ICQ Reinvents Instant Messaging

ICQ today launched the new 6.0 version. ICQ 6 is not merely an
upgrade but rather a complete redesign of the user experience. ICQ 6
offers a single platform enabling users to send messages and conduct
voice and video calls. All this in a friendly and intuitive
environment with a new and original soundtrack composed by Infected
Mushroom exclusively for ICQ.

ICQ 6 provides users with an innovative communication experience
and enables quick and simple interaction among users across all
communication platforms. ICQ 6 offers the entire suite of digital and
mobile communication tools available today, all integrated seamlessly
in a single message window. ICQ 6 boasts an entirely new client
infrastructure and a completely redesigned UI along with a fresh look
and feel.

Innovations and improved features in ICQ 6 include:

-- Quick IM - enabling users to send messages to contacts without
opening a message window.

-- Easy access - simple navigation between incoming messages.

-- Tabbed conversations - management of all active conversations
in one message window by using tabs.

-- History - new and improved search history of messages, files,
calls etc.

-- Search capabilities - advanced and easy-to-use search through
contacts, on ICQ, and on the web.

In addition, ICQ 6 puts emphasis on the sound experience and comes
with an all new soundtrack composed and performed by the progressive
psy-trance duo Infected Mushroom.

According to Orey Gilliam, CEO of ICQ: "Anyone who's ever used ICQ
will immediately see that ICQ 6 is not just an upgrade but rather a
genuine reinvention of the entire IM experience", Gilliam says and
adds: "In the near future ICQ intends to distribute additional updates
which will allow our users to transform ICQ 6 into an even more
personalized and intuitive experience by offering direct access to ICQ
own WEB 2.0 services and online libraries".

Yair Goldfinger, one of the founders of ICQ, tried the new version
and commented: "ICQ has always been about pushing the boundaries of
technological creativity by creating simple yet unique solutions. Ten
years after the first client was launched, ICQ 6 is the best ICQ
version ever and proves that innovation is still the very foundation
of the design".

ICQ 6 is released today in English, shortly to be followed
by customized partner versions and other language versions. Visit
www.icq.com to download ICQ 6 for free.