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Integration of Myriad Group and Purple Labs to be completed mid-year

DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – May 12, 2009 – Following its recent acquisition of Purple Labs SA, Myriad Group AG (formerly Esmertec AG) today announced that the integration of the two companies and the realisation of the targeted synergies are both on schedule, with the majority of the consolidation to be completed mid-2009.
“In its first eight weeks, [...]

Myriad Group AG (formerly Esmertec AG) invites its shareholders to Annual General Meeting

Myriad Group AG (formerly Esmertec AG) invited today all registered shareholders to its Annual General Meeting. The AGM will take place Tuesday May 19, 2009, at 3:00 pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich-Airport. Official publication was made in the Swiss Commercial Gazette.
Shareholders will be asked, among other resolutions, to re-elect board members Hans-Ulrich Müller [...]

Myriad Group AG completes acquisition of Purple Labs SA

Company’s SIX Swiss Exchange symbol has changed to MYRN (Formerly ESMN for Esmertec AG)
DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – April 20, 2009 – Myriad Group AG (formerly Esmertec AG) announced today that it has successfully completed its purchase of mobile phone software provider Purple Labs SA.
Based in Chambéry, France, Purple Labs is the industry leader in mobile browsers [...]

Esmertec to Acquire Purple Labs Creating Europe’s Largest Mobile Phone Software Company

Combined business will be called Myriad Group AG, and retain listing on SIX Swiss Exchange
Myriad is industry leader in Android platforms and four of the most important mobile applications – Java, browsers, messaging and USSD-based data services
Consolidated worldwide customer base includes all major phone manufacturers and 30 mobile network operators
Myriad will operate [...]

LiMo Foundation Announces Key Updates to LiMo Platform

New release of LiMo Platform on-track, Members introduce Reference Implementations to streamline deployment of LiMo handsets
Mobile World Congress
LiMo FoundationTM, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole industry, today announced that all technologies specified for the R2 release of the LiMo PlatformTM have been contributed on time and that [...]

Purple Labs Revenue Up Sharply In 2008 H2 Following Relaunch Of Browser Business

Mobile Software Vendor Also Announces Closing of 22 Million Euro Series ‘B’ Funding Round
Chambéry, France – February 4, 2009 – Purple Labs, the leading software provider for mass-market mobile phones, today reported that its revenue in the second half of 2008 reached 11 million euros, more than four times its revenue in the first half [...]

Purple Labs Closes 52 Million Euro License And Development Agreement Following Acquisition Of Sagem Mobile Software

Also names ex-Motorola executive as new VP Software Engineering
Chambéry, France – January 16 2009 – Purple Labs, the leading software provider for mass-market mobile phones, announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the mobile applications suite and software engineering team of Sagem Wireless, a French manufacturer that develops mobile phones branded by [...]

Purple Labs and Openwave Confirm Joint Commitment to Open Standards and Interoperability

Commitment Follows $32m Acquisition of Openwave Browser Business
Purple Labs, the leading software provider for mass-market mobile phones, and Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world’s leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalized services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, announced today a joint testing programme, whereby both companies confirm their commitment to open [...]

Purple Labs to Acquire Sagem’s Mobile Application Software Portfolio and Associated Software Engineering Team

Deal Follows Last Month’s $32 Million Acquisition of Openwave Browser Business
Chambéry, France – July 31, 2008 – Purple Labs, the leading software provider for mass-market mobile phones, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire the mobile applications suite and software engineering team of Sagem Mobiles, a French manufacturer that develops [...]

Linux Vendor Completes $32 Million Acquisition of US Mobile Technology Leader

Purple Labs acquires mobile browser business from Openwave
Purple Labs, a French developer of Linux-based mobile software, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the mobile client software business of California-based Openwave Systems, in an asset sale valued at more than $32 million. The browser and messaging products acquired in the deal are among [...]

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