OZ PROVIDES MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING SOLUTION FOR SPRINT

With the OZ Mobile IM solution, Sprint PCS Vision(SM) customers are able to stay connected with branded Instant Messaging

Montreal, Canada - February 9, 2005 - OZ, the leading developer of mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services, today announced that Sprint PCS has deployed the OZ Mobile IM Gateway & Client solution across its nationwide network; enabling mobile customers to access their AOL® Instant Messenger™ (AIM®) and MSN Messenger services on their mobile phones.

By deploying the OZ Mobile IM Gateway and Client, Sprint is providing customers with a mobile IM experience similar to the look and feel of their existing desktop IM services and allows them to send and receive instant messages with their contacts. The OZ Mobile IM Client, available as a download application for Sprint PCS Vision customers, connects to the IM services via the OZ Mobile IM Gateway - furnishing Sprint PCS with an end-to-end solution.

"We are seeing increased demand from our subscribers to be able to take their IM experience mobile," said John Styers, director of wireless messaging, Sprint. "OZ was chosen because they can provide Sprint with a turnkey Mobile IM Gateway and Mobile IM Client offering, which enables us to expand upon our existing IM services and provide our customers with an enhanced messaging application to stay connected with their family and friends."

"We are excited to be working with Sprint and our partners at America Online, Inc. and Microsoft to bring the mobile AIM and MSN instant messaging services into the devices of millions of Sprint PCS Vision customers," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. "Sprint PCS has built their business by offering advanced data services and by being attentive to their customers' needs, this case is no different. Now Sprint will be able to provide subscribers with a unique, compelling and user-friendly mobile IM experience - a communication tool that more and more people rely on to stay connected."

About the OZ Mobile IM Gateway and the OZ Mobile IM Client
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 the AIM®, MSN® Yahoo!®, and ICQ® instant messaging services.

The OZ Mobile IM Client meets the dynamic needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers with a proven, standards-based and customizable client application that is designed to meet customers' specific requirements. In concert with the leading instant messaging service providers, the OZ Mobile IM Client enables mobile operators to offer a mobile IM experience that looks familiar to users' existing desktop IM services, and allows end-users to easily select which IM service they would like to use. The OZ client does this within a small memory footprint while providing the best user experience possible.

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, Microsoft®, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA, 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 United States and Europe. For more information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com.

About Sprint

Sprint offers an extensive range of innovative communication products and solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and multiproduct bundles. A Fortune 100 company with more than $27 billion in annual revenues in 2004, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network; an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone; and one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless networks in the United States. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/mr.

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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