OZ INSTANT MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY ADDED TO SAMSUNG MOBILE PHONES

The fastest growing mobile phone manufacturer incorporates OZ Mobile IM Client solution on new North American phones

Montreal, Canada - November 9, 2004 - OZ, the leading enabler of standards-based mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services, today announced that Samsung has selected the OZ Mobile IM Client to be integrated onto Samsung’s latest mobile handsets. Working with OZ further supports Samsung’s North American market launch of mobile IM capable devices.

“The demand for feature-rich mobile services like mobile IM is rapidly increasing, and Samsung continually strives to bring advanced services to mobile operators and their subscribers,” said Muzib Khan, Vice President of Product Management, Samsung Wireless Terminals Division. “OZ’s Mobile IM Client solution will allow us to provide customers with the mobile IM experience they desire.”

The OZ Mobile IM Client is deployed as a pre-loaded client application on the new Samsung X427M and E317 mobile phones, which are available on the Cingular network; and the Samsung E315 is available on the T-Mobile network. Working with OZ, Samsung is able to provide mobile operators with handsets that allow subscribers to connect to a variety of branded IM services.

“The powerful combination of the OZ Mobile IM Client with Samsung’s products, enables mobile operators to provide their subscribers with the best mobile IM user experience possible,” said Skuli Mogensen, CEO of OZ. “The OZ Mobile IM Client is a unique product that addresses all of the key challenges that device vendors face when deploying mobile applications. We are very pleased with our continuous relationship with Samsung which is quickly getting us closer to our goal of putting a branded IM client onto every mobile phone sold in North America.”

About the OZ Mobile IM Client

The OZ Mobile IM Client is an application that meets the dynamic needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers with a proven, standards-based, client application that is highly customizable to meet specific customer needs; additionally it 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. The OZ Mobile IM Client is based on the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) specifications for Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS), formerly known as Wireless Village.

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 Samsung Telecommunications America

Samsung Telecommunications America, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., researches, markets and develops wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, see STA's website at www.samsungusa.com/wireless.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2003 parent company sales of US$36.4 billion and net income of US$5.0 billion. Employing approximately 88,000 people in 89 offices in 46 countries, the company consists of six main business units: Corporate Technology Operations, Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips, TFT-LCDs and VCRs.

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