OZ ON THE PULVER 100 LIST FOR TOP GROWTH COMPANIES IN THE TELECOM SECTOR

Montreal, Canada - October 15, 2002 - Jeff Pulver, CEO of pulver.com, has announced that OZ is on his list of the 100 most important, new growth companies on the telecom landscape. This selection follows OZ's success in the past few months at official Wireless Village interoperability events and demonstrates how OZ is taking the lead in standardized mobile instant messaging and presence solutions.

"People don't expect to find new growth in the telecom industry today, but the pulver100 reminds us ecosystems renew after a fire," noted Jeff Pulver. "The present landscape includes the faltering elements of the old world along with the nascent and unrefined elements of the new. Judging by the companies in the pulver100, the future of telecommunications has emerged as if the PSTN never existed. The pioneers need to press forward without some of the comforts of the late 90's, but it seems clear these companies embody the telecom future."

The pulver100 includes private companies in the communications sector that have sustantial real-world deployments and enjoy significant growth rates. The companies have little to no dependence on the traditional telephone network, equipment, or service providers. "The list reflects predicted changes in the value chain as the vertical integration of the traditional telecom sector collapses," said Daniel Berninger, Managing Director, pulver.com. "The emergence of Internet protocol as the driving force in communications removed the artificial barrier to entry that had protected the status quo until recently. The companies prospering in the new environment follow the computer and networking industry model with open interfaces, connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware." For more information about the pulver100, please visit http://pulver.com/pulver100

About pulver.com

Jeff Pulver founded pulver.com at the end of 1994. In addition to producing the highly successful VON conferences, pulver.com is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of communication technology. The pulver.com website (http://www.pulver.com) is a key source of information for those in the IP Communications industry and The Pulver Report (http://pulver.com/reports) has over 65,000 subscribers for whom it is a primary source of news and information on the latest developments in emerging net technologies. Mr. Pulver is the founder of: The VON Coalition, pulverRadio, RevUp Records and co-founder of: Vonage and WHP Wireless. For more information, please visit http://pulver.com

About OZ

OZ Communications is the leading enabler of standardized mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services. OZ works closely with the world's leading mobile operators, IM service providers, handset providers and standardization forums to provide people with the best possible mobile IMPS experience. OZ's standards based products include the OZ Mobile IM Gateway, a carrier-grade IM billing and protocol gateway, OZ's Mobile IM Client Software, including the most advanced J2ME IM client available, and OZ's IMPS server, the most robust and fully featured IM server based on the Open Mobile Alliance IMPS specifications. For more information please visit www.oz.com

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Beverly Wilks
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