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    <periodOfReport>2006-06-14</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>ANDERSON KYLE A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE MARITIME PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1401</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <otherText>Managing Member</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>ROSEWOOD CAPITAL III LP</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE MARITIME PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1401</rptOwnerStreet2>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001344609</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Adams Byron K JR</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE MARITIME PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1401</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <otherText>Managing Member</otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2579498</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects (a) 420,970 shares of common stock held by Rosewood Capital III, L.P., (b) 2,138,295 shares of common stock held by Rosewood Capital IV, L.P. and (c) 20,233 shares of common stock held by Rosewood Capital IV Associates, L.P.  Rosewood Capital Associates, LLC is the general partner of Rosewood Capital III, L.P. and Rosewood Capital Associates IV, LLC is the general partner of Rosewood Capital IV, L.P. and Rosewood Capital IV Associates, L.P.  Byron K. Adams Jr. and Kyle A. Anderson are the managing members of Rosewood Capital Associates, LLC and Byron K. Adams Jr., Kyle A. Anderson and Peter Breck are the managing members of Rosewood Capital IV, L.P and Rosewood Capital IV Associates, L.P., and each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Byron K. Adams Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kyle A. Anderson, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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