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WPP Makes Strategic Investment in Jumptap, Leaders in Mobile Search and Advertising



    JumpTap, Inc, leaders in mobile search and advertising, today
    announces a new strategic investment from WPP ( NASDAQ:WPPGY), one of
    the world's leading communications services groups. The investment by
    WPP recognises the potential for reaching consumers through mobile
    devices by marketers and the leading role that JumpTap plays in this
    emerging medium.

    This investment will provide clients of WPP companies,
    collectively one of the world's largest buyers of media, with access
    to mobile search and advertising solutions.

    JumpTap's President and CEO, Dan Olschwang, said: "Our mobile
    operator customers will have more than 250 million searches per month
    by the end of 2007. In order to help mobile operators capture value
    from this strategic asset, we have developed a strategy to attract
    advertisers and maximise profit, whilst helping them build and protect
    search traffic. In essence, our mission is to help advertisers and
    mobile operators build a thriving marketing ecosystem where people on
    the go can find exactly what they want."

    Commenting on the investment, Mark Read, CEO of WPP Digital, an
    initiative within WPP to develop the Group's digital offering, said:
    "Our clients want to understand how to use mobile devices as an
    effective channel to reach and communicate with customers. We are
    excited to work with JumpTap in developing and bringing to market
    these latest marketing techniques and technologies. JumpTap's business
    model helps mobile operators gain greater value from mobile search and
    advertising and its products will help advertisers target mobile
    customers effectively."

    Through this partnership, both parties will also partner to
    develop new techniques to target and profile customers via the mobile
    phone. The partnership will also focus on developing case studies with
    strong brands who want to market to the mobile user.

    Since its founding in 2004, JumpTap has rapidly established itself
    as a leader in the burgeoning mobile search and advertising market.
    JumpTap's suite of products and services, which includes its recently
    announced Advertising Suite and Mobile Search Index, offers
    advertisers multiple ways to reach their customers and provides mobile
    operators with one of the industry's most complete mobile search and
    advertising ecosystems.

    Mobile operators throughout North American and Europe are
    recognising the benefits of JumpTap's white label mobile search and
    advertising solutions. JumpTap currently works with eight mobile
    operators in the US and Europe, as well as advertising networks and
    vertical content providers, to roll-out these services to mobile
    subscribers

    WPP joins JumpTap's existing investors, including General
    Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, BCE Capital and Valhalla Partners.

    About JumpTap, Inc.

    JumpTap, Inc. provides a mobile search and advertising solution
    that drives third-party revenue for mobile operators while providing a
    quick, easy and fun mobile search experience for subscribers.
    JumpTap's solution helps mobile operators build search and browsing
    traffic, attract advertisers to their network and maximize ROI via
    profiles and behavioral targeting. JumpTap combines structured and
    unstructured content to drive better coverage and improve the user
    experience. JumpTap provides mobile operators, advertisers and
    subscribers with the industry's most complete, easy-to-use and
    rewarding mobile search and advertising environment. For more
    information on JumpTap, please visit: http://www.jumptap.com.