London, UK, December 7, 2000 – SyncML, the initiative sponsored by Ericsson, IBM, Lotus, Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Inc., Psion and Starfish Software, has today released the SyncML 1.0 specification providing tomorrow’s synchronization technology for today's mobile solutions. In less than one year, SyncML has successfully developed and published a powerful protocol for universal data synchronization of both remote and local data. In addition to the specification, SyncML initiative also released a SyncML Reference Toolkit source code, enabling companies to rapidly bring SyncML-compliant products to the market.
“The SyncML initiative is proud to deliver this exciting technology to the market in record-breaking time. Full interoperability among mobile terminals and server infrastructures is a fundamental ingredient in the successful deployment of mobile Internet services. The entire industry will greatly benefit from the success of SyncML,” said Ilari Nurmi, Vice Chairman of the SyncML initiative.
SyncML-enabled products and services will offer consumers mobile freedom by synchronizing personal data and providing interoperability among all SyncML-compliant products and services. Consumers and business professionals alike will be able to synchronize their personal data, such as contacts and calendars, in mobile terminals with various applications and services including corporate personal information managers, Internet calendars, Internet address books and more. Synchronization will be possible locally and remotely through various transports, such as infrared, Bluetooth, HTTP and WAP, regardless of platform or manufacturer. This open standard will enable device manufacturers, application developers, Internet companies, and wireless operators to have SyncML compliant products and services commercially available as early as the 1st quarter, 2001.
Founded in February 2000, the SyncML initiative has recognized the growing need for a single data synchronization protocol. With the industry-wide proliferation of mobile devices and the evolution of these devices as the major means of information exchange, synchronization of data will be of integral importance. The SyncML initiative, officially supported by over 500 device manufacturers, service providers and application developers, welcomes new supporters to join the initiative. New members have the opportunity to make contributions to the specification work and will receive advanced solution development tools provided by the SyncML initiative. For more information on the SyncML initiative, how to join SyncML, details of technical specifications and more, visit www.syncml.org.
Press Contacts:
Ericsson
Jan Ahrenbring
+ 46 70 590 9900
jan.ahrenbring@ecs.ericsson.se
IBM
Tara Sexton
+ 1 914 766 3366
tara.sexton@us.ibm.com
Lotus
Michael Shamrell
+ 1 617 693 1264
michael_shamrell@lotus.com
Matsushita Communications Industrial Co., Ltd
Sadayoshi Hiraoka
+81 03 3438 9203
PO5443@plt.mei.co.jp
Motorola
David C. Rudd
+ 1 847 576 7089
david.rudd@motorola.com
Nokia Mobile Phones
Communications
+358 105051
Palm, Inc.
Julia Rodriguez
+ 1 408 326 9390
julia.rodriguez@palm.com
Palm, Inc.
Amy Nemechek
A&R Partners Public Relations
+ 1 303 730 5755
anemechek@arpartners.com
Psion PLC
Anthony Garvey,
+ 44 171 317 4265
anthony-garvey@psion.com
Starfish Software
Kate Dueck
+ 1 831 461 5815
kate.dueck@starfish.com
www.nokia.com