Digit wireless was definitely thinking outside the box when they developed Fastap? keypad. Fastap? keypad allows mobile phone users to quickly and intuitively type text messages and other data using letter, number and punctuation keys arranged neatly around the standard keypad on a mobile phone.

Digit Wireless, LG Electronics and TELUS Mobility announce production of
the world?s first Fastap? enabled mobile phone

Unique phone keyboard set to revolutionize text messaging, data communications

ATLANTA, March 22, 2004 ? Today at the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference, Digit Wireless, consumer electronics giant LG Electronics and Canadian wireless carrier TELUS Mobility announced an agreement to produce the world?s first Fastap? enabled mobile phone.

Digit Wireless?s Fastap keypad allows mobile phone users to quickly and intuitively type text messages and other data using letter, number and punctuation keys arranged neatly around the standard keypad on a mobile phone.

?Fastap brings keyboard functionality directly to a standard-sized mobile phone, offering both business users and consumers an intuitive interface designed specifically for easy text messaging and other mobile data applications,? said Chris Hare, President of Digit Wireless. ?We expect early partnerships with industry leaders such as TELUS Mobility and LG Electronics to drive widespread adoption of Fastap enabled phones.?

Said Neil Strother, senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR?s wireless research group: ?Mobile text messaging has made great strides in North America, but widespread usage remains elusive. One of the limiting factors has been the traditional telephone keypad. But Digit Wireless? unique and easy solution breaks the mold, and should enable some serious growth for text messaging.?

TELUS Mobility is the first wireless provider in the world to publicly commit to Fastap technology, and plans to offer Fastap enabled mobile phones exclusively in Canada in 2004. TELUS Ventures, a corporate investment fund dedicated to creating strategic alliances with entrepreneurial organizations, has invested directly in Digit Wireless, enabling the innovative technology company to expand its worldwide presence.

?TELUS Mobility?s longstanding recognition that mobile phones are not just for phone calls anymore has placed us in a North American leadership position in messaging and wireless Web offerings. Our partnership with Digit Wireless and LG Electronics to introduce the world?s first Fastap enabled phone is as natural a fit for us as the Fastap keyboard is on a mobile phone,? said Robert Blumenthal, Vice President of Products and Services at TELUS Mobility.

LG Electronics, the first wireless handset manufacturer to announce production of Fastap enabled mobile phones, has an established reputation as a wireless technology innovator. Its successful LG 5450 camera phone, already offered across Canada by TELUS Mobility, has been modified as a demonstration unit to carry Fastap keypad software and hardware. The company is preparing a production model of a similar phone for introduction by TELUS Mobility in 2004.

?LG is excited to partner with Digit Wireless and TELUS Mobility to offer the first handset that incorporates the truly innovative Fastap technology,? said Jae Ham, Vice President, CDMA Handsets, LG Electronics. ?LG is committed to providing cutting-edge wireless phones that are compact, easy to use and unique in their functionality ? and our exclusive Fastap enabled phone certainly fits our mandate.?