IT Industry Veteran Jos de Kruijf Joins Miyowa's Board of Directors.

PARIS, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Miyowa today announced the appointment of Jos de Kruijf as new member of Miyowa's board of directors.

Jos has extensive entrepreneurial experience within the IT industry and an impressive background in management of first class companies such as ADOBE (NASDAQ100: ADBE) and NORTEL NETWORKS (NYSE:NT). After founding Software.com Europe, Jos built from ground up OPENWAVE EMEA (NASDAQ: OPWV).

More recently, Jos was Managing Director European Operations of DesktopStandard. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Contarra Systems.

Jos will bring to Miyowa his entrepreneurial business leadership and experience with fast growing companies. He will play an active role in Miyowa's market expansion, strategic planning and operations infrastructure.

Jos de Kruijf declared: "I am impressed by how Miyowa has changed the face of the mobile IM industry in less than 18 months. Miyowa's fundamentals are based on a strong business model and determination to change the world of communication. I really like the passion and smartness of the team. They have enormous potential to become well known industry players, who are able to dictate trends and strategies. I believe that my experience and industry knowledge are a great match for Miyowa and I will assist them in their choices and execution".

Pascal Lorne, CEO of Miyowa, commented that, "We warmly welcome Jos's appointment to our board. Miyowa is growing fast and Jos will bring us his wise seniority, his driven-result attitude and his global high level network. It is a great chance to benefit from such an expert in our business."

About Miyowa

Miyowa is the European leader in mobile Instant Messaging and entertainment for communities. Miyowa provides mobile operators and portals with a white-labelled, scalable range of instant messaging related content and services. The company has developed a strong expertise in services to communities.

Miyowa created the first handset independent universal end-to-end client messaging technology, compliant with all major existing standards: MoveMessenger(TM).

With the official support of the major Instant Messaging brands, Miyowa allows operators' customers to access their preferred messenger and multimedia content. www.miyowa.com