the league of established software vendors, clearly above the industry hype.”
Leading the Browser category in the report, Myriad’s (ex-Openwave) Browser has now shipped in over 2.1 billion handsets, while Myriad’s Messaging solutions (originally acquired from Openwave and Magic4), moved from second to pole position in VisionMobile’s Middleware category, having shipped in over one billion devices. Myriad’s Jbed™ Java ME, embedded in over 383 million handsets, completes the trio of listed market-leading products from Myriad, appearing in the Application Environment category.
“Myriad’s continued dominance in VisionMobile’s watchlist is testament to our leadership and ongoing mission to innovate and bring superior features and functionality to mass-market phones,” said Simon Wilkinson, CEO of Myriad Group. “We are proud to have these market-leading products in our portfolio, in addition to our innovations in other new and high-growth mobile software segments such as mobile social networking and Android software solutions.”
Further information on the report can be found on the VisionMobile website: www.100millionclub.com