Mountain View, CA – January 3, 2007 – Commtouch® (Nasdaq: CTCH) announced today that it signed eight new licensing agreements during the fourth quarter of 2006.
The companies that signed with Commtouch include:
* Managed service providers
* Security Hardware vendors
* Secure Messaging providers
The fourth-quarter deals are with companies based in North America, Europe and Asia, and they include an agreement with Openwave Systems Inc., which was announced December 21, 2006.
Overall, the Company signed licensing agreements with 30 companies during 2006, bringing the total count of OEM partnerships to 57.
“We are very proud of our achievements during the fourth quarter and throughout 2006, in which we more than doubled the number of our OEM licensing agreements,” said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch CEO and Chairman of the Board. “We saw continued forward momentum in the fourth quarter, demonstrating the strength of our technology together with the increasing market need for effective anti-spam and virus protection solutions.”
About Commtouch
Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has over 15 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection and IP Reputation solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection™), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by more than 50 OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 50 million users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see: www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including projections about Commtouch business, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements in the future tense, and statements including words such as "expect," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate," or "believe" are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information available to us at the time of the release; we assume no obligation to update any of them. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations as a result of numerous factors, including business conditions and growth or deterioration in the Internet market, commerce and the general economy, both domestic as well as international; fewer than expected new-partner relationships; competitive factors, including pricing pressures; technological developments, and products offered by competitors; the ability of our OEM partners to successfully penetrate markets with products integrated with Commtouch technology; a slower than expected acceptance rate for our newer product offerings; availability of qualified staff for expansion; and technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new products, as well as those risks described in the text of this press release and the company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov.
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD and Zero-Hour are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.
Contact:
Rebecca Steinberg Herson
650-864-2112
Int’l: +972-9-863-6877
rebeccah@commtouch.com
