NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vringo, Inc. (NYSE:VRNG), a
provider of video ringtones and personalization solutions for mobile
devices, today announced the signing of an agreement with The Carphone
Warehouse, the U.K.'s largest independent mobile phone retailer, to
offer the Vringo platform to Smartphone customers.

Under the agreement, The Carphone Warehouse will add the Vringo
application to its *SparkXL app that will be offered with all Android
Smartphones as part of The Carphone Warehouse's "Walkout Working"
initiative. This agreement with Great Britain's largest independent
phone retailer will introduce Vringo's platform to a wide audience
together with the launch of its paid service with Orange (U.K.).

"The Carphone Warehouse's *SparkXL application offers a socially
integrated and interactive application for Android Smartphone users.
Our customers will be able to have everything they need -- from
messaging and social media to news, weather and sports and
entertainment alerts -- at their fingertips," said Tom Guy, Head of
Digital Services. "We're very excited to be able to offer Vringo's
advanced ringtone platform."

"For Vringo, inclusion in the *SparkXL program is more than a vote of
confidence, it is the establishment of an important additional
marketing channel being offered to us by the U.K.'s largest and most
innovative independent mobile phone retailer," said Jon Medved,
Vringo's Chief Executive Officer. "Anchored by our Orange (U.K.) launch
underway this quarter, we have all of the pieces in place to provide
unprecedented access to the Vringo platform for U.K. mobile phone
subscribers."

Vringo's fully-hosted carrier platform is currently deployed for
international partners in six markets with new launches anticipated in
the next quarter. Vringo's scalable cloud-based distributed application
architecture enables the carrier's subscribers to browse and download
mobile videos, set them as video ringtones and instantly share them
with friends. In addition to carrier partners, Vringo has content
partnerships with major content providers including EMI, T-Pain,
Tiesto, Muhammad Ali, Turner, Marvel, Discovery Mobile, RTL, Ingrooves
and Agence France-Presse.

About The Carphone Warehouse

The Carphone Warehouse is the largest independent mobile phone retailer
in Europe with over 2,000 stores operating across the continent. The
company has over 800 stores in the U.K. and is committed to offering
impartial and expert advice on the widest range of the latest product
plus unbeatable, aftersales care.

About Vringo

Founded in 2006, Vringo (NYSE:VRNG) is bringing about the evolution of
ringtones. With its award-winning video ringtone application and mobile
software platform, Vringo transforms the basic act of making and
receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience.
By installing Vringo's application, which is compatible with more than
200 handsets, users can create or take video, images and slideshows
from virtually anywhere and make it into their personal call signature.
Vringo's patented VringForward(TM) technology allows users to share
video clips with friends with a simple call. Vringo has launched its
service with various international mobile operators and dozens of
content partners, and maintains a library of more than 5,000 video
ringtones. For more information, visit http://ir.vringo.com.

For more information about how video ringtones work, visit
www.vringo.com/p_video_ringtones.html.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are statements that
are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from the forward-looking statements. Vringo expressly disclaims any
obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements contained
herein, whether as a results of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as required by law.


CONTACT: Vringo, Inc.
         Jonathan Medved
         CEO
         Email: jon@vringo.com
         Phone: +1 646-525-4319 x 2501
         
         Investor Relations Firm:
         Crescendo Communications, LLC
         John J. Quirk / David K. Waldman
         Email: vrng@crescendo-ir.com
         Phone: +1 212-671-1020