Verizon Business Wins Contract to Host Mobile Internet Platform in Europe

Amsterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Leading Mobile Internet Provider Danger is Using Verizon Hosting
Services to Manage Traffic and Ensure the Performance, Security and
Growth of Its Platform

Verizon Business today announced it is providing hosting services
to Danger Inc. for a mobile Internet platform called hiptop(R).

Danger Inc., based in Palo Alto, California, created hiptop to
give users on the move access to the Internet, instant messaging,
e-mail, games, photography and telephony. The software is used in
handheld devices.

Danger will colocate its equipment in a Verizon Data Center in
Amsterdam. The Verizon Data Center Colocation service provides a
secure, dedicated environment where customers can colocate their
Internet servers, data networks or voice equipment. Verizon Business
will manage traffic from Germany, the Netherlands and the UK as well
as support access to mobile Internet, instant messaging and
telephony. The contract runs for four years. The Amsterdam data
center is just one of 185 Verizon Data Centers in 22 countries, as
well as four Verizon Smart Centers, which offer additional services
such as a standardised, follow-the-sun service with disaster
avoidance and recovery facilities.

Arnold Magcale, senior networks operations manager, Danger, says:
"We selected Verizon Business for its reputation for hosting
services. We are confident its facilities will meet our rapidly
expanding network requirements."

His confidence is based on third-party endorsement. Danger needed
to be certain that its hosting provider could meet its stringent
network and infrastructure requirements and plans for growth, so it
engaged a third party, LinkSource Communications LLC, to analyse the
services offered.

Curt Lewis, president and CEO of LinkSource, says: "LinkSource
evaluated several potential providers and confirmed that Verizon
Business has the best capabilities and infrastructure in place to
meet Danger's needs as it grows through partnerships with wireless
operators. In addition, Verizon Business has been providing Verizon
Hosting Services to Danger in the US for US traffic and support since
June 2005."

Donald Badoux, regional vice president, sales for Verizon Business
in northern Europe, says: "Danger can focus on its clients, business
and developing new products while we focus on supporting the
performance, security and growth of the platform."

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is
a leading provider of advanced communications and information
technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers
worldwide. Combining unsurpassed global network reach with advanced
technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business
delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers
around the world. For more information, visit
http://www.verizonbusiness.com.

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Danger Inc. provides a complete solution that enables wireless
carriers to offer innovative and affordable voice and data products
to consumers over next-generation wireless networks. Today, this
solution includes: the hiptop Service Delivery Engine -- a back-end
service delivery infrastructure; the hiptop Development Platform -- a
platform for the development of mobile internet applications using
industry standard development tools; and the hiptop Device Design --
a hardware design for a wireless all-in-one device that may be
customized and branded by wireless operators. Founded in January
2000, Danger is a privately held company backed by leading venture
capital firms and corporate investors. Danger is based in Palo Alto,
Calif. Additional information about the company is available at
http://www.danger.com.

LinkSource Communications, LLC is a privately held telecom
services and consulting firm with offices in Sacramento, Ca., San
Ramon Ca, Phoenix, Az, and Philadelphia, Pa. They specialize in
supporting customers' requirements for IP Telephony and MPLS networks
in addition to managing all other aspects of medium and large
customers' telecom services, while maximizing their global and
national relationships to best suit the client's needs. For more
information, go to http://www.linksourcecom.com.

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Contact:
Anita Sannes of Verizon Business, +31-20-711-26-52,
+31-6-55-787-202, anita.sannes@nl.verizonbusiness.com