With a rising number of children and teenagers now owning a mobile phone in Britain, the UK’s leading mobile phone comparison website has commissioned a study into a new ‘random text’ trend, which could be putting youngsters at risk.

In a new poll of 1,382 teens aged between 13 and 16, www.rightmobilephone.co.uk has found that there is an increasing number of young people engaging in what is potentially a dangerous text messaging trend, involving sending a message to a random number and awaiting a reply.

19% of the respondents who took part in the poll admitting having previously done this, despite the risk of speaking with strangers and 22% claimed to have played ‘text roulette’, a slightly different trend that involves typing an obscene text message before scrolling through the contact list and sending it to whoever it lands on.

Further findings of the study by rightmobilephone.co.uk included almost two thirds, 64%, of the young respondents admitting to adding or accepting somebody they didn’t know as a friend on Facebook.

Of those who admitted to sending random texts to unknown numbers, 11% said it was ‘loneliness’ that prompted them to do so. 31% said it was ‘just for fun’ whilst 9% were ‘dared’ to do so. 42% said ‘boredom’ was the reason they sent random texts to strangers. More than half, 54%, said they had received a reply from the unknown number they had texted.

In terms of Facebook and those who admitted adding or accepting people they didn’t know, 72% said they just wanted to ‘look more popular’ by having more friends.

Of the teenagers that admitted to playing ‘Text Roulette’, 1 in 3 claimed it had landed them in trouble with the recipient.

Neil McHugh, co-founder of rightmobilephone.co.uk, said;

“We’d hope young people realise the dangers of texting strange numbers and adding people they don’t know on Facebook, although judging by the findings, this is not the case. As more young people now own mobile phones, I would encourage parents to keep a closer eye on how their children are using them.”

“We were surprised by the number of teenagers that have actually taken part in these risky ‘games’ like Text Roulette and what was even more worrying is that the majority of the teenagers had a reply from texts they had sent to random numbers.”

LINK http://www.rightmobilephone.co.uk

ENDS

For more information, or to arrange interviews with Neil McHugh, please contact Shannon Haigh of 10 Yetis PR Agency on 01452 348211 or email [email protected]

Editors notes

Rightmobilephone.co.uk was launched in November 2007 to help consumers save time and money by providing a trusted comparison platform for customers to purchase from.

The site has become the UK’s most comprehensive and user friendly mobile phone comparison engine, with 600,000+ mobile phone offers combined with user friendly consumer reviews, ratings and video.

Users can review and compare over 800 handsets with images, specifications and video with unique users reviews, opinions and ratings provided by handset owners and compare over 2000 + pay as you go offers and tariffs from all major networks.

Bucharest, Romania, September 24th, 2009. AXIGEN, (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announces today the official release of a new mail server version, Axigen 7.2. The new version features a new WebMail technology designed to improve the overall user experience when accessing web-based email communication tools. The new Ajax powered WebMail interface provides users with a desktop-like experience and is ideal for the Service Provider market segment.

Designed for Axigen’s main target segment, service providers, this innovative user-centric WebMail interface comes with new features to help them create new services and generate new streams of income. Axigen Mail Server 7.2 has a strong focus on monetization, providing multiple, customizable advertising capabilities and seamless integration with third party applications such as portals and community-related tools, thus helping SPs keep their customers online for a longer period.

The Axigen WebMail of version 7.2 offers an overall optimized look-and-feel. It renders email related tasks quick and painless, by introducing features such as keyboard navigation and shortcuts, drag-and-drop, live email list view, frequent folders and also allowing users to employ shortcuts and time saving tricks they have already been using with classic desktop email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird.

One of the top ten messaging solutions in the world according to The Radicati Group, the AXIGEN Mail Server has a strong focus on meeting the needs of business customers, either directly or through Service Providers employing the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide. To download the new Axigen 7.2 version, please visit our download section.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group and ISO 9001:2008 certified, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 200 partners from 100 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 8 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. Find out more at: www.axigen.com

The AXIGEN Mail Server 7.2 Beta is the first step towards the ambitious goal of taking Web communication interfaces to the next level

AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announces the beta release of a new version of its messaging solution featuring an innovative user-centric WebMail interface. Based on the AJAX technology, the new interface has been completely revamped to provide users with a desktop-like experience.

The new WebMail Interface features an overall optimized look-and-feel.  Keyboard navigation and shortcuts, drag-and-drop, live email list view, frequent folders, all the new  intuitive features of version 7.2 are designed to render email related tasks effective and pain-free, by allowing users to rely on shortcuts and time saving tricks they have already learned while using classic desktop email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird.

The innovative WebMail technology brings multiple, customizable advertising capabilities, also introducing white branding options. Third party applications such as portals or community-related tools are granted extended live access to mailbox information – unread emails, upcoming events or tasks, total number of messages and much more.

“This is only the first public appearance of AXIGEN’s new WebMail technology which revolves around improving the overall user experience when accessing web-based email communication tools, with a powerful range of innovative additions already planned for future WebMail Interface versions. We invite you to test AXIGEN 7.2 and share your thoughts and comments on making it more effective, intuitive and user friendly”, said Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

To test the new AXIGEN 7.2 version Beta now, please visit: http://www.axigen.com/beta-testing/

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 200 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™.
Find out more at: www.axigen.com

Kowloon, Hong Kong and Bucharest, Romania, July 9th, 2009. AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announces today the launch of its messaging solution range in Hong Kong through its first distribution partnership in the market signed with iDesign (http://www.idesign.com.hk), one of the leading players in the domestic IT&C solutions and services field.

iDesign IT Consulting has been providing IT solutions and consulting services for over 9 years, with a strong focus on small and medium enterprises. Their complex range of solutions and products helps render critical business processes automatic, thus providing enterprises with the competitive edge they need to succeed.

One of the top ten messaging solutions in the world according to The Radicati Group, the AXIGEN Mail Server has a strong focus on meeting the needs of business customers, either directly or through Service Providers employing the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide. About iDesign Founded in 2000, iDesign IT Consulting Company Limited is an IT solutions provider that offers IT consultancy services and business automation development for SME. Our services are provided with our expertise in technology, business strategy and creativity. We advise clients on critical business issues and leverage on leading technology to architect best-fit solutions. Find out more at: www.idesign.com.hk About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 200 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users. Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. Find out more at: http://www.axigen.com

Bucharest, Romania and Moscow, Russia, May 14, 2009 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, and Mosqit LLC (http://www.mosqit.ru), Russian provider of integrated IT solutions, announced today the signing of a partnership agreement focused on expanding the AXIGEN Mail Server product range distribution in Russia.

The Mosqit company delivers a wide variety of IT solutions and services, ranging from data management and security, messaging and collaboration to storage optimization, network architecture design and implementation. Backed-up by an enthusiastic team of IT professionals, they leverage advanced technology, deep industry focus and experience to give businesses of all sizes an edge over the competition by providing them with customized, highly-reliable and cost-effective solutions.

“When we started our collaboration with AXIGEN, we were trying to find a scalable and manageable messaging solution for the Linux platform that would add value to our existing software portfolio. AXIGEN was the only mail server that could provide us with a simple installation process, an excellent management interface, as well as high performance and rich features. We expect the messaging market to grow significantly this year in Russia and plan to address this growth with AXIGEN’s help,” says Vitaliy Sayfullin, CTO, Mosqit LLC.

“We are very pleased to seal this partnership with MOSQIT. We strongly believe they can help us achieve our goal of further expanding and consolidating the AXIGEN presence in the Russian market. They can also offer us great insight as to how we can better adapt our high-end range of messaging solutions to the specific email communication needs of companies operating in this country,” concluded Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

One of the top ten messaging solutions in the world according to The Radicati Group, the AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN, now at version 7.1, runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About Mosqit LLC
Mosqit is a Russian privately owned company established in 2008. As a solution provider, they aim to stand out and gain recognition by offering products and services featuring the highest degree of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, robustness and security. They specialize in data management and collaboration.

Mosqit brings together many experienced and knowledgeable professionals from various areas of the IT industry. The core technical team consists of several computer engineering graduates.
For further details, please visit: www.mosqit.ru

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 200 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™.
Find out more at: www.axigen.com

Volta Mantovana, Italy and Bucharest, Romania, April 22, 2009. AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announces today the signing of a new distribution partnership for its mail server product range with Italian company GateSoft (http://www.gatesoft.biz). The new partnership is aimed at expanding AXIGEN’s reach on the Italian market.

GateSoft provides a wide range of IT services, from network architecture design and implementation, to software distribution, IT consultancy and training. They are focused on providing small to medium companies with the technological advantage they need to acquire a better position in their market and expand their business.

“Our main goal for our partnership with AXIGEN is to deliver an extremely effective collaborative messaging solution to our customers. We are very pleased with this partnership as it will also support our efforts to expand our services and expertise in the Linux World, and allow us to gain a competitive edge in the mobile and collaborative messaging world,” said Davide Martelli, GateSoft Co-owner.

“This year, AXIGEN is focusing on expanding its local reach on all the markets it has entered in the previous years, and Italy is key in this strategy. We are confident that, with the help of our new partner, GateSoft, we will be able to provide Italian customers with a perfectly fit, comprehensive and intuitive messaging solution, giving them the extra edge they need to consolidate their business and take it to a higher level ,” concluded Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

One of the top ten messaging solutions in the world according to The Radicati Group, the AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN, now at version 7.1, runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About GateSoft
Established in 2008, GateSoft s.n.c., is a company focused on providing companies with outstanding IT services. Our vision is to deliver the most efficient, cost effective and easy to use IT solutions to our customers, thus helping them to further expand their business. For more details, please visit: www.gatesoft.biz

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. For further details, please visit: www.axigen.com

REDMOND, Wash., and BUCHAREST, Romania — March 25, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. and Gecad Technologies today announced a patent licensing agreement to implement Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on Gecad’s AXIGEN Mail Server offering. The agreement allows AXIGEN e-mail servers to directly synchronize e-mail and data between mobile devices utilizing Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync technology. The Exchange ActiveSync protocol enables mobile client devices such as Windows Mobile-based smartphones to synchronize e-mail messages, calendar items, contacts, task lists and other mailbox data with AXIGEN Mail Server.

Gecad also announced that the product kits for AXIGEN Mail Server version 7.0 featuring Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync are available for download today at http://www.axigen.com.

While Microsoft has been licensing the Exchange ActiveSync protocol for mobile devices since 2003, Gecad Technologies joins a growing number of companies licensing the Exchange ActiveSync patents for implementation on a server.

This agreement extends the collaboration between the two companies, as AXIGEN recently became a member of Microsoft’s Empower initiative for independent software vendors. More information is available here.

Microsoft’s Commitment to Licensing Technology
The licensing agreement is another example of the important role intellectual property (IP) plays in ensuring a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, the company has entered into more than 500 licensing agreements and recently announced an expansion of its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync IP licensing program. These licensing efforts help make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsoft’s significant research and development investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.

Over the past few years, Microsoft has entered into Exchange ActiveSync licensing agreements with Apple Inc., Big Bang System Corp., DataViz Inc., Google Inc., Helio LLC, IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd., Nokia Corp., Palm Inc., Remoba Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Symbian Software Ltd. and Xandros Inc.

More information about Microsoft’s licensing programs is available at http://www.microsoft.com/iplicensing.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. For more details, please visit www.axigen.com

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

The AXIGEN Team is happy to announce the release of the new 7.0 Beta version of AXIGEN Mail Server. Along with various enhancements, this release comes with a fresh set of features pertaining to mobile email communication, collaboration and centralized management, further shaping AXIGEN as the solution of choice for both service providers and companies of all sizes.

Here is a glimpse of the added features:

• Built-in Support for Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
  Handling business operations is easier when using AXIGEN 7.0′s newly built-in Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® support for mobile devices. The Push email technology and PIM database synchronization provides road-warriors with instant access to mission critical information such as messages, contacts, appointments or tasks. Regardless of time and location, they can increase productivity and efficiency by keeping in touch with co-workers, customers and partners or staying up-to-date with the latest changes and events in their field of activity.
• LDAP and Active Directory Synchronization:
  With AXIGEN version 7.0 Beta, service providers have a simpler, yet more effective way to centrally manage and retrieve customer account settings and perform operations such as adding new services, deploying centralized security policies and much more. For enterprises, the Active Directory Management Console integration provides increased manageability of domain accounts and control over group membership, reducing time and costs associated with administrative operations.

To see all that’s new in AXIGEN Mail Server 7.0 Beta, please check out the What’s New or the Product Releases sections on our website.

In order to get a hands-on experience of the 7.0 Beta release of our messaging solution, please join our testing campaign by registering here.

Please note that a fresh AXIGEN Outlook Connector 7.0 Beta is also available for download within the same section and that you need to have it installed if you wish to test AXIGEN 7.0 Beta’s advanced groupware and collaboration features.

The Beta testing campaign will last for approximately 2 weeks. As always, we invite you to send us your impressions, ideas and questions regarding this new release, or any other AXIGEN version, product features or licensing.

About Gecad Technologies and AXIGEN
Gecad Technologies SA is the vendor of AXIGEN, a professional messaging solution that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Our cutting-edge products, based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure^TM, AXIGEN SmartProcessing^TM and AXIGEN UltraStorage^TM, are currently distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries, managing email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users. For further details, please visit: http://www.axigen.com

Bucharest, Romania, March 4th, 2009 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, today announces they have become a member of the Intel Software Partner Program (http://www.intel.com/partner), with the intention to better adapt the AXIGEN Mail Server to Intel architectures.

As part of the Intel® Software Partner Program, AXIGEN focuses on optimizing its cutting edge messaging solutions for Intel platforms. The membership also enables AXIGEN to collaborate with Intel in order to take advantage of emerging trends and technologies, thus offering improved mail server solutions to existing and potential customers.

“We are happy to welcome AXIGEN into our Software Partner Program and we are confident we’ll develop a beneficial collaboration that will result in enriched software solutions for existing and potential customers,” said Peter Rohr, Marketing manager Software and Services Group EMEA.

“Software vendors need to adapt their solutions to their customers’ current needs rather than forcing them to make changes in order to accommodate new software. That is why we put our best effort into adapting AXIGEN to all popular, high-performance hardware platforms, such as Intel’s product range. Our goal is to make AXIGEN’s efficiency and flexibility available to any company within Intel’s wide customer base, thus helping them to proactively meet the challenges and changes of messaging communication,” concluded Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Now at version 6.2, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. For further details, please visit: www.axigen.com

Bucharest, Romania, February 16, 2009 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announces it has joined the Empower for ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) initiative, partnership program designed by Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com), worldwide leader in software, services and solutions. Empower combines deep industry knowledge, useful tools, powerful research expertise and innovative thinking aimed at supporting global business growth.

Designed to help ISVs succeed when developing software on the Microsoft platform, Empower for ISVs offers software, support, and other resources to independent software vendors, helping them reduce their development costs, test the software, and speed their solution to market. By joining this initiative, AXIGEN reinstates that it is equipped with the latest technology to exceed customers and business needs while remaining on the leading-edge of innovation.

“The Microsoft partner programs offer priority access to a comprehensive set of resources designed to help our partners provide highly-effective and powerful solutions to customers,” said Florian Ivan, Partner Strategy Manager, Microsoft Romania.

“The AXIGEN messaging solutions running on Microsoft platforms, namely Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, have become popular quite fast. We are confident our close collaboration with Microsoft will help us provide our mutual customers from the SMB and Enterprise segments with an improved mail server, better adapted to their current and emerging needs,” concluded Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Now at version 6.2, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. Find out more at: www.axigen.com