MobilityWire

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that its Brew® Mobile Platform (Brew MP™) continues to gain momentum among a growing community of publishers, developers, operators and device manufacturers. Qualcomm has been working with software providers to pre-integrate and optimize key software components into the Brew MP operating system, shortening device manufacturers’ time to market and lowering their development costs.

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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.

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700 million pages viewed, 190 million minutes of video watched, 180 terabytes of data transferred, and over 5 million users since BOLT was first introduced in February 2009, Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced Beta availability of BOLT 2.0, the next generation of the BOLT mobile browser, the most fully featured browser for mobile phones of all types. Among the new features in the BOLT 2.0 Beta version is tighter integration with Facebook – by far the most popular domain visited by BOLT users around the world – including the ability to use Facebook’s instant messaging service and to seamlessly copy text or links and post them to a Facebook account directly from within the BOLT browser. The most important new feature of BOLT 2.0 is the addition of tabbed browsing, letting people simultaneously browse multiple websites and easily switch between them.

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The BOLT Mobile Browser from Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) has been named a finalist in the Mobile Applications – Entertainment / Social Networking category in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards. CTIA’s fifth annual E-Tech Awards program recognizes products in 15 categories in the areas of mobile consumer electronics, luxury mobile, applications, enterprise, green solutions and network technology. International CTIA WIRELESS 2010® will take place March 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a leading developer of software that meets the challenging and ever-changing needs of mobile operators, device manufacturers, mobile application developers and consumers worldwide. The company will be showcasing its mobile technologies at the upcoming CTIA WIRELESS in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 23 to 25 in booth 122. These mobile technologies include:

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First Data, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing today announced an agreement with
Tyfone, a provider of mobile contactless payment and secure mobility solutions. The collaboration will provide SideTap™ micro secure digital (MicroSD) memory cards equipped with Tyfone’s patented technologies that will transform most mobile phones with a memory slot into a mobile contactless payment device.

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A Vesta Corporation (http://www.trustvesta.com), uma pioneira e líder global em soluções de pagamento eletrônico, anunciou hoje o lançamento do Prepaid.com (http://www.prepaid.com), um portal de recarga que permite aos clientes móveis enviarem airtime (tempo de conexão) para amigos e parentes no mundo todo. O portal oferece recarga imediata e sem taxa para contas telefônicas móveis pré-pagas e permite que expatriados e imigrantes possam manter fortes laços familiares, independente da distância e de fronteiras.

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Vesta Corporation (http://www.trustvesta.com), un pionero y líder mundial en soluciones de pagos electrónicos, anunció hoy el lanzamiento de Prepaid.com (http://www.prepaid.com), un portal de recarga que facilita a los usuarios móviles enviar tiempo aire a sus amigos y familiares en todo el mundo. El portal ofrece recarga inmediata sin cobro para cuentas prepagadas de teléfonos móviles y permite a expatriados e inmigrantes mantener fuertes lazos familiares, independientemente de la distancia y las fronteras.

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Vesta CorporationVesta Corporation (http://www.trustvesta.com), a global pioneer and leader in electronic payment solutions, today announced the launch of Prepaid.com (http://www.prepaid.com), a recharge portal that allows mobile customers to send airtime to friends and family worldwide. The portal features immediate, no-fee recharging for prepaid mobile phone accounts and allows expatriates and immigrants to maintain strong family ties, regardless of distance and borders.

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Tyfone (www.tyfone.com), a provider of secure mobility solutions, today announced that its SideTap™ micro secure digital (MicroSD) memory card versions are completed and will be available via partners to consumers in the second half of 2010. MicroSD memory cards enabled by Tyfone’s patented SideTap contactless payment technology with integrated 13.56MHz coil can be used by hundreds of millions of mobile phones at thousands of existing contactless payment terminals worldwide. These cards will work in phones with MicroSD slot on any side of the phone – top, left, right, bottom or back.

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