"EarthLink is pioneering the move to a more standards-based solution for address book synchronization," said Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol. "Funambol's open source software, based on SyncML, delivers on these requirements and gives companies the ability to reap the benefits of this largely untapped market."

"Our customers want to get their Address Book data across all of their applications, from client-based email to Webmail to wireless services," said Stephen Currie, EarthLink's director of product management Communication Products. "With Funambol's open source software, we will continue to provide services such as address book synchronization to all customers, creating a more enjoyable and useful Internet experience."

Funambol is the leading provider of open source push email, contacts and calendar software. Funambol software has been downloaded more that 1,000,000 times from its website at http://www.funambol.com, representing a 300 percent increase in downloads over the last 12 months.