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PHOTOCHANNEL AND TELUS MOBILITY EXPAND PARTNERSHIP WITH VIDEO MESSAGING ALBUM SERVICE PhotoChannel technology allows TELUS Mobility clients to view, share and send wireless video clips through online albums VANCOUVER, BC – March 11, 2005 – PhotoChannel Networks Inc. (TSX-V: PNI and OTCBB: PHCHF), the global leader in digital imaging network technology, and TELUS Mobility have expanded their partnership to provide TELUS Mobility clients with a new video messaging album service. Clients can now view, store and share video captured using their phones with friends and family via personal and secure online albums on TELUS Mobility’s client Web portal. “TELUS Mobility has had exceptional success with our picture messaging service, which makes it a snap for clients to send or save pictures taken with our camera phones. With the increasing popularity of our new video phones, video messaging was the logical next step,“ said Robert Blumenthal, TELUS Mobility’s Vice President of Products and Services. “Our ongoing partnership with PhotoChannel helps facilitate the continued growth and development of our wireless data services by allowing our clients to manage their multimedia content in personalized online albums.” “We are very pleased to broaden our partnership by providing additional solutions to TELUS Mobility,” said Peter Fitzgerald, Chairman, President and CEO of PhotoChannel. “Over the two years we have been working together, we have continued to refine our technology and offer the latest in digital imaging innovations that assist in fulfilling market demand for wireless carriers. The PhotoChannel Mobility solution is certainly proving to be one of the true photo enterprise applications capable of handling a carrier’s business.” Since 2003, PhotoChannel has provided TELUS Mobility with a picture messaging solution that enables wireless camera phone users to view, store, edit and share their images with friends and family. With the expanded partnership, video phone clients can use a similar solution to manage their videos in their online albums located at TELUS Mobility’s client Web portal: mytelusmobility.com. TELUS Mobility camera phone images can be printed at any of PhotoChannel’s 2,000 participating retail locations across Canada. About PhotoChannel Founded in 1995, PhotoChannel has created and manages the open standard PhotoChannel Network environment. The PhotoChannel Network is currently utilized by major photofinishing retailers and wireless carriers to provide their consumers with online image printing and picture messaging services. There are more than 7,800 retail locations worldwide accepting print orders from the PhotoChannel system. For more information on the Company visit www.photochannel.com . Investor Information: (866) 345-0115. About TELUS Mobility TELUS Mobility provides its more than 3.9 million clients across Canada with a full suite of wireless voice, Internet and data services through its PCS and Mike digital wireless networks. For more about TELUS Mobility products, please visit telusmobility.com. TELUS (TSX: T, T.NV; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada, with more than $7.6 billion of annual revenue, 4.8 million network access lines and 3.9 million wireless clients. The company provides subscribers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, voice and wireless services across Canada, utilizing next generation Internet-based technologies. For more, please visit telus.com . |
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