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Bebo Messaging live on UK's largest MVNO

New York, NY and London, UK, May 8, 2009 -- Today, AOL announced that Virgin Media has become the latest mobile operator to join Bebo's Open Mobile program with the launch of Mobile Messaging and Mobile Internet.

Launched in February, Bebo Open Mobile is a global program for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and software developers to support the customizable delivery of the Bebo social networking experience to mobile users. The initiative offers a suite of tools and has achieved significant international adoption.

Sean Kane, VP Mobile, AOL People Networks, says: "Virgin Media's decision to embed Bebo in their customer experience plays to both of our strengths and joins two great brands. In partnership with Virgin Media, we will be able to deliver great mobile content to more users in the UK."

Virgin Media and Bebo are today announcing the deployment of:

93 Per Cent of U.K. iPhone Users Accessed Mobile Media in January

London, U.K., March 26, 2009 -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today unveiled for the first time its data describing iPhone users in the United Kingdom, finding that 93 per cent of iPhone owners accessed mobile media in January. According to comScore, mobile e-mail is used by 75 per cent of British iPhone owners, making it the most popular type of mobile content consumed on the device.

“Consumers are clearly embracing the iPhone’s touch screen keyboard,” observed Alistair Hill, analyst, comScore. “The penetration of e-mail usage on the iPhone is more than double that of the smartphone category as a whole. Over the past several quarters, the UK smartphone market has been dominated by the N95, which lacks a QWERTY keyboard. As a result, we see smartphone users favour using their device for music and photo messaging, two activities for which these Nokia devices are particularly well-suited, more than e-mail.”

21 January 2008 -- 3 have today announced that they are the first mobile network operator in the UK to launch version 2 of the much-loved Google Maps application.

The new version of Google Maps, available only through a 3G network, will use your mobile phone connection to establish your location through GPS, and work out directions or find local services and business for you at the touch of a button.

The updated software will also:

* Integrate all your search results on one, easy to navigate page
* Give detailed directions for both walkers and drivers
* Provide a satellite view of all locations
* Display your internet KB usage in the corner of your screen
* Allow easy access to details of local business found in your search

The new application is now available on the majority of 3's wide range of handsets.

Source: 3