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India's Oldest Newspaper, The Times of India, Announces New airG Java Games Portal'

airG To Provide Over Four Hundred Java Games

VANCOUVER, B.C. - October 2003 - airG , the global leader in multiplayer mobile entertainment products announced today an agreement with The Times of India to provide an assortment of compelling Java games for its exciting new games portal. airG is the first exclusive provider of over four hundred games to the India Times group.

"airG 's scaleable, fully supported Java catalogue includes over 600 mobile entertainment applications and we are delighted to open up the mobile entertainment services market for Indiatimes, by enabling them to acquire new customers and extend their service offering to existing subscribers," says Frederick Ghahramani, Director. "Tempting applications that are easy to use and attractively priced create critical mass and new revenue opportunities."

Through speedy and smart online services such as chat, messenger, clubs, e-mail and message boards, Indiatimes allows Indians with common interests to find, communicate and collaborate with each other. The Indiatimes games portal features downloadable Java games spanning a variety of appealing categories, including action, arcade, racing, strategy, sports, multiplayer, card and board games.

Java refers to enhanced games that can be updated frequently, downloaded over the air and stored locally in the handset to use wherever, whenever. It brings true gaming look and feel to the mobile phone with full colour, motion and rich story lines, and is the first true representation of early console style gaming on the mobile handset.

 

About airG

airG powers mobile communities and wireless social networking. The company’s products and services have a proven track record of increasing customer affinity for leading mobile operators and media companies globally including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Virgin Mobile, Orange and MTV Asia. airG ’s mobile community has more than seven million registered users worldwide and is available on more than 85 mobile operators. Based in Vancouver, Canada, the company also has offices in the UK and Australia. www.airg.com

Media Contact:

Allison Webb
airG +1-604-408-2228 ext. 125
allisonw AT airG .com