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modu and Universal Music Group Set to Rock the Music Phone Industry



    modu and Universal Music Group (UMG), the world´s largest music
    company, today announced they are jointly exploring the development of
    a range of mobile devices (modu jackets) that will feature some of
    UMG´s best-known artists.

    UMG is the first music company to exploit modu´s unique and
    revolutionary mobile phone concept, which allows consumers to use a
    slimmed down, standalone mobile phone, and then enclose it in an
    endless variety of modu jackets and modu mates to reflect their
    individual mood, personality, tastes and need for functionality at an
    affordable price.

    The jackets, designed with unique, artist specific attributes,
    will have differentiated physical expressions as well as fast and
    simple access to preloaded content andor music subscriptions.

    The first music jacket is expected to be available towards the end
    of 2008, when modu´s mobile network operator partnerships become
    operational and modu devices are available to consumers.

    Jacob Shama, Vice President of Value Added Products at modu, said:
    "This is new territory for the mobile industry, and for the music
    industry. Music jackets incorporate mobile phone features along with
    strong artist identity and music content. Music jackets can be offered
    in very large varieties at affordable prices. I am excited to see how
    modu opens up the mobile market to labels, artists, bands, lifestyle
    and fashion brands giving them a solid platform to engage directly in
    a tangible way with their consumer base and communities."

    Rob Wells, Senior Vice President, Digital, Universal Music Group
    International, said: "What modu have done is incredible. Their
    revolutionary platform has opened up mobile phones to new music
    products and services that simply didn´t exist before modu came along.
    UMG takes the mobile channel seriously, and our strategic partnership
    with modu reflects the potential we see in this dynamic and exciting
    market."

    NOTES TO EDITORS

    About modu

    www.modumobile.com

    modu was established by Dov Moran and several of his colleagues
    from msystems, a company he founded and sold to SanDisk in 2006 for
    $1.6B. modu´s vision is to bring a fundamental change to the dynamics
    of the mobile phone industry. The company is dedicated to developing
    products, technologies, a wide ecosystem and business relationships
    that will help realize that ambition. modu will have its official
    launch at the Mobile World Congress, being held in Barcelona, Spain in
    February 2008.

    modu gives users the freedom to choose a new phone as often as
    they like, meeting their changing needs, preferences and style- easily
    and affordably. At the heart of the modu ecosystem is modu - a tiny
    and sophisticated mobile phone. modu can be slipped into a wide
    variety of modu jackets - stylish phone enclosures that enable users
    to create a new look or design and provide added functionality. modu
    can also slip into modu mates- consumer electronic devices that are
    modu-enabled - allowing users to create an entirely new communication
    experience.

    Mobile World Congress

    modu will be exhibiting at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
    from Monday, 11th February until Thursday, 14th February:

    -- Hospitality Suite: Z6.2

    -- Booth: 7E46

    -- Fira de Barcelona

    Avenue de la Reina Maria Christina

    Barcelona, Spain 08004

    About Universal Music Group

    Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world´s largest music company
    with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its
    business also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, the world´s
    leading publishing company. UMG´s labels include Decca, Deutsche
    Grammophon, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group,
    Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville,
    Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino,
    Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal South Records and Verve
    Music Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or
    distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The
    Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the
    industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal
    Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing
    (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new
    media and technologies division, Bravado, its merchandising company,
    and Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division.

    Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and
    communications company.