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OZ SELECTED BY AT&T TO POWER NEW OGO MESSAGING DEVICE OZ technology a key enabler for mobile IM and email access on the Ogo device Montreal, Canada - September 28, 2004 - OZ, the leading enabler of standards-based mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services, today announced that the OZ Mobile IM and Email Gateway solutions are powering the mobile IM and email access on the recently launched AT&T Ogo™ device – a radically new and affordable consumer mobile messaging device. “When it was time for us to choose a company to enable the mobile IM and email capabilities on the Ogo, we selected OZ because of their proven experience and capabilities,” said Stacia Pache, senior product director of Ogo at AT&T. “Because of OZ’s Mobile IM and Email Gateways, we are able to bring to market a unique mobile device that enables our subscribers to be simultaneously connected to the 3 largest IM and email services, AOL™, MSN® and Yahoo! ®." The Ogo device gives customers the freedom to stay connected to their online communities while on the go, from just about anywhere they happen to be. Designed for the youth market and mass consumers, Ogo offers the most desirable mobile messaging services, on a sleek and affordable device. “We are proud to be a key part of the Ogo launch and to be working with AT&T to bring mobile IM capabilities to a variety of other phones and devices,” said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. “Together, AT&T and OZ are delivering to people an easy-to-use, seamless and always-on mobile messaging experience unlike any other.” In addition to powering the Ogo messaging device, AT&T is currently utilizing the OZ Mobile IM Gateway to provide IM connectivity for a number of IM capable phones. Furthermore, AT&T is also working with OZ on future IM capable devices. AvailabilityThe Ogo device is available exclusively from AT&T stores and on-line at www.AT&T.com. Other IM DevicesOZ powers several IM capable mobile phones, such as the Nokia 3120, Nokia 3595, Nokia 6010, LG 4020, LG4015 and the Sony Ericsson T637. These devices are available from AT&T stores and on-line. About the OZ Mobile Email GatewayThe OZ Mobile Email Gateway enables mobile users to access their MSN® Hotmail email services using standard IMAP email clients by providing dynamic protocol conversion between the IMAP protocol and the MSN’s Hotmail protocol. The gateway furthermore gives mobile operators the ability to bill for Hotmail services using a variety of billing models and provides the necessary reporting and customer care capabilities mobile operators require. About the OZ Mobile IM GatewayTo 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 OZOZ empowers consumers to stay connected with mobile IM and email solutions that provide users with a seamless and always-on mobile messaging experience. Working with the leading mobile operators, portals/ISPs and handset manufacturers, OZ delivers innovative and standards-based solutions that provide rich and fully integrated messaging experiences on millions of mobile devices. OZ is proud to count among its customers and partners: AOL™, AT&T, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones and T-Mobile USA ®. OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with 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 OZ Communications and the OZ logo are trademarks of OZ Communications Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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