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OZ.COM
 PROFILE
OZ.COM wants to be the wizard of the wireless Web. Founded in 1995 in Iceland -- home of co-founders CEO Skúli Mogensen and "chief visionary" Guđjón Már Guđjónsson, who together own 60% of the company -- OZ.COM develops technologies that merge the Internet and wireless communication. In 2000 the company launched its mPresence hosted software, which enables wireless service providers to offer mobile Internet services. mPresence is based on OZ.COM's iPulse platform, a routing application for bridging Internet and telecom protocols that was co-developed with partner and investor Ericsson, which owns 23% of the company and accounts for 94% of its sales. Subsidiary SmartVR offers Web-based visual communications software.

 COMPETITION
InfoSpace, Inc. (INSP)
Nokia Corporation (NOK)
Sonera Corporation (SNRA)

 DEALS
Deal: Ericsson Invests in Oz.com
Date Announced: 06.08.99
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 13
Description: Wireless giant invests $13 million in land-line and wireless-network company.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 8.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 59.7%
Employees: 165
Revenue per employee: $50,303.03

 KEY PEOPLE
• Skúli Mogensen
    CEO
• Robert G. Quinn
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Snorrabraut 54
IS-105 Reykjavik, Iceland
Phone: 354-535-0000
Fax: 354-535-0055
Online: Web Site

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