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To: da_cheif™ who wrote (442)	12/7/2000 3:58:37 PM
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NEWS ON VMII Voice Mobility Signs Letter of Intent with Aliant VANCOUVER, BC, DECEMBER 7, 2000 - Voice Mobility International Inc. (OTCBB: VMII and FWB: VMY), the developer of the Unified CommunicationsÔ software suite, announced today it has signed a letter of intent with Aliant Inc., Atlantic Canada's largest telecommunications company with approximately 300,000 voice-mail customers. Together, the companies will jointly develop and test VMI's new carrier-class Unified Communications software suite within Aliant's state-of-the-art research and development facility, known as the LivingLABTM innovations environment. "We're pleased to be partnering with Aliant to develop a new carrier-class version based on our existing Unified Communications product," said Voice Mobility's Chief Executive Officer Jay Hutton. "As Canada's third largest telecommunications company, Aliant brings a large customer base of early adopters of new technology. By working with Aliant's research professionals and employees, our new Unified Communications software will benefit from customer trials that are an integral part of Aliant's LivingLAB." Through the LivingLAB innovations environment, new technologies are brought to market in a significantly reduced timeframe. With a combination of customer feedback, partner commitment and employee ingenuity, the LivingLAB has become a cornerstone for technological advances in the industry. "It's a pleasure to be working with such a forward-thinking company to test new solutions that have the potential to provide customers like ours with improved choice and convenience for communications," said Robert Neal, President of Innovatia Inc. - Aliant's research and development arm. Voice Mobility and Aliant will be working to finalize the agreements contemplated by the letter of intent and currently expect final agreements to be completed within weeks. About Innovatia and Aliant Aliant Inc. (TSE:AIT) is a group of advanced technology companies with a staff of over10,000 professionals who deliver full-service integrated offerings through its core lines of business: wireline and wireless telecommunications, information technology, remote communications services and emerging Internet-based business solutions. From its base in Canada, Aliant serves consumer and business customers worldwide. For more details about Aliant, visit www.aliant.ca. Headquartered in Atlantic Canada, Innovatia focuses on designing and commercializing Internet-based innovations. Through its 200 highly skilled professionals, Innovatia accelerates the design, development and sale of applications to service providers worldwide. Using Internet protocol technology, Innovatia provides a variety of advanced Internet based open standard services for governments, enterprises and service providers, including hosted messaging, Interactive Television, PC-TV, e-business solutions as well as Web-based knowledge services. Innovatia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aliant Inc. For more information about Innovatia, visit www.innovatia.net About Voice Mobility Voice Mobility International, Inc. is the developer of its Unified Communications software suite. The suite simplifies voice, fax and email messages by collecting them in a single mailbox where they can be stored, reviewed, redirected and managed using a personal computer, wireless device or telephone. The system converts all voice and fax messages to sound or image files that can be retrieved, listened to, or viewed using any email program or service. Voice Mobility's Unified Communications suite also includes a "Find-me Follow-me" application that makes it possible for all voice, pager and fax calls to reach a user through a single number. Voice Mobility markets its software suite to telephone companies, Internet Service Providers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, Application Service Providers and Wireless Service Providers. For more information about Voice Mobility, visit www.voicemobility.com.