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Teleca Selects Ecrio's Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) Software to Enable its ObigoTM Mobile Suite with Presence Enabled Applications

Obigo Framework to Combine Browsing, Messaging, Content Management with Instant Messaging

Cupertino, California and Stockholm, Sweden - July 23rd, 2003 — Teleca Mobile Technologies, one of the foremost suppliers of device application software, and Ecrio Inc., leading provider of instant communications application and infrastructure software solutions, today announced a global licensing and distribution agreement whereby Teleca will offer Ecrio's Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) software as part of the Obigo mobile suite.

The agreement enables Teleca to integrate Ecrio's software into its products, and brings a combined experience for presence-based services, instant messaging, browsing and multimedia messaging all in one. Teleca and Ecrio are committed to developing and deploying commercially interoperable IMPS solutions using open industry standards such as the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) specifications (formerly Wireless Village).

"We are delighted to establish this relationship with Ecrio," said Joakim Nydemark, President of Teleca Mobile Technologies. "Presence based communications is going to be a key component of a mobile operator's network and next generation mobile terminals. Ecrio has demonstrated its vision and leadership by providing interoperable IMPS solutions that are poised to bring short term revenues to mobile operators. "Teleca is a leading provider of mobile application software for handsets and we are pleased to be providing them a critical component of their mobile handset solutions," said Nagesh Challa, President, and CEO of Ecrio. "Our standards based handset and server software enables Ecrio and its partners to rapidly conceptualize and deploy new presence-based services, including instant messaging, voice messaging, presence-enabled phonebooks, as well as corporate solutions."

The Ecrio IMPS Handset Software is available for mobile phones, wireless personal digital assistants, and smartphones. It is available either as downloadable J2ME™ or as embedded C software offered on native OS (Nucleus, OSE, etc.), Symbian®, PocketPC®, and PalmOS® operating systems and is compliant with the OMA IMPS specifications.

About Teleca

Teleca is an international consulting company developing and applying advanced technology. The company's business concept is to strengthen the customers' market position and time to market. Teleca builds and integrates solutions for technology and software intensive customers worldwide. Core values are honesty, reliability and hard work. The company has more than 2,600 employees with operations in 15 countries in Asia, Europe and USA. Teleca is quoted on the Attract40 list of Stockholmsbörsen (Stockholm stock exchange). www.teleca.com

About Obigo

Obigo is a world-leading software for mobile phones and other mobile devices. The product suite is based on open standards and contains applications that include browsing, messaging, content management and security. The applications are placed in a framework, Obigo Framework that is OS, hardware and network independent. The architecture facilitates simple integration of further applications such as games. www.obigo.com

About the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) delivers open standards for the mobile industry, helping to create interoperable services which work across countries, operators and mobile terminals and are driven by users' needs. To expand the mobile market, companies supporting the Open Mobile Alliance will work to stimulate the fast and wide adoption of a variety of new, enhanced mobile information, communication, and entertainment services. The Open Mobile Alliance includes all key elements of the wireless value chain, and contributes to the timely and efficient introduction of services and applications. For more information, please visit www.openmobilealliance.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.

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