FolloWAP's Mobile Messaging Platform has Successfully Completed the Ericsson GPRS MAI-GATE Test

Business Wire, Sept 4, 2000

Business Editors/Technology Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2000

FolloWAP, a leader in innovative mobile messaging platforms for the Telecom industry, today announced that it has successfully completed the rigorous General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) Applications Performance Evaluation by Ericsson's Mobile Application Initiative (MAI). This follows successful trials of iFollow by mobile operators.

FolloWAP has conducted extensive engineering and testing in GPRS technologies, and with the successful completion of the MAI Applications Performance Evaluation, which tests the performance of mobile Internet applications for next generation wireless networks, FolloWAP's technology is ready for launch on GPRS networks.

"We are proud of the successful completion of the MAI tests for the GPRS wireless data standards," said Tommy Volsen, Director of Business Development at FolloWAP. "Our iFollow messaging platform has demonstrated high performance and reliability. It is now proved compatible with GPRS networks."

About FolloWAP Inc.

Founded in 1999, FolloWAP Inc. is the pioneer of Internet instant messaging for wireless and fixed Internet devices. FolloWAP, with its flagship product iFollow, is revolutionizing the instant messaging market. iFollow is a messaging platform, that breaks down existing barriers between wireless and fixed Internet devices allowing complete bi-directional instant messaging between PCs and mobile devices via WAP, SMS and Web. iFollow is also the first platform that interconnects with the most common instant messengers in the world today.

iFollow is a carrier class platform, giving wireless carriers and wireless portals the opportunity to take a leading role in the wireless data revolution.

Incorporated in the US, FolloWAP also has offices in London and Israel.