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19 Dec 2005 07:01

Emblaze Ltd19 December 2005 Emblaze Ltd Adamind signs four new deals with network operatorsContracts to generate additional ongoing fees as total deployments approach 100 Ra'anana, Israel, December 19 2005: Emblaze Ltd ("Emblaze or "the Group") (LSE: BLZ) announces that its Group company, Adamind Ltd ("Adamind" or "the Company") (LSE: ADA), the leading global supplier of media adaptation software for mobile messaging (MMS), content and convergence services market, has in the last four months signed four important contracts in partnership with one of its European-based strategic partners. The contracts, which were signed with operators in Latin America, South EastAsia and the Asia Pacific regions, will initially generate revenues with furtherlicense upgrades and recurring fees expected to generate additional revenues onan ongoing basis. The Company's revenue model is directly tied to the volume ofMMS and other content traffic running through mobile networks. These deals bring the total number of Adamind-enabled networks worldwide toapproaching 100, compared with approximately 80 at the beginning of 2005. The contracts include one new deal with a mobile network operator that haslicensed Adamind's media adaptation software for the first time. The other threecontracts announced today involve license upgrades purchased by existing mobiletelecoms operators that have already embedded Adamind's software platform,MediaSpire, in their network infrastructure. In total, the four operators have acombined subscriber base of approximately 31 million. The three license upgrades reflect the growing popularity of MMS and new richcontent services such as video and music downloads. As a result, Adamind isseeing operators upgrade their network capacity to keep up with traffic volumesand to introduce new services. The Company's MediaSpire software enables networkoperators and content owners to adapt multimedia messages and other mobilecontent so that it can be experienced by subscribers across any mobile device ornetwork. Shailendra Jain, CEO of Adamind, said: "Adamind is continuing to make greatstrides to establish its software as a de-facto industry standard. In the pastfour months we have signed four deals across three continents with this channel,which demonstrate the increasing mobile data traffic and associated annuityincome to Adamind from these customer accounts." Enquiries Emblaze +972 9 769 9831/339Doron Cohen, Hagit Gal Corfin Communications +44 20 7929 8989Harry Chathli, Neil Thapar NOTE TO EDITORS About The Emblaze Group (Emblaze LTD) Emblaze Ltd is a group of companies sharing a common mission to provide telecomoperators with technologies, products and solutions for next generationservices: Emblaze Mobile, a new breed in handsets design and manufacturing;Adamind (LSE: ADA), a global leader in content adaptation (transcoding) forwireless operators; Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IPvideo solutions for military and homeland security markets; Emblaze VCON,recently created from the merger of Emblaze Systems and VCON , is a leadingprovider of wireless video communications technologies and conferencingsolutions for operators and enterprise markets over IP networks and OrcaInteractive (LSE: ORCA), provider of Interactive Television IPTV middleware forVideo On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services, aimed at Telecom, cable and xDSLoperators. Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996 andhas offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Korea andIsrael. www.emblaze.com About Adamind Adamind (LSE: ADA) is a leading global supplier of media adaptation software inthe Mobile Messaging (MMS), Content and Convergence Services markets. Adamind'sMediaSpire(TM)enables delivery of images, text, ringtones, audio and video toand between a variety of mobile devices, domains and networks, driving trafficgrowth and creating the ultimate rich media consumer experience. With headquarters in the US, an R&D Centre in Israel, a global sales force andstrategic channel partnerships with some of the top MMSC vendors and top-tiersystem integrators - all major Blue Chip companies such as Ericsson, Motorola,HP, Openwave, LogicaCMG, Critical Path and CBOSS - Adamind is positioned todeliver superior quality products, services and support to its 90+ tier-1 andtier-2 operator customer deployments across the globe. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange