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Birdstep launches mobile internet connection manager for MAC OS X


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Birdstep launches EasyConnect™ for Mac, a new addition to Birdsteps’s connection manager product portfolio.

Oslo/Stockholm/Seattle/San Francisco/Cambridge – February 13, 2007 –Birdstep Technology ASA, the leading provider of seamless connectivity and mobility software for laptop, PDA’s and Smartphones, today announced the availability of EasyConnect for MAC OS X. The addition of MAC OS X to the connection manager suite makes Birdstep’s offering complete, with support for all major Windows® operating systems - Windows PC (Vista, XP and 2000), MAC OS X, Windows Mobile and Symbian. This makes Birdstep a complete vendor for all major operating systems on the market today.

“This is an important addition to our product portfolio and in line with our strategy to be a complete provider for connection managers that work with multiple network standards a the majority of devices and operating systems”, said Petri Markkanen, CEO of Birdstep Technology. “Support for the MAC is an important component of our offerings to the Small Office Home Office (SOHO) and SME segments, particularly now that the numbers of MAC users are growing.”, continues Mr. Markkanen.

Mac users are generally sophisticated, highly mobile and heavy users of wireless data. They are often opinion leaders, with a significant potential to influence buying decisions and peer behaviour, but connecting a MAC to mobile data networks is still far too complex for most users. In addition, they want and expect wireless data solutions from their current operator. EasyConnect for Mac is developed precisely to solve this problem, making it easy for these high value users to get connected wherever they are.

EasyConnect for MAC OS X is generally available at 3GSM World in Barcelona the 13th of February 2007.

To find out more information about EasyConnect for MAC OS X or book a meeting at 3 GSM World, please send an e-mail to meeting@birdstep.com visit us in Hall 2, Stand 2B79.

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Birdstep (www.birdstep.com)

Birdstep Technology ASA is a public company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under ticker ’BIRD’. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Birdstep AB in Sweden, Birdstep Technology Inc. in Seattle, Birdstep Technology in San Francisco, US and Birdstep Technology Ltd in Cambridge, UK.

Birdstep Technology is a global software development, marketing and sales company offering seamless connectivity and mobility client software for mobile data users on laptops, pocket PC and Smartphones as well as state-of-the-art embedded database technologies.

Birdstep has an installed base at more than 40 operators globally including T-mobile Group, Vodafone Group, Orange, TIM, Turkcell, TMN, KPN, Sprint, Telenor and TeliaSonera. The company also cooperates with global partners such as Nokia, SonyEricsson, Cisco, Intel, Ericsson, Nortel Networks, HP and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.



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