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Spyglass Joins Japanese Association of Radio in Business (ARIB)

Interactive Television Organization Promotes the Standardization of Radio Wave Systems in the Japanese Telecommunications and Broadcasting Fields

TOKYO and NAPERVILLE, ILL. - Internet pioneer Spyglass Inc. (NASDAQ: SPYG) and Spyglass K.K., the company's Japanese subsidiary, announced today that they have joined ARIB, an organization established to promote research and development activities and technologies for new radio wave systems in the Japanese telecommunications and broadcasting fields.

Following this move, Spyglass will ensure that its development efforts for Spyglass Device Mosaic, an embedded Web browser for consumer electronics devices, will comply with ARIB's standards. This will allow Spyglass to further enhance its business activities in the Japanese market.

Spyglass provides strategic Internet consulting, software and professional services to the consumer electronics market. Numerous carriers and consumer electronics manufactures are ARIB members. Therefore, Spyglass joined the organization in order to ensure that the company's technologies are compliant with Japanese technical standards.

"There is a strong technological need for digital broadcasting and interactive television services," said Anup Murarka, Spyglass vice president of interactive television. "Our ARIB membership allows us to collaborate with the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturers to focus on the development of technologies for the Japanese market."

About ARIB 

ARIB is a public organization established in May 1995 under the approval of the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Service. Its mission includes: the promotion of research and development and international standardization of technology regarding new radio wave systems in the telecommunications and broadcasting fields by bringing together the intelligence of these fields in order to further facilitate the use of radio waves; the development of a system to promote globalization in the fields due to the merger between telecommunications and broadcasting; and to help contribute to the expansion of business activities using radio wave rapidly and accurately. For further information, please refer to ARIB's Web page at <http://www.arib.or.jp>.

About Spyglass Inc. 

Spyglass (NASDAQ: SPYG) is a leading provider of strategic Internet consulting, software and professional services that enable content providers, service operators and device manufacturers to capitalize on the potential of the Internet. Market-leading companies using Spyglass solutions include GTE, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Sony, Thomson Consumer Electronics, WorldGate and Xerox. Spyglass is headquartered in Naperville, Ill. and has regional offices in Lexington, Mass., Silicon Valley, Calif., and London, along with a wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo. Visit <http://www.spyglass.com> for more information.

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