Nextnation Communication Berhad‚s Subsdiary– Ozura Sdn. Bhd. (“OZURA”)‚ chosen as Excite Japan Co. Ltd‚s (“EXCITE JAPAN”) First International Distribution Partner

KUALA LUMPUR‚ 22 August 2006 – Nextnation Communication Berhad‚s (MESDAQ: NEXTNAT) wholly owned subsidiary‚ Ozura Sdn. Bhd. (“Ozura”)‚ a leading international publisher and developer of mobile entertainment‚ today announced that it has been chosen as Excite Japan Co. Ltd‚s (“Excite Japan”) first international mobile game distribution partner.

Excite Japan‚ one of Japan‚s largest web portals and mobile game providers‚ is granting Ozura the distribution rights for its premium mobile game titles. Ozura plans to make these games available through its extensive network of distribution channels consisting of major mobile operators and distribution partners in Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ Singapore‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines‚ Australia‚ China‚ India and the United Kingdom.

“Ozura has been chosen as the preferred international mobile game distributor due to its well established presence in the global mobile gaming industry‚” said Ozura‚s Chief Executive Officer‚ Lion Peh.

Peh added that Ozura will be effectively offering more than 150 million mobile subscribers in its network the chance to play some of the most sought after mobile games today.

“This partnership with Excite Japan clearly reflects growing international recognition of Ozura‚s cutting edge technology in the development of mobile gaming platforms. Our mobile gaming platform‚ FunlogiX™‚ is one of the most sought after platforms in the mobile gaming industry as it is highly compatible with games from all over the world ranging from Japanese to Russian origin developed using different development tools‚” commented Peh.

He further revealed that over the next 3 years‚ Ozura expects a boost in revenue of up to USD20 million from global sales via this partnership.

Informa forecasts mobile gaming sales will generate USD$7.2billion a year worldwide by 2011‚ growing from the USD$2.4billion sold in 2006. The international provider of specialist information also predicts that Asia Pacific‚ which dominates mobile games sales‚ will account for nearly half the industry by 2011.

“The rapid revolution in the mobile gaming market‚ especially in the Asia Pacific‚ represents a huge potential for us. We have recently launched Indonesia‚s first mobile gaming community with Indosat and we are soon to roll out more of our deployment programs in Thailand‚ Singapore‚ Philippines‚ China and Hong Kong. This will be another win for us in tapping into the substantial global gaming market‚” said Peh.

To date‚ Ozura has published and aggregated an extensive compendium of games through its distribution network worldwide‚ representing over 2‚000 game titles in over 130 countries. With its propriety gaming platform‚ FunlogiX™‚ Ozura also provides its state-of- the -art community based mobile gaming technology to mobile operators worldwide.

About Ozura Mobile

Ozura Mobile is a leading international developer and publisher of mobile games which are distributed to carriers, aggregators, mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. Ozura’s games are available all over the world through its distribution network of thousands of partners spanning across 130 countries. It is expected that the growth of mobile phones supporting these platforms will exceed one billion units worldwide in 2008. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.ozura.com

About Excite Japan Co. Ltd

Excite Japan Co.‚ Ltd is one of the leading Japan-based Internet service provider. The Company has five business segments. The Advertising segment is engaged in the sale of advertising space on its Website to enterprises. The Content Service segment offers community services‚ music download services‚ online games and others. The Broadband Service segment provides Internet access services‚ mainly broadband services to general consumers. The Electronic Commerce (EC) segment is engaged in the sale‚ auction and shopping of commodities through Internet systems. The Others segment is involved in the development of Internet systems‚ as well as the management of fan clubs and the provision of services for beauty salon services through Internet. Excite Japan is a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation. Headquartered in Tokyo‚ the Company has three consolidated subsidiaries and three associated companies.

About Nextnation

Nextnation‚ a mobile application service provider‚ enables businesses and individuals to access‚ connect‚ and transact across today's complex global mobile networks. Its core product MINDCEP™ Platform is a mobile multimedia communication platform‚ facilitating and enabling mobile data transmission worldwide using WAP‚ MMS‚ SMS and Java technologies. MINDCEP™ is connected to some of the largest premium messaging networks in the world in order to offer a broad range of services from content distribution to mobile m-commerce and place the company at the forefront of this rapidly growing messaging market. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.nextnationnet.com.