OZ TAKES MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

T-Mobile USA subscribers now have access to 4 IM providers with revolutionary Nokia messaging device

Montreal, Canada - August 26, 2004 - OZ, the leading enabler of standards-based mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services today announced an industry first; with a pre-loaded IM Client on the Nokia 6800 messaging phone, T-Mobile USA subscribers are now able to access the four major instant messaging (IM) providers (AOL™, ICQ®, MSN®, and Yahoo!®) - via one device. Providing access to, and billing for, the IM services is the OZ Mobile IM Gateway.

Instant Messaging is one of the most popular means of communication today, with hundreds of millions of desktop IM users worldwide, and billions of IM messages sent each day. T-Mobile USA is now continuing its leadership in mobilizing IM services by providing the very unique Nokia 6800 phone to its subscribers.

The Nokia 6800 messaging phone was the first in a series of Nokia's unique messaging devices featuring the stylish fold-out keyboard for easy and efficient messaging. The Nokia 6800 phone enhances the wireless experience by allowing subscribers to quickly send out text messages, and chat with their favorite IM service.

"T-Mobile is taking the mobile instant messaging experience to new heights by providing T-Mobile Nokia 6800 users with an innovative, unique and flexible instant messaging tool to help them keep pace with their active lives," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. "We are extremely pleased to continue working with T-Mobile, providing T-Mobile Nokia 6800 users with the most advanced mobile instant messaging experience available. We are equally proud to be working with the four largest IM providers to deliver this coveted service."

About the OZ Mobile IM Gateway

The OZ Mobile IM Gateway provides mobile operators with flexible application-level billing models for mobile IM, supports both post-paid and pre-paid billing, provides dynamic IM protocol conversion to proprietary IM protocols when needed, ensures the efficient use of multiple wireless transports, and ensures IM services' compliance with all different flavors of the OMA IMPS (previously known as Wireless Village) specifications as well as future revisions.

About OZ

OZ is leading the development of standards-based mobile instant messaging (IM) solutions that enable mobile operators and IM providers to bring instant messaging services to operators’ subscribers. Furthermore, OZ works closely with leading handset manufacturers to provide users with a rich and fully integrated IM experience on mobile devices. Visionary companies such as Cingular, AOL®, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, T-Mobile USA and Yahoo!®, have partnered with OZ to empower people with a seamless, always-on mobile IM experience. OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The Company also has regional offices in the US and Europe. For more information, visit the OZ website at 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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