OZ continues to provide consumers with the ability to stay connected with the most popular IM and email solutons with their mobile phones

3GSM World Congress - Barcelona, Spain - February 13, 2007 - OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today demonstrated its leadership in mobile messaging, announcing that its OZ mobile IM and mobile email solutions have now shipped on 85 million mobile devices.

The OZ Mobile IM Solution and the OZ Mobile Email Solution, launched in 2004 and 2005 respectively, have rapidly grown to be two of the industry's most widely deployed consumer mobile messaging solutions. Today, OZ mobile messaging solutions are available on over 300 different mobile phone models with many of the world's major mobile operators; allowing them to provide their subscribers with the benefits of staying connected with mobile IM and mobile email when they are on the go.

"The strong demand for easy to use mobile messaging solutions from consumers is undeniable," said Skuli Mogensen Founder and CEO of OZ. "By extending what people are already using on their PC to the mobile phone, OZ delivers to consumers the messaging applications that help them to stay connected. Reaching this major milestone is testament to our market leadership in providing consumers with what they want - the ability to stay connected anytime and anywhere with the services that they are already using."

Building on OZ's mobile messaging leadership and product momentum, Deloitte recently awarded OZ with its "Company to Watch" accolade, for the Company's "innovation, expertise and leadership in the wireless industry"; additionally, OZ was selected for the AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Company listing where OZ was distinguished as "...driving the next wave of innovative technologies that are disrupting the old guard and shaping the new media landscape".

The OZ family of consumer mobile messaging solutions includes:

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  • The OZ Mobile IM Solution allows mobile operators to offer their subscribers affordable access to an already established communication phenomenon, and if desired, immediately leverage their own mobile communities with presence, and increase ARPU. The OZ Mobile IM Gateway seamlessly bridges the mobile phone and the portal/Internet messaging worlds; and the OZ Mobile IM Clients are designed to provide subscribers with a real-time presence experience that is similar to the PC-based portal/Internet IM services.
  • The OZ Mobile Email Solution is the industry's first mobile email offering that enables consumers to access, and mobile operators to affordably deliver, branded email from AOL®, MSN®, Yahoo!® or other portal/ISP email services, on low-cost/entry-level mobile devices. Simple to connect, consumers can easily log-in to their existing portal based email accounts using their existing username and password - allowing them to read and respond to their email messages in real-time.
  • The OZ IMPS Solution enables mobile operators to build their own Mobile IM communities and immediately capitalize on the market opportunity for mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS).
  • The OZ Mobile Social Networking Solution enables mobile operators to deliver a true mobile social networking experience to their end-users, and allows social networking services to quickly reach millions of potential mobile users. With this solution consumers do not have to wait until they get home to log-on to their PC to share photos or stories of what happened in their day, or to see what their friends have been up to, they can stay connected to their network while they are on-the-run.
  • OZ Mobile Messaging Client applications allow handset manufacturers (OEMs and ODMs) to fulfill mobile operator customer requirements for consumer messaging applications through maximum flexibility and customizability, while still providing fast time-to-market.  OZ's extensive experience and expertise allow manufacturers to deliver these embedded applications in a well-integrated, native-like manner for optimal usability and manufacturer differentiation.
About OZ

OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with the most popular messaging solutions - IM, Email and Social Networking - on their mobile phones. Working with the leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers, portals and online communities, 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, Telenor Group, Telus Mobility, T-Mobile USA®, Virgin Mobile USA and Yahoo!®. OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the United States 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
Mobile: 1.514.887.2252

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