OZ HONOURED WITH TWO MOBILE STAR AWARDS

Montreal, Canada - October 23, 2006 - OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today announced it has received two Silver Star Mobile Village awards, one for its leadership in Mobile Instant Messaging and the other for its resounding success with Mobile Email for consumers.

The fifth annual Mobile Star Awards™ aim to honor and promote the best companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology. Winners are chosen by subscribers to Go Mobile®, MobileVillage's free online newsletter sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT managers, developers, and top tech journalists.

"It is an honor to be recognized as a leading provider of innovative mobile messaging solutions," said Skuli Mogensen, CEO and Founder of OZ. "These 2 Silver Star's are industry acknowledgement and support for OZ solutions that are empowering the mass market to say connected while they are on the go."

OZ mobile messaging solutions enable consumers to extend the most popular instant messaging (IM) and email services from AOL®, MSN® and Yahoo!®, as well as operator branded solutions, from the desktop computer to the mobile phone. OZ works with the world's leading mobile operators/carriers and handset manufactures to deliver mobile messaging to the masses with convenience and ease. OZ solutions can be found on over 50 million devices around the world, which translates into hundred of millions of messages that are generating additional revenue for mobile operators each and every day.

"The Mobile Star Awards program has grown along with the mobile industry," says MobileVillage Editor Gary Thayer. "This year we saw hundreds of entries in about 60 categories, and nearly 1,000 people took the time to cast votes. We congratulate OZ on standing out in two prominent categories, and for their dedication to leading the mobile messaging industry with its consumer focused IM and Email solutions."

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: 3 Scandinavia, Alltel, AOL, Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Cingular, Dobson, KPN, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Pantech & Curitel, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones, Telefónica Móviles España, Telus Mobility, 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 MobileVillage®

A pioneer in developing the enterprise mobile technology market since 1993, MobileVillage® / PDA Inc. is a market and solutions development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless enterprise computing within select vertical and horizontal market segments. The company has fostered countless technical and professional alliances through conferences; news; product promotions and awards; and "Best of Breed" solution identification. Visit MobileVillage online at www.mobilevillage.com.

For more information please contact:

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

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