Second Acquisition in the United States: InfraWorlds Buys Assets of Mobile Digital Media (MDM)

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2005--

Infraworlds is Solidifying Its Position in the Mobile Phone Entertainment Market Through a Second American Acquisition. with This Transaction, the Company is Enhancing Its Catalog of High-Quality Software for Top-of-the-Line Phones and PDAs.

Following up on its purchase of US-based mobile software publisher 995 SOFT in July, InfraWorlds has continued its aggressive external growth strategy with the acquisition of Mobile Digital Media (MDM), a Silicon Valley-based publisher and distributor of packaged retail software for mobile devices. The acquisition, which took effect in August, was in the form of an asset purchase from MDM's former parent company, Quickoffice, Inc.

MDM enjoys a leading position in the distribution of consumer software for mobile phones and PDA's on physical media, including SD and MMC expansion cards as well as CD-ROM. The company specializes in high-quality licensed titles for distribution on Palm OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone, and Symbian platforms. MDM's titles include EA Sports Madden 06, Atari Retro, Microsoft Age of Empires, World Poker Tour Texas Hold 'Em, Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, Zondervan NIV Study Bible, and Encyclopedia Britannica.

MDM's products are sold in more than 11,000 retail outlets in the US, Canada, Mexico, and 40 other countries, as well as via leading online resellers such as Handango, Motricity (Palmgear/Pocketgear), Amazon, and the company's own site, www.gomdm.com.

In addition to strengthening InfraWorlds' entertainment catalog, the merger of the two companies will provide the InfraWorlds' business with new expertise in the retail distribution of content for mobile devices. Morgan Slain, former General Manager at MDM, has joined the company, where he will oversee distribution of content sold on physical media and will continue to develop new business partnerships. Most of MDM's other employees have also joined the InfraWorlds team.

"We see great potential in adding MDM's sales and distribution capabilities to InfraWorlds' core strengths in creative development "Morgan Slain said.

"InfraWorlds has embarked on a series of acquisitions - including the French studio Pastagames (February 2005), the developer and online distributor of games and lifestyle applications 995 SOFT (July 2005), and MDM (August 2005) - that are considerably broadening the core skills, product catalog, and distribution methods of the company" Alain Staron, CEO, pointed.

InfraWorlds going forward will be:

A rapidly growing developer and publisher of mobile games and utilities across a broad array of platforms, including Java, DoJa, Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Palm OS

A global distributor across all mobile software sales channels:

-- OEM/embedded sales to a variety of handset and PDA manufacturers

-- Online download sales from www.995soft.com and www.gomdm.com as well as Handango, Motricity, and Amazon.

-- Over the air download sales through wireless operators and aggregators

-- Retail sales through MDM's network of consumer electronics and office supply stores

About InfraWorlds : Established in 2000, InfraWorlds is a publisher, developer and distributor of entertainment products for mobile phones and PDAs. The company is made up of a local studio and an American division, itself built from the activities of the recently acquired 995 SOFT and MDM. InfraWorlds sets itself apart by its great expertise in the area of mobile entertainment: publisher of games for the general public, the casual and hard-core gamer; creator of innovative concepts (SagaZ or BeDe on Bouygues Telecom), multiplatform developer (Java, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile), and finally, multi-network distributor (shipped, over the air, online and specialized retail outlets). Among the company's major partners are Nokia, Sony Ericsson, TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phone, Sagem, Motorola, Orange, Bouygues Telecom, Atari(R), EA Games, Palm(R), Handango, Motricity.