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TELCOGAMES TO DISTRIBUTE MOBILE GAMES THROUGH NOKIA’S PREMINET SOLUTION

Global Mobile Games Distributor Brings Over 800 Original and Branded Titles From The World's Leading Developers & Publishers

London, UK, 16th June, 2005 - Telcogames, a leading distributor of mobile games content, today announced it will distribute its catalogue of titles to mobile network subscribers worldwide using the new Preminet Solution from Nokia. Preminet is an end-to-end global sales channel for mobile content downloads that will make Telcogames' catalogue available to millions of consumers around the world who own Symbian OSTM and JavaTM-enabled handsets. Java is the leading platform for mobile software worldwide with over 350 million handsets in the marketplace, while Symbian OS is the most popular smartphone operating system in the world, running over two-thirds of the world's smartphones.

The Telcogames catalogue joins a growing roster of pre-tested and certified world-class applications and content available to operators in the Preminet Master Catalog. Telcogames has over 800 titles from 75 of the world's leading mobile game developers and publishers, from simple, original titles, to some of the world's biggest licenses and brands.

Jamie Conyngham, the Chief Executive Officer of Telcogames, said, "Nokia's Preminet solution offers a unique and valuable new channel to the consumer, based around Nokia's position as a trusted brand and provider in the mobile world. By joining Preminet we are adding a very flexible and comprehensive new channel to our global distribution network. We are delighted to be able to offer our content to users through such a respected partner."

Preminet helps content aggregators and developers, including the 1.6 million members of Forum Nokia - the world's largest mobile developer community - quickly and easily make more money from their Java and Symbian OS software. Analyst firm Ovum expects that within three years, annual shipments of Symbian OS smartphones will top 100 million per year, while the total number of Java-enabled phones in the market will be over 1.5 billion. Preminet is also air interface agnostic and works across GSM, CDMA and all other types of cellular networks.

Preminet content is available as part of an complete end-to-end offering from Forum Nokia that includes the Preminet Master Catalog, Preminet Service Delivery Platform and Preminet Purchasing Client, an innovative software application that make it easy for end-users to discover, try and buy mobile applications, content and services. Operators can integrate Preminet content into their own download delivery systems or have Nokia provide a complete hosted solution. For more information visit: www.nokia.com/preminet .

About Telcogames

Telcogames is a global publisher and distributor of mobile games. With Headquarters in the UK, the company is active in the mobile games market globally, supplying games directly and indirectly to 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier carriers as well as other media partners.

With a diverse catalogue of branded and unbranded content, Telcogames has one of the most comprehensive offerings of mobile games available. Telcogames suppliers of games include 75 of the best publishers and mobile game studios globally culminating in a portfolio of over 800 mobile games.

Using a combination of partners, direct carrier relationships and local presence, Telcogames offers mobile game developers and publishers the opportunity to increase their distribution on a worldwide basis. Currently Telcogames has offices in London, Norrköping, Moscow, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Taipei and Dusseldorf.

Telcogames provides mobile games to more than 116 channels directly worldwide including Orange Group, Vodafone DE, Telstra Group, Singtel Group, Sony Ericsson, Jamba, O2 and over 400 channels indirectly through its partner network

1 World - 8 Offices - 75 Content Providers - 400 Channels - 800 Games - 1,000,000,000 Mobile Phone Users

For more information please visit www.telcogames.com

Contacts:

Telcogames

Jamie Conyngham

Chief Executive Officer

E: jamie@telcogames.com

Media

Brian Baglow

Indoctrimat

M: +44 (0) 7747 792247

E: brian@indoctrimat.com

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