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Kaj Hagros to Join Jamba as Chief Operating Officer



    Jamba, one of the world´s leading providers of

    mobile entertainment, announced today that Kaj Hagros will join the

    company as Chief Operating Officer in the beginning of July. He will

    replace Lee Fenton, who has decided to return to London at the end of

    June to pursue other opportunities and join his family on a full-time

    basis. Mr. Hagros, who most recently served as Vice President, Market

    Development for Airwide Solutions, will be responsible for developing

    and executing Jamba´s product, technology and

    content strategies. He will be based in Berlin and will be report to

    Mauro Montanaro, Jamba´s CEO. Jamba, a joint venture between News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) and

    VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) serves 35 territories around the world

    with a wide array of mobile products and services. It also houses the

    assets of Fox Mobile Entertainment. "Kaj´s unique

    combination of technical expertise, global insight and holistic business

    management experience will no doubt make him an asset to Jamba as we

    continue to expand our business," said Mauro

    Montanaro, Jamba´s CEO. "We´re

    very excited he has decided to help us achieve our goal of introducing a

    world-class mobile entertainment experience to the burgeoning mobile

    market." Commenting on Fenton´s departure, Montanaro

    said: "Lee has been an invaluable asset to

    Jamba and a driving force behind the tremendous success the company has

    experienced to date. His dedicated leadership and vision have helped put

    Jamba in a position to have a powerful impact on the business of mobile

    entertainment, and we´re grateful for his

    many important contributions." Mr. Hagros began his mobile career in 1997 when he joined cell phone

    giant Nokia. After Nokia, he spent a number of years in various

    leadership positions at First Hop, where he was also responsible for

    establishing the company´s first Asia-Pacific

    unit, based in Singapore. Last year, First Hop was acquired by Airwide

    and Mr. Hagros took over that company´s

    strategic market expansion initiatives. About Jamba Jamba (Web and WAP: www.jamba.de)

    known as Jamster in the US, UK and other countries, is one of the world´s

    leading providers of mobile entertainment able to reach one billion

    consumers around the globe in 35 countries and 25 languages across five

    continents. Jamba supports more than 2,800 handsets and provides billing

    connectivity to more than 125 operators worldwide. Jamba offers mobile

    products available directly via mobile phones including branded popular

    content from more than 800 content providers around the world such as

    famous Fox content like The Simpsons, high quality music from top

    music labels, mobile games from renowned game developers, and original

    content made exclusively for mobile phones. Jamba is a joint venture

    between News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:

    VRSN) and headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Berlin, Germany.