OZ Mobile Messaging Gateways Surpass 1 Billion Transactions Per Month

Sees dramatically higher adoption/usage rates for carriers that
embed OZ messaging clients
MONTREAL--(Business Wire)--
OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today
announced that its mobile IM and mobile Email gateways have surpassed
one billion transactions per month, firmly demonstrating the growing
popularity of mobile messaging and OZ's continued leadership in the
mobile messaging industry. In just one year, transactions powered by
OZ have more than doubled from 609 million in January of 2007 to more
than 1.2 billion in January of 2008.

"This is a significant milestone for OZ and the entire mobile
messaging industry as it proves that consumers increasingly want to
use their mobile phones to access IM, email and popular online
content," said Jim Knapik, OZ President and CEO. "We are also seeing
higher adoption/usage rates for carriers that embed OZ messaging
clients directly on the handsets - proving that a tighter integration
of our services provides a better consumer experience compared to WAP
or downloadable clients."

OZ is the world's largest provider of mobile IM and consumer email
services with a 95 percent market share in the U.S. OZ mobile
messaging solutions are available on hundreds of different mobile
phone models with many major mobile operators; allowing consumers to
stay connected with the world's most popular IM and consumer Email
services from AOL(R), MSN(R) and Yahoo!(R), and other service
providers, on their mobile phones.

About the OZ Mobile IM and Mobile Email Solutions

The OZ Mobile IM Solution allows mobile operators to offer their
subscribers affordable access to an established communication
phenomenon, and if desired, immediately leverage their own mobile
communities with presence, and increase ARPU. The OZ Mobile IM
Solution extends the real-time, PC-based portal/Internet IM experience
to the mobile phone for consumers.

The OZ Mobile Email Solution enables consumers to access, and
mobile operators to affordably deliver, branded email from AOL(R),
MSN(R), Yahoo!(R) 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.

About OZ

OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with the most popular
messaging and Internet services, including IM, email and online
communities, through 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(TM) include: 3
Scandinavia, Alltel, AOL(R), Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, AT&T,
Dobson, ICQ, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Pantech & Curitel,
Rogers Wireless, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL & Alcatel Mobile
Phones, Telefonica Moviles Espana, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, Telus
Mobility, T-Mobile USA(R), Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile USA and
Yahoo!(R).

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.

Copyright (C) 2008 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.

Schwartz Communications
Dawn Sullivan or Bill Donlan, 781-684-0770
oz@schwartz-pr.com

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