Critical Path and Saraide Deliver Advanced Internet Messaging Solutions to Global Wireless Market

Business Wire, Sept 29, 1999

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1999--

Together, Companies Will Provide Highly

Scalable Mobile Email Solutions

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a leader in business-to-business Internet messaging solutions, today announced a strategic relationship with Saraide, a leading provider of Internet-based wireless data services, to bring advanced Internet messaging solutions to wireless carriers worldwide.

Saraide and Critical Path will offer Internet messaging solutions including Web-based, POP3 and IMAP4 email and message notification to carriers over a variety of air interfaces including CDMA, TDMA, and GSM.

In addition, Critical Path and Saraide are committed to providing Internet messaging to wireless devices supported by wireless protocols including the Short Message Service (SMS), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and others.

"The wireless market represents a huge worldwide opportunity," said Doug Hickey, president and CEO of Critical Path. "We will continue to forge relationships with category leaders in the wireless market such as Saraide to leverage our respective positions as industry leaders.

"We are dedicated to providing the wireless market with the most robust, comprehensive and scalable solutions to accommodate their rapidly expanding mobile email subscriber base. This is a logical next step in Critical Path's global wireless strategy."

"Email is a mandatory application for the mobile marketplace," said Arif Janjua, vice president and general manager, North America for Saraide.

"Through Critical Path's technology, Saraide will now be able to offer its customers email hosting as part of its email notification services. This relationship exemplifies our continued commitment to provide wireless carriers with best-of-breed wireless email services."

Working under a service bureau model, Saraide works with carriers and Internet content providers worldwide to deliver data and information services to the mobile market. Saraide provides customized, time-sensitive, location-based information services such as email, stock quotes, travel information, calendars, contact lists, personal banking, electronic commerce, and much more.

About Saraide

Saraide is a world-leader in delivering Internet-based services to wireless devices. Using an open technology platform, Saraide provides wireless operators with a wide array of exceptional, value-added services including email, stock quotes, travel information, calendars and personal banking -- independent of time, device, content or air interface.

Saraide has offices in North America and Europe including San Francisco, Ottawa, Dallas, New York, Rotterdam, London, Paris and Stockholm. Saraide is a member of the WAP Forum.

For more information on Saraide, please go to http://www.saraide.com.

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a leading provider of business-to-business Internet messaging solutions for corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), Web hosting companies, and Web portals. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points, and currently reaches millions of end-users through its customer relationships.

Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable email, and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services to partners such as E

RADE, CompuServe, Network Solutions, U S West, Sprint, and ICQ.
Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in
locations nationwide and in Germany and the UK. More information on
Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net.

     The statements in this press release relating to matters that are
not historical are forward-looking statements. Actual results could
differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Risks and
uncertainties facing Critical Path are described in its prospectus
dated June 1, 1999 and with its periodic filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).

     Note to Editors: Saraide is a trademark of saraide.com inc and/or
saraide.com ltd.
     Critical Path is a service mark and the Critical Path logo is a
trademark of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective holders.