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    High-Tech Editors
    CTIA Wireless 2005
    NMS in Booth #2755 (Wmode in Booth #231)

    NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--

    Subscribers to Benefit from Exciting Music, New Games and Information Services

    As a result of their collaboration in the deployment of ringback tone solutions, NMS Communications (NASDAQ: NMSS) and Wmode Inc. today announced that they have formalized their relationship and will work together to deliver cost-effective mobile entertainment applications. NMS' ringback tone solutions currently reach more than 170 million subscribers around the world, while Wmode provides content recruitment, marketing, distribution, managing, hosting and licensing of ringback tones and other content to mobile operators.
    Wmode is among the companies that have joined with NMS to deliver an outstanding user experience through Mobile Place(TM) (http://www.nmscommunications.com/MobileServices), giving mobile operators a vehicle for simplifying and enriching the user experience, driving broad uptake of personalized mobile entertainment and other content services by their subscribers. Mobile Place is a single framework that combines multiple applications with a powerful, complete subscriber and content management system designed to maximize revenue opportunities. Mobile Place gives mobile operators and their system integration, application and content partners a strategic roadmap for rapid, targeted rollout and management of profitable new services and content.
    "Content drives community," said Brian Demers, vice president and general manager, Mobile Applications, at NMS Communications. "By offering the right content in an easy-to-access, intuitive environment, mobile operators will begin to build content constituencies that will drive ARPU."
    The two companies are currently collaborating on a ringback deployment. Wmode supports NMS in the overall system design, deployment, user interfaces and operation of the service. As marketing partners, the two companies will leverage current carrier relationships and future marketing activities to drive new deployment opportunities.
    "Together, NMS and Wmode offer a complete package to carriers looking for a managed solution for accessing a tremendous new revenue stream from exciting new personalized mobile applications," said Emanuel Bertolin, vice president of sales and marketing at Wmode.
    To learn more, visit NMS Communications at CTIA Wireless 2005, Booth #2755 and Wmode in Booth #231, March 14-16, New Orleans, La. Wmode will also be showcasing some of its mobile content in the lounge area of NMS' booth.

    About Wmode

    Wmode provides content distribution services and technologies to network operators and content providers that facilitate the management, discovery, delivery and monetization of mobile content for all premium content types developed by the best names in the industry. The company is privately held and has offices in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Bern, Switzerland. For more information, please call +1-403-260-8690 or visit the company's Web site at www.wmode.com.

    About NMS Communications

    NMS Communications (NASDAQ: NMSS) is a leading provider of technologies and solutions for mobile applications and infrastructure. Visit www.nmscommunications.com for more information.
    Statements in this document expressing the beliefs and expectations of management regarding future performance are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's expectations as of the date of this document and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, uncertainty in communications spending, the implementation of the Company's strategic repositioning and market acceptance of the Company's new solutions strategy, quarterly fluctuations in financial results, the Company's ability to exploit fully the value of its technology and its strategic partnerships and alliances, the availability of products from the Company's contract manufacturer and product component vendors and other risks. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. In addition, while management may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, management specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, even if its estimates change. Any reference to our website in this press release is not intended to incorporate the contents thereof into this press release or any other public announcement.
    NMS Communications and Mobile Place are trademarks of NMS Communications Corporation. All other product or corporate references may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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CONTACT: Pam Kukla NMS Communications 1-508-271-1611 Pam_Kukla@nmss.com or Christian Potts FitzGerald Communications 1-617-585-2231 CPotts@fitzgerald.com or Emanuel Bertolin Wmode, Inc. 1-403-260-8695 Emanuel.Bertolin@wmode.com

KEYWORD: LOUISIANA TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADESHOW PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: NMS Communications

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