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Vyke Forms Strategic Partnership for Mobile VoIP with Nimbuzz

Vyke today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Nimbuzz, the Netherlands based provider of mobile social networking and interactivity applications.

This strategic partnership builds upon the component strengths of both Vyke and Nimbuzz by combining Vyke’s leading paid mVoIP service and Nimbuzz’ award winning mobile peer to peer mobile social messaging and VoIP services.

The globally available Nimbuzz service is currently growing at well over 20,000 new users per day and is the only aggregated mobile social messaging service to win a Red Herring Global 100 award.

This strategic partnership allows Vyke to address Nimbuzz’s growing and loyal user base with its paid mVoIP services, adding a new and high-potential sales channel to Vyke’s existing distribution structure. This sales channel also positions Vyke to benefit from the high growth rate enjoyed by Nimbuzz’s mobile services.

Kjetil Břhn, CEO of Vyke, commented:
“Vyke is delighted to have formed this relationship. Nimbuzz has a very exciting set of mobile social messaging services that will benefit from Vyke’s core competency of paid mobile VoIP services. ”

For Vyke - For further information please contact:
Vyke Communications plc
Tommy Jensen, Executive Chairman
 +47 21 08 60 00

Daniel Stewart & Co
Graham Webster/Simon Starr
 +44 (0) 20 7776 6550

Say Communications
Louise Stewart-Muir/ Geraldine Fernandez 
+44 (0)20 8971 6400

For Nimbuzz - For further information please contact:
Nimbuzz B.V.
Tobias Kemper – tobias@nimbuzz.com
+31 646645659

About NIMBUZZ
Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger combining instant messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace. The free application is available on the mobile, PC and web, for instant messaging, location sharing, (group) calling, file sharing, and chat rooms.

From one contact list users can call, chat, message and more, with all their friends in one place. Nimbuzz is a feature rich mass market product for the hyper-connected lifestyle.
For more information please visit www.nimbuzz.com

About VYKE
Vyke Communications plc is the leading mobile Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") service provider and is headquartered in the UK with subsidiaries and offices in Norway, USA, Iceland and Malaysia. The strategic goal of Vyke is to combine its expertise in VoIP-based communication systems, mobile data service creation/handset technology and wholesale carrier network management to provide a converged communication solution. Vyke's current set of mobile-oriented products offers up to a 95% discount compared to current typical mobile operator pricing structures.

About VYKE MOBILE IP
Vyke Mobile IP is the leading mobile-oriented Voice over IP (VoIP) service offering users up to 95% discount compared to typical mobile operator pricing structures. One of the first mass market mobile VoIP services, launched in April of 2006, Vyke Mobile IP features mobile oriented sign-up steps, automatic configuration services and pricing.

About the VYKE product suite
The Vyke suite of communication products features advanced services providing users with low cost, mobile operator/fixed line provider independent ways of making voice calls and sending text messaging from the mobile phone, PC and internet.

Please visit www.vyke.com