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Starhub Mobile Selects ZipLip As Its Messaging Platform

SINGAPORE, July 10, 2000

ZipLip, Inc. announced that it has launched nationwide delivery of its solution for StarHub Mobile, a leading wireless provider in Singapore. ZipLip's product, which will be packaged as StarHubMail, is WAP-enabled and will further fortify StarHub as the premier provider of wireless Internet services. "We are proud to be working with StarHub Mobile, one of the fastest growing wireless providers in Asia. ZipLip has kept a low-key presence about its business strategy and customers until now. With the agreement with StarHub, ZipLip has strengthened its presence in the Asian market and has catalyzed expansion plans into the region. We plan on announcing several more countrywide customers in the coming weeks," says Kon Leong, President and Chief Executive Officer of ZipLip, Inc.

"Singapore as a whole is moving more quickly than other countries with regards to wireless messaging and e-services," says Mr. Wee Way Kiat, General Manager of StarHub Mobile, "StarHub seeks to lead this trend and we have chosen to partner with ZipLip because of its compelling and fast-to-market applications. StarHub believes in offering innovation and convenience to our iPower WAP users. With this arrangement with ZipLip, our iPower users will have an email service that is accessible via web or WAP and supports POP3. A simple yet very effective application."

Traditionally the technological and financial hub of Asia, Singapore has been at the forefront of new technologies, especially mobile services and technologies such as WAP and m-commerce. ZipLip's product is a showcase of the latest secure messaging technologies that at the same time remains easily deployable and accessible by its customers. Users will enjoy a full range of services that include the usual email functions as well as value-added services such as external mailbox retrieval. Above all, ZipLip's secure messaging enables a new dimension of wireless communication for users.

About StarHub: StarHub is Singapore's newest operator for both fixed and mobile telecommunications services. StarHub is positioning itself to offer customers in Singapore a comprehensive info-communications solutions package for all their communications requirements including fixed and mobile phone to Internet services. StarHub aims to be the leading innovator of info-communications solutions, enhancing customer choices and their quality of life. It has built a new generation, integrated broadband info-communications network that is principally fibre-based. This new network infrastructure in Singapore will have the capability to provide converged services on an integrated platform, offering customers with access to the latest communications technology applications. More information on StarHub can be found on www.starhub.com.sg

About ZipLip: ZipLip, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, offers the world's only scalable 100% Java, J2EE-based platform to enable controlled communications, access and sharing of corporate intelligence. Its platform, the ZipLip Secure Data Exchange (ZDX.), offers secure email and secure file access and sharing, with complete control over who accesses which data, when, and what can be done with it, including detailed audit trails. Built for carrier-grade performance and easy integration into other Web applications, ZipLip's technology is available as a software license or service to carriers, ASPs, large enterprises, and healthcare and financial institutions. For more information on ZipLip, check out http://www.ziplip.com

Contact: Jumin Kim
Tel:(650) 968 8989
Fax:(650) 968 9089
jlkim@ziplip.com

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