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Vringo to Launch Video Ringtone Platform for Orange (UK) Subscribers
GlobeNewswire
2010-08-25

   Partnership With UK-Based Carrier Marks First European Launch
          With Major Carrier for Video Ringtone Platform

NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vringo, Inc., (NYSE
Amex:VRNG) a provider of video ringtones and personalization solutions
for mobile devices, today announced a major carrier partnership with
Everything Everywhere Limited, the UK's largest mobile communications
company. Everything Everywhere Limited is a company jointly owned by
France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom that operates both Orange (UK) and
T-Mobile (UK) mobile brands. Through this exciting new partnership,
Vringo's video ringtone service will be made available to a combined
customer base of over 30 million customers. The initial Vringo launch
will be for Orange UK customers only.

"Our upcoming launch with Orange UK represents an important milestone
for Vringo," said Jon Medved, Vringo's Chief Executive Officer. "We are
excited to work with Everything Everywhere Limited, Britain's leading
communication company and look forward to operating in the UK which is
one of the most dynamic mobile markets in the world."

Vringo and Everything Everywhere Limited will initially deliver a video
ringtone experience directly through the Orange brand. The service will
consist of a Web, WAP and mobile app experience that enable customers
to receive the best video ringtones available and share them with their
friends.

"This commercial agreement with Vringo provides us with an
easy-to-integrate, fun and exciting way to engage our customers and
further differentiate our cutting-edge services," said Deborah Tonroe,
Head of Entertainment and Information of Orange UK.

The new Vringo service for Orange UK customers will offer all of the
Vringo platform's service capabilities with full access to Vringo's
extensive content library of over 5,000 video ringtone clips. The new
service will be rolled out in the fourth quarter.

Vringo's fully hosted-carrier platform has now been deployed for
international mobile partners in five markets. 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 T-Pain, Turner, Marvel, Discovery Mobile, Ingrooves and
Agence France-Presse.

About Everything Everywhere Limited

Everything Everywhere Limited is the company running two of the UK's
most famous brands: T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK). Owned jointly by
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom respectively, Everything Everywhere
Limited is the UK's biggest communications company with a combined
customer base of over 30 million people and 700 retail stores across
the country. Everything Everywhere Limited plans to transform the
industry by giving customers instant access to everything everywhere,
offering the best value, best choice and best network experience in the
country.

For more information on Everything Everywhere, please call the Media
Centre on +011 44 870 373 1500, or visit www.everythingeverywhere.com

About Vringo

Founded in 2006, Vringo (NYSE Amex: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.

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
          +1 646-525-4319 x 2501
          jon@vringo.com

          Crescendo Communications, LLC
          Investor Relations Firm:
          John J. Quirk
          David K. Waldman
          +1 212-671-1020
          vrng@crescendo-ir.com



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