Smith Micro Software, Inc. announced a series of new enhancements to its SafePath(R) platform planned for release in 2024. These upgrades will provide mobile network operators (MNO) with a robust and valuable set of tools, along with a go-to-market strategy for rapid deployment and launch, to help protect people against dangers and threats in both the physical and digital world. The safety of family and friends includes knowing that they can be reliably and safely located, while their data remains secure.

To help Smith Micro's MNO partners' brands, and demonstrate a shared commitment to empowering families, the company is announcing a series of enhancements to its SafePath platform that will significantly expand the addressable reach of its solutions. SafePath Premium(TM) A significant upgrade of the platform's core online protection and digital parenting tools, that will include enhanced AI/machine learning to optimize and customize families' online experience, and provide cyberbullying protection, social media intelligence and public safety notifications that allow parents or guardians to react quickly and appropriately when necessary. SafePath Global(TM) This new deployment and launch model will allow MNOs to rapidly deliver SafePath to their users with faster time-to- market, minimal reliance on the MNO's resources and easy consumer onboarding either via the Google Play(TM) store or Apple App Store(R), as well as traditional direct carrier distribution.

This approach will allow families to find protection from a known, centralized, and trusted provider. Delivered to end users as value-added services, SafePath-based solutions activate new revenue opportunities for service providers while helping to increase brand affinity and reduce subscriber churn.