AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile Community 'MonAmi on Iraqs First GSM Mobile Network

AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that its mobile friend finder service MonAmi is now available to customers in Iraq.

Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) April 9, 2005 -- Mobile phone users from Illinois to Iraq can now get connected with MonAmi, the popular mobile community service from AirG. AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that MonAmi is now available on Iraqna, Iraqs first GSM mobile network. AirG will provide an end-to-end community solution that encompasses all application elements across SMS, WAP, all back-end billing integrations, reporting components, 24x7 customer support, turnkey promotions and contests, and a direct inter-connection into AirGs established network of 4 million users across 86 mobile operators globally.

MonAmi has been very successful for bringing mobile phone users together in a friendly messaging environment, and we are delighted to bring this opportunity to Iraq by providing a service that connects Iraqna subscribers with other mobile users in 33 countries around the world," said Frederick Ghahramani, Director. Whether were connecting a soldier to loved ones back home, or an Iraqi teen to other young people around the world, MonAmi liberates mobile phone users with a fun and addictive messaging service."

MonAmi is a revolutionary social networking application where users are matched up with a new 'Ami, or friend, each day via an SMS message delivered to their mobile phone. The service uses proprietary matching algorithms to pair those users that are most likely to form a friendship based on the profile data they have submitted.

Ghahramani added: AirG is the first and only provider of cross carrier messaging applications in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, through its partnership with Egyptian mobile operator Orascom. Our partnerships with over 80 mobile operators worldwide speak to our ability to deliver products that meet the unique needs of our customers with geographically localised content and promotions."

As part of AirGs partnership with Orascom, MonAmi will also be launching on several other carriers in the Middle East, including Djezzy, Algeria; Mobinil, Egypt; Syriatel, Syria; and Fastlink and Mobilcom, Jordan.

MonAmi resonates strongly with the youth demographic and is available to all Iraqna customers with web enabled mobile handsets. Intelligent mobile community applications like MonAmi have proven highly successful for retaining existing customers and drawing new ones into the network.

About AirG

AirG develops, publishes and distributes a comprehensive suite of cutting edge mobile data solutions including games, entertainment and community applications. AirG products and services have a proven track record of helping mobile operators build competitive advantage and market leadership by increasing customer affinity and ARPU (Average Revenue per User). Founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2000, AirG has licensed its products and services to over 80 mobile operators in 33 countries globally. www.airg.com

About Orascom Telecom

Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. ("Orascom Telecom") is a leading mobile telecommunications company operating in nine emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia having a total population under license of approximately 520 million with an average penetration of mobile telephony of 5%. Orascom Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria ("Djezzy"), Egypt ("MobiNil"), Pakistan ("Mobilink"), Iraq ("IraQna"), Bangladesh ("Banglalink"), Tunisia ("Tunisiana"), Congo Brazzaville ("Libertis"), Democratic Republic of Congo ("Oasis") and Zimbabwe ("Telecel Zimbabwe"). Orascom Telecom had over 11 million subscribers as of September 2004. www.otelecom.com

Contact:

Allison Webb

AirG

Tel: +1-604-408-2228

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