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Exclusive to Rogers: MySpace for mobile phones


    Stay connected with your friends from your mobile phone with access to
    your MySpace account

    TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - Summertime is winding down and vacations are
coming to an end. It's back-to-school and time to catch up with old friends
and make new ones. Rogers Wireless is helping customers stay connected by
expanding its MY5 service to Canada-wide calling and launching a MySpace
Mobile subscription service on a selection of mobile phones.
    "We are very excited to work with MySpace, global leader in social
networking with 4.1 million users in Canada. As the leading wireless carrier
in Canada, Rogers Wireless continues to offer the latest innovations today's
youth want in mobile technology. Back-to-school is a very busy social scene
and with MySpace Mobile on wireless phones, customers have even more ways to
stay in touch," said John Boynton, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers
Wireless.
    MySpace Mobile is a made-for-mobile social networking application which
provides Rogers customers the ability to manage the bulk of their MySpace
online account functions on-the-go, including:-   Blogging (post a blog, update existing blogs, comment on other blogs)
    -   Friends (search for new friends, address "friend invites", view
        friends lists)
    -   Messages (send messages, comments)
    -   Pictures (view, comment on pictures)
    -   Bulletins (view bulletins)
    -   Profile (update/edit their profile)COOLEST HANDSETS to stay in touch with MySpace

    Sony Ericsson W580

    The new W580 WALKMAN® phone is a slim slider music phone that delivers
the full Walkman® phone experience along with access to MySpace Mobile. The
W580 also features a 2.0 mega pixel camera and includes two innovative
functions: a built-in sports application that tracks running speed and
distance and ShakeControl which allows users in shuffle mode to switch tracks
by shaking the device while holding down the Walkman® key.

    Samsung A516

    The Samsung A516 is the latest and sleekest multimedia phone allowing
users to access MySpace Mobile, play music off their memory cards or download
songs from Rogers MusicStore. Its sleek external touch-sensitive keys make
playing and pausing tunes easier than ever.

    About Rogers Wireless

    Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest wireless voice and data
communications services provider with offices in Canadian cities across the
country, more than 6.9 million customers and two powerful brands: Rogers
Wireless and Fido. Rogers Wireless, which operates Canada's largest and most
reliable integrated wireless voice and data network, providing advanced voice
and wireless data solutions to customers from coast to coast, is Canada's only
carrier operating on the GSM/GPRS technology platform, the world standard for
wireless communications technology and the only technology that enables
roaming around the world in over 196 countries. The company is a subsidiary of
Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI), a diversified Canadian
communications and media company. For further information, please visit
www.rogers.com