Summer Nears and Already Sports Illustrated(R) Makes a Statement on Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phones Reaching Gold Status Sprint PCS Vision customers have taken Sports Illustrated to "Gold Status" with more than 500K screen savers purchased for the personalization of their mobile phones OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As many anticipate nicer weather, beaches and extra time to relax, Sprint PCS Vision customers are adding a summer touch to their mobile phones. Today, Sprint (NYSE:FON) announced that Sprint PCS Vision customers recently surpassed 500K purchases of available Sports Illustrated Swimsuit screen savers, provided by Summus, Inc.(OTC:SMMU) (BULLETIN BOARD: SMMU) , a leading provider of mobile media applications that optimize the consumer wireless experience, for the customization of their mobile phone's screen. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001013/SPRINTLOGO ) "Mobile phones are a fun and very personal device that most of us carry everyday," said John Burris, director - Wireless Data Services, Sprint. "Many people want that device to reflect their likes, hobbies and affiliations, and Sprint offers fun and unique content that meet these customer interests." "Summus is dedicated to creating personalization applications that are content-rich and that offer customers a unique one-of-a-kind choice selection," said Gary Ban, CEO of Summus, Inc. "Reaching Gold status with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit screen savers on Sprint is an example of how that strategy has been successful for us." Sports Illustrated joins SpongeBob SquarePants (produced by Nickelodeon in collaboration with Faith West); BlingPix(TM) (provided by LANA/BlingTones(TM)); and Graffiti-style art, Socially Hazardous (a popular sticker brand), and Devil Art screen savers (all provided by Airborne Entertainment) in reaching "Gold" status on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. Sprint is leading the industry in personalization with color devices, including the Sprint PCS Phone SCP-200 by Sanyo and the Sprint PCS Vision Phone VI-2300 by Sanyo that together come in a total of nine colors, as well as color accessories, including designer cases by Dooney & Bourke. On the content front, Sprint offers more than a thousand screen savers to choose from, including models, rock stars and celebs; urban images; college and sports team logos; and Picture Mail(SM) photos, as well as recently added "Natural Wonders" (storms, volcanoes, etc.) and "Cartoons and Comics." Sprint was the first U.S. carrier to introduce Music Tones, real song ringers that are available for purchase on virtually all Sprint PCS Vision Phones. "It's simple to change a ringer or screen saver to fit your mood or lifestyle," said Burris. "Customers can express themselves and identify callers in their mobile phone address book by assigning different images or ringers from an array of options." To access screen savers on the phone, select Menu/Downloads/Screen Savers and Get New. Screen savers range in price from $1.50-$2.50. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit screen savers are $2.00 and can be accessed from Get New/For the Fellas/Models/Swimsuit. Customers can purchase and download screen savers directly on their Sprint PCS Vision Phones or by logging into their account at http://www.sprintpcs.com/ . At the end of the first quarter, there were 8 million Sprint data subscribers, including 6.7 million Sprint PCS Vision customers. For the quarter, ARPU was $61 with data revenues contributing $6.00. About Sprint Sprint offers an extensive range of innovative communication products and solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and multiproduct bundles. A Fortune 100 company with more than $27 billion in annual revenues in 2004, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state- of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network; an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone; and one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless networks in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/mr . About SI.com SI.com, the home of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED on the Web, is a 24/7 news site that provides up-to-the-minute unparalleled journalism and photography unique to SPORTS ILLUSTRATED from its staff of award-winning writers, including Rick Reilly, Gary Smith and Steve Rushin. The website, which posts more than 150 original stories each week and houses the magazine's weekly content, as well as specials such as SI Swimsuit and Sportsman of the Year, is also home to a large community of fantasy sports players and leagues and has a searchable SI covers database spanning almost 50 years of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED magazines. About Summus Summus is a leading provider of mobile media applications that optimize the consumer wireless experience. Summus partners with leading content brands to develop compelling and unique wireless applications and content for the mobile phone, focused within the most popular areas of growth, including photo-messaging, multi-player games, news/information and personalization. Summus currently offers an ever-growing list of 28 mobile phone applications deployed through 41 major wireless carriers in the U.S. and abroad. Summus designs and develops these applications with the industry's most intuitive navigation that is designed for a consistently superior user experience. For more information, see http://www.summus.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001013/SPRINTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Sprint CONTACT: Jackie Bostick of Sprint, +1-913-794-3045, , or Felicia Ramsey of Summus, Inc., +1-919-807-5646, Web site: http://www.sprint.com/ http://www.summus.com/ http://www.sprintpcs.com/

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