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FirstHand Technologies Cites Continued Momentum in Mobile Unified Communications Market During First Half of 2007

Recent Achievements Include NEC Unified Solutions and Sylantro Partnerships, Awards and Additional Device Support

OTTAWA, June 25, 2007 – FirstHand Technologies, an innovator in transforming mobile devices into full-featured business telephones, today announced continued momentum and recent achievements during the first six months of 2007.
Recent successes include:

• Partnerships: NEC Unified Solutions and Sylantro announced strategic partnerships with FirstHand Technologies. These partnerships are significant because NEC and Sylantro enterprise customers are now benefiting from FirstHand’s seamless mobility, unified messaging, single number reach and increased productivity.
• Device Support: FirstHand Technologies expanded its market leadership position by adding support for the Nokia® E65, BlackBerry® Pearl and BlackBerry® 8800 Series mobile devices.  Enterprises benefit from the additional device support and mobile workers benefit because they now have more options when selecting mobile devices for Mobile Unified Communications.
• Awards: FirstHand Technologies received INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine’s 2006 Product of the Year Award and the 2006 Product of the Year Award from Communications Solutions. These awards validate FirstHand’s excellence in technology innovation and ability to deliver enterprise communications everywhere.

In addition, FirstHand Technologies was named one of the 10 VoIP companies that warrant attention in January by Network World; in February, it was named one of the 25 most interesting VoIP Startups by VOIP News; and in March, Network World Canada named FirstHand one of the VoIP players that know the score.

According to David Hattey, president and CEO of FirstHand Technologies, “The past six months have seen fantastic market interest in our Mobile Unified Communications solution. Through our recent engagements, FirstHand partners are now providing customers with secure solutions that improve the productivity levels of their mobile workforce. This has empowered customers with the ability to enforce their mobility policies and reduce mobility expenses. During the remainder of this year, we plan to build on our latest successes and solidify FirstHand Technologies’ leadership position in the Mobile Unified Communications space.”

About FirstHand Technologies (www.firsthandtech.com)
FirstHand Technologies mobilizes enterprise unified communications by extending the functionality of IP PBXs and related servers to a variety of smartphones and dual-mode devices over WiFi/cellular networks. Mobile devices are effectively transformed into business telephones and are fully integrated into enterprise communications and business processes. The FirstHand Technologies enterprise-centric, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solution delivers enterprise telephony features and “single number” seamless connectivity over cellular and/or WiFi networks enabling organizations to achieve “enterprise communications everywhere.”

Using such devices as Windows Mobile, Nokia E-series and RIM Blackberry, the mobile user can—from within the enterprise campus (VoWiFi ) or outside (GSM/CDMA)—seamlessly access the same features they use at their desktop. Your enterprise will benefit from continuous mobile collaboration and communication, faster unified communication abilities, higher customer responsiveness, and increased productivity. For more information, please visit www.firsthandtech.com.

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