Vodafone Certifies Antenna A3 Mobile Sales Intelligence for Siebel CRM OnDemand

"We are extremely pleased by this certification and acknowledgement from Vodafone," said Jim Hemmer, President and CEO of Antenna Software. "This reinforces our position as a key provider of hosted enterprise mobility services in the UK, and assures our joint customers they'll experience industry-leading quality of service over the Vodafone network. Now Vodafone customers can empower their sales and service personnel with real-time information updates directly to and from their mobile devices for increased field effectiveness, higher revenues, and lower costs."

Antenna A3 MSI delivers real-time Siebel CRM On-Demand data to mobile professionals in the field, enabling immediate updates from mobile devices and ensuring their Siebel system remains accurate. A fully hosted solution, Antenna A3 MSI delivers significant ease of use with over-the-air application deployment and management as well as support for multiple devices and optimized user interfaces. Also supporting international date, currency, and address formats, Antenna A3 MSI is ideal for enterprises with global sales and service teams.

"For many of our customers, mobile data applications such as sales activities, job scheduling or general workforce management are a business imperative," said John Lillistone, head of data services, Vodafone UK. "Having experienced the business benefits that such applications deliver, these customers are now considering additional solutions to address day-to-day business requirements. Antenna Software has proven that it can address these needs and we look forward to working with its team to enable our customers to realize the efficiencies that Antenna A3 MSI for Siebel CRM OnDemand delivers."

In order to achieve Vodafone Certified status, Antenna A3 MSI for Siebel CRM OnDemand underwent rigorous technical evaluation by Vodafone UK. As a Certified application company, Antenna Software now has access to Vodafone UK's technical expertise and will be recommended to appropriate customers by Vodafone UK account managers. Antenna A3 MSI for Siebel CRM OnDemand will also be identified by the "Vodafone Certified Application" brand logo. This will allow Antenna Software to benefit from Vodafone UK's position as the UK's largest mobile network operator, offering its customers in-depth support and the assurance that Antenna's mobile applications will be compliant with the Vodafone network.

Antenna Software joins a number of other certified application developers in the Vodafone UK applications portfolio.

About Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK has 16.3 million customers and is part of the world's largest mobile community offering a wide range of voice and data communications. The company is committed to providing mobile solutions that allow both consumer and business customers to make the most of now. In addition, Vodafone connects customers across the globe with roaming agreements worldwide. It provides 3G roaming in 18 countries and offers great roaming value with Vodafone Passport. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.co.uk. Vodafone UK was the first mobile operator to offer a 3G data card in the UK with the introduction of its 3G/GPRS Mobile Connect Card in April 2004. Vodafone UK has sold over 150,000 3G Mobile Connect cards in the UK and leads the UK market with the largest share of 3G data cards.

About Antenna Software, Inc.

Antenna Software (www.antennasoftware.com) is the global leader in real-time mobility solutions. With over 20 years of operating experience, Antenna's proven mobile enterprise applications automate and streamline important customer-facing activities via any mobile device, over any network, worldwide. Today, more than 110,000 users in over 40 countries rely on Antenna to optimize their critical field-based business processes, lower service/sales costs and increase profitability through higher customer satisfaction. Antenna's blue-chip customer base includes many of the best known companies in the world including EMC, Pitney Bowes, Siemens, and Toshiba.