Critical Path Delivers New Consumer Email Experience with Launch of Me

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
    3GSM World Congress 2005
    Hall 3, STAND H24

    SAN FRANCISCO & CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2005--Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced the launch of Memova(TM) -- a new brand of consumer messaging solutions for mobile operators, broadband and fixed-line service providers. The Memova solutions, which include mobile email, anti-abuse, email and value-added messaging services, were launched today at the 3GSM World Congress exhibition in Cannes, France.
    Today's consumers demand a better email experience. They are frustrated by the proliferation of spam and viruses, they want easy access to email on-the-go without having to upgrade their mobile devices, and they want to easily access and share multimedia content. Service providers are responding to these demands by enriching existing services, as well as offering new services that can drive mobile data usage, boost subscriber loyalty and stimulate broadband adoption.
    In the mobile consumer market, the demand for a better mobile email experience is growing.
    "We see the mobile consumer market offering great potential worldwide for an easy-to-use, affordable email system (our forecasts show around 500 million users by 2007). This kind of mobile service will help drive and expand the new mobile communities which are currently developing in the marketplace," said Richard Jesty, Senior Consultant, Informa Telecoms & Media.
    Memova enables service providers to deliver a new consumer experience, ending the days of spam-ridden mailboxes, cumbersome mobile email services and limited multimedia capabilities.
    "With Memova, our subscribers will get the rich multimedia and mobile experience they've been wanting with email," said Brata Hardjosubroto, CEO, IndosatM2, a leading Internet and multimedia service provider in Indonesia that is deploying Memova. "We expect Memova to help us drive ARPU, as well as stimulate broadband adoption."
    "Previously, the lack of usable consumer mobile email services has caused service providers to focus primarily on the professional or enterprise segment, leaving the mass market largely untapped. In fact, hundreds of millions of mobile phones are not being used for email today," said Mike Serbinis, CTO and EVP Marketing, Critical Path. "The key to unlocking this market's potential is a solution that provides consumers with an easy-to-use, affordable and feature-rich push email experience they can enjoy on their existing handsets."
    Critical Path's newly branded Memova solutions include Memova(TM) Mobile, Memova(TM) Anti-Abuse and Memova(TM) Messaging:
    Memova(TM) Mobile pushes email from existing email accounts, such as Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL, or any ISP, to the subscriber's mobile phone and it works with any MMS handset. The solution gives subscribers complete control to select which email messages they receive. Unlike other mobile email solutions on the market today, Memova Mobile does not require a special handset or software installation, making mobile email easier to use and more affordable for consumers.
    Memova(TM) Anti-Abuse is a plug-and-play anti-virus, anti-spam appliance that stops more than 95 percent of abuse traffic from entering subscriber email, while lowering costs for the service provider. Memova Anti-abuse helps control escalating costs by dropping more than 75 percent of abuse before adding more costly message analysis.
    Memova(TM) Messaging is a solution platform that enables service providers to offer a rich consumer email experience. Focusing on the demands of broadband subscribers, Memova Messaging combines Critical Path's long-established email technology with new value-added services, such as the ability to synchronize personal information, and easily store and share multimedia content, including voice messages, video, photos and music.

    About Critical Path, Inc.

    Critical Path's Memova(TM) solutions provide a new and improved email experience for millions of consumers worldwide, helping mobile operators, broadband and fixed-line service providers unlock the potential of email in the mass market. Memova(TM) Mobile gives consumers instant, on-the-go access to the messages that matter most. Featuring industry-leading anti-spam and anti-virus technology, Memova(TM) Anti-Abuse protects consumers against viruses and spam. Memova(TM) Messaging provides consumers with a rich email experience, enabling service providers to develop customized offerings for high-speed subscribers. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the globe, Critical Path's messaging solutions are deployed by more than 200 service providers throughout the world. More information is available at www.criticalpath.net.

    Forward-Looking Statements:

    This press release contains forward-looking statements by the Company and its executives regarding the performance of our product and service offerings, the ability of our customers to achieve cost savings and improve revenues in the provision of services, industry trends, market and customer requirements, the ability of our products and services to meet the business needs of our customers, the market for products and services like ours and the performance of our senior management in achieving strategic goals. The words and expressions "look forward to," "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "strive for," "anticipate," "hope," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors' technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and market conditions, and software and service design defects. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) made from time to time including Critical Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, its Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004, Current Reports on Form 8-K, as may be amended from time to time, and all subsequent filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). The Company makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made.

    Note to Editors: Critical Path, the Critical Path logo, Memova and the Memova logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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CONTACT: Reporters, Editors: Fleishman Hillard London Rachel Bibby, +44 (0) 7989 965 988 bibbyr@fleishmaneurope.com or Critical Path, Inc. Michelle Weber, 415-541-2575 pr@criticalpath.net or Critical Path, Inc. Investor Relations, 415-541-2619 ir@criticalpath.net

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EUROPE TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE TRADESHOW PRODUCT SOURCE: Critical Path, Inc.

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