ALLTEL SELECTS THE OZ MOBILE IM SOLUTION TO PROVIDE ITS CUSTOMERS WITH MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING

New service offers subscribers mobile access to AOL's AIM® and Yahoo!® Messenger services on Brew® devices

Montreal, Canada - June 7, 2006 - OZ, the leading mobile messaging solution provider, today announced that Alltel has selected the OZ Mobile IM Solution to power its new Axcess Instant Messaging service. Powered by OZ™, this Brew based solution provides Alltel wireless customers with graphics-rich instant messaging using AOL's AIM® service and Yahoo! ® Messenger in a mobile format that closely mirrors the PC experience.

"This is an exciting enhancement that gives Alltel's Axcess Instant Messaging service the look and feel of the PC experience," said Wade McGill, senior vice president of wireless product management for Alltel. "Wireless customers now can enjoy the full benefits of instant messaging, including the ability to see whether their friends are online, with the added advantage of mobility across America's largest wireless network."

Alltel wireless customers can sign up by visiting the AIM (http://www.aim.com) or Yahoo!  web sites to get an instant messaging ID and password.   Instant messaging is available for download on about a dozen Alltel handsets. The application itself is free, but airtime charges will apply during the two- to three-minute download.

Axcess Instant Messaging usage appears on customers' bills as text messages. Customers can get unlimited text, picture and video messaging, plus Axcess Web, for $19.99 per month with an All Axcess Pass.

"Mobile IM is truly a fun, convenient, and easy to use consumer application," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO and founder of OZ. "We developed the OZ Mobile IM Solution from the ground up to be a killer mass market application and we are very pleased to be working with Alltel to extend the full IM experience to the mobile environment."

About OZ

OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with mobile IM and email solutions that provide users with an affordable, easy, 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: AOL, Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Cingular, Dobson, KPN, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones, Telefónica Móviles España, T-Mobile USA® and Virgin Mobile USA. OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the US, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com.

About Alltel

Alltel is a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues.

For more information please contact:

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

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