Dulles, VA, and The Netherlands - December, 2002 -- ICQ ("I Seek You"), a world leading online communications community and international service from America Online, Inc. today announced an agreement with KPN MOBILE, a leading wireless carrier in the Netherlands that will enable KPN MOBILE's i-mode subscribers to communicate in real time via wireless devices with friends, family and business associates who are part of ICQ's global community of over 140 million users. i-mode is one of the world's most successful wireless services offering rich content and information, web browsing, e-mail and multimedia from mobile phones; ICQ is now enabling KPN MOBILE subscribers to use instant messaging applications.

With ICQ for i-mode, KPN MOBILE subscribers can send and receive instant messages using their i-mode enabled phones with any ICQ user. ICQ for i-mode allows KPN MOBILE subscribers to access their list of ICQ friends on the phone, see who is online and available to chat at any given moment. ICQ for i-mode also allows users to search for new or old friends by using their names, email addresses or specific keywords. ICQ users worldwide also have the ability to send messages using the ICQ messaging center on the ICQ web site, or the ICQ application on desktops, cellular phones or PDAs directly to KPN MOBILE's i-mode subscribers.

"We are pleased to launch the new ICQ for i-mode service with KPN MOBILE. By providing quick and easy access to ICQ's powerful suite of services for mobile devices, we are enabling users to have more ways than ever to stay in touch with their friends and family around the globe," said Ariel Yarnitsky, co-general manager of ICQ. "We look forward to further extending our ICQ Anywhere strategy to the Dutch market, making it even more convenient to send messages across any number of different platforms."

"ICQ and i-mode is a great match - perfectly tuned to the needs of our customers. They want to be in direct contact with their world, with the people who are important to them. The introduction of this tremendously popular service shows how i-mode continues to bring the internet and mobile worlds together", said Ludolf Rasterhoff, director mass market KPN MOBILE

KPN MOBILE is the only i-mode provider in the Netherlands and already has over 100.000 paying subscribers for the service. ICQ has pioneered the use of multiple technologies in the wireless arena, including ICQ's SMS versions, WAP versions, J2ME versions and Symbian versions. With these products, ICQ is connecting its vast global

community to subscribers of wireless carriers worldwide. i-mode has been introduced in Europe in March 2002 and they forecasted one million European subscribers by the end of 2003 in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. i-mode was first introduced in Japan in 1999 by NTT DoCoMo and instantly created a huge market within Japanese mobile multimedia services, soaring to over 35 million subscribers by 2002. KPN MOBILE subsidiary E-Plus will also launch ICQ in Germany

About ICQ ICQ is wholly owned by America Online, Inc. ICQ was created in 1996 by the Israel-based company, Mirabilis, and acquired by AOL in 1998. ICQ is a world leading communications community with over 140 million registered users worldwide. On days when connected to ICQ, users spend an average of over 4 hours on the service. ICQ offers the most robust instant messaging and enhanced communications features in the market today. The product is available for free at www.icq.com.

ICQ is part of AOL Web Properties, an online network featuring some of the most popular brands on the Internet, including Netscape, CompuServe, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, MapQuest and MovieFone. The AOL Web properties network reaches the widest audience on the Internet representing more than 60 percent of Internet audience at work or home.

Contacts:
Catherine Corre
ICQ / AOL
(650) 937-4046 corre@netscape.com