Infinite Convergence (www.infinite-convergence.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited (BSE: 533154, NSE: INFINITE) today announced the appointment of Chee Leng Loy as its regional vice president for Asia Pacific and Middle East (APME). Loy joins Infinite Convergence to direct all sales, business development and channel partner engagements for both carrier and enterprise clients across the region. Based in Singapore, Loy will also influence product portfolio direction to meet the needs of emerging markets.

With its new leadership, technology pedigree and proven solutions, Infinite Convergence is well positioned to capitalize on the growth in mobile as subscribers grow from 4.6billion in 2009 to an estimated 6.3billion in 2014, and the mobile messaging market surges to $233 billion (US), growing at a compound annual growth rate of 9.1 percent.

“Loy’s technical expertise and proven sales track record of success makes him the perfect executive to grow Infinite Convergence’s presence in a region where mobile communication is engrained in every facet of daily life,” said Anurag Lal, chief executive officer of Infinite Convergence. “Our industry leading messaging solutions’ superior performance across legacy and emerging wireless technologies (LTE/4G, IMS, 3G, 2G) allows carriers to provide the integrated communication solutions the market is increasingly demanding.”

APME is a key region for Infinite Convergence. Because of the region’s size and diversity, and the need to develop telecom and enterprise channels, the company sought an expert to lead this important region. Loy brings in more than 15 years of sales, business development and operating experience in both the telecommunications industry and enterprise mobility. Loy joins Infinite Convergence from iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), where he served as managing director of Asia and Japan. Throughout his career – which also includes management positions at British Telecom Asia, KPN (Royal Dutch Telecom) Asia and The Strategis Group – Loy led regional teams in managing both direct and indirect channels in carrier and enterprise arenas. He has had direct sales engagements with most Tier 1 wireless carriers in Asia Pacific.

About Infinite Convergence
Infinite Convergence, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Limited (BSE: 533154, NSE: INFINITE), was formed in 2010 from an alliance between Infinite Computer Solutions and Nokia Siemens Networks (formerly Motorola). Infinite Convergence provides innovative messaging and wireless communication solutions to mobile operators and enterprises. Currently supporting more than 100 million subscribers globally, Infinite Convergence provides a complete range of scalable SMS, MMS and RCS messaging infrastructure and solutions to Tier 1 and Tier 2 wireless operators. The company’s cloud-based messaging centers add scalability to the rich product feature-set. Headquartered outside Chicago, Infinite Convergence employs 200 people in the USA and India. For more information visit www.infinite-convergence.com.

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A cumulative audience of nearly 400,000 visiting soccer fans from all over the world came to South Africa in June to watch 32 countries compete in the 19th FIFA World Cup tournament. As they attended games and enjoyed the festivities they sent home pictures, videos and messages using email and messaging services, all over wireless data networks. As one of the largest eXchange service providers to enable inter-network roaming, Aicent, Inc. (www.aicent.com), recorded huge surges in network traffic during the competition, as much as 300 percent over the weeks just prior.

“As the data from our network shows, the World Cup is truly a social event where fans want to share the revelry with friends and family,” said Lynn Liu, president & CEO at Aicent. “Wireless data networks made sharing the action better than ever before as fans sent back millions of pictures, videos, tweets, emails and text messages from games in South Africa to their friends back home. Subscribers from a great number of international wireless networks were all able to use their mobile phones from South Africa due to roaming eXchanges like Aicent.”

Aicent is a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions for mobile operators globally serving more than 2.5 billion mobile subscribers around the world. Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, directly connecting to over 100 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Aicent’s MMS and SMS eXchanges is one of industry’s largest, interconnecting with over 150 mobile operators around the world.

Aicent observed that traffic correlated directly with the number of matches taking place on a specific day; the more matches in a day, the higher traffic would spike. The day with the highest volume of data traffic was Wednesday, June 23, the day that Nigeria and South Korea played to a tie, Argentina defeated Greece, England defeated Slovenia, and the United States defeated Algeria. The day with the next highest volume was Tuesday, June 15, when three matches between Italy and Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia, and Cote d’Ivoire and Portugal all ended in ties.

Aicent’s data shows that Americans were among the largest group of people visiting South Africa, with more than 60 percent of Aicent’s data traffic coming from customers of GSM operators in the United States. On days when the US National Team played, these operators experienced their largest spikes in traffic, with traffic leaving South Africa far and away exceeding traffic coming to South Africa by a ratio exceeding 4:1.

Soccer fans in South Africa relied on their mobile phones to share pictures, videos, live game updates and other messages with friends back home. In fact, according to Mayan Mathen, CTO of Dimension Data, during the World Cup, South Africa became one of the highest “tweet” sources in the world, referring to the Twitter social network phenomenon. World Cup fans in South Africa averaged 750 tweets per second, with some 3,500 going out every second during World Cup matches.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent Inc. is a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions for mobile operators globally. Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, directly connecting to over 100 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Aicent operates one of world’s largest MMS and SMS eXchanges interconnecting with over 150 mobile operators around the world. On any given day, Aicent’s network facilitates over 100 million roaming transactions generated on 150 mobile networks in 114 countries. For more information visit www.aicent.com.

A Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), a inovadora empresa de mídia e entretenimento móvel e on-line, anunciou hoje uma parceria exclusiva de conteúdos móveis, a primeira do gênero, com a empresa brasileira de comunicações digitais Grupo DB4, Inc. Com base neste acordo, a Flycell tem direitos exclusivos sobre os conteúdos móveis originais e de vídeo de três dos clubes de futebol mais populares do Brasil: EC Bahia, Flamengo e o campeão da Copa do Brasil de 2009 e imbatível campeão do estado de São Paulo em 2009, o Corinthians. Todos os assinantes do Flycell Brasil terão acesso a esse conteúdo exclusivo, e a empresa irá também criar serviços móveis e promoções centradas nas equipes.

A Flycell traz seu conhecimento e experiência em distribuição e marketing internacional de conteúdos móveis para os serviços móveis do Bahia, Flamengo e Corinthians em um serviço móvel exclusivo, diferente de qualquer outro existente no Brasil. Os torcedores brasileiros podem acessar http://www.flycell.com.br para fazer a assinatura desses serviços móveis ainda hoje.

“O futebol é o esporte preferido no Brasil, e os torcedores brasileiros estão entre os mais apaixonados do mundo”, disse Alberto Montesi, diretor executivo da Flycell. “Com um telefone celular em quase todos os bolsos e bolsas no Brasil, os torcedores estão ansiosos por um serviço como o da Flycell, que irá lhes oferecer informações, imagens e vídeos exclusivos dos seus ídolos desportivos, diretamente nos seus telefones. A Flycell é o único serviço no qual os usuários de telefones celulares vão encontrar este conteúdo exclusivo, desde toques com as vozes dos seus jogadores favoritos até alertas de notícias de última hora e vídeos de gols”.

A assinatura custa R$ 4,99 para clientes da Brasil Telecom, Claro, Oi e Vivo ou R$ 5,99 para clientes TIM e inclui alertas, vídeos, notícias, novidades, voicetones, papel de parede e destaques de gols e dos jogos exclusivos das equipes e jogadores. Clipes de voz, imagens e vídeos dos treinos das equipes, viagens e jogos exclusivos certamente fazem muito sucesso entre os torcedores. O serviço incluirá conteúdo móvel das estrelas favoritas dos torcedores, dentre elas Ronaldo, Zé Roberto, Adriano e Bebeto.

Sobre a Flycell
A Flycell, Inc. é um destino líder de mídia e entretenimento móvel e on-line. Permite a todas as pessoas de todos os estratos sociais personalizar seus telefones com conteúdo móvel que reflete seus próprios gostos em entretenimento, esportes, jogos e muito mais. A empresa tem parcerias globais com empresas de mídia e operadoras de redes móveis que utilizam serviços e aplicações multimídia de vanguarda da Flycell. Sediada em Nova York e fundada em 2005, a Flycell é uma subsidiária integral da empresa de serviços sem fios Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). Para obter mais informações sobre a Flycell, acesse http://www.flycell.com.

Flycell, Inc. (www.flycell.com), the innovative mobile and online media and entertainment company, announced today an exclusive, first of its kind mobile content partnership with Brazilian digital communications company Grupo DB4, Inc. Under this deal Flycell has exclusive rights over original mobile content and video for three of the most popular soccer clubs in Brazil: EC Bahia, Flamengo , and 2009 Brazil’s Cup Champion and undefeated 2009 Sao Paulo State Champion, Corinthians. All Flycell Brazil subscribers will have access to this exclusive content and the company will also create team-centric mobile services and promotions.

Flycell brings its international mobile content distribution and marketing framework expertise to the Bahia, Flamengo, and Corinthians Mobile Services for an exclusive mobile service unlike any other offered in Brazil. Brazilian fans can visit http://www.flycell.com.br to subscribe to these mobile services today.

“Soccer is huge in Brazil and Brazilian soccer fans are among the most passionate sports fans on earth,” said Alberto Montesi, CEO of Flycell. “With a cell phone in nearly every pocket and purse in Brazil, fans are hungry for a service like Flycell’s that will bring them exclusive information, images, and video of their sports idols, right to their phones. Flycell is the only service where mobile users will find this exclusive content, from ringtones featuring their favorite players’ voices to breaking news alerts and goal videos.”

The subscription costs R$4.99 for Brasil Telecom, Claro, Oi and Vivo customers or R$5.99 for TIM customers and includes exclusive Corinthains, Flamengo, and EC Bahia team and player mobile alerts, videos, news, voicetones, wallpapers, and goal and game highlights. Exclusive voice clips, images and videos of the teams training, traveling, and playing are sure to be a hit with fans. The service will include mobile content for fans’ favorite stars including Ronaldo, Zѐ Roberto, Adriano, and Bebeto.

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).

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

TextArrest today announced a new safe driving mobile application designed to keep employees’ eyes on the road and off their phones while they drive. Introduced today from the NAFA Fleet Management Association 2010 Institute & Expo in Detroit, TextArrest Fleet™ helps businesses – including executive fleets, trucking, delivery, busing, taxi and limousine companies – protect their employees, other drivers, passengers and pedestrians, company vehicles, and the corporate bottom line against death, injury, damage and lawsuits caused by distracted driving.

The Million Dollar Question

The data on distracted driving makes abundantly clear the hazards. A recent study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis found that each year distracted driving is responsible for 2,600 deaths, 333,000 injuries and $1.5 million in property damage claims. The study estimated the annual cost associated with cell phone related car crashes to be $43 billion.

“Half the US states have imposed bans on text and driving, with Michigan and Wisconsin passing laws just last week. But anti-texting laws do not protect businesses from irresponsible employees,” said TextArrest Chairman Dr. David Lanzkowsky, M.D., a doctor with emergency room experience who founded the company in 2009. “Juries have awarded millions of dollars in individual cases to people struck by drivers who were distracted by mobile phone usage – an amount that can put many businesses into bankruptcy. Whether you’re a pizzeria with one or two delivery drivers or a nationwide delivery service with tens of thousands of trucks and vans, is ignoring the distracted driving epidemic worth the tremendous risk to your business?”

A recent Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) study found that texting while driving increases the risk of motor vehicle accidents by 2300 percent, six times greater than driving while intoxicated. A recent survey by the insurance carrier Nationwide found that nearly half of drivers, 45 percent, have either been hit or almost hit by a driver using a cell phone.

The Less than $1 a Month Answer

Businesses require a solution to help employees drive responsibly and better avoid the risks of damage, injury, death or financial ruin. With a development team that has built software and support systems specific to enterprise needs, TextArrest is today delivering businesses the most comprehensive tool available for mitigating the risks posed by employees distracted by their cell phones while driving.

TextArrest, which last month launched its TextArrest Free™ and TextArrest Family™ applications for individuals and families, keeps employees safe and focused on the road while driving by disabling any use of the phone that requires the screen – such as texting, instant messaging, calling, Web browsing – that should not be used by an employee behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. TextArrest not only protects drivers from the dangerous temptation to use their phone while driving, it also offers businesses a better way to supervise the location and driving patterns of employees through the normal use of their smartphones.

Starting at $9.99 per month to protect up to ten employees, with negotiated pricing for larger pools of drivers, TextArrest can mitigate the risk to businesses posed by employees distracted by their smartphones for less than $1 per driver per month.

The TextArrest Application

TextArrest is a smartphone application that automatically switches off text message and calling functions while the phone is in motion. All versions of TextArrest feature:

• Integration with a phone’s GPS system to determine the speed of a moving vehicle.
• Automatic switching off of text messaging and calling functions after a phone is detected to be traveling faster than 5 MPH.
• A customizable auto response message from the user to inform people sending text messages that their messages will be delivered once the user stops driving.

For fleet managers, IT departments and people who supervise mobile employees, TextArrest Fleet offers additional features as part of an affordable subscription based service, including Web based management and monitoring tools to better control how mobile phones are used when employees are driving.

TextArrest Fleet

Managed through an easy-to-use Web based dashboard, TextArrest Fleet gives businesses control over how and under what circumstances mobile phone features can be used, along with the ability to pinpoint on a map the location and driving routes of phones under their supervision. TextArrest fleet helps businesses manage, audit and enforce safe driving policies with features including:

• A Web-based management portal that lets account managers take note of all phone use activity.
• Location based geofence monitoring that lets account managers draw boundaries on a map and configure customizable alerts for when a phone travels outside of the set geofenced boundaries.
• Customizable alerts to notify employers in real-time when phones are traveling beyond set speed limits, including a report of the location and the speed at which the phone was clocked.
• Customizable alerts to notify employers in real-time when TextArrest settings are tampered with or overridden.

The TextArrest applications include settings to switch a phone from “driver” to “passenger” mode for people who aren’t driving or may be riding on a bus or a train. The passenger override restores those features typically switched off by TextArrest while a phone is in motion. TextArrest Fleet lets users call emergency services under any condition, even while a phone is in motion.

The TextArrest technology takes advantage of features common in today’s smartphones to set and enforce parameters for the safe use of mobile phones inside moving vehicles. All versions of TextArrest require only a simple application download and no hardware changes. There are no set-up or activation charges, and TextArrest Fleet subscriptions start at $9.99/month to cover up to 10 employees, a price well below competing services that have fewer capabilities. At launch TextArrest Fleet supports Android and BlackBerry smartphones with iPhone and additional platform support coming soon.

Visit http://www.textarrest.com to subscribe to TextArrest Fleet today.

About TextArrest:
TextArrest is a software company dedicated to making the roads safer by eliminating distractions created when drivers use mobile phones. TextArrest uses features common in today’s smartphones to set and enforce parameters for safe use of mobile phones inside moving vehicles. From disabling text messaging and calling capabilities while a person is driving to tracking the movement and location of mobile phones in transit, TextArrest provides control, coupled with a Web-based portal delivering real-time information on phone usage and location. Founded in 2009 by a doctor with emergency room and trauma center background, TextArrest is the solution for concerned parents, dispatchers and fleet managers to the growing problem of people driven to distraction by mobile phone use in cars.

Follow TextArrest on Twitter at http://twitter.com/textarrest

TextArrest (www.TextArrest.com), the safe driving solution for families, fleets, and safety-minded individuals, announced today its support of May 2010 as National Youth Traffic Safety month. TextArrest will kick off its traffic safety efforts through its participation at the NAFA Fleet Management Association 2010 Institute & Expo (NAFA 2010 I&E), The Risk and Insurance Management Society’s 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition (RIMS 2010), the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) Spring Meeting, and Oprah’s No Phone Zone Day.

NAFA 2010 I&E

• Dates:  April 24-27, 2010
• Location:  Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan
• TextArrest Booth:  #207
• About:  TextArrest executives will join commercial and government fleet professionals at NAFA’s 2010 I&E to conduct business development meetings and demonstrate the ways that companies can benefit from using the TextArrest safe driving solutions to eliminate distracted driving and reduce the risk of accidents caused by mobile phone use from behind the wheel. For more information on this event visit: http://www.nafaiande.org/

RIMS 2010

• Dates:  April 25-29, 2010
• Location:   Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts
• TextArrest Booth:  #101
• About:  TextArrest executives will join some 10,000 risk and insurance professionals for this five-day event to discuss and demonstrate how the TextArrest safe driving solution fits into the future of insurance coverage, offering policy holders extra safety and value while reducing the overall incidents of accidents and insurance liabilities for carriers. For more information on this event visit: http://www.rims.org/annualconference/RIMS2010/

NOYS Spring Meeting

• Dates:  April 29-30, 2010
• Location:  Washington, D.C.
• About:  National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) is an effective coalition that develops collaboration between national organizations, businesses, and government agencies that focus on youth safety and health. NOYS members unite the power of youth led and youth serving organizations, businesses and government agencies to address issues such as distracted driving, and empower youth to take action and lead through peer to peer education and service learning. TextArrest executives will join NOYS members, along with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, to discuss distracted driving issues and legislation, and to put in place plans and campaigns for programs that work towards solutions to the number one killer of teens in the US – - traffic accidents.

Oprah’s No Phone Zone Day

• Dates:  Friday, April 30, 2010
• Location:  Washington, D.C.
• About:  Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Studios are taking a stand against distracted driving, launching a new public service announcement campaign and joining forces with some of the country’s preeminent transportation safety organizations to declare Friday, April 30 the first national “No Phone Zone Day.” TextArrest will participate in the large-scale effort to honor victims of distracted driving. “No Phone Zone Day” will also educate and activate Americans to end the deadly driving habits that kill nearly 6,000 Americans a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  
  On Friday April 30, The Oprah Winfrey Show will present a special live episode devoted to ending distracted driving. In conjunction with the episode, TextArrest executives will participate in Harpo Studios’ “No Phone Zone Day” viewing rally to be held in Washington, D.C.  For more information on “No Phone Zone Day,” and to take the No Phone Zone pledge, visit www.oprah.com/nophonezone.

About TextArrest
TextArrest is a software company dedicated to making the roads safer by eliminating distractions created when drivers use mobile phones.  TextArrest uses features common in today’s smartphones to set and enforce parameters for safe use of mobile phones inside moving vehicles. From disabling text messaging and calling capabilities while a person is driving to tracking the movement and location of mobile phones in transit, TextArrest provides control coupled with a Web-based portal delivering real time information on phone usage and location. Founded in 2009 by a doctor with emergency room and trauma center background, TextArrest is the solution for concerned parents, dispatchers, and fleet managers to the growing problem of people driven to distraction by mobile phone use in cars. For more information on TextArrest visit www.TextArrest.com.

About National Youth Traffic Safety Month
In the U.S. more than 5,000 youth die every year in car crashes. Crashes are the number one cause of death and injury of teens in the U.S.  Crashes take more lives of our youth than alcohol, drugs, violence, and suicide. Youth Traffic Safety is no accident and steps can be taken to help protect youth and encourage them to stay safe on the roads. For more information visit http://noys.org/YouthTrafSafe/toolkit.html.

With teenagers in the United States well known for rebelling against parents and family members that do things in teens’ best interests, TextArrest today announced a new safe driving mobile application designed to keep drivers’ eyes on the road and off their phones. The new TextArrest app is sure to have teens texting “I h8 my parNts!” to their friends – just not while they are driving a car.

From the Safe Driving Solutions Pavilion at the CTIA WIRELESS exposition, TextArrest is today launching TextArrest Free™ and TextArrest Family™, an application and service designed to keep teenagers and family members safe while driving by disabling texting, instant messaging, calling, Web browsing and other phone-based distractions that should not be used while sitting behind the wheel of a moving vehicle.  TextArrest not only protects drivers from the dangerous temptation to use their phone while driving, it also offers parents a better way to supervise the location and driving patterns of their family members with cell phones.

A January 2010 Nielsen study of the phone bills of 40,000 US teenagers found that teenagers send text messages an average of 10 times per hour while they are awake – exceeding 3100 text message per month.  Many teenagers text and drive, which has been proven the world over to be a deadly combination.  In fact, as a Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) study found, texting while driving increases the risk of motor vehicle accidents by 2300 percent, six times greater than driving while intoxicated.  Even though the American Automobile Association (AAA) is having success in passing anti-texting while driving laws across the United States, teenagers are still sending texts from behind the wheel of moving cars.

TextArrest Free

TextArrest Free is a free smartphone application that automatically switches off text message and calling functions while the phone is in motion.  TextArrest expects teenagers to hate features such as:

• Integration with a phone’s GPS system to determine the speed of a moving vehicle.
• Automatic switching off of text messaging and calling functions after a phone is detected to be traveling faster than 5 MPH.
• A customizable auto response message from the user to inform people sending text messages that their messages will be delivered once the user stops driving.

For parents and people who supervise the use of more than one family mobile phone, TextArrest also comes as an affordable subscription based service that expands the feature set available in TextArrest Free and adds Web based management to better control how mobile phones are used when family members are driving.

TextArrest Family

Managed through an easy-to-use Web based dashboard, TextArrest Family gives parents control over how and under what circumstances mobile phone features can be used, along with the ability to pinpoint on a map the location and driving routes for phones under their supervision.  TextArrest expects teenagers to especially hate:

• A Web-based management portal that lets parents take note of all phone use activity.
• A geofencing feature that lets parents draw boundaries on a map, such as around a school, and alerts parents when a phone travels beyond geofenced boundaries.
• Customizable alerts to notify parents in real-time when phones are traveling beyond speed limits, including a report of what speed at which the phone was clocked.
• Customizable alerts to notify parents in real-time when TextArrest settings are tampered with or overridden.

The TextArrest applications include settings to switch a phone from “driver” to “passenger” mode for people who aren’t driving or may be riding on a bus or a train. The passenger override restores those features typically switched off by TextArrest while a phone is in motion.  Both TextArrest Free and TextArrest Family let users call emergency services under any condition, even while a phone is in motion.

“Any doctor who has spent time in emergency rooms as I have will tell you that safe driving is no joke,” said TextArrest Chairman Dr. David Lanzkowsky, M.D., an emergency room doctor that founded the company in 2009.  “Parents like me know that doing what’s right for our families is not always popular with our kids.  Teenagers may ‘hate’ their parents for putting an end to texting and other distractions while driving, but they don’t always see the larger context that accidents caused by these distractions all too often end in serious injuries or the loss of life, and more frequently result in steep financial costs and potentially bankruptcies.  TextArrest wants to give teens the luxury of hating their parents for long healthy lifetimes.”

The TextArrest technology takes advantage of features common in today’s smartphones to set and enforce parameters for the safe use of mobile phones inside moving vehicles.  All versions of TextArrest require only a simple application download and no hardware changes to disable text messaging and calling functions.  There are no set-up or activation charges, and TextArrest Family subscriptions start at $4.99/month to cover up to five family members, a price well below competing services that have fewer capabilities.  At launch TextArrest supports Android and BlackBerry smartphones with additional platforms coming soon.

Later this spring TextArrest will announce its TextArrest Fleet™ service, designed to make people who drive company vehicles hate their IT departments and fleet managers.

Visit http://www.textarrest.com to download TextArrest Free or subscribe to TextArrest Family today.

Visit TextArrest at CTIA in booth #6075 for a live demo or to learn more about the TextArrest service.

About TextArrest:
TextArrest is a software company dedicated to making the roads safer by eliminating distractions created when drivers use mobile phones.  TextArrest uses features common in today’s smartphones to set and enforce parameters for safe use of mobile phones inside moving vehicles. From disabling text messaging and calling capabilities while a person is driving to tracking the movement and location of mobile phones in transit, TextArrest provides control, coupled with a Web-based portal delivering real time information on phone usage and location. Founded in 2009 by a doctor with emergency room and trauma center background, TextArrest is the solution for concerned parents, dispatchers and fleet managers to the growing problem of people driven to distraction by mobile phone use in cars.

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Just in time for the holiday season, Talkster is offering the first 10,000 people who sign up at Talkster.com $5 in free calling credit. To participate, visit www.Talkster.com, and sign up before it’s too late. Callers should use the promo code “TALKSTER” to get their $5 in free calling credit.

With $5 in free calling credits, people can speak more than 2 hours to India, more than 4 hours to China and 5 hours to Mexico (time based on calling rates from the United States).

Under this promotion, callers get access to 50 countries with the lowest calling rates in the industry. Current Free World Dialing customers will enjoy access to new calling areas through this partnership, including Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and Pakistan.

“Talkster understands the holidays are the time of year when connecting with friends and family, especially those away from home, is important to all of us,” said James Wanless, COO of Talkster. “This special holiday offer gives our customers even more to celebrate. With international calling rates as little as .08 cents a minute to call places like Thailand, we are making the whole world that much closer. People can talk for as long as they want without worrying about being hit with a huge phone bill.”

For more information visit Talkster at www.Talkster.com.

About Rebtel
Rebtel makes it possible to call any phone, anywhere in the world, for just cents per minute. Rebtel services can be used with any phone – landline or mobile. There is no charge to set up an account. No contract. No monthly fees. No connection fees. No hidden costs. Anyone may make a free five minute call to test the service. Thereafter, customers only pay for the minutes they use. Free Calls between more than 50 counties served by Rebtel are always free and only one of the two people on a call have to be a Rebtel customer.

About Talkster
Talkster is revolutionizing communications with award-winning ad-supported and software-based technologies. Through its Free World Dialing™ service and talki™ mobile application Talkster is giving consumers highly affordable alternatives to long distance and international calling, plus text and picture messaging. Talkster’s talki white label application allows companies to create new opportunities for revenue and marketing by offering customers compelling services delivered through a branded mobile interface. From your mobile phone visit http://m.talki.me to download talki. For more information visit Talkster at www.Talki.me.

Talkster (www.talkster.com) announced today its talki™ mobile software took top honors in the eighth annual Mobile Star Awards™ program, winning the SUPERSTAR award in both the Consumer App: Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Consumer App: Email or Messaging categories.

Other nominees in the Consumer App: VoIP category included Skype, Skype Lite and Fring. In the Consumer App: Email or Messaging category, nominees included Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway, emoze and Momail.

The Mobile Star Awards recognize the top mobile products, success stories and visionaries as chosen by thousands of readers of technology news portal MobileVillage’s Go Mobile™ newsletter. The SUPERSTAR award is the highest honor given to Mobile Star Award winners.

Built on Talkster’s award-winning Free World Dialing™ service, the talki software is built in the Java programming language for use on the widest number of phones possible. Talki gives users unlimited free text and picture messaging and delivers long distance and international calls for the cost of a local call.

“Talki is ideal for people looking to save money on calls, picture sharing and text messaging, especially this holiday season,” said James Wanless, the COO of Talkster. “I’d like to thank the entire Talkster team for their great contributions to making talki a simple and affordable dialing and messaging solution that our customers love to use.”

Talki was selected as the SUPERSTAR winner by subscribers of MobileVillage’s Go Mobile™ – an e-newsletter that delivers headlines and links from top mobile technology stories on popular websites such as CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Computerworld, AppScout, and others. “Go Mobile” was launched nearly ten years ago and is now published every three weeks for thousands of readers.

Today, people pay for both sending and receiving text (SMS) and picture (MMS) messages, and the cost can be high. In Canada one might expect to pay 20 to 25 cents for each text message and 50 cents or more for each MMS message either sent or received. But with talki the cost of these messages is drastically reduced. If both the sender and the recipient are using talki, messages between them are free. If the recipient isn’t using talki, then Talkster sends your message by SMS and you save up to 80% over regular SMS rates. Talkster gives you 25 free SMS to start, which you can send anywhere in the world. While SMS text messages are limited to 160 characters each, talki messages have no character limit.

“‘Go Mobile’ readers are the industry’s most savvy mobile business users, meaning Talkster can declare that talki was truly the users’ choice,” says Jon Covington, MobileVillage founder and president. “talki was chosen based on genuine results, not hype. Talkster was up against tough competition in these categories and has shown true leadership in innovation in the VoIP and messaging space.”

Visit http://www.talkster.com/Countries.aspx to see where the Talkster service is available.

For more information about the annual Mobile Star Awards, visit MobileVillage.com.

About Talkster
Talkster is revolutionizing communications with award-winning ad-supported and software-based technologies. Through its Free World Dialing™ service and talki™ mobile application Talkster is giving consumers highly affordable alternatives to long distance and international calling, plus text and picture messaging. Talkster’s talki white label application allows companies to create new opportunities for revenue and marketing by offering customers compelling services delivered through a branded mobile interface. From your mobile phone visit http://m.talki.me to download talki. For more information visit Talkster at www.talkster.com.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.
Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless technology in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through “Best of Breed” solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, industry job postings, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile™ newsletter, a Mobile Mentors™ program, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. Visit MobileVillage online at www.MobileVillage.com.

MobileVillage^®, the Mobile Star Awards™, and Go Mobile™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

Alberto Montesi, founder and CEO of Flycell, Inc., a leading mobile and online entertainment content company, has earned a Certificate of Finalist Recognition for Executive of the Year in North America in the 2009 International Business Awards^SM, known as the Stevies. The International Business Awards are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business.

Nicknamed the Stevie^® for the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented to honorees at a gala dinner on Monday, September 14 in the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

Organizations all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards. This year’s honorees were selected from more than 1,700 entries received from organizations and individuals in more than 30 countries.

Montesi was recognized as a finalist for Executive of the Year for leading his international team at Flycell to create a digital entertainment service that is responsive to the consumer’s desires and needs, while staying at the forefront of technology innovations and trends in the space.

With Montesi’s guidance and expertise, Flycell has achieved profitability at a time when many companies in the digital entertainment sector are struggling to stay afloat. Despite the faltering economy, Flycell has experienced quarter over quarter growth, with revenue for the first half of 2009 nearly equal to revenues from all of 2008.

“Being named a finalist for a Stevie Award is an honor for me personally, but more importantly, is a testament to the continued success of Flycell,” Montesi said. “The Flycell team is focused on creating and delivering the cutting-edge mobile and digital entertainment customers are demanding. We have experienced exceptional growth, especially thus far in 2009. It’s undoubtedly been the collective effort of our entire company that I’m most proud of, and I applaud the whole Flycell global team for our success.”

Members of the Awards’ Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected International Stevie winners from among the Finalists, which were determined by volunteer judges around the world during two months of preliminary judging.

“Despite the harsh economic climate, entries to the IBAs actually grew a bit this year, and that illustrates the increasing importance of The International Business Awards worldwide,” said Michael Gallagher, president of The Stevie Awards, presenters of the IBAs. “We congratulate all of the honorees, and we look forward to recognizing them for their achievements at our gala awards dinner in New York on September 14.”

Complete lists of honorees and other details are available at www.stevieawards.com/iba.

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 ork, N.Y. and launched in 2005, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO).

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.