OZ CONTINUES WIRELESS VILLAGE LEADERSHIP AT FIRST OMA IMPS INTEROPERABILITY EVENT, ADDS BREW CLINET

OZ is the only vendor to offer three certified and a fully-featured certified IMPS server

Montreal, Canada - January 13, 2003 - OZ Communications Inc., a leading provider of instant communication solutions to wireless operators, announced today that its suite of products has again been tested officially compliant to the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) 1.1 specifications (formerly Wireless Village). This is based on test results from the third interoperability event certifying compliance to the Wireless Village specifications and the first to be conducted by the OMA. OZ products tested as compliant at this event include the OZ ICS server and a new mobile client for BREW phones.

OZ is now the only vendor to certify both a server and a client at all three interoperability events held to date, which further demonstrates the company's technical leadership and ensures maximum interoperability with other vendors' products. The fact that OZ now has certified J2ME and BREW mobile clients allows OZ to rapidly deploy standardized and interoperable IMPS solutions into any mobile operator environment globally.

"We are extremely pleased with the results of the latest interoperability event as we've once again demonstrated our technical leadership in IMPS solutions within the OMA," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. "Mobile instant messaging has the potential to become a major revenue generator for mobile operators and we're well positioned to help operators make that a reality in the near term in a standardized, interoperable way."

Wireless Village products and solutions will create interoperable end-user services for mobile instant messaging, presence, group communications, and content sharing. Wireless Village has recently been integrated into the Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) Working Group of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) of which OZ is a member. OMA includes more than 200 companies representing the whole mobile services value chain, such as the world's leading mobile operators, device & network suppliers, information technology companies and content providers. OMA is stimulating and contributing to the creation of interoperable services across countries, operators and mobile terminals that will meet the needs of both the consumers and business users.

About the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) delivers open standards for the mobile industry, helping to create interoperable services, which work across countries, operators and mobile terminals and are driven by users' needs. To expand the mobile market, companies supporting the Open Mobile Alliance will work to stimulate the fast and wide adoption of a variety of new, enhanced mobile information, communication and entertainment services. The Open Mobile Alliance includes all key elements of the wireless value chain, and contributes to the timely and efficient introduction of services and applications. For more information, please visit www.openmobilealliance.org

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

For more information please contact:

Beverly Wilks
Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications
Tel: 1.514.390.2906
Mobile: 1.514.887.2252

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