November 10, 2003

EMT Estonia Selects VoiceAge to Provide Multimedia
Transcoding and Content Optimization

Montreal, Canada, November 10, 2003--VoiceAge Corporation, world-renowned for its multimedia compression solutions, today announced that the Estonian network operator EMT has selected the SPOT xde® Server platform from VoiceAge, for the transcoding and optimization of multimedia content.

“With the recent installation of SPOT xde® Server, we are now able to deliver content originating from a mobile device to e-mail addresses. Given the growth of our subscriber base and the volume expected in the coming years, we turned to VoiceAge because of the scalability of their solution”, said Tõnu Grünberg, Executive Vice President of Development and Technology at EMT.

SPOT xde® Server transcodes multimedia content across networks and devices. For example, audio, images or video from a cellular phone may not be compatible with the multimedia formats supported at the destination, unless a transcoder, such as SPOT xde® Server, intercepts and transcodes the multimedia content.

“Being the leading operator in Estonia, EMT is set to further enhance its MMS offering by ensuring content quality and integrity, by using SPOT xde® Server. We’re excited to work with EMT as they further demonstrate their MMS leadership in their market. We look forward to working with EMT as their multimedia transcoding requirements evolve”, said Laurent Amar, president of VoiceAge Corporation.

About VoiceAge

To create SPOT xde® Server, VoiceAge Corporation’s research and development team built on a decade of experience and proven success in audio and multimedia compression and transcoding. As experienced daily by hundreds of millions worldwide, VoiceAge’s standard and proprietary solutions, built on the world-renowned ACELP® technology (the foundation for AMR), ensure an unsurpassed multimedia experience. The VoiceAge team holds over 300 patents and has won close to 20 international telecommunication standard competitions.
http://www.voiceage.com

About EMT

EMT, the largest and most experienced mobile communications operator in Estonia, has gained and retains the leading position in this area, in terms of the number of customers, financial indicators, development of coverage and size of networks, diversity of services and potential of value-added services. EMT is recognized for its leading-edge, innovative business activities: the company was the first in Estonia to launch GPRS services, to open an e-commerce portal, and one of the first in Europe to offer a wide range of Mobile Internet services, mobile parking, and location-based services.
http://www.emt.ee

For more information, please contact

Kaja Pino
EMT
Tel: +372 611 1386
E-mail kaja.pino@emt.ee

Nathalie Beaudoin
VoiceAge Corporation
Tel: +1 514 737 4940, ext. 232
E-mail: nathalie.beaudoin@voiceage.com