IDC SELECTS OZ AS ONE OF THE ‘TEN EMERGING WIRELESS PLAYERS TO WATCH’ IN 2005

Company's mobile instant messaging solutions selected for top honors

Montreal, Canada - December 2, 2004 - OZ, the leading enabler of standards-based mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services, today announced that IDC has selected the Company as one of Ten Emerging Wireless Players to Watch in 2005. IDC is the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in the information technology and telecommunications industries.

IDC acknowledges OZ as a leading provider of software that enables wireless instant messaging, which IDC believes is the natural progression for the US wireless subscriber market that has already embraced Short Messaging Services (SMS). In the report, IDC identifies 10 companies that are playing interesting and important roles in the evolution of the wireless space.

“IDC found the OZ IM experience on a wireless device to be compelling and nearly indistinguishable from that offered on a desktop,” said Scott Ellison, Director of Wireless and Mobile Communications at IDC. “IDC believes that OZ’s market approach to IM will resonate with the US wireless subscriber market. As SMS adoption and usage continues to grow steadily in the wireless space, and with desktop IM rapidly being adopted by businesses, wireless IM represents a major new messaging opportunity for the wireless industry.”

“We are honored to have been recognized by IDC for our innovative work in the mobile instant messaging arena,” said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. “This award further validates the breadth and flexibility of OZ’s solutions and showcases the value that OZ provides to mobile operators, handset manufacturers and portals- and in turn, to their customers.”

About the OZ Mobile IM Client and the Mobile IM Gateway

The OZ Mobile IM Client provides handset manufacturers and mobile operators with a proven, standards-based client application that is highly customizable to meet specific customer needs and can include multiple sets of branding towards existing IM services. This enables mobile operators to offer a mobile IM experience that looks familiar to users’ existing desktop IM services and allows end-users to make the choice of which IM service they log into. The OZ client does this within a small memory footprint while providing the best user experience possible, including a persistent always on feel.

To successfully deploy mobile IM services, mobile operators face a number of challenges, including billing, customer support interfaces, IM protocol conformance and overall control of mobile IM services. The OZ Mobile IM Gateway is designed to address these issues and to simplify the process of extending existing IM services to standards-based IM capable mobile phones. The OZ Mobile IM Gateway provides access to AOL™, ICQ®, MSN® and Yahoo!® IM services.

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 AOL™, Cingular, 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.

About IDC

IDC is the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in the information technology and telecommunications industries. We analyze and predict technology trends so that our clients can make strategic, fact-based decisions on IT purchases and business strategy. Over 700 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide local expertise and insights on technology markets, and our management team is comprised of experienced and respected industry luminaries. Business executives and IT managers have relied for 40 years on our advice to make decisions that contribute to the success of their organizations.

For more information please contact:

Beverly Wilks
Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications
Tel: +1 514 390.2906

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