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VERIZON WIRELESS SUBSCRIBERS TEE OFF WITH THE ULTIMATE GOLF CHALLENGE

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Mobile Golf Application from Summus and ZIO Interactive Lets Verizon Wireless Customers Get It Now

RALEIGH, NC - September 23, 2002 - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier and the leader in mobile data, and Summus, Inc. (USA) (OTCBB: SUMU), a leader in the development of efficient information processing solutions for mobile and wireless devices, today announced that ZIO Interactive's Ultimate Golf ChallengeTM mobile game is available to Verizon Wireless subscribers through Verizon Wireless' Get It NowSM service - a new service that helps customers Get Games to stay entertained when waiting in line, personalize their take-everywhere accessory when they Get Tones, and do their work more efficiently when they Get Going.

Ultimate Golf Challenge, distributed in North America by Summus, allows customers of any handicap to experience the challenges of skill and decision-making faced on a real 18-hole golf course. The game allows Verizon Wireless Get It Now customers to negotiate around trees, sand traps and slopes of the green and even deal with face wind conditions. Players are given the option to select the correct club, determine how hard to hit the ball and choose to add a fade or a draw. The game's features add up to a great playing experience that is not only fun and easy to learn, but also a challenge to master.

Ultimate Golf Challenge is available on the Verizon Wireless Z-800 and other select Get It Now phones. Subscribers simply go the Get It Now shop on their wireless phone and select Get Games - customers have the option to try a two-minute demo prior to purchase or to purchase a subscription for $1.49 per month. To curb the appetite of golf addicts, Verizon Wireless also offers an unlimited use of Ultimate Golf Challenge for $4.99.

"We expect that Ultimate Golf Challenge will attract a substantial number of mobile users who don't always have the time to hit the links on a real course, but still want to 'tee up' on the fly," said Bjorn Jawerth, CEO of Summus. "Summus' BlueFuelT platform, combined with ZIO Interactive's innovative gaming technologies, provides golf enthusiasts with a chance to a play challenging, easy-to-learn golf game on mobile devices." Ultimate Golf Challenge is the second ZIO/Summus gaming application to be offered on the Verizon Wireless Get It Now service following Summus and ZIO Interactive's previously released Nineball. BlueFuel is an architecture designed by Summus to optimize the processing of multimedia and data over wireless networks and to ensure an exceptional experience for the end-user. Application developers and content providers partner with Summus to build BlueFuel-powered applications for today's mobile resource-constrained environments.

About Summus

Summus, Inc. (USA) based in Raleigh, N.C., has developed a series of solutions to change the way information is communicated. Summus' solutions are designed to enable faster and more efficient delivery of rich media and more efficient access to information using wireless and mobile devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistant devices (PDAs). Products include BlueFuel, Summus' powerful information processing platform, and exegoT, its mobile application powered by BlueFuel that gives users the freedom to access, share, and transfer files and digital multimedia information of any size to and from any location in the world via their mobile phone or PDA. Summus products also include the multi award-winning video e-mail application, MaxxNote�, a ZDNet Editor's pick. For more information, visit www.summus.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless is the nation's leading provider of wireless communications. The company has the largest nationwide wireless voice and data network and 30.3 million customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com

About BREW

QUALCOMM's BREW platform is a thin application execution environment that provides an open, standard platform for wireless devices. The BREW platform is part of a complete, end-to-end solution for wireless applications development and application distribution. The complete BREW solution includes the BREW Software Development KitT (SDK) for developers, the BREW applications platform and porting tools for device manufacturers, and the BREW Distribution System (BDS) that is controlled and managed by carriers enabling them to easily get applications from developers and take them to market. BREW is a product of the QUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS) division and QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet (QWI) group of QUALCOMM.

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