San Francisco, CA, USA, October 16, 2006 (XTVWorld.Com) -- Critical Path, Inc. (OTC:CPTH), a leading provider of messaging software and services, today announced the implementation of a new consumer messaging and security platform for Vietnam Datacommunication Company (VDC), the largest ISP in Vietnam. Through a competitive bid, VDC selected Critical Path's Memova® Messaging and Memova® Anti-Abuse solutions to power its next-generation messaging infrastructure and to meet increasing demand for consumer email services in the Vietnamese market. CASCADE Ltd., a leading systems integrator and wholly-owned subsidiary of PCCW Ltd., and DTS Communication Technologies Corporation will implement the Critical Path solutions for VDC.

Along with India and China, the Vietnamese market is one of the major growth centers in Asia. In fact, between 2003 and 2005, the number of Internet users in Vietnam increased by 67 percent* and experts expect this growth to continue. To meet this anticipated demand, VDC needed a highly scalable messaging platform and chose Critical Path's Memova Messaging solution, which is used by customers worldwide to support millions of users. VDC will also deploy the Memova Anti-Abuse solution - a plug-and-play appliance that protects subscribers from unwanted and unsafe messages.

"Selecting this turnkey solution helps us to build a scalable email platform which greatly enhances the value-added services we can offer our customers," said Vu Hoang Lien, CEO of VDC. "We are well-positioned to deploy our first-phase services quickly and cost-effectively, and to grow our email services rapidly."

With the Memova platform, VDC customers have access to a rich email experience free from spam, viruses and other malicious content. Offering support for POP, IMAP, WAP and Web-based email, Memova Messaging will help VDC build customer loyalty and provide the foundation for value-added services that will take messaging beyond email and create a growing profit center in the future.

"Memova is the optimal platform for VDC to support its growing customer base. Its proven reliability and scalability, along with the ability to add a variety of value-added services, ensures VDC can offer high-quality service enhancements without having to upgrade its infrastructure down the road," said Ted Hsiung, Head of Business Development, CASCADE. "We look forward to working with Critical Path to bring Memova software and CASCADE services to VDC, as well as other customers."

In the future, VDC can easily deploy value-added services on top of email with Memova Messaging, such as: Universal Contacts, a network address book that enables users to access synchronized contacts through any application or device; Digital Life, a service that allows subscribers to create and exchange multimedia content with an online community; and Media Mail, a service that offers subscribers the ability to send massive files - even files over one Gigabyte in size - to any recipient, regardless of their email service provider.

"The Vietnamese market is a major Asian growth center and Memova Messaging will provide VDC with the capabilities it needs to thrive as its subscriber base continues to evolve," said Donald Dew, CTO, Critical Path.

VDC expects to complete its migration to the Memova platform by the end of 2006.

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