New Operator Agreements

Bango PLC 08 January 2007 BANGO PLC ('Bango' or the 'Company') NEW AGREEMENTS Bango signs agreements with Vodafone Espana and Orange Espana Spanish market unifies to open up mobile internet January 8, 2007 - Bango, the mobile internet platform provider, announces today that it has signed agreements with Vodafone Espana and Orange Espana to allow their Spanish mobile phone users full, open access to the mobile internet using Bango's enabling technology. Following these agreements, and the existing one with Telefonica Moviles Espana, Spanish phone users can now browse the mobile internet, reach third party WAP sites and pay for premium content directly on their phone bill. This agreement means that the Spanish mobile market has now joined the growing number of countries providing users with full, open access to the mobile internet. Content providers who use the Bango mobile internet platform, such as Manchester United and MTV together with many smaller niche content providers can now market and sell content and services to 45 million phone users throughout Spain. Ray Anderson, CEO of Bango commented, 'The vision of providing a user friendly, safe mobile payment experience in Spain is finally realized by this partnership between Bango and the three operators. Spain, along with the UK, Germany and the US, is one of our key target markets, and we are therefore delighted to have secured these agreements with the operators in support of our strategy.' 'At last content providers can reach the whole mobile market in Spain, made easy by the Bango platform,' said Ghatim Kabbara, CEO of Safira Solutions, a leading Spanish provider of internet based management solutions. 'By making browsing and payment simple, this is an opportunity that anyone with content for the Spanish market should seize.' Bango enables brands and content providers to engage directly with consumers on the mobile internet. Content providers use the Bango platform to market to their customers, to track and manage user activity across all mobile networks and to sell digital content, such as music, games, videos and pictures. These agreements mean that brands that have depended on a single channel to market in Spain through an operator portal can now also integrate mobile internet marketing into their direct to consumer marketing programs. Using Bango, content providers of all sizes can get their mobile content to market quickly and cost effectively, reaching consumers on all networks. Content providers sign up for the Bango Service by registering on-line at www.bango.com. They decide how to price and promote their mobile services and with no integration work required, they can enable their first mobile payments in Spain and world-wide within hours. For further information, please contact: Bango plc Tel: 01223 472 777 Ray Anderson, CEO / Peter Saxton, CFO ICIS Tel: +44 207 651 8688 Tom Moriarty / Caroline Evans-Jones About Bango Bango has developed and deployed a unique open, global infrastructure platform that enables content providers to market, sell and deliver their products and services directly to mobile phone users on all mobile networks using the mobile Internet. This 'direct-to-consumer' approach operates alongside the operator's mobile content portals. Leading mobile operators including Cingular Wireless, Vodafone, Orange, Telefonica and O2 work with Bango to accelerate the growth of their 'direct-to-consumer' business. The Bango platform has given phone subscribers around the world greater access to third-party content. Users in more than 130 countries, who access the mobile internet via more than 250 operators, pay for mobile content using Bango. Bango, based in Madrid, New York, Cambridge (UK) and Cologne, is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: BGO). For further information, go to www.bango.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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