Worlds First Mobile Entertainment Network Now Available Through OmniSky Wireless Service

PocketBoxOffice Offers 13 Unique Channels With Over 100 Entertainment Programs to OmniSky Users

MONTREAL and SAN FRANCISCO - July 24, 2001 - Airborne Entertainment, home of PocketBoxOffice - The Worlds First Micro-Entertainment Network - and OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq: OMNY), a leading global provider of award-winning wireless applications and services, announced today that Airbornes full-slate of mobile entertainment content is available to OmniSky subscribers.

PocketBoxOffice delivers short bursts of innovative, original content specifically designed for handheld devices. OmniSky users now have access to thirteen content channels like the addictive WeGot Games channel with twelve popular games created specifically for handhelds, plus humour, golf tips, edutainment, movie gossip, TV info, Dear Abby, The Last Word In Astrology, News of the Weird and much more.

The OmniSky service focuses on providing the highest-quality customer experience for wireless e-mail and Internet access and navigation. OmniSky provides a single, unified user interface for accessing the Web and a broad range of mobile content, such as PocketBoxOffice, that has been optimized for viewing on mobile devices. OmniSky subscribers also can access their corporate e-mail via Microsoft Outlook and POP3 email accounts.

Entertainment services, especially wireless games, are among the most widely used features over mobile devices according to the Yankee Group," said Kristine Stebbins, OmniSkys vice president of marketing. PocketBoxOffice offers OmniSkys customer base of mobile professionals an original source of amusing information and interactive games that is the perfect antidote to the never-stop lifestyle."
   
When it comes to partners who offer quality wireless services, OmniSky is top of mind," says Airborne CEO Garner Bornstein. We work very hard at creating strategic alliances with leading wireless companies like OmniSky to ensure that mobile users can easily get our new variety of popular entertainment."

OmniSky customers using Palm and Handspring devices receive the latest content updates by using the HotSync function while their PC is connected to the Internet or by downloading content updates from the OmniSky Web site. Pocket PC users receive the newest content via a simple download from the OmniSky Web site.

ABOUT AIRBORNE ENTERTAINMENT
Airborne Entertainment develops, manages and distributes high quality entertainment programming specifically for wireless devices. Airborne connects entertainment content providers with wireless carriers through RUNWAY, a sophisticated content management and distribution platform. Parent company of the PocketBoxOffice Micro-Entertainment Network, Airborne Entertainment was named one of "25 Up & Comers: The Companies to Watch For" by National Post Business Magazine. Its wireless specialty channels currently reach 80 percent of the US market and 100 percent of the Canadian market with over ten channels and nearly one hundred different programs. With strong, double-barreled expertise in technology and show business, Airborne is defining itself as a "one-stop entertainment solution" for wireless carriers and distributors. A privately held company, Airborne Entertainment was founded by Canadian Internet industry pioneer Garner Bornstein; Andy Nulman, the long-time CEO of Montreal's renowned Just For Laughs Comedy Festival; Telesystem Ltd., the holding company of wireless industry veteran Charles Sirois, and Cable Atlantic Inc. For more information, please visit www.AirborneEntertainment.com.

CONTACT:
Mitch Joel
Director of Marketing
514-289-9111 ext. 270
mitch@airborne-e.com
www.AirborneEntertainment.com

ABOUT OMNISKY
OmniSky (Nasdaq: OMNY) is a leading global provider of wireless applications and services for users of mobile devices. OmniSky's award-winning service offers mobile professionals access to up to six e-mail accounts, including corporate e-mail via Microsoft Outlook as well as POP3 e-mail, the ability to search and surf the Internet, a broad range of optimized Web content, and the ability to securely conduct e-commerce transactions. The OmniSky service is available on the Palm V and Palm Vx, Handspring Visor Platinum, Visor Prism and Visor Edge, HP Jornada 520/540 Series Pocket PCs, Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC, Casio E-125 and soon on HP Pavilion Notebook PCs. OmniSky can be purchased online or in over 2000 retail outlets across the U.S. Service coverage includes over 167 major metropolitan areas within the United States, encompassing over 172 million people. OmniSky also offers its service outside of the U.S. through U.K. and German beta programs and has plans to expand into additional international markets this year.

In 2001, OmniSky expects to offer its proprietary wireless applications and services, including Communications, Content Delivery, and Location-Based Services to telecommunications carriers, online service providers, hardware manufacturers, and other third parties. OmniSky intends to enable these companies to offer differentiated wireless data solutions on any mobile device, from WAP-compliant cell phones to PDAs and laptop computers, and on the most widely available wireless networks, such as CDPD, CDMA, GSM and GPRS. OmniSky is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information visit www.omnisky.com or call 415-764-2200.

CONTACT:
Vanessa Wagar
OmniSky Corporation
415-764-3807
vwagar@omnisky.com