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Ecrio Implements Wireless Village protocols into the Ecrio Rich Instant Messaging Platform

Cupertino, California - June 17, 2002 — Ecrio, a leading provider of mobile instant and multimedia messaging software, today announced its implementation of the Wireless Village protocols into its flagship product, the Ecrio Rich Instant Messaging Platform. The Wireless Village initiative, initially started by Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia, celebrates the official 1.0 specifications launch today in London, and enjoys the support of over one hundred companies worldwide.

"This is a great day for the mobile messaging industry, and an important milestone for a standard that has widespread commercial backing and support", said Nagesh Challa, President & CEO of Ecrio. "We are very excited about being among the first to implement the Wireless Village protocol into our platform. By rapidly adopting and implementing the recently developed specifications, we are able to demonstrate the flexibility and capabilities of our solution."

Ecrio, a strong backer of open standards and forums, notably 3GPP OSA & MMS, PAM Forum, and IETF, is participating in the GSM World Congress, February 19th~22nd, in Cannes, France, and will be providing live demonstrations at its exhibit as well as its partners.

About the Wireless Village initiative

Founded by Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia, Wireless Village, the Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) Initiative, was formed in April 2001 to define and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. The specifications will be used for exchanging messages and presence information between mobile devices, mobile services and Internet-based instant messaging services, all fully interoperable and leveraging existing web technologies. Through its supporters, the Wireless Village initiative aims to build a vibrant community of end users and global business partners where Internet and wireless domains converge. The IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO) provides day-to-day administrative support to the Wireless Village initiative. www.wireless-village.org

About Ecrio

Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Ecrio is the leading vendor of real time commerce and communications software for mobile phones. Ecrio provides interoperable and standard compliant software to mobile phone manufacturers and mobile operators. Solutions include mobile commerce applications, including NFC and MoBeam mobile barcode redemption, along with 3G communications applications such as Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS), VideoShare, Voice over IP (VoIP), and Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC). Ecrio's customers include industry leaders such as ASUSTeK, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic and Visa. Visit www.ecrio.com

Ecrio and MoBeam are trademarks of Ecrio Inc. All other brands, products, and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders.

Press Contact:

Larry Loper,
Ecrio lloper@ecrio.com
+1 408 596 1500

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