OZ TO SPEAK AT INFORMA'S WORLD HANDSET FORUM

Montreal, Canada - October 19, 2006 - OZ, the leading mobile messaging solution provider, announced today that Dan Coole, OZ's Global Partnering and Device Application Vice President, will speak at the 2006 Informa World Handset Forum taking place on October 24-26, 2006 at the Hilton San Diego in California. Dan Coole will be on a panel with Mike Werhs from AOL, Quentin Miller from Microsoft, Kevin Goulet from Motorola and Irv Henderson from Yahoo!. The panel will discuss presence on the handset; they will specifically review the business model for presence across the value chain, discuss how the handset industry can evolve with interoperability and they will review how presence should be architected onto mobile devices.

SESSION: How can the Dynamics of Presence be Resolved on the Handset?
PRESENTER: Dan Coole
DATE: Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
TIME: 4:40 PM

"As the handset value chain continues to evolve, we as an industry need to keep pace with the wants and needs of the consumer," said Coole. "The addition of presence on mobile devices for a variety of mobile services, addresses the always-on needs of consumers and provides mobile operators and service providers with another avenue to monetize and personalize their subscribers mobile experience."

About OZ

OZ 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.

Leading companies that are Powered by OZ™ include: 3 Scandinavia, Alltel, AOL, Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Cingular, Dobson, KPN, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Pantech & Curiel, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones, Telefónica Móviles Espana, T-Mobile USA® and Virgin 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
Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications
Tel: 1.514.390.2906
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