CyberAgent and PeerMe Join Hands - Leading Blog Site Adds “Ameba PeerMe”Free Telephony Software

Leading Blog Site Adds “Ameba PeerMe”Free Telephony Software


CyberAgent, Ltd. (CyberAgent), Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (CEO: Susumu Fujita) and PeerMe, Inc. (PeerMe), Mountain View, California, U.S.A. (CEO: Tom Lasater) have completed capital and business partnerships with CyberAgent launching “Ameba PeerMe” as its communications service on its Internet properties. The software is available for download from www.PeerMe.com/Ameba.

CyberAgent will immediately begin distributing the PeerMe’s P2P (peer to peer) telephony software at its blog site (http://www.ameba.jp) under the name Ameba PeerMe. CyberAgent will expand its distribution of the Peer to Peer voice and instant messaging services to other CyberAgent Group properties in the near future.

Ameba has rapidly expanded to become the second most popular blog site in the Japanese market. With CyberAgent’s market presence and continued growth, CyberAgent is now targeting the rapidly expanding peer to peer voice market, targeting 10 million “Ameba PeerMe” users within the next 12 months.



Main Features of “Ameba PeerMe”(Beta Version)
Voice Chat
• By downloading the free Ameba PeerMe IP telephony software from www.Peerme.com/Ameba you can make free world-wide PC-to-PC calls with crystal clear voice clarity.
Mobility
• If you have an internet connection and a headset, you can log in to your PeerMe account from any PC in the world.
Text Chat
• Text messaging, the ability to save your communications and emoticons are available for text chat.





About CyberAgent
CyberAgent, a listed company in Japan (Ticker: 4751), is the leading provider of the sales and management of internet media, EC (Electronic Commerce), and advertising in Japan. CyberAgent's core strength is providing effective solutions for internet advertisers to communicate to their target audiences.


About PeerMe
Founded in 2004, PeerMe, Inc., www.PeerMe.com, is a privately held international peer-to-peer communications technology company with offices in Mountain View, Calif., Tokyo, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Bulgaria and Austin, Tex. PeerMe has developed a peer-to-peer voice and instant messaging platform, which supports Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) PC-to-PC and PC-to handheld voice communications, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer file transfer over public Internet connections. PeerMe’s vision is to bring a human connection to the Internet through voice-enabling the Web.


Contacts:
CyberAgent, Ltd.
Miyagawa at CEO’s office
Tel：03-5459-0227　　
E-mail ：miyakawa@cyberagent.co.jp　　

PeerMe Japan Co., Ltd.
Go Ichino at Edelman Japan (PR representative)
Tel: 03-6403-5206
Fax: 03-6403- 5201
E-mail ：go.ichino@edelman.com

Tammy Fang
Edelman (for PeerMe)
(212) 704-4534 (Tel)
(212) 704-0230 (Fax)
tammy.fang@edelman.com