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j2 Global Acquires MailWise and Mijanda

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Monday, December 1st 2008 at 6:57 GMT by Market Wire}  

LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communication services, today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of MailWise LLC, a Boston-based provider of hosted email security services, and the fax and voice messaging assets of Mijanda, Inc., a Canton, Michigan-based provider of digital fax and voice messaging solutions.

Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed, although the financial impact to j2 Global of either or both combined is not expected to be material.

About j2 Global Communications

Founded in 1995, j2 Global Communications, Inc. provides outsourced, value-added messaging and communications services to individuals and businesses around the world. j2 Global's network spans more than 3,100 cities in 46 countries on five continents. The Company offers faxing and voicemail solutions, document management solutions, Web-initiated conference calling, and unified-messaging and communications services. j2 Global markets its services principally under the brand names eFax^®, eFax Broadcast^TM, eFax Corporate^®, eFax Developer^TM, Fax.com^TM, jBlast^®, RapidFAX^TM, Send2Fax^®, jConnect^®, Onebox^®, eVoice^®, eVoice Receptionist^TM, Onebox Receptionist^TM, Phone People^® , YAC^® and Electric Mail^®. As of December 31, 2007, j2 Global had achieved 12 consecutive fiscal years of revenue growth and 6 consecutive fiscal years of positive and growing operating earnings. For more information about j2 Global, please visit [ www.j2global.com ].

"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this Press Release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations or beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors and uncertainties include, among other items: Subscriber growth and retention; variability of revenue based on changing conditions in particular industries and the economy generally; protection of the Company's proprietary technology or infringement by the Company of intellectual property of others; the risk of adverse changes in the U.S. or international regulatory environments surrounding unified messaging and telecommunications, including but not limited to the imposition of additional taxation or regulatory-related fees; and the numerous other factors set forth in j2 Global's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting j2 Global, refer to the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by j2 Global on February 25, 2008, and the other reports filed by j2 Global from time-to-time with the SEC, each of which is available at [ www.sec.gov ]. These forward-looking statements are based on limited information, which is subject to change. Although management's expectations may change after the date of this press release, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.