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Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), un proveedor líder de contenido de entretenimiento móvil y online, anunció hoy el lanzamiento de una nueva edición de su portal especialmente diseñado para el mercado argentino. Argentina es el noveno país en tener su propia versión del galardonado servicio de contenido móvil. El portal, hoy en vivo en, www.flycell.com.ar, presenta uno de los mejores y más emocionantes contenidos móviles de entretenimiento.

Argentina, considerada como uno de los mercados móviles más dinámicos en América del Sur, cuenta con cerca de 50 millones de suscriptores y un índice de adopción móvil sobre el 110 por ciento. Los operadores móviles del país tuvieron éxito implementando conectividad 3G de alta velocidad en las 23 provincias, convirtiéndolo en uno de los mercados móviles más sofisticados en la región.

Flycell hoy ofrece a los usuarios móviles en Argentina los tonos de sonido más novedosos del momento, así como emocionantes nuevos fondos de pantalla, juegos, aplicaciones y otros medios móviles de los editores móviles más populares del mundo actual. El nuevo portal Flycell es una fuente única de servicio integral para los usuarios móviles en Argentina, ofreciéndoles todo lo que necesitan para personalizar sus teléfonos celulares con lo último en medios y entretenimiento móvil, todo en un solo portal online fácil de usar. El servicio de Flycell funciona en prácticamente todo teléfono móvil y con toda portadora a través de Argentina.

“2009 fue el año de mayor éxito en la historia de Flycell y 2010 arrancó con un gran comienzo con el lanzamiento al mercado móvil tan dinámico de Argentina”, dijo Alberto Montesi, CEO de Flycell. “Por ser uno de los mercados móviles de más rápido crecimiento, América del Sur es una región muy importante para Flycell, donde buscamos expandir nuestros servicios más adelante en 2010 y en el futuro. Flycell, además de ofrecer sus servicios en nuevos países, añadirá servicios únicos e especiales para cada país en los que opera”.

Flycell ofrece entretenimiento móvil y personalización sobre la marcha para sus clientes en todo el mundo. Ya sea tonos de sonido, fondos de pantalla, aplicaciones o juegos, todo lo que los usuarios en Argentina necesitan para su estilo de vida móvil personalizado está disponible en le portal de Flycell, www.flycell.com.ar.

Acerca de Flycell
Flycell, Inc. es un destino líder de medios y entretenimiento móvil y online. Flycell permite que las personas de toda condición social personalicen sus teléfonos con el contenido móvil que refleja sus preferencias únicas en entretenimiento, deportes, juegos y más. La empresa se asocia con compañías de medios y operadores de redes móviles mundiales que utilizan las aplicaciones y servicios multimedia de vanguardia de Flycell. Flycell, con sede en Nueva York, N.Y., y lanzada en 2004, es una filial de propiedad integral de la empresa de servicios de telefonía móvil, Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, today announced availability of a new edition of its portal created especially for the Argentinean market. Argentina is the ninth country to gain its own version of the award-winning mobile content service. The website, now live at www.flycell.com.ar, features some of the best and most exciting mobile entertainment content.

Considered one of the most dynamic mobile markets in South America, Argentina has nearly 50 million subscribers and a mobile adoption rate above 110 percent. The country’s mobile operators have succeeded in bringing high speed 3G connectivity to all 23 provinces, making it one of the most sophisticated mobile markets in the region.

Flycell now brings mobile Argentinean consumers today’s hottest ringtones as well as exciting new wallpapers, games, applications and other mobile media from today’s most popular mobile publishers. The new Flycell website serves as a one-stop-shop for Argentina’s mobile subscribers, offering them everything they need to personalize their cell phones with the latest in mobile media and entertainment, all in one easy-to-use online portal. Flycell’s service works on virtually every mobile phone and with every carrier throughout Argentina.

“2009 was the most successful year in Flycell’s history, and 2010 is off to a great start with our launch into the vibrant Argentinean mobile market,” said Flycell CEO, Alberto Montesi. “Because it is one of the fastest growing mobile markets, South America is a very important region to Flycell, where we will be looking to expand our service further in 2010 and beyond. Not only will Flycell be offering our service in new countries, we will be adding new services that are unique and special to each country in which we operate.”

Flycell delivers mobile entertainment and personalization on the fly to customers all across the globe. Whether it is ringtones, wallpapers, applications or games, everything people in Argentina need for their personalized mobile lifestyle is available on the Flycell website, www.flycell.com.ar.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

Vesta Corporation, a global pioneer and leader in electronic payment solutions, today announced the availability of version 5.0 of its industry-leading secure Mobile Payment Platform. The new platform enables wireless operators worldwide to increase subscriber ARPU, accept more payment types and achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance through a managed service that includes a portfolio of new payment services and features.

“Vesta’s new payment platform offers a wide range of benefits to mobile operators,” said Chris Parsons, chief marketing officer at Vesta Corporation. “In addition to facilitating secure transactions, operators can also enjoy significant time to market advantages and a full suite of innovative features. Having processed hundreds of millions of transactions, Vesta has the experience, knowledge and agility to effectively deliver the payment technology desired by mobile operators and their subscribers.”

For operators, the 5.0 version of the Mobile Payment Platform offers a dynamic business reporting portal and Vesta’s token service that provides robust self-care functions and isolates operators from PCI compliance requirements. Enhancements for mobile subscribers include Vesta’s quick code functionality which enables even faster payments through multiple channels; wallet functions supporting multiple users and payment devices; and the integration of social networking applications where subscribers can request, send and receive payment-related gifts.

With the growth of mobile payments, and the increased diversity of new payment channels and methods, Vesta continues to place utmost importance on safeguarding the security and privacy of customer payment information. Vesta’s Mobile Payment Platform is fully compliant with the PCI data security standard (PCI DSS) as mandated by the payment card networks, ensuring best practices when handling sensitive card holder information. This compliance relieves the operator from the costs and burdens of maintaining compliance themselves, even through emerging channels like handset applications.

Another key benefit of the Mobile Payment Platform is that it allows operators to increase subscriber ARPU while reducing churn. This is accomplished through Vesta’s patented, industry-leading fraud engine which increases the rate of successful payments, and by analyzing the customer data that flows through the Mobile Payment Platform. Vesta helps mobile operators better understand customer behavior by analyzing payment usage and demographic data, allowing the operator to effectively up sell and cross sell, establish targeted marketing campaigns and optimize their prepaid and postpaid subscriber portfolios.

“As mobile consumers’ payment preferences evolve and they pay via increasingly diverse methods, more and more mobile operators are embracing the flexibility, convenience and security our platform delivers,” continued Parsons. “Vesta’s new Mobile Payment Platform release enables operators to ensure customer needs are met as seamlessly and securely as possible.”

To learn more about Vesta’s Mobile Payment Platform 5.0, visit Vesta Corporation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from Feb. 15 – 18, 2010, or contact Paul Nolan or Daniel Lowther at CCgroup on +44 118 9207650 or email vesta@ccgrouppr.com.

About Vesta Corporation
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with operations in Europe and China, Vesta has been a pioneer and worldwide leader in electronic payment solutions since 1995. Vesta has established long-term, successful relationships with leading international companies including AT&T, Boost Mobile, China Mobile, China Unicom, Cricket Communications, Meteor Mobile Communications, O2, Sprint, T-Mobile, Tele2, Verizon, Vodafone, and Yoigo. For more information, visit www.trustvesta.com.

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced that the forthcoming version of its BOLT™ mobile browser will include the ability to run Web applications, commonly referred to as “widgets.” Since BOLT is a Web browser that works on mobile phones of all types, the addition of Web apps will give BOLT users increased functionality on their mobile phones. The new BOLT Widgets capability will be introduced in beta as part of the forthcoming 1.7 version of BOLT, to be released to the public at Mobile World Congress on February 15, 2010.

Although BOLT already runs website-based applications written in Ajax, Javascript and other Web programming languages, such as the popular Facebook game Mafia Wars and Google Docs, the new Web apps will be installed directly within BOLT and thus will load and execute even faster. BOLT users will be able to discover, select and install specific applications through the BOLT Widget Gallery. BOLT will display an iconic list of all installed apps, allowing users to quickly find and use them directly within BOLT.

“As many of the recent mobile and wireless trade shows have demonstrated, mobile applications are part of the mainstream mobile experience,” said Sampo Kaasila, vice president of research and development at Bitstream. “However, the vast majority of phones in use today are ‘feature phones’ not smartphones. Unfortunately for the users of these billions of feature phones, it isn’t easy to find, install and run mobile applications. By adding Web apps to BOLT, Bitstream is not only improving the usability of our mobile browser, we are also making it possible for literally billions of people to partake in the mobile apps revolution.”

BOLT is a server-assisted browser that has been shown to have the most accurate page rendering of any mobile browser in its class, receiving a perfect 100 percent in the Acid3 page rendering test. Using this same cloud computing technology to support Web applications allows BOLT to offer increased functionality to the broad spectrum of devices BOLT already runs on, even the most basic mobile phones.

At its launch, Bitstream will have an initial set of sample applications available in its Beta Widget Gallery. BOLT Web applications are written as standard W3C widgets (www.w3.org/TR/widgets/), a standard with broad industry support.

Bitstream will be showcasing its new version of BOLT to OEMs and Carriers at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 15 to February 18 in booth number 1A70.

About BOLT
The acclaimed BOLT mobile browser has the most faithful rendering of Web pages of any browser in its class. This fast mobile browser quickly and accurately displays Web pages on mobile phones just as they would appear on desktop computers. BOLT is the only browser for mobile phones of all types to support streaming video from popular media sharing sites such as YouTube and MySpace. Based on the same WebKit rendering engine used by the iPhone’s Safari and Android’s Chrome browsers, BOLT is compatible with the majority of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones. BOLT features a patented split-screen viewing mode, intuitive keystroke shortcuts and copy/paste functionality, and offers a user-friendly, feature-rich mobile browsing experience for even entry-level mobile phones. Download BOLT for free at http://boltbrowser.com – the mobile Internet has never looked this good on your phone.

About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. develops software technologies and applications for the graphic art and mobile communications industries. Bitstream’s award-winning fonts and font technologies enable device manufacturers and application developers to render the highest quality text in any language, on any device, at any resolution. The company’s MyFonts brand is the world’s leading provider of fonts to consumers. Bitstream’s Pageflex brand enables marketers to easily produce customized communications in print, email, and online. The company’s latest offering is the BOLT mobile browser, which has been installed by millions of users worldwide since its release in February 2009. For more information visit www.bitstream.com.

Kony Solutions, Inc., the mobile applications platform provider with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology, today announced that the Kony Mobile Application Platform™ now supports the Google Nexus One phone and all other predecessor phones that run on the Android mobile operating system including the Motorola Droid and HTC Hero.

Based on an open architecture, the Kony Mobile Application Platform generates native on-device applications and mobile websites for all major mobile device operating systems. This includes more than 8,000 phones across the most popular operating systems. Current mobile operating systems supported are as follows:

• Google Android
• RIM BlackBerry
• Brew
• Apple iPhone & iPod Touch
• Java ME
• Palm WebOS
• Symbian S60
• Windows Mobile

Recognizing the challenge of a fragmented and increasingly diverse mobile device marketplace, Kony Solutions developed an extensible, future-proof mobile applications platform that supports the constant emergence of new devices and operating systems. The Kony Solutions platform utilizes an embedded client library within its Kony Studio development environment, which executes an application development layer that is completely abstracted from the target mobile operating system. Support for a new device or mobile operating system simply requires development and updates to the corresponding client library.

“Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, the list continues to get longer and more complex as the mobile marketplace rapidly evolves. The challenge for every consumer facing organization is how to quickly provide their audience with multi-device mobile applications that deliver a high-value experience at an economical cost of ownership,” said Raj Koneru, founder and CEO of Kony Solutions. “At this rapid-fire pace of device development, it is crucial to utilize a mobile application platform that is designed to not only overcome this challenge, but actually take advantage of it. Our Write Once, Run Everywhere technology enables organizations to quickly offer and maintain their mobile applications running on the latest devices, making them truly future-proof.”

About Kony Solutions
Kony Solutions provides the mobile applications platform with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology that delivers mobile presence and commerce for consumer-facing enterprises. Delivering on the vision of one mobile platform, many mobile applications, on all types of mobile devices, the Kony Mobile Application Platform uses a single-code base to develop mobile applications that run faster, better and with lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., the company also provides pre-built vertical applications, which are customizable and ready to be deployed, hosted, and managed via Kony 360 services. Visit www.konysolutions.com.

Mixed Signals, the leading provider of digital content monitoring solutions, will demonstrate the advanced audio monitoring capabilities of its award-winning Sentry® digital content monitoring solution at next week’s annual Winter Conference of CableLabs®, the research and development consortium for the cable television industry. Mixed Signals worked closely with major television industry leaders to create its audio monitoring solution, which enables service providers and broadcasters to identify loudness issues in programming and commercials, giving them the critical information necessary to quickly fix dramatic volume changes that occur during channel changes and when commercials run.

Sentry’s new audio monitoring capabilities are particularly timely as legislation before Congress will require video service providers to ensure that ads be no louder than the programs they accompany. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act has already been approved by the House of Representatives and is now with the Senate, where passage is expected. Unless the industry can implement a viable solution for addressing loud commercials, it is feared that Congress will task the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with specifying a solution that operators must adopt regardless of cost or complexity.

Mixed Signals has upgraded Sentry specifically for monitoring audio level issues in the multi-channel cable environment. Complementing its existing ability to continually monitor hundreds of channels simultaneously, Sentry now supports the ITU-R BS.1770 audio specification for monitoring program loudness. Developed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the BS.1770 specification is shortly expected to be adopted by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) here in the U.S., which in turn will lead to its use by broadcasters and then cable and other multi-channel video service providers. Operators already using Sentrys can easily add support for BS.1770 via a software upgrade.

“The first step in ensuring that commercials air at the same volume as the programs they accompany is to actually identify overly loud commercials, which can be a daunting task for service providers who deliver hundreds if not thousands of channels of programming,” said Eric Conley, CEO of Mixed Signals. “Sentry gives operators the capabilities they need to find the loud commercials in all of their programming and to do so in a cost-effective and scalable fashion.”

About Sentry
Sentry is a comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection, diagnosis and repair of video and audio errors (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can deliver services with excellent quality, thus ensuring an optimal quality of experience (QoE) for subscribers. Sentry accomplishes this through its unique combination of unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and MPEG layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network and its real-time, 24/7 operation. Sentry is proven in deployments with service providers worldwide, including nine of the top 10 U.S. cable operators.

About Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals provides the most comprehensive and scalable digital content monitoring solutions from the source to the edge including digital services, transport streams, ad insertion, switched digital video, video on demand and interactive content. Mixed Signals’ innovative products offer unparalleled visibility into video streams and digital services in real time. The Company’s products are known for their ease of use and deliver critical intelligence about overall network transport stream behavior, trending analyses, and actionable alerts when anomalies are detected. More than any other product on the market today, Mixed Signals monitoring solutions enable cable and satellite television operators, broadcasters, content aggregators and IPTV providers to simplify deployments of new services and applications, and to future-proof and maximize the return on the investment in their digital networks.

For more information visit www.mixedsignals.com or call 310.227.8620.

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Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, today announced Gamorama, a new casual games portal featuring the best in casual games for people of all ages, all played online at www.Gamorama.com. With something for every level of gamer, Gamorama is fun to play, easy to join, and features the highest quality casual games from the biggest producers in the industry.

Gamorama brings the biggest names in the online gaming industry together, including publishers like MumboJumbo, Alawar, Playrix, Hipsoft, Merscom and Gogii. Whether players have five minutes or five hours, are rookie gamers or consider themselves pros, they will find what entertains them the most at Gamorama.com. Adventure? Yeah, Gamorama’s got that. Casino? You bet. Arcade, sports, racing, puzzle, brain teasers, board games? Gamorama’s got them all and more.

With a diverse catalog big enough to satisfy the needs of the most voracious casual gamer, Gamorama is dedicated to quality over quantity. Gamers can count on finding only the highest caliber of online games that are simple to download and work like they are supposed to as part of their Gamorama subscription.

“At MumboJumbo we work hard to create games that are entertaining, addictive, and fun to play,” said Robert Einspruch, VP, Digital/Online Distribution at MumboJumbo. “Beyond the game itself, what keeps the gamers coming back for more is an elegant and simple to use interface for finding and playing our games. Flycell has achieved this simplicity right out of the gate with Gamorama.”

Leveraging Flycell’s proven online marketing expertise and experience, Gamorama comes to market with the best names in the industry already on board, and numerous additional deals in the pipeline.

“A sure fire cure for boredom anytime of the year, online games are a fun and entertaining way to pass time and relieve stress,” said Gamorama’s CEO Alberto Montesi. “We created Gamorama as a one stop shop for the highest quality online casual games available, where people could come to find games they already love to play, and find new favorites to keep them entertained.”

Join Gamorama Today

Joining Gamorama is simple. Online gamers visit www.Gamorama.com to browse the selections from the vast Gamorama catalog. Players can sign up for a free trial to start playing immediately, or can select one of three subscription levels from one of several packages offered.

All Gamorama subscriptions are billed through a credit card. Gamorama games vary in size from 30 to 200 megabytes and are currently only compatible with PCs. Any games downloaded from Gamorama during a paid subscription are the players’ to keep forever. Games downloaded during the free trial period will expire after one hour.

For more information and to subscribe to the Gamorama service, please visit http://www.Gamorama.com today.

About Gamorama
Gamorama is the place for online gamers to get their game on! Gamorama is an online portal for casual games for people of all ages and all gaming abilities. The subscription based Gamorama website features the highest quality online casual games from the biggest producers in the industry. For more information concerning Gamorama please visit http://www.Gamorama.com.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

Kony Solutions, Inc., the mobile applications platform provider with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology, today announced the release of Kony Mobile for Commerce, a pre-packaged mobile application developed specifically for merchants and retailers. The Kony Mobile for Commerce application enables companies to quickly launch and maintain a unique branded mobile storefront that delivers a full-featured and secure mobile experience via native on-device applications, device-optimized mobile websites, and other extensible clients such as SMS/MMS services, web gadgets and desktop applications.

Using Kony Mobile for Commerce, retailers can provide a branded and interactive mobile shopping experience to their customers in as little as four-weeks, and on all types of mobile devices including Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Google Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm. The application enables customers to browse and purchase products, check order and shipping status, find the nearest store, and conduct secure transactions from their mobile phones. Customers can also receive targeted, timely offers and location-based promotions, as well as access their personal loyalty program account.

Hosted and powered by the Kony Mobile Application Platform™, the Kony Mobile for Commerce application integrates with a retailer’s current and future back-end systems (e.g., GERS, CRM), maximizing capabilities, efficiencies, and performance, all resulting in a superior customer experience and higher satisfaction. The Kony Solutions platform provides the critical mobile infrastructure to support large volumes of transactions, in a secure environment, despite the highly complex challenge of thousands of variations of mobile devices and functionality. Ultimately with Kony Mobile for Commerce, mobile customers can use any type of mobile phone to seamlessly interact with a retailers’ existing commerce and information systems. With Kony Solutions, retailers can deliver an engaging mobile experience aligned with a firm’s overall marketing strategy, driving additional revenue and growing customer loyalty.

According to a recent forecast from ABI Research, North American sales of physical goods ordered via mobile phone has doubled in growth year after year since 2008. Analysts predicted $800 million in 2009 and are predicting it to double to $1.6 billion in 2010.

“Kony Mobile for Commerce is the most comprehensive and advanced mobile commerce application available for retailers to maximize cross-channel sales, profits, and customer loyalty,” said Raj Koneru, founder and CEO of Kony Solutions. “As the mobile channel becomes core to the way shoppers research and buy products and services, the most visionary retailers will embrace an integrated mobile solution, syncing it with their larger business goals and programs to drive the highest overall results.”

Kony Mobile for Commerce Features

• Highly configurable for unique branding and promotion
• Advanced product presentation, search & intuitive navigation
• Flexible filtering & sorting of search results
• Storable My Favorites & wish lists
• Rich product descriptions with multimedia (video, audio & photos)
• Personalized shopper loyalty programs
• Location-based promotions & on-device coupons
• Smart shopping cart with modifier system
• Multi-factor authentication security
• Broad payment gateway integration (e.g., PayPal, credit cards, gift cards)
• Extensive integration methods with back-office and third-party systems (e.g., shipping)
• Order management, history & tracking
• Flexible customer registration & user preferences
• Detailed reporting & analytics, with third-party integration (e.g., Google Analytics, Omniture)

Kony Mobile Application Platform

Providing the development and operational foundation of Kony Mobile for Commerce, the Kony Mobile Application Platform comprises of three primary components that cohesively interoperate with each other and with a business’ existing infrastructure, delivering mobile presence and commerce for consumer-facing enterprises.

• Kony Studio - Providing a complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology, Kony Studio is an all-inclusive Eclipse plug-in used to design and construct all types of extensible clients. The IDE enables developers to perform all of the required activities with drag and drop ease, from visual UI designing, coding, data integration, application building, one-click emulator testing and deployment to servers.
• Kony Mobile Server – Compliant with open J2EE standards and runs on any industry standard application server and database, the Kony Mobile Server provides all of the functionality required to deploy and interact with the Kony Solutions extensible clients. This highly scalable and rich interaction includes device recognition and optimization, secure multi-factor authentication, ad and campaign management, back-office integration, and reporting and analytics.
• Kony Extensible Clients – Supporting the need for anytime, anywhere customer interaction, Kony Extensible Clients provide various application options applicable to any interaction situation. This unique offering ensures that customers are able access information and transact commerce regardless of the type of mobile or connected device they choose to use at any time. Unlike most other vendors who focus on just providing some form of a one-dimensional mobile application, Kony Solutions provides extensible clients of various interaction types all designed and operated as part of a single application design or code base. This approach ensures that the customer is never penalized for their choice of interaction device type, and the business never misses an opportunity for commerce or customer satisfaction. The various types of extensible clients available from the Kony Solutions platform include:
• On-device mobile applications for all popular devices that take full advantage of the extensive features of the phone, such as GPS, camera, Bluetooth, and contact management
• Device-optimized mobile websites capable of maintaining the same quality, brand image and functionality as your primary website, dynamically optimized for thousands of brands and models of mobile phones
• SMS/MMS services able to deliver two-way interaction using pro-active and reactive content with any type of mobile device. These services can comprise of simple text content or rich multimedia content (e.g., photo, video).
• Web Gadgets and Desktop Applications enabling powerful interaction with customers when utilizing their personal computers. Light weight and unobtrusive, these clients enable real-time delivery of valuable content and offers, as well as easy access to information and commerce.

About Kony Solutions
Kony Solutions provides the mobile applications platform with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology that delivers mobile presence and commerce for consumer-facing enterprises. Delivering on the vision of one mobile platform, many mobile applications, on all types of mobile devices, the Kony Mobile Application Platform uses a single-code base to develop mobile applications that run faster, better and with lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., the company also provides pre-built vertical applications, which are customizable and ready to be deployed, hosted, and managed via Kony 360 services. Visit www.konysolutions.com.

Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, announced today the top mobile content for 2009 based on actual consumption by millions of people who subscribe to the Flycell service around the globe. People come to Flycell to download ringtones, mobile games, wallpapers, animations and themes to personalize their mobile phones and make them unique reflections of their individuality and lifestyle.

Even though the faltering economy impacted other areas of consumer electronics and digital media, Flycell reported 2009 as its best year ever, with more people using the Flycell service for downloading mobile content than ever before.

TOP MOBILE PHONE:

Handset manufacturers and mobile operators may be interested to know which devices were the most popular ones used by Flycell subscribers. Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Kyocera each had one handset apiece in a top ten list dominated by Samsung and LG. Which handset was the most popular? The envelope please?

The handset most used by Flycell subscribers in 2009 was the touch screen LG Vu (also referred to as CU920 and CU915).

TOP MOBILE GAME:

Mobile games have become one of the most popular ways to engage the brain when a person would otherwise be bored, such as waiting for a bus, riding the subway or shopping with a girlfriend. Games based on television game shows were popular this year, with “Wheel of Fortune Deluxe” and “Jeopardy Deluxe” both landing in the top five. Which mobile game takes the top prize? The envelope please?

The game most downloaded by Flycell subscribers in 2009 was the action packed arcade game “Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2.”

TOP WALLPAPER:

Because wallpapers decorate the backgrounds of mobile phone menus and idle screens, they are the most seen images people have on their phones. The wallpaper category 2009 was the year for Bling, Butterflies, Babies, and Barack Obama. A wallpaper featured earlier in the year entitled “Obama is My Homeboy” rounded out the top five, along with the images “Blue Neon Butterfly,” “Neon Butterfly Heart” and “Baby Girl.” But what did Flycell subscribers use most to dress up their phones? The envelope please?

In a sign of things that hopefully will come as the economy improves, the flashy money and dollar sign image “$ BLING $” was the most downloaded wallpaper in 2009.

TOP RINGTONE:

Ringtones are snippets of songs that people can assign to individual contacts in an address book. When people hear a favorite artist singing a chorus to a song they love they think, “This is a call I want to take!” Do people’s tastes in ringtones match their music tastes? The Billboard Hot Digital Songs of 2009 chart, a list of the top-downloaded songs across all genres ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is topped by the Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow,” followed by hits from Lady Gaga, Flo Rida, Beyonce, Taylor Swift and other artists with ringtones at Flycell.com.

Though “Boom Boom Pow” made it to the top five in Flycell’s most downloaded ringtones of 2009, the song trailed “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” by Soulja Boy Tell’em, “I Love College” by Asher Roth and “Birthday Sex” by Jeremih. What ringtone was number one? The envelope please?

The ringtone most downloaded by Flycell subscribers in 2009 was from the song “Best I Ever Had” by the artist Drake.

TOP ARTISTS:

Flycell saw many artists skyrocket to the top of download lists in each genre and become some of 2009’s megastars. Eminem, Drake, Lil’ Wayne and Black Eyed Peas were all major players in the rap/hip-hop world this year. R&B artists like Jeremih, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, Keyshia Cole and Jay Sean were all in regular rotation on the top ringtone lists throughout the year as well.

Rock legends Bon Jovi had competition from newer artists like Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Saving Abel and The All-American Rejects. Country legend George Strait also had some stiff competition from Toby Keith, Sugarland and the freshest face in country, Taylor Swift.

The pop category saw the fiercest competition of all, with undoubtedly one of the best female pop singers of all time, Mariah Carey, joined by new stars, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry as the top five pop artists stealing the hearts of Flycell subscribers. Who made it to the top? The envelope please?

The top ringtone artists in 2009 were (by genre):

• Rap/Hip-Hop: Lil Wayne
• Rock: Saving Abel
• Pop: Mariah Carey
• R&B: Keri Hilson
• Country & Folk: Taylor Swift
• Latin: Don Omar

The full lists of 2009 winners in each of the following categories can be found on the Flycell Blog:

• 2009 Ringtones of the Year
• 2009 Artists of the Year
• Top 10 Handsets of 2009
• 2009 Games of the Year
• Top 10 Wallpapers of 2009
• Top 10 Animations of 2009
• Most Popular Themes of 2009

Visit http://www.flycell.com to kick 2010 off with your own mobile content favorites.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

Vesta Corporation, a global pioneer and leader in electronic payment solutions, today announced that Marshall Behling has joined the company as vice president for international business development. With a strong background in business development and account management, Behling will continue to develop and manage Vesta’s strategic international partnerships.

“Marshall’s experience in global partnerships aligns with the expansion of Vesta’s full suite of payment solutions internationally,” said Chris Parsons, Vesta’s chief marketing officer. “His addition to the Vesta team will expand our ability to establish operator relationships in key markets and build new partnerships within the global payments ecosystem.”

Prior to joining Vesta, Behling was vice president of business development and account management at VeriSign, a major provider of Internet infrastructure services. Marshall joined the company in 1995 and in the years that followed, also led business development strategies for initiatives including digital content, intellectual property licensing, and international expansion.

“By outsourcing electronic payments to Vesta, telecommunications and financial companies worldwide are benefitting from an industry-leading innovative payments partner that helps them increase revenue and reduce costs,” said Behling. “Vesta is in a dynamic and growing space, and I look forward to playing an important role as the company increases their focus on opportunities in new geographies.”

About Vesta Corporation
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with operations in Europe and China, Vesta has been a pioneer and worldwide leader in electronic payment solutions since 1995. Vesta has established long-term, successful relationships with leading international companies including AT&T, Boost Mobile, China Mobile, China Unicom, Meteor Mobile Communications, O2, Sprint, T-Mobile, Tele2, Verizon, Vodafone, and Yoigo. For more information, visit www.trustvesta.com.