Summer Nears and Already Sports Illustrated(R) Makes a Statement on Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phones Reaching Gold Status

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.

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"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/ . 

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