Saunalahti Selects Colibria for IMPS Nordic Launch in March 2005

Saunalahti will be the first operator to launch IMPS in Finland and the Nordic countries, selecting Colibria's leading edge IMPS solution.

Saunalahti Group Oyj, the fastest growing MVNO in Finland, has selected Colibria AS, the leading international developer of mobile instant messaging and presence (IMPS) technology platforms, deploying the Colibria Companion IM and Presence Server. Saunalahti's IMPS service will be launched in March 2005 - one of the first worldwide to be based on the OMA IMPS standard, as well as the very first in Finland and the Nordic countries.

Commenting for Saunalahti Oyj, Panu Lahti, COO said: "We are very excited to be the first operator in the highly advanced telecommunicaiton market in Finland to launch IMPS. We aim to strengthen our position as the leading operator in Finland, both in respect to growth and providing valuable next generation messaging and presence services to our customers. We believe that OMA IMPS has matured, and with the client now also embedded in almost all new mobile terminals, this is the ideal time to launch IMPS to the market. With Colibria's IMPS solution, we can offer legacy integration (SMS, MMS, WAP), as well as seamlessly bridging mobile and fixed users - all with a server architecture that also supports IMS."

Commenting for Colibria, Anders Teslo, EVP Sales and Business Development said: "We believe that the availability of the OMA IMPS Client in most new mobile terminals will bring a new dimension to existing mobile messaging services (SMS, MMS), and voice calls, as well as to next generation mobile messaging, namely Instant Messaging. With Presence, users can see the status of their friends and colleagues and get alerts when the Presence status changes. This is an important and exciting development, capable of generating new revenue streams from messaging and presence services. We are delighted to be working with Saunalahti in this important Nordic launch."

The Colibria Companion IM and Presence Server product suite combines the requisite tools to deliver the most advanced services from a reliable, resilient evolutionary platform. It is a powerful messaging and presence enabler, delivering certified OMA WV support for presence, instant messaging, groups, shared content and core features. The Colibria Companion comprises the full range of core components - Presence server, Instant Messaging server, Internet IM gateway, Groups server, IMPS PC and Mobile Clients, Communities and Blogs server and clients, plus Chat server. It contains powerful presence interfaces and APIs that can be used to share presence information between a variety of applications, over and above core Instant Messaging functionality. This supports existing and new applications that use presence information more intelligently, enhancing standard telecom services - for example, SMS, MMS, voice calls, games and communities where the emphasis is on meeting new friends and encouraging group interaction.

About Saunalahti
Saunalahti Group Oyj offers Internet and telecommunications services in Finland for consumer customers under the brand name Saunalahti and for corporate customers under the brand name EUnet Finland. In the 2004 financial year, Saunalahti Group's turnover was EUR 160.9 million (2003: 74.8, up 115.1%) with 263 employees. With approximately 434,000 GSM postpaid subscriptions (market share approx 10%) Saunalahti is the largest network-independent GSM operator in Finland.

About Colibria
Established in 2000, Colibria is a technology leader in the field of instant messaging and presence systems, with its IMPS and Communities solutions widely deployed by a variety of mobile operators - including Cable & Wireless, Enitel, Globe Telecom, Megatel, Telefonica Moviles and Telenor Mobil - in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Colibria's new generation core network mobile platforms are scalable and flexible solutions that provide the vital infrastructure to support advanced new presence, messaging, and multimedia services quickly and economically - fully supporting IMPS today, as well as ensuring a seamless use of IMPS and SIP for future IMS-enabled networks. Colibria's new generation carrier-grade IM and presence servers are designed to provide operators with a seamless future-proof pathway to support network and service evolution.

The company operates from locations in Norway, Manila and the UK, and is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance, contributing extensively to the OMA IMPS (previously Wireless Village) forum. Colibria is highly active in interoperability testing, and provides server test access to the major OMA IMPS client vendors.

For more information, please contact:
Liv Anne Løkka
Colibria AS
5/F Lysaker Torg
Postboks 255
1326 Lysaker
Norway
Tel: + 47 67 11 35 00
Fax: + 47 67 11 35 01
Email: lokka@colibria.com
Web: www.colibria.com

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Garrett Axford
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BN43 5DD, UK
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