CTCHD Commtouch Software Ltd. (MM)

Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCHD) today announced its year-end figures for new licensing partners: the Company signed seven licensing deals with new OEM partners during the fourth quarter of 2007, for a total of 35 new OEM partners signed during the year. The Company exceeded its original goal of signing 30 new OEM partners during the year, and closed deals with such leading firms as Check Point Software and Panda Security. Commtouch also expanded existing agreements with several partners. �We are very proud of our achievements throughout 2007,� said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch chief executive officer and chairman of the board. �In addition to signing a record number of new OEM partners during the year, we expanded business with several of our existing partners, with some of them adding our new GlobalView Mail Reputation Service to their product offerings.� Of Commtouch�s 88 current OEM partners, 33 are based in North and South America, 33 in Europe and 22 in Asia and Pacific Rim. �We continue to see considerable growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific,� Mr. Mantel said. �The 12 agreements we signed in that region in 2007 only begin to tell the story of what we hope to accomplish there.� About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCHD) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- e-mail. Commtouch has over 16 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection and Reputation Service solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection�), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per week to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by scores of OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with hundreds of millions of users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, see: http://www.commtouch.com. The site includes the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts. Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including projections about our business, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements in the future tense, and statements including words such as "expect," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate," or "believe" are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information available to us at the time of the release; we assume no obligation to update any of them. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations as a result of numerous factors, including business conditions and growth or deterioration in the Internet market, commerce and the general economy, both domestic as well as international; fewer than expected new-partner relationships; competitive factors, including pricing pressures; technological developments, and products offered by competitors; the ability of our OEM partners to successfully penetrate markets with products integrated with Commtouch technology; a slower than expected acceptance rate for our newer product offerings; availability of qualified staff; and technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new products, as well as those risks described in the text of this press release and the company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov.