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Smith Micro Hosts 48th PCCA Technical Workshop Addressing New Wireless Services and Applications Through Connectivity Management(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ALISO VIEJO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/29/14 -- Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI), a leading provider of wireless and mobility solutions, will host the second 2014 Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA) Workshop at its headquarters in Orange County, CA, on June 17, 8:00am - 4:00pm PT. Scheduled speakers include Aeris Communications, Ericsson, Instep Group, iPass, MCCI, NetMotion Wireless, Qualcomm, Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), SAI Technology, Sierra Wireless and Smith Micro. Wireless professionals who attend will assess the current state and future direction of connection management and its impact on mobility and new applications for consumer, enterprise and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) use cases. "The industry is moving toward policy-based connection management to increase efficiency and improve the consumer mobile experience, but there are a wide variety of use cases, technologies and stakeholders that must be considered in order to effectively deploy it," said Dave Sperling, CTO at Smith Micro. "We're thrilled to work with the PCCA and many of the industry's leading technical experts to host this workshop focusing on intelligent connectivity and the new services enabled by it, particularly in the realm of M2M and the Internet of Things." Centered on the state of connectivity, the workshop will cover a range of topics, including: Standards from Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and USB Implementers Forum (USB IF) Platforms such as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), USB-IF and Windows 8 Approaches and needs relative to network types including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Near Field Communication (NFC), LTE, small cells and heterogeneous networks (HetNets) The future of the Internet of Things and M2M, including the connected vehicle, connected city, connected health and person-to-machine (P2M) New services enabled by innovative connection management and location-based services For a more detailed agenda, please visit http://www.pcca.org/news/Agendas/ag2014-06.htm Register for the workshop at https://www.pcca.org/register/registration.asp. There is no charge to attend this workshop. About PCCAFounded in 1992, The Portable Computer and Communications Association is a non-profit trade association whose mission statement is to promote interoperability for mobile computing and communications through standards, recommendations, testing and technical assessment. PCCA members include wireless operators, wireless device vendors, computer companies, wireless infrastructure software vendors, and networking companies. Membership is open to all companies and individuals with an interest in these disciplines. For information on PCCA committees, standards and membership, visit the Web site www.pcca.org. About Smith Micro Software, Inc.:Smith Micro Software provides solutions that simplify, secure and enhance the mobile experience. Our portfolio includes a wide range of applications that manage broadband connectivity, data traffic, devices, voice and video communications over wireless networks. With 30 years of experience developing world-class client and server software, Smith Micro helps the leading mobile network operators, device manufacturers and enterprises increase efficiency and capitalize on the growth of mobile-connected consumers and workforces. For more information, visit smithmicro.com. (NASDAQ: SMSI) Safe Harbor Statement:This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, forward-looking statements relating to the company's financial prospects and other projections of its performance, the execution of our recently announced restructuring, our ability to halt the decline of our cash reserves in light of our continued losses, the existence of new market opportunities and interest in the company's products and solutions, and the company's ability to increase its revenue and regain profitability by capitalizing on these new market opportunities and interest and introducing new products and solutions. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are potential for disruption and loss of customers and business from the transfer of duties and responsibilities in our recently announced restructuring, the risk that we will continue to incur losses and not regain profitability, the risk that we may need to raise additional capital to fund our operations and such capital may not be available to us at commercially reasonable terms or at all, changes in demand for the company's products from its customers and their end-users, customer concentration given that the majority of our sales depend on a few large client relationships, including Sprint, new and changing technologies, customer acceptance and timing of deployment of those technologies, new and continuing adverse economic conditions, and the company's ability to compete effectively with other software companies. 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