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AskMeNow Launches National TV Advertising Campaign to Promote 'ASKME' (27563).

Campaign to Attract New Subscribers to Its Intelligent Mobile Answer Service

IRVINE, Calif. -- AskMeNow, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Ocean West Holding Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
: OWHC OWHC Organisation of World Heritage Cities ), today announced the launch of its national television campaign aimed at the 219 million cellular phone subscribers in the U.S.1

The "Ask Me" campaign supports the launch of AskMeNow's new SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
 service, which allows U.S. cell phone subscribers to access virtually all of the information on the Internet. Customers can text any question using common language to ASKME (27563) as easily as texting a friend, and receive a specific answer on their cell phone within moments.

The thirty-second spots highlight the ease in which customers can easily access basic information like 411, stock quotes, sports scores and weather as well as free form questions on any subject. The direct response campaign will air in local markets across top cable outlets such as Comedy Central, VH1, BET, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network  and FOX News. The ads feature the tagline, "Welcome to the new world of mobile information."

"In the month of June alone, 12.5 billion SMS messages1 were sent in the U.S. AskMeNow is aggressively targeting this massive market of consumers that text everyday with the launch of our national ad campaign," said AskMeNow CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Darryl Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
. "The ability to use ASKME to ask any question from 411 to trivia on your cell phone clearly differentiates our value over other SMS services. AskMeNow is one of the most useful services on a mobile phone."

The ASKME SMS service is immediately available to anyone subscribing to Alltel, Cingular, Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind , T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. A 25-cent fee will be added to the carrier monthly statement for every question answered.

The TV commercial can be viewed at http://askmenow.com/press.aspx.

About AskMeNow

AskMeNow, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocean West Holding Corporation, is the easiest, most convenient way to access information on the Internet or from local content from your cell phone or mobile PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM).  device. The first mobile lifestyle network, AskMeNow utilizes its proprietary technology to offer a natural language based interaction and dynamic content provision platform designed for simple and quick information retrieval. The Company generates revenues through per usage fees and one to one contextual mobile advertising sponsorships. AskMeNow launched officially in November 2005. The Company is based in Irvine, California. Please click on www.askmenow.com for more information.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements which are not historical or current fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of such term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual financial or operating results of the Company or AskMeNow to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements are based on our best estimates of future results, performance or achievements, based on current conditions and the most recent results of the Company and AskMeNow. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms may, will, potential, opportunity, belies, belier Belier is the designation of a single-step French elevator research rocket, which in three versions between 1961 and 1970 by Hammaguir, Salto di Quirra, Ile you Levant and Kourou was started. The Belier was used also as upper stage of other French elevator research rockets. , expects, intends, estimates, anticipates or plans which are uncertain and forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

1According to CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
 - The Wireless Association
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