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OZ Strengthens Mobile IM Market Lead; Announces Partnership with Denmark´s Leading Telecommunications Operator



    OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, today
    announced the availability of its Mobile IM Solution on the TDC A/S
    mobile network, empowering millions of subscribers to easily access
    the widely popular IM service on their mobile devices. TDC customers
    now have easy and affordable access to their Windows Live(TM) Instant
    Messaging (IM) service on their mobile phone.

    The OZ Mobile IM 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 anytime and anywhere.

    This latest service launch - the largest Windows Live IM
    deployment in Europe in the second half of 2007- further strengthens
    OZ´s leadership position in the European market and in Scandinavia,
    where OZ already has deployments with 3 Denmark, 3 Sweden, Telenor
    Norway and Telenor Sweden.

    "With an estimated 450 million IM users worldwide, it´s only
    logical that we are seeing more and more consumers demanding the
    ability to use IM while mobile," said Jim Knapik, OZ President and
    CEO. "OZ is the world´s largest provider of mobile IM and consumer
    email services with a 95 percent market share in the U.S. We are very
    pleased to meet this demand in Europe and the Scandinavian region by
    empowering TDC customers with what they want - easy access to mobile
    IM."

    About the OZ Mobile IM Solution

    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 Gateway
    seamlessly bridges the mobile phone and portal/Internet messaging
    worlds. The OZ Mobile IM Clients extend the real-time, PC-based
    portal/Internet IM experience to the mobile phone for consumers.

    Availability

    The Windows Live Messenger service is available initially on 5
    devices (Nokia 5300, N73, N95, SE k800i, SE w880i) as a download to
    TDC Mobile customers, Click customers and two TDC Service Providers
    (TELMORE & Duet). The service will initially be offered free of charge
    for a promotional period.

    About TDC A/S

    TDC is the leading provider of communications solutions in Denmark
    with a strong Nordic focus. TDC is organized as four main business
    lines in the Nordic region: Business Nordic, Fixnet Nordic, Mobile
    Nordic and YouSee. TDC´s activities outside the Nordic region comprise
    Sunrise, the leading Swiss telco, and HTCC, the leading Hungarian
    telco. TDC became partially privatized in 1994, and fully privatized
    in 1998. Nordic Telephone Company ApS owns 87.9% of the shares with
    the remainder held by individual and institutional shareowners.

    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.

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