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Mobile First, Inc. (www.mobilefirst.com), a global leader in mobile billing solutions, today announced availability of Mobile First Mobile Payment processing for developers and providers of online games, social networking applications and virtual currency platforms. Now available in 40 markets around the world, Mobile First Mobile Payment lets these online entertainment merchants provide a highly convenient way for people all around the world to pay for their services. The latest product in Mobile First’s suite of premium SMS solutions, Mobile Payment provides merchants the ability to accept payments from anyone using SMS text messaging services, almost anywhere in the world.

“The global surge in popularity of social network applications, online games and other digital consumption has been met by a growing willingness by users to pay to play,” said Kevin Spector, CEO of Mobile First. “Mobile First is focused on making the payment process simple, secure and reliable for both merchants and consumers. At no cost, Mobile First handles every part of the payment process short of putting our logo on a merchant’s site, breaking down all the barriers to turning on a global mobile payment system.”

Secure, simple and reliable, the Mobile First Mobile Payment solution allows customers of online merchants to shop for myriad online products and services, and complete their purchase by simply entering their mobile phone numbers. Real-time verification is achieved using a security code sent to customers’ mobile phones, reducing the risk of fraud. Payments are immediately processed and customers are credited for their digital purchases.

Built on Mobile First’s proven payment platform that has processed more than $250 million in mobile payments since 2003, Mobile First Mobile Payment eliminates the barriers that come with credit card payments, providing a higher converting alternative payment mechanism, consistently achieving conversion rates ten times that of traditional credit card payment options.

With no setup fee or monthly cost, Mobile First Mobile Payment features:

• Simple implementation and flexible integration
• Full service customer support
• Localized language translation
• Secure transaction processing
• Real-time reporting
• The highest payout rates in the industry
• Ever expanding country support with new markets added every month

To begin using Mobile Payment from Mobile First, merchants simply register by visiting: http://paywith.mobilefirst.com. Once they receive their login credentials and register their products, Mobile First sends HTML code and an easy-to-implement API to activate the Mobile Payment service on the merchant’s website. By simply adding three lines of custom code onto a Web page, merchants are instantly ready to maximize the revenue opportunity of their application with the 1.7 billion potential customers in Mobile First’s supported markets.

Mobile First will be exhibiting at Engage! Expo in New York City on February 16-17. To meet with Mobile First at this event, contact biz@mobilefirst.com, or drop by booth number 26.

For more information about Mobile Payment from Mobile First visit http://paywith.mobilefirst.com.

About Mobile First
Mobile First is a global leader in mobile billing and mobile payment solutions, having processed more than $250 million in secure, reliable SMS payments for merchants and digital content providers all over the world. Founded in 2003, Mobile First is headquartered in the Silicon Valley and has more than 100 employees in offices located in the United States and Hong Kong. For more information visit www.mobilefirst.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.

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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.

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Kony Solutions, Inc., a mobile applications platform provider with Write Once, Run Everywhere technology, today announced the release of Kony Mobile Finance for Banking, a pre-packaged mobile application developed specifically for banks, savings and loans, and credit unions. Kony Mobile Finance applications enable companies to quickly launch and maintain a unique branded mobile offering that delivers a full-featured and secure mobile experience via native on-device applications, device-optimized mobile websites, and extensible clients such as SMS/MMS services and gadgets.

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Polar Mobile (www.polarmobile.com) today announced that applications built using the company’s SMART^TM content and advertising platform are now being used by more than 1 million people around the world. Media publishers are using the proprietary SMART push-publishing platform to launch custom-branded mobile applications so their readers can access content from their favorite brands much faster than browsing through traditional mobile websites. Since its debut applications for Rogers Media – Canada’s largest publisher – launched in February 2008, Polar Mobile has launched more than 50 applications for such major brands as TIME Magazine, BusinessWeek, CNNMoney, Maclean’s and Hockey News.

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Mobile application development pioneer, Cascada Mobile, today announced iPhone and Android support for its popular Breeze mobile development platform, adding to its existing support for BlackBerry and Nokia smartphones. Now developers and publishers can use the Breeze Platform to easily create and distribute rich mobile applications that work on billions of mobile phones around the world, including iPhones and Android handsets, without having to rewrite their apps for each individual platform.

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Dexterra Inc., a leading provider of software to automate and manage mobile workforces, announced today that ThyssenKrupp Elevator (TKE) Americas Business Unit has selected the Dexterra Mobile Service^TM application, based on the Dexterra Concert^TM mobility platform, to mobilize its approximate 5,000 field operations employees in more than 100 different locations. TKE chose the off-the-shelf Dexterra Mobile Service application for its ability to tightly integrate with the elevator company’s enterprise Oracle CRM/ERP systems which will in turn provide its workforce with the process-rich data they need while working in the field.

ThyssenKrupp Elevator is the largest producer of elevators in North America, and is one of the world’s premier manufacturers, installers and service providers for vertical and horizontal transportation. With over 10,000 employees and more than 100 branch and service locations in North America alone, it is of utmost importance that TKE and its field workforce is able to stay on the cutting edge with innovative technology.

“Dexterra sets itself apart from the competition not only in its mobile platform capabilities, but through its ability to offer off-the-shelf applications that will allow us to rapidly realize value in this tough economic environment,” said Barry Pletch, CEO, ThyssenKrupp Elevators AMS. “The productivity of our field service workers is challenged because of the complexity of our legacy back end systems. We anticipate that by streamlining and optimizing these business processes with Dexterra, we can improve our company’s bottom line in very short order, offering us a real tangible opportunity to improve customer satisfaction, increase productivity and reduce our operational costs.”

“Delivering fully and natively integrated end-to-end solutions for employees in the field helps companies like TKE to automate their workflow and get the most benefit from their mobility solution,” said Rob O’Farrell, general manager of Mobile Platform and Applications for Dexterra. “Dexterra is helping TKE streamline business processes and gain a competitive edge by enabling their field operations techs to take real-time business actions in the field, which in turn will help them to fully realize their investment in their existing back-office systems.”

About ThyssenKrupp Elevator
ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Americas Business Unit, is the largest producer of elevators in North America, with over 10,000 employees, more than 100 branch and service locations, and sales of over 2.5 billion US dollars. ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Americas Business Unit, oversees all business for the operations in the USA, Canada, Central and South America. It is part of ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG, one of the leading elevator companies in the world, represented at over 800 locations in more than 60 countries. With nearly 40,000 employees, the company generated sales of approximately 5.0 billion euros in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Its capabilities include passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks, stair and platform lifts, passenger boarding bridges as well as quality service for all products. For more information, visit www.thyssenkruppelevator.com and www.seewhatwebuilt.com

About Dexterra
The business mobility company^TM. Dexterra provides a broad portfolio of mobile applications built on its open mobility platform, Dexterra Concert^TM, that enables businesses worldwide to manage and optimize their mobile workforces. Dexterra supports the largest selection of mobile devices and integrates with the widest range of enterprise back-office systems in use today. Dexterra’s end-to-end solutions help companies large and small experience rapid deployments, greater returns, higher customer and user satisfaction, and a longer lifespan over any other competing solution.

Dexterra has operations in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific and a vast network of global partners including Accenture, AT&T, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, RIM and Telstra. For more information, visit www.dexterra.com.

©2009 Dexterra, Inc. All Rights Reserved. “Dexterra” is a registered trademark, and “Concert” and “The Business Mobility Company” are trademarks of Dexterra, Inc.

Cascada Mobile today announced a partnership with Polar Mobile to utilize Cascada’s Breeze mobile development platform to quickly and easily extend the reach of Polar Mobile’s platform beyond smart phones to Java-based mobile phones.  The first Breeze-built mobile app will be for The Hockey News, a leading hockey publication.

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Dexterra®, a leading provider of software to automate and manage mobile workforces, today announced the panel participants for “Achieving Mobile Success in Challenging Times,” the first of three webinars in the Field Service Survival webinar series from Mobile Enterprise magazine. Joining Dexterra to cosponsor this webinar series are AT&T, Microsoft and Motorola.

When: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 2:00p.m. ET (19:00 GMT)

Where: To register for the webinar visit: www.dexterra.com/cmpgs/0812-fssurvival-webseries.php

Who: Editor in Chief of Mobile Enterprise magazine Susan Nunziata will moderate a panel which includes Doug Karlson, vice president and general manager of field engineering at ADP Dealer Services, and William McNeill, senior research associate, AMR Research.

What: How ADP Dealer Services improved customer service and boosted their bottom line through automating and optimizing the entire work order lifecycle with an enterprise mobility solution. ADP’s mobility solution built using Dexterra’s mobile service applications and the Dexterra Concert™ mobile development platform runs on the AT&T network and uses Motorola devices running the Windows Mobile operating system.

Why: With the increased demand from customers interested in extending the lives of their capital investments, service organizations are feeling the pressure to manage their maintenance and service programs more efficiently so that they can make the most of the potential increase in revenue. In order to do this, service organizations must maintain a high level of service while keeping costs low. Mobilizing their field service workers plays a large part in increasing the efficiency of operations, maximizing productivity, improving customer satisfaction and lowering overall costs.