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Wmode and TELUS Mobility to Provide Premium Wireless Web Content
Wireless Users to Access News, Entertainment, Games, Ringtones and More From Content Providers Linked to Wmode's ClearMode(TM) Clearinghouse
CALGARY, Canada, Sep 30, 2002 - Wmode, the creator of ClearMode(TM), the first wireless clearinghouse
serving the worldwide mobile commerce market, announced today it is working with national wireless carrier TELUS Mobility to increase the
range of premium wireless Web content choices available to TELUS Mobility clients across Canada.
The content, which includes news and sports information, games, travel data, ringtones and more, comes from the Content Provider Members of
Wmode's ClearMode Clearinghouse. Wmode's Content Member program is a flexible and open method for monetizing wireless applications and
services, as well as connecting content providers to wireless carrier-billing systems. Currently, there are more than 60 ClearMode Content
Provider Members offering hundreds of wireless applications, including Galileo, allAfrica.com, eGolfScore and Me43.
Wmode will provide TELUS Mobility with the opportunity to give its clients access to all Wmode Content Provider Members. When a TELUS
Mobility client makes a purchase, ClearMode will create a billing record and forward it to TELUS Mobility. The charge will then be placed on the
client's monthly phone bill.
"This alliance represents a dramatic expansion of the wealth of online content choices already available to our clients across Canada," said Robert
Blumenthal, TELUS Mobility's vice president of products and services. "Wmode's straightforward and practical approach to linking wireless
carriers with premium content providers made them our obvious choice."
ClearMode is a real-time, secure and effective method for managing subscriptions to premium content. When a user chooses to download an
application or subscribe to a service, ClearMode authenticates the user and validates the transaction at the point of purchase. ClearMode creates
transaction records, which are sent to the carrier for inclusion on the purchaser's phone bill (the "Bill-To-Phone(TM)" payment model), as well as
settlement records that identify the revenue split between the carrier and the content provider.
"TELUS Mobility's selection of ClearMode and its Bill-To-Phone payment model is another clear indication that Wmode has what the wireless
industry needs," said Dennis Woronuk, Wmode's president and COO. "By making it easy for carriers, content providers and customers to get
together, ClearMode represents the next step forward in the development of the Wireless Web."
About TELUS and TELUS Mobility
TELUS Mobility provides its 2.8 million clients across Canada with a full suite of wireless voice, Internet and data services through its Mike and
PCS digital wireless networks. For more information please visit www.telusmobility.com .
TELUS (TSX: T, TA; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country. The
company provides subscribers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, Internet Protocol, voice and TELUS
Mobility wireless services across Canada. TELUS is a premier founding partner of the Canadian bid to host the 2010 Winter Games, and was
rated this year as one of Canada's top 10 companies to work for by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine. For more information,
please visit www.telus.com
About Wmode
Wmode provides the ClearMode(TM) clearinghouse for wireless commerce that facilitates the monetization of Internet-based subscription and
transaction services, and enables the Bill-to-Phone(TM) option for wireless content purchases. By uniting wireless carriers and content providers,
ClearMode rapidly enables new and varied revenue streams through a secure service, which provides end-users with access to a broad range of
wireless Internet content and services. The company is privately held and has offices in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Seattle, Washington, USA; and
Bern, Switzerland. For more information, please call +1-403-260-8695 or visit the company's Web site at www.wmode.com .
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