"GOCONNECT SIGNS DEAL WITH MOTOROLA MOBILE PHONE DISTRIBUTOR Melbourne - 6 July 2004 GoConnect Australia Pty Ltd (GoConnect), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian listed GoConnect Ltd (GCN) has entered into a technology licensing agreement with Mobile Distribution Sdn Bhd (Mobile Distribution), the Malaysian distributor of Motorola mobile phone products. The license agreement will entail Mobile Distribution bundling GoConnect’s m-Vision technology onto its Motorola Smartphones. This means that buyers of the Motorola Smartphones will have access to an array of local and international broadcast quality media content and video services. The m-Vision application will be preloaded onto a 128 mb storage card supplied free with the Motorola Smartphone making it a plug-and-play application. Says Eric Chong, Area Director, Motorola PCS Malaysia and Brunei: “Motorola is currently undergoing trials on m-Vision video applications with the MPx200 Smartphone and will do the same for all future Microsoft OS smartphone models. “We expect to launch this very exciting m-Vision application to our consumers shortly.” Says Anthony Voglis, senior general manager GoConnect: “The support from major players such as Motorola and Mobile Distribution will accelerate the adoption of m-Vision. 2/… 2 “It is a significant deal in that it marks the further emergence of the mobile media industry. With support from major mobile phone vendors such as Motorola, the mobile media industry is bound to develop even more quickly.” Voglis also pointed out that GoConnect has been in talks with major mobile device vendors such as Motorola and some of the large media organizations around the world and it would be making further announcements in this regard. Media enquiries GoConnect: Anthony Voglis, call: +61 3 9993 7000 or email:[email protected] Motorola Malaysia: Eric Chong call: +6012 268 9898 or Email: [email protected] More about m-Vision Powered by its unique and patented GoTrek technology, GoConnect pioneered m-Vision, a video subscription service that delivers broadcast quality audio and video to Windows Mobile devices such as Pocket PCs, Pocket PC phones, and Smartphones. The m-Vision service has been live since July 2003 and is network independent. The software is also downloadable for free off the Internet. About GoConnect Based in Melbourne, Australia, GoConnect Ltd is an online media and communications company listed on the Australian (ASX Code: GCN) and German (German Code: GCK) stock exchanges. GoConnect prides itself on its ability to deliver high quality interactive audio/video content via the Internet regardless of the connection speed of the user, broadband or narrowband, wired or wireless, with the use of its patented GoTrek technology for online downloads and its m-Vision technology for Microsoft enabled Smartphones. Both these technologies enable the delivery of broadcast-quality video to PCs, laptops and Windows Mobile devices. For further information on GoTrek, visit www.gotrek.com.au and for m-Vision visit www.m-vision.tv.
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