XandMail Expands Global Presence with New Office in Asia.

Business Editors

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 16, 2001

XandMail announces the opening of a new office in Taipei for sales development and technical support of customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

XandMail, a global supplier of carrier-scale 3G messaging solutions with

Taiwan is the third largest computer manufacturer in the world and a prime Internet territory. XandMail has selected Taiwan for its strong technology track record and good geographic location, as its regional hub in Asia.

The newly established office will allow XandMail to continue its fast-growing expansion through the marketing of its 3G messaging solutions in the Asia-Pacific market. XandMail main products XUbiMail(TM) and XUbiCal(TM), and support services allow large fixed and wireless Telcos, ISPs and Portals to implement value-added on-line services with powerful customer-retention capabilities. XandMail technology, designed to support millions of users with extremely customized messaging interface, is particularly well suited to respond to the needs of emerging fixed and wireless markets in the Asia-Pacific region.

"With its Web-centric business culture, the market is ripe in Asia for XandMail's 3rd generation messaging solutions XUbiMail(TM) and XUbiCal(TM), and our new office in Taipei is ideally located to satisfy this demand," says Xavier Cournault, President and CEO of XandMail SA.

"We have the intention to play a major role in this market of over 1 billion potential mailboxes accessed through Web, WAP, iMode or TV terminals," adds Dominique Rigolet, Senior VP Worldwide Sales.

The office in Taipei oversees both sales development and technical support in the Asia-Pacific region. The office is headed by Andrew Chen, a software industry veteran with 10 years of sales and management experience at companies such as Canon Corp. and Quotech Corp. After Paris and Buenos Aires, Taipei is the latest extension to XandMail's global presence.

About XandMail www.xandmail.com

Founded in 1990, XandMail is a global provider of carrier-scale 3rd generation (3G) messaging solutions to fixed and wireless Telcos, ISPs and Portals. XandMail develops and markets a highly scalable HTTP Mail Engine, a software platform that allows the implementation of consumer-oriented browser-based e-mail services for fixed and wireless access. XandMail technology is designed to support millions of users with extremely customized messaging solutions. Its XUbiMail software platform is a single product supporting multiple access natively to Web browsers, PDAs, Web-enabled television sets, wireless devices (WAP or iMode) and other information appliances. XandMail also offers XUbiCal, a world-class calendar and event manager leveraging the same scalable and multi-access technology driving XUbiMail. With its integrated product range and support services, XandMail allows Telcos, ISPs and Portals to generate additional revenue by offering new value-added services to their subscribers. XandMail currently has deployed licenses for 30 million mailboxes throughout the world.