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TELENOR SWEDEN DELIVERS OZ POWERED MOBILE IM TO ITS CUSTOMERS Swedes can now stay connected with Windows Live™ Messenger on their mobile phones Montreal, Canada - August 9, 2007 - Telenor Sweden customers now have easy and affordable access to their Windows Live™ Instant Messaging (IM) service on their mobile phone. OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today announced the availability of its Mobile IM Solution on the Telenor Sweden network, empowering millions of its subscribers to easily access the widely popular IM service on their entry level/affordable mobile devices. The OZ solution provides consumers with a simple and enjoyable way to extend their instant messaging session with their friends and family from the PC to the mobile phone; enabling them to stay connected any time and any where. According to Yankee Group, a market research firm, the consumer mobile IM market is continuously growing at a steady pace. Currently over 77 million consumers around the globe use instant messaging on their mobile phone, and it is projected that this market will reach 167 million users by 2010. “As consumers continue to express their choice for messaging while mobile, we are very pleased to deliver to Telenor Sweden customers the power and connectivity of mobile IM,” said Jim Knapik, President and CEO of OZ. “OZ first supplied Telenor Group in 2006 with a mobile IM deployment in Norway; and we are thrilled to also be working with Telenor Sweden to give these consumers what they want – easy and affordable access to mobile IM.” About the OZ Mobile IM SolutionThe OZ Mobile IM Solution is an award winning end-to-end mobile messaging solution that is comprised of the OZ Mobile IM Gateway, the OZ Mobile IM Client and the OZ IMPS Server. Already deployed on over 90 million devices, the OZ Mobile IM Client offers end-users a rich operator or portal branded mobile IM experience on mass-market/low-cost mobile phones. The Clients are designed to provide consumers with a real-time user experience that mirrors the PC-based IM experience. The OZ Mobile IM Gateway brings the power and convenience of the PC-based IM phenomenon to the mobile environment by allowing mobile operators to offer their subscribers’ affordable access to the established portal branded IM services (AOL®, MSN®, Yahoo! ®) on their mobile devices. The OZ IMPS Server is the most fully featured server officially tested and certified compliant to the OMA specifications for Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS). It enables mobile operators to build their own mobile IM communities and immediately capitalize on the market opportunity of mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services. AvailabilityThe mobile IM service is currently available free of change for the first three months, after then, it will cost 39Kr a month ($6USD). The solution is available on the following devices: Sony Ericsson K610i, K800i, W810i and the w880, as well as the Nokia 5500. About TelenorTelenor is one of the largest mobile operators worldwide with ownership interests in 13 mobile operators across Europe and Asia, constituting a total subscriber base of 105 million as of the third quarter of 2006. Telenor is Norway's largest telecommunications company and one of the fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide. Telenor is also the largest provider of TV services in the Nordic region. In the first half of 2006, 62% of the Group's revenues were derived from the mobile operations. Telenor has mobile operations in some of the world's fastest growing markets, and the home market, Norway, is one of the most advanced in the world today. For more information, please consul t www.telenor.com. About OZOZ 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®, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile USA and Yahoo! ®. OZ is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the United States, Europe and India. For more information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com. For more information please contact: Beverly Wilks Copyright © 2007 OZ Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The OZ logo and Powered by OZ are trademarks of OZ Communications Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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