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The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) Welcomes Swisscom Fixnet's Service Brand and Internet Division Bluewin to its Board of Directors Group MAAWG'S 4th General Meeting to be Held in Duesseldorf, Germany on June 21-23, 2005 WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), a group of communications and technology companies committed to eradicating spam, viruses and other forms of messaging abuse, today announced that Swisscom Fixnet's service brand and internet division Bluewin has joined the group at the Board of Directors -- Sponsor level. With this addition the MAAWG surpasses an addressable base of over 500 million subscribers and increases its presence in Europe. Swisscom Fixnet/Bluewin has joined MAAWG in an effort to develop initiatives with all MAAWG members to address the messaging abuse problem in areas of technology, industry collaboration and public policy. "With its service brand and ISP division Bluewin, Swisscom Fixnet is dedicated to continuously providing our customers the best Internet experience. This membership aligns with our company's focus on developing innovative and best-in-class communication solutions that keep our customers secure while exceeding their expectations," said Charles d'Heureuse, Head of Bluewin IT for Swisscom Fixnet By addressing these areas, Swisscom Fixnet/Bluewin and the other MAAWG members hope to help prevent global spamming, virus and denial-of-attacks problems facing their current and potential users. Addressing a single geographic region will not solve the problem. It requires companies working together across geographic regions in the areas of technology, collaboration and public policy to help resolve these issues. "We are excited to have Swisscom Fixnet/Bluewin as a part of MAAWG's board of directors. We look forward to work with them to help us define a set of ongoing best practices across providers to improve deliverability while eliminating spam and viruses in Europe and across the world," said Rich Wong, Senior Vice President of Openwave's Product Group and MAAWG Chairman. MAAWG's next general meeting will be held in Duesseldorf, Germany from June 21 to June 23, 2005. For more information on the meeting please go to http://www.maawg.org/ About MAAWG The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is an independent non- profit coalition of worldwide carriers and technology providers. MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse by working along three initiatives -- collaboration across operators, best practices technology, and providing an industry voice into public policy. MAAWG Members include: -- Sponsors (Board of Directors) - America Online - Bell Canada - BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) - Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) - Cingular Wireless - Cloudmark - Cox Communications - Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) - EarthLink (NASDAQ:ELNK) - France Telecom - Goodmail Systems - Openwave Systems (NASDAQ:OPWV) - Swisscom Fixnet AG/Bluewin - Verizon - Yahoo! -- Full Members - Cablevision - Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, Nasdaq: IIJI) - IronPort - MX Logic (Board of Directors) - Sprint - Symantec (Board of Directors) - Verisign - Cisco -- Supporters - Bigfoot Interactive - Bizanga LTD - Checkfree Corporation - Cincinnati Bell - Fortinet Inc. - Habeas Inc. - Kelkea, Inc. - NetVision LLC - Nextel Communications - Omniti Computer Consulting, Inc. - Return Path, Inc. - Sendmail - Singlefin - Skylist, Inc. - TDC - TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom - Word To The Wise - StrongMail - DoubleClick - MessageLabs - Pivotal Veracity For further information, contact: Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group 572B Ruger Street P.O. Box 29920 San Francisco, California 94129-0920 Telephone: 1-415-561-6277 Executive Director, Jerry Upton Swisscom Fixnet AG Bluewin Myriam Ziesack Public Relations Telefon +41 44 274 74 89 Fax +41 44 274 71 43 BellSouth Brent Fowler 1-404-829-8722 Openwave Systems Nicole Arena 1-650-346-4293 Comcast Jeanne Russo 1-215-981-8552 EarthLink Alexandra Trask 404-748-7267 direct America Online Nicholas Graham 703-265-1801 Sprint Charles M. Fleckenstein 913-794-2943 DATASOURCE: Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group CONTACT: Jerry Upton, Executive Director, Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, +1-415-561-6277, ; Brent Fowler, BellSouth, +1-404-829-8722, ; Nicole Arena, Openwave Systems, +1-650-346-4293, ; Jeanne Russo, Comcast, +1-215-981-8552, ; Alexandra Trask, EarthLink, +1-404-748-7267, ; Nicholas Graham, America Online, +1-703-265-1801; Charles M. Fleckenstein, Sprint, +1-913-794-2943; Myriam Ziesack, Public Relations, Swisscom Fixnet AG, Bluewin, +41-44-274-74-89, Fax, +41-44-274-71-43, Web site: http://www.maawg.org/

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