Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX: RDL), a leading provider of ruggedized wireless infrastructure systems, today reported first quarter financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Financial Highlights

• $12.5 million Total Revenue
• $8.7 million Shipments
• $12.1 million new Orders
• Backlog increases to $5.0 million
• 61 percent Gross Margin on BWI Product Shipments
• Operating Expenses drop 10 percent Adjusted EBITDA¹, of $0.7 million
• Non-cash FMV expense against earnings of $6.61 million due to Debenture
• Net profit of $55 thousand excluding non-cash FMV charge

Operating Highlights

• The Company received a contract to expand a wireless video surveillance network in the City of Cancún, México. Redline outdoor broadband wireless equipment provides machine-to-machine connectivity between cameras located throughout the city and the central automated monitoring center.
• The Company announced that, after demonstrating successful operation in a rigorous competitive trial, Redline products were selected by GCI Industrial Telecom (“GCI”) for an arctic deployment on Alaska’s North Slope. The Company successfully demonstrated that its rugged networking infrastructure equipment operates flawlessly in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The Company received and shipped a large BWI product order to complete a major expansion of its network with Shell Oil in a larger second phase of a major wireless project for Shell Oil joint venture Petroleum Development Oman LLC (PDO). This expansion follows the successful deployment of a wireless infrastructure network supporting over 2,000 of 5,000 oil wells on the PDO field. The PDO oil field covers 28,000 square miles of desert, requiring Redline’s rugged, resilient and reliable equipment.

To better assess the health and growth of the Redline’s business, the Company reports on several key metrics, including “Orders or Bookings”, “Shipped or Shipments” and “Backlog”. Definitions of these categories can be found in the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (“Q1 2012 MD&A”), copies of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Strong demand for the core Broadband Wireless Infrastructure (“BWI”) product line helped the Company secure Bookings totaling $12.1 million in the quarter. These Bookings were driven primarily from sales to the energy sector, including several large oil and gas projects in the Middle East and North America. The Company’s flagship BWI product line accounted for 81 percent of new product Bookings in the quarter as the Company continued to de-emphasize its lower margin legacy RedMAX™ WiMAX business.

The Company also recorded $2.2 million in new Booked Maintenance & Support contracts, an important contributor to the Company’s goal of growing its recurring revenue. The Company finished the quarter with a Backlog of orders totaling $5.0 million.

Shipments in the quarter were $8.7 million. BWI product accounted for 77 percent of total product shipments, and Management estimates based on their knowledge of their Channel Partners’ business that over 40 percent of Shipments in the quarter went to customers in the Energy sector.

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2012 was $12.5 million, a decrease of 7.1 percent from $13.5 million in the first quarter of 2011. Included in total revenue for the reporting quarter was $4.7 million of amortized deferred revenue and current product revenue of $7.8 million, as compared to $4.7 million of amortized deferred revenue and $8.8 million of current product revenue in the first quarter of 2011. Lower current product revenue in the first quarter of 2012 was primarily a result of revenue recognition timing. Approximately $1.8 million of revenue projected for the first quarter of 2012 was shipped and recognized in the fourth quarter of 2011, and in the first quarter of 2012, $2.1 million of products were shipped in the first quarter but not recognized as they are pending final customer project acceptance.

Gross margin on shipments of the Company’s core BWI product line were 65 percent while RedMAX gross margins were 48 percent. Gross Margins for Professional Service and Other revenues were 35 percent, in-line with the industry average. This high percentage of lower margin revenue contributed to a lower overall margin of 52 percent on total revenue, which was down from 62 percent in the first quarter of 2011. Management anticipates that, based on current Bookings and Backlog, gross margins will increase in 2012.

The Company successfully delivered on its plan to reduce operating expenses, reporting a reduction of 10.2 percent from the same period last year to $6.1 million. The decrease reflects Management’s commitment to cost containment and improved operating efficiencies including the implementation of new information technology for its accounting and CRM systems.

First quarter 2012 adjusted EBITDA¹, was $0.7 million, a decrease from adjusted EBITDA of $2.0 million for the first quarter of 2011. The decrease was a direct result of less recognizable revenue in the quarter, as well as the reduced overall gross margin due to revenue mix.

“I am excited about our business and the strength of our Bookings in Q1 2012. Our high margin BWI product represented over 80 percent of total product Bookings thanks to the ongoing execution of our plan to deliver machine-to-machine solutions to the Energy sector,” said Eric Melka, Redline’s CEO. ”Looking forward, with our strong product margins, a continued shift in product mix to higher BWI product contribution, and our ongoing tight control of operating expenses, we expect cash flow and EBITDA to improve throughout 2012.”

In June 2011, the Company completed a private placement of Cdn. $8.3 million debentures. The debentures have multiple derivatives including: the remaining unconverted principal, interest payable in shares, and warrants all of which were “in-the-money” on March 31st, 2011. The fair market value (“FMV”) of the debenture including its multiple derivatives was significantly higher at the end of the first quarter largely due to the Company’s share price increasing from Cdn. $0.65 at December 31, 2011 to Cdn. $1.20 at March 31, 2012. This increase in FMV triggered a non-cash expense against earnings of $6.61 million.

At March 31, 2012, Redline held cash and short-term investments of approximately $3.4 million compared to $4.7 million for the same period last year. $12.3 million of total deferred revenue remained on the balance sheet at March 31st 2012, a decrease from $16.5 million at December 31, 2011.

All amounts reported in this press release are in US dollars unless otherwise stated. For further details on the March 31, 2012 results, see the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position, condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income, condensed consolidated interim statement of changes in equity and condensed consolidated interim statement of cash flows reproduced at the end of this press release. The selected financial information included in this release is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read together with the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 (“Q1 2012 MD&A”), copies of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Conference Call and Webcast – May 16, 11:00 a.m. eastern

A conference call and webcast to discuss the results will be held tomorrow, May 16, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. To participate in the conference call, please dial 1-647-427-7450 or 1-888-231-8191 approximately 10 minutes before the conference call, and provide passcode 75786798.
A recording of the call will be available through May 23, 2012. Please dial 1-416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 and enter passcode 75786798 to listen to the rebroadcast. A webcast of the call will also be available on Redline’s website at http://www.rdlcom.com/en/about/investors/webcasts.

For more information including links to Redline Communications financial documents visit http://www.rdlcom.com/en/about/investors/.

About Redline Communications
Redline Communications (www.rdlcom.com) is the innovator of Virtual Fiber™, a rugged broadband wireless solution used to cost-effectively deploy and extend secure networks, enable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, connect digital oil fields and smart grids, facilitate and enhance public safety networks, and bring Internet access wherever and whenever it’s needed – regardless of terrain or remote location. For more than a decade Redline has delivered powerful, versatile and reliable wireless systems to governments, militaries, oil and gas companies and telecom service providers through its global network of certified partners.

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PayOne (www.PayOne.com), announces that Aventurine (www.aventurine.gr), an award winning global game developer and Aventurine’s major investor, InternetQ (LSE: INTQ), a global leader in mobile marketing and digital entertainment solutions, will offer its Darkfall Online MMO gamers the option to simply charge their subscription and any related fees to their mobile bill.

“After reviewing all the options, PayOne was clearly the best option for us. Mobile payments are critical to expanding our business, reach and monetization, and we were attracted to PayOne’s merchant centric approach that focuses on helping us enhance the gaming experience in each region. The PayOne team provides high level of service, support and guidance to simplify what can be a complex global set of issues,” said Panos Chatziathanasiou, Director of Mobile Value Added Services, at InternetQ.

PayOne Mobile is a comprehensive carrier billing solution, enabling more than 4 billion consumers to safely and securely participate in the digital economy. With PayOne Mobile no credit card or sensitive financial information is required as the consumer simply chooses to pay for their Darkfall service using their mobile phone via a Darkfall branded checkout flow, which optimizes conversion.

PayOne’s Mobile payment services and PayOne Global Carrier NetworkTM PGCN is available to merchants worldwide in over 80 countries across 1200 operators. PayOne’s mobile payment solutions span virtual currency and goods, digital services, mobile in-app purchasing and remote convenience purchases such as city parking or movie tickets.

About Aventurine
Aventurine is a leading online game developer and publisher, specializing in the online massive multiplayer role-playing segment among the most challenging segments of the gaming market. Founded in 2003, the Company has developed a technologically innovative, reusable software platform, with asynchronous and real-time distribution capabilities and the capacity to interconnect millions of users in highly engaging interactive environments. Aventurine has released a number of successful casual games for online and mobile use, including one of its leading games, called Darkfall Online, an award-winning online massive multiplayer game of fantasy, where thousands of players from around the globe can simultaneously connect and interact, or compete with each other. For more information please visit: www.aventurine.gr.

About InternetQ
InternetQ is a trusted global leader in mobile marketing and digital entertainment solutions. Through its proprietary technology platforms, InternetQ enables mobile network operators, brands, and media companies to conduct targeted, interactive and measurable mobile communications and pushes the frontiers in digital mobile entertainment. InternetQ is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM, under the symbol INTQ. For more information, please visit www.internetq.com.

About PayOne
PayOne is the global leader in mobile payments and carrier billing, making it easy and convenient for consumers to charge digital purchases from any connected device to their mobile, broadband or home phone bills. Digital merchants, publishers and content providers have leveraged PayOne’s carrier network of more than 1200 telecom operators in 80 countries – reaching over4 billion consumers and 10 billion connected devices – to generate more than $5 billion in new incremental revenue. PayOne’s ability to deliver the highest monetization for its merchants and its first rate customer service have earned the company the lowest client churn rate in the business. Previously called PaymentOne, PayOne is profitable, privately held, and is based in the Silicon Valley. For more information, visit http://payone.com/.

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MobileTrax LLC, a leading mobile and wireless industry analyst firm, announced today the winners of the 2012 Mobility Awards at a banquet held at the New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center during the CTIA Wireless 2012 trade show in New Orleans.  The 2012 Mobility Awards were selected by 37 industry-leading press and analysts who cover the mobile and wireless market.  Thus, the Mobility Awards recognize the best mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services introduced to the market during the past year.

Apple products and services won in eight categories.  Amazon’s Kindle Fire won in three categories including Rookie of the Year and Product of the Year.  Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility took the top position in the M&A Transaction category.

“There’s a need to recognize the hard work that the mobile device makers, software vendors and wireless operators are doing to provide their customers with unique products and services,” said J.Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., Principal Analyst with MobileTrax LLC.  “The Mobility Awards have honored the brightest innovators in mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services for the past 16 years.  This year there was stiff competition for the 450 products and services which were nominated in the 63 categories.  And, even though they may not have won, it was interesting to see how well some of the newcomers did against their well-known, industry-giant competitors.”

The Categories, – Subcategories, and Winners of the 2012 Mobility Award are:

SmartPhones

• Closed Platforms - (iOS, BB) Apple iPhone 4S
• Microsoft Windows Phone Platform - Nokia Lumia 710
• Google Android Platform - Samsung Galaxy S™ II, Nexus and Skyrocket

 

Tablets

• Large Screen - Apple iPad2
• Small Screen - Amazon Kindle Fire (7″)
• eReaders - Barnes & Noble NOOK Color™

 

Vertical Market Systems

• Handhelds - Panasonic Toughbook U1 Ultra
• Notebooks - Panasonic Toughbook 31 and Toughbook S10 – Rugged
• Tablets - Panasonic Toughbook H2 – Fully Rugged Tablet PC
• Integrated Solutions - Motorola Solutions

 

Technology Innovation

• Software - MobiTV TV Everywhere
• Hardware - Novatel Wireless MiFi 2

 

Hardware

• CPUs - Qualcomm
• Flash Storage - SanDisk

 

Wireless Communications

• Cellular Network (Hardware/Software) - Verizon Wireless LTE Network
• Wireless Network - Analytics Carrier IQ MSIP
• Wi-Fi - Skyhook Wireless Wi-Fi Indoor Location Technology
• Femtocells - AT&T 3G MicroCell™

 

Mobile Apps

• News, Weather, Sports & Finance - The New York Times

 

Mobile Software

• SmartPhone - OS Apple iOS 5.0
• Application Development (Consumer) - Appcelerator Integrated Development Platform
• Mobile Gaming - Zynga
• Browsers & Enhancements - Google Chrome
• Network Software & Services - Neustar Intelligent Cloud
• Speech-Based Services - Apple Siri
• Productivity - SugarSync Productivity Software App

 

Enterprise Mobility

• Platforms - RIM BBX (now BlackBerry 10)
• Mobile Video Conferencing - Vidyo
• Machine-to-Machine (M2M) - Kore Telematics
• Application Development (Enterprise) - Brightcove App Cloud
• MRM / MDM - MobileIron MDM Solution
• VoIP - Skype

 

Messaging & Alerts

• Alerting Services - Google Alerts
• Integrated Messaging - Sybase Messaging 365
• Email - RIM BlackBerry

 

Security

• On-Device - Juniper Networks/SMobile
• Mobile Video Security - Dropcam HD

 

Mobile Services

• Content Delivery - Dropbox
• App Stores - Apple App Store
• Location Based Services - Google Maps/Navigation
• Social Networking - Facebook Connect
• PIM Synchronization - Apple iCloud
• Prevent Texting While Driving - ZoomSafer
• Telematics (M2M) - Ford Sync®
• Streaming Music - Pandora
• Mobile Video Services - Apple FaceTime
• Mobile Search - Google
• Customer Care - Nuance Customer Care Solutions

 

Mobile Marketing

• Mobile Couponing, Barcode & QR - NeoMedia NeoReader 1D/2D Code Scanning Software
• Mobile Marketing Platforms - Digby Localpoint™
• Mobile Banking & Payments - Sybase mPayments 365
• Mobile Advertising - Apple iAD
• Mobile Ad Networks - AdMarvel
• Mobile Ad & App Analytics - Bango

 

Mobile Commerce (mCommerce)

• Mobile Purchase of Digital Assets - BOKU
• Mobile Cash Transfer - Sybase mCommerce 365
• Mobile Payments - AT&T AprivaPay
• Integrated Mobile Commerce - Sybase mCommerce 365
• Mobile Banking & Payments - Obopay

 

Rookie of the Year - Amazon Kindle Fire
M&A Transaction - Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility
Product of the Year - Amazon Kindle Fire
Director’s Award -  MillennialMedia

 

About MobileTrax

MobileTrax, LLC is a leading mobile and wireless industry analyst firm and is a trusted source of information regarding the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry. MobileTrax provides market research, conferences and consulting services regarding enterprise and consumer markets.  MobileTrax is lead by J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., a globally-recognized authority on mobile computing and wireless data communications.  He writes and publishes Inside Mobile, a newsletter that is published each Wednesday and is read by more than 100,000 people.  More information can be found at www.mobiletrax.com.

Note: Brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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PayAnywhere (www.payanywhere.com), a leader in mobile point of sale solutions, today announced availability of its highly anticipated mobile payment application and credit card reader for BlackBerry smartphones. With a complete set of mobile payments features, around the clock customer support and an online Merchant Portal, PayAnywhere is the most comprehensive mobile payment solution available in BlackBerry App World.

Vendors and merchants using BlackBerry smartphones can use PayAnywhere, the payment industry’s only enterprise-grade, no compromise, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payment solution suited for any merchant. Created after two decades providing credit card processing to merchants of all sizes, PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology helps merchants improve cash flow, boost sales and help save money with keyed transactions.

“One in six U.S. smartphone users rely on BlackBerry, with the majority of them using their phones for business purposes,” said Marc Gardner, founder, president and CEO of PayAnywhere. “PayAnywhere is committed to helping business prosper by offering the most complete set of tools and features, simplifying the transaction process and arming merchants with business intelligence and enterprise-grade support. PayAnywhere has taken great care to ensure our app, payment service, online Merchant Portal and customer care address merchants’ payment needs so they can focus on growing their businesses.”

Setting up a PayAnywhere account is fast and easy. A merchant simply visits BlackBerry App World to download the free PayAnywhere app, and follows the in-app instructions to sign up for the payment service and to receive the free card reader accessory.

With PayAnywhere there are no hidden fees; no setup, monthly or cancellation fees. For smaller merchants, PayAnywhere also offers a pay-as-you-go pricing plan with no monthly minimum processing requirement. Merchants using PayAnywhere enjoy a low 2.69% transaction fee and the fastest payouts in the industry, with transaction funds typically deposited in merchant accounts within two business days.

The new PayAnywhere BlackBerry app includes:

• In-app ability to process sales, refunds, voids, pre-authorizations and forced transactions
• Easily accept credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover) transactions
• Send customer receipts by email with transaction details and merchant logo
• Adjustable settings for default tax and tip options
• Set up inventory catalog with categories and product images for easy and fast sales
• In-app sales tracking and reporting
• Free online Merchant Portal with access to detailed account activity

PayAnywhere supports more BlackBerry models than any of its competitors. Current supported BlackBerry models (OS 4.7 or later) include:

• Bold 9000 on AT&T
• Bold 9650 on Sprint
• Bold 9650 on Verizon
• Bold 9700 on T-Mobile
• Bold 9700 on AT&T
• Bold 9780 on T-Mobile
• Curve 2 8520 on T-Mobile
• Curve 2 8520 on AT&T
• Curve 2 8530 on Sprint
• Curve 2 8530 on Verizon
• Curve 2 8530 on U.S. Cellular
• Curve 3G 9330 on Verizon
• Curve 3G 9330 on Sprint
• Storm 2 9550 on Verizon
• Torch 9800 on AT&T
• Tour 9630 on Sprint
• Tour 9630 on Verizon

PayAnywhere is also available to merchants using iPhone®, iPad® and Android™. Merchants looking to accept mobile payments should visit PayAnywhere at www.PayAnywhere.com/accept-credit-cards for more details.

Visit PayAnywhere at CTIA WIRELESS® in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8-10 in booth #4454.

About PayAnywhere
Created by a multi-billion dollar credit card processing company with more than two decades of merchant payment processing experience, PayAnywhere is powering a payments revolution with its enterprise-grade, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payments system. PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology combines the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise-grade features with 24/7 customer support. From billion dollar enterprises to the neighborhood garage sale, merchants of all sizes turn to PayAnywhere for highly secure, feature-rich, affordable mobile payments systems that expand and enrich their ability to conduct business. For more information visit www.payanywhere.com.

PayAnywhere is a registered trademark of PayAnywhere. iPad® and iPhone® are registered trademarks of Apple® Inc, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android™ is a trademark of Google Inc. BlackBerry® is a property of Research in Motion Limited.

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PayAnywhere (www.payanywhere.com), a leader in mobile point of sale solutions, today announced its acclaimed credit card reader for smartphones will be shipping to retailers across the country beginning this month. With the most complete set of mobile payment features, around the clock customer support and online Merchant Portal, PayAnywhere is the most comprehensive mobile payment solution available to merchants. Beginning this summer merchants can pick up the PayAnywhere credit card reader at local retailers and within hours be accepting credit card payments from customers.

The PayAnywhere credit card reader easily attaches to iPhones, iPads, Android smartphones and tablets, and BlackBerry smartphones. Designed to stay in place during use, the reader features a magnetic head approximately twice the length of competitors’ readers for improved reading of credit card mag stripes.

The PayAnywhere reader and service meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification standards and credit card data isn’t stored on the merchant’s smartphone, tablet or the PayAnywhere app. PayAnywhere employs the highest level of data encryption ensuring every transaction is protected so merchants’ customers can pay with confidence.

Used today by merchants ranging from billion dollar enterprises to the weekend neighborhood garage sale, PayAnywhere is the payment industry’s only enterprise-grade, no compromise mobile payment solution suited for any size merchant. Created by a company with two decades of providing credit card processing to merchants of all sizes, PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology brings the transaction to the customer and helps merchants use their smartphones or tablets to boost sales and improve cash flow.

Setting up a PayAnywhere account is fast, easy and free. Once the $9.95 PayAnywhere credit card reader is purchased from a retail location, merchants simply download the free app from the Apple App Store, Google Play or BlackBerry App World and follow the in-app instructions to sign up for the payment service. Approval takes only a few hours, allowing the merchant to begin accepting credit card payments the very same day they purchase the reader. Once the merchant uses PayAnywhere to process $150 in sales, a $10 rebate will appear on their next statement to cover the cost of the reader.

PayAnywhere offers the lowest transaction fees in the mobile payments industry (2.69 percent per swipe), and its pay-as-you-go pricing plan requires no setup or cancellation fees, no monthly fees, and no minimum processing dollar amount. PayAnywhere also boasts one of the fastest pay out times in the industry, with merchants typically receiving funds within two business days of a transaction. Merchants who purchase PayAnywhere at retailers will also find additional incentives and promotions packed together in the box with the credit card reader.

The PayAnywhere app lets merchants:

• Easily accept “card present” and “card not present” credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express) and cash transactions
• Process sales, refunds, voids, pre-authorizations and forced transactions right from the PayAnywhere app
• Store and forward transactions to process later when wireless connectivity is unavailable
• Send customized receipts by email with transaction details and merchant logo
• Offer customers both preset and custom tip options
• Automatically calculate sales tax based on GPS-determined location
• Set up inventory catalog with categories and product images for easy and fast sales
• Integrate with cash drawers and thermal printers (via AirPrint and Star thermal printers)
• Create sales tracking and other reports right from the app

In addition to the mobile app and card reader, PayAnywhere offers its merchants an online portal for creating custom and extensive transaction reports, setting up email alerts, viewing customer receipts, monthly statements and more.

PayAnywhere backs its service with 24/7 customer support. Merchants looking to accept mobile payments should visit PayAnywhere at www.PayAnywhere.com/accept-credit-cards for more details. Retailers looking to merchandize PayAnywhere should contact retail@payanywhere.com.

Visit PayAnywhere at CTIA WIRELESS® in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8-10 in booth #4454.

About PayAnywhere
Created by a multi-billion dollar credit card processing company with more than two decades of merchant payment processing experience, PayAnywhere is powering a payments revolution with its enterprise-grade, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payments system. PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology combines the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise-grade features with 24/7 customer support. From billion dollar enterprises to the neighborhood garage sale, merchants of all sizes turn to PayAnywhere for highly secure, feature-rich, affordable mobile payments systems that expand and enrich their ability to conduct business. For more information visit www.payanywhere.com.

PayAnywhere is a registered trademark of PayAnywhere. iPad® and iPhone® are registered trademarks of Apple® Inc, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android™ is a trademark of Google Inc. BlackBerry® is a property of Research in Motion Limited.

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TrustSphere (www.trustsphere.com), a pioneer of digital communication integrity solutions, today announced the availability of TrustVault™, a trust-based technology solution that protects organizations from some of today’s most difficult to handle email-based threats.

“The cyber-threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly. Socially-based attacks delivered via email are increasingly targeting an organization’s executives and not just rank-and-file employees. This complicates the task which many of today’s security systems have to perform, forcing them into a trade off between greater security and ensuring business continuity,” said Manish Goel, CEO of TrustSphere. “TrustVault works alongside existing security solutions to ensure that trusted, genuine business traffic can be rapidly recognized and ‘fast tracked’ to business users, enabling security systems to focus more intently on suspicious messages and other threats. The counter balance enables both greater security and improved efficiency for the organization.”

TrustVault Social Graph

TrustVault uses data already present in enterprise email systems to build a social graph of known and trusted senders. Without inspecting message content, each email and sender is mapped against this ever-growing social graph and analyzed for proper delivery as prescribed by the organization’s own policies. Once positively identified as genuine and trusted, a sender’s email can always be delivered to intended recipients, even if other systems may have erroneously blocked or quarantined the very same messages.

“Using social graphs to validate trusted senders is an intelligent way to ensure that legitimate emails are always delivered,” said Mark Levitt, director of enterprise software and communications at research firm Strategy Analytics. “TrustSphere applies this innovative approach to address the false positive problem where valid email communications are not delivered because they look suspicious based on known spam patterns. TrustSphere uses this same approach to ensure delivery of legitimate emails that might be blocked by denial of service attacks and to identify suspicious emails such as spear phishing that often evade spam filters.”

TrustVault also applies a proprietary reputation and identity analysis before authenticating senders for priority delivery of their messages. Called TrustCloud™, this global, dynamic whitelist validates that senders are who they claim to be, and continuously checks their email “reputation” to protect recipients against spear phishing attacks as well as messages from newly compromised email accounts that can be laden with spam or malware.

False Positive Mitigation

A key problem that many enterprise IT organizations are unaware they have is excessive email false positives – those legitimate messages erroneously identified by spam filters as spam and sent to junk folders or spam quarantines. Most analyst firms agree that the acceptable number of false positives is 3.5 messages per million (using the six sigma multiplier) or less. But after analyzing hundreds of millions of emails at enterprises across North America, TrustSphere finds the average number of false positives to be in excess of 10,000 messages per million – with some organizations well beyond that.

Once senders can be recognized as genuine and trusted, there is no need for their emails to go through probability-based spam checks. With TrustVault, known and trusted senders’ messages bypass such systems, delivering them straight to anti-virus and anti-malware systems and on to the inbox.

Safeguarding Against DDoS Attacks

With distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against businesses on the rise, TrustVault provides an innovative way for IT departments to maintain active email communications during such an attack. Not only does TrustVault identify known and trusted senders, it also looks at the cadence of email conversations across the organization and applies logic to identify those senders that are most important to an enterprise. During a DDoS attack, TrustVault continuously builds critical data which is supplied to an organization’s gateway security systems which reserves a pool of connections to ensure delivery of messages from these trusted senders. This method ensures business continuity regardless of the severity of the attack.

Protection Against Spear Phishing

TrustVault also protects against threats posed by email that gets delivered. Cyber criminals have found a new way to defraud executives and corporations of millions of dollars through spear phishing – email-based communication that lures victims into divulging confidential information such as identity, bank accounts, passwords and more. Unlike its spam-based cousin phishing, a person is 24 times more likely to open and react to a spear phishing email. TrustVault is able to distinguish between legitimate senders and suspicious emails, which enables the IT security department to act on the results. Such actions often include delivering emails to appear in a different color in the inbox.

Combatting Social DDoS Attacks

The same method for countering spear phishing can also be used to combat voll-e, the socially engineered DDoS attacks. Voll-e has gained prominence through the “Occupy” protest movement, where protestors are encouraged to send innocuous emails en masse to executives at banks and other financial institutions. Because these emails have no content that would normally trigger a spam filter and come from multiple sources, they are able to elude conventional email protection and get delivered, rendering the recipient’s inbox virtually unusable. TrustVault differentiates between suspect messages and those from trusted senders, delivering suspicious emails into a separate inbox. This delivery method ensures that an organization’s executives can continue to work as usual and remain uninterrupted even when under such an attack.

“The technology advances in our next generation solution, TrustVault, will have broader implications to enterprises beyond email integrity,” adds Goel. “Through TrustVault we will be extending integrity to all forms of enterprise digital communication, including instant messaging and VoIP. TrustSphere has already begun pilot deployments for the use of TrustVault social graph data for more efficient business intelligence.”

TrustSphere has created an email integrity health check that can show an enterprise exactly what email vulnerabilities exist that can impact business continuity. Without any risk for exposing content, an email integrity health check typically takes just a few a minutes to set up. IT departments interested in an email integrity health check should visit: http://www.trustsphere.com/email_health_check/.

About TrustSphere
TrustSphere is a pioneer in ‘Messaging Intelligence’ a next-generation approach to ensuring the security, integrity and reliability of the messaging systems that organizations rely upon. The company was recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ for 2011 by Gartner and its award-winning solutions have been successfully deployed by both large corporations and major government organizations, proving their industry-leading capabilities. TrustSphere’s solutions are available through a growing number of value-added resellers and systems integrators across the globe. The company has offices throughout the world, including Singapore, New York, Sydney, Tokyo and London.

For more information on TrustSphere and its solutions visit the company’s website at www.trustsphere.com.

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PayAnywhere (www.PayAnywhere.com), a leader in mobile point of sale solutions, today announced the addition of two payments industry titans to the company’s leadership team. Bringing decades of senior executive experience in credit card processing and payments, Carl Williams and Ed Myers are joining PayAnywhere as managing directors, advising the company on new acquisitions, partner development, domestic and international market expansion.

“PayAnywhere is the only ‘mobile payments’ company created and run by a true payments company; payments is our DNA,” said Marc Gardner, CEO of PayAnywhere. “PayAnywhere already possesses a deep understanding of merchant needs and the technology and services that best serve them. We are looking to Carl and Ed’s expertise to help PayAnywhere expand into new markets and grow the business. Carl Williams and Ed Myers joining the PayAnywhere team further demonstrates our commitment to deliver the preeminent and most innovative merchant-focused mobile payments service.”

Carl Williams’ career in financial services spans 30 years and includes high profile industry positions, most notably as president of worldwide payment processing at Global Payments (GPN) in that role he led business operations in Europe, Russia and Asia Pacific. He also served as president of the merchant services division of National Processing Company (NPC). Carl serves as an advisor to Global Payments and Planet Payments.

Ed Myers also brings more than 30 years of financial services experience to PayAnywhere, most recently serving as president of U.S. operations at Global Payments. An advisor to executives and organizations across the payments and transactions industry, Ed has also served as chairman of the board at Comerica Merchant Services, on the advisory board of the Electronic Transaction Association (ETA) and on the advisory board of Discover.

Although the parent company of PayAnywhere is a leader in credit card processing operating for two decades, PayAnywhere operates very much like a startup. Carl and Ed’s entrepreneurial insights bring energy and excitement as the company aggressively pursues its goals for 2012 and beyond.

About PayAnywhere
Created by a multi-billion dollar credit card processing company with more than two decades of merchant billing services experience, PayAnywhere is powering a payments revolution with its enterprise-grade, commitment-free, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payments system. PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology combines the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise-grade features with 24/7 customer support. From billion dollar enterprises to the neighborhood garage sale, merchants of all sizes turn to PayAnywhere for highly secure, feature-rich, affordable mobile payments systems that expand and enrich their ability to conduct business. For more information visit www.payanywhere.com.

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PayAnywhere (www.PayAnywhere.com), a leader in mobile point of sale solutions, will be showcasing its mobile payment application and mobile credit card reader at the upcoming CTIA WIRELESS® 2012 event in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8-10 in booth #4454. PayAnywhere enables merchants of all sizes to accept credit card payments directly from their iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device.

PayAnywhere is the credit card processing industry’s only enterprise-grade, commitment-free, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payment solution suited for any size merchant. PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology combines the industry’s most comprehensive merchant-centric features with 24/7 customer support, to help merchants improve cash flow and boost sales. Merchants using PayAnywhere enjoy a low 2.69% transaction fee and the fastest payouts in the industry, with transaction funds typically deposited in merchant accounts within two business days.

PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale solution is also a finalist in the “Mobile Commerce, Shopping & Rewards” category of the 2012 CTIA Emerging Technology Awards (E-Tech Awards), which will be awarded at CTIA WIRELESS 2012. A panel of recognized industry experts, media and analysts judged hundreds of submissions in 15 categories to determine the finalists. Submissions will be prominently displayed in a special showcase within CTIA WORLD at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during CTIA WIRELESS 2012.

E-Tech Award online voting is now open and the E-Tech entry that garners the most online votes in each category will be named “Best Online Pick.” Vote for PayAnywhere today at http://ctiait.ctia.org/etech/2012/public/index.cfm/viewEntry/645.

E-Tech winners will be announced at the CTIA E-Tech Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at the Exhibit Innovations Stage, booth #4575.

PayAnywhere will have important news at CTIA and is providing the following resources for media:

• A table at Pepcom’s MobileFocus® media event – held Tuesday, May 8 from 7-10 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown New Orleans, La. Press registration information for MobileFocus is available at http://www.pepcom.com.
• Online press kit available at http://payanywhere.mobilitypr.com.
• Media availability of founder, president and CEO of PayAnywhere, Marc Gardner.

To receive news under embargo or arrange meetings with PayAnywhere executives at CTIA WIRELESS, contact PayAnywhere media contacts:

• Melissa Burns (On site at CTIA): +1-208-850-5939 (mobile, can receive text messages)
• Holly Woolard (On site at CTIA): +1-503-360-7144 (mobile, can receive text messages)
• John Sidline (On site at CTIA): +1-503-989-5474 (mobile, can receive text messages)
• All PayAnywhere media contacts can be reached by email at PayAnywhere@mobilitypr.com.

About PayAnywhere
Created by a multi-billion dollar credit card processing company with more than two decades of merchant billing services experience, PayAnywhere is powering a payments revolution with its enterprise-grade, commitment-free, “pay-as-you-go” mobile payments system. PayAnywhere’s mobile point of sale (POS) technology combines the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise-grade features with 24/7 customer support. From billion dollar enterprises to the neighborhood garage sale, merchants of all sizes turn to PayAnywhere for highly secure, feature-rich, affordable mobile payments systems that expand and enrich their ability to conduct business. For more information visit www.payanywhere.com.

About E-Tech Awards
For additional information on the CTIA E-Tech Award program and information on voting, please visit: http://ctiait.ctia.org/etech/2012/public/.

PayAnywhere is a registered trademark of PayAnywhere. iPad® and iPhone® are registered trademarks of Apple® Inc, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android™ is a trademark of Google Inc. BlackBerry® is a property of Research in Motion Limited.

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Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX: RDL), un proveedor líder de productos inalámbricos para alta concentración de aplicaciones de video, anunció el día de hoy que sus productos inalámbricos de banda ancha son los preferidos por las autoridades , municipales, estatales y federales de México a medida que continúan expandiendo sus proyectos de cámaras de seguridad para ayudar en la seguridad pública y en la prevención del delito.

Las autoridades mexicanas siempre han reconocido el valor que tiene el utilizar cámaras para vigilar constantemente áreas comerciales, residenciales y públicas que presentan alta criminalidad, pero los despliegues a gran escala empezaron tan sólo en el 2008 cuando se seleccionaron los productos inalámbricos para alta concentración de aplicaciones de video de Redline para suministrar la conectividad de alta velocidad necesaria. Mientras que las cámaras de alta resolución pueden registrar rostros, placas de automóviles y otros detalles claves con la claridad y el detalle que las autoridades necesitan, la ubicación de las cámaras no podía ser viables economicamente si se hacía con cable de fibra óptica. El alto ancho de banda, baja latencia y confiabilidad comprobada de los productos inalámbricos de Redline fueron la solución ideal, permitiéndoles a las autoridades mexicanas implementar sus cámaras de manera rápida y económica en cualquier parte del país; desde las concurridas plazas de las ciudades, hasta los parques industriales e incluso en playas turísticas remotas.

Hasta ahora, las cámaras habilitadas por Redline han sido desplegadas en 40 lugares de México, la mayoría en los estados de Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Guanajuato y Michoacán. Adicionalmente, también se están instalando cámaras en municipios principales como San Pedro; Cancún, el favorito de los turistas; y Querétaro, el centro industrial con mayor crecimiento de México, en el que actualmente operan más de 330 cámaras con enlaces inalámbricos.

Recientemente, las autoridades mexicanas obtuvieron el mayor provecho de las capacidades de los productos Redline durante la visita del Papa el mes de marzo del 2012. En menos de dos días, implementaron y conectaron una serie de cámaras para vigilar constantemente la seguridad del Papa Benedicto XVI, mientras daba una misa al aire libre, ante cientos de miles de fieles en el Parque Bicentenario del estado de Guanajuato. Esta aplicación demuestra la capacidad única de los productos inalámbricos de banda ancha de Redline para suministrar, de manera rápida y fácil, el ancho de banda necesario para las comunicaciones máquina a máquina en aquellos lugares en los que no hay infraestructura de comunicaciones o en los que la infraestructura no está en capacidad de soportar dicho despliegue.

“Las mismas características que hacen que nuestros productos inalámbricos para alta concentración de aplicaciones de video sean ideales para la expansión de cámaras de seguridad a nivel nacional: desempeño excepcional, confiabilidad, robustez, baja latencia y de fácil instalación; las hacen igualmente ideales para otras aplicaciones máquina a máquina que requieren las ventajas de la fibra óptica, pero en lugares en donde no existe y es imposible o muy costoso de desarrollar”. Dijo Dennis Stipati, Vicepresidente de Ventas de Redline. “Nuestros productos, además de facilitar las comunicaciones de banda ancha hacia donde nada más puede llegar, lo hacen sin comprometer el desempeño y pueden ser desplegadas a una fracción del costo y el tiempo que la fibra óptica”.

Una de las principales razones porque Redline domina el mercado mexicano de cámaras de seguridad es la impresionante capacidad de ancho de banda que tienen sus productos, el cual es la clave para garantizar una magnifica calidad de imagen en todas las condiciones, un requerimiento importante de las autoridades. Este ancho de banda – mantenido constantemente por las avanzadas características de calidad del servicio (QoS) de Redline – garantiza que el video este libre de pixelación, efecto mosaico y otros problemas en la calidad de la imagen, un problema común en sistemas inalámbricos que tienen un menor ancho de banda.

Una latencia extremadamente baja es otro de los requerimientos clave, dado que los operadores de las cámaras deben poder inclinar, hacer paneos, y acercar las cámaras sin demora para poder capturar acciones rápidas, como carros atravesando una intersección. Los productos de Redline soportan una latencia de un milisegundo, asegurando que no haya retrasos perceptibles entre las órdenes del operadory las reacciones de las cámaras.

Las Autoridades mexicanas actualmente están usando losradios para alta concentración de aplicaciones de video RDL-3000 o los AN-80i, impulsados por software VideoLINK. Operan en configuraciones punto-a-punto o multipunto, dependiendo de las necesidades del proyecto , permitiendo que muchas unidades en el campo se comuniquen a través de largas distancias con un número más pequeño de estaciones base, lo que mejora la rentabilidad del sistema.

Sobre Redline Communications
Redline Communications (www.rdlcom.com) es el innovador de Virtual Fiber™, un robusto producto inalámbrico de banda ancha utilizado por compañías y gobiernos en todo el mundo para desplegar y administrar, de manera económica, los servicios y aplicaciones distribuidas. Los resistentes productos de Redline suministran conectividad máquina a máquina a través de áreas extensas e incluso en los ambientes más hostiles, y son utilizadas para facilitar y mejorar redes de seguridad pública, desarrollarr y expandir las redes seguras, y conectar los campos de petróleo digitales y las redes inteligentes. Redline ha estado entregando sistemas inalámbricos poderosos, versátiles y confiables a los gobiernos, a la industria militar, a la industria de petróleo y gas y de telecomunicaciones durante más de una década a través de socios certificados en América, Medio Oriente y África.

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Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX: RDL), a leading provider of broadband wireless solutions for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, announced today that its products are the broadband wireless solutions of choice for Mexico’s municipal, state and federal law enforcement agencies as they continue to expand their deployments of security cameras to aid in public safety and crime prevention.

Mexico’s law enforcement authorities had long recognized the value of using cameras to constantly monitor key commercial, residential, public and high-crime areas, but large-scale deployments only began in 2008 when Redline’s broadband wireless solutions were selected to provide the necessary high-speed connectivity. While the high resolution cameras can capture faces, automobile license plates and other key details with the clarity and detail needed by the authorities, the locations of the cameras could not be cost-effectively served with fiber optic cable. The high bandwidth, low latency and proven reliability of Redline’s wireless solutions were the ideal solution, enabling Mexican authorities to quickly and cost-effectively deploy their cameras virtually anywhere in the country, from crowded city squares to industrial parks and even remote tourist beaches.

Redline-enabled cameras have so far been deployed in 40 locations throughout Mexico, with the majority in the states of Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Guanajuato and Michoacán. Additionally, cameras are being deployed in such major municipalities as San Pedro, tourist favorite Cancun, and Querétaro, Mexico’s fastest growing industrial center which currently operates more than 330 cameras on wireless links.

Mexican authorities recently took full advantage of the advanced capabilities of the Redline solution during the Pope’s visit last month. In less than two days, they deployed and connected a series of cameras to comprehensively monitor Pope Benedict XVI’s safety as he gave an open-air Mass to hundreds of thousands of followers at Bicentennial Park in the state of Guanajuato. This application highlights the unique ability of Redline’s broadband wireless solutions to quickly and easily provide the reliable bandwidth necessary for machine-to-machine communications where there is no telecommunications infrastructure or the existing infrastructure is not up to the task.

“The same characteristics that make our broadband wireless solutions ideal for nationwide deployments of security cameras – exceptional performance, reliability, ruggedness, low latency and ease of deployment – make them equally ideal for other machine-to-machine applications that call for the advantages of fiber, but where it doesn’t exist and is impossible or far too costly to deploy,” said Dennis Stipati, Redline’s Vice President of Sales. “Our solutions not only enable broadband communications where nothing else can, they do so without compromising performance and can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and time of fiber.”

One of the key reasons for Redline dominating the Mexican security camera market is the outstanding bandwidth capacity of its solution, which is key for ensuring superb image quality in all conditions, an important requirement for the authorities. This bandwidth – consistently maintained by Redline’s advanced quality of service (QoS) features – ensures that video is free from pixilation, tiling and other image quality issues, common problems with lower bandwidth wireless systems.

Extremely low latency is another critical requirement as camera operators must be able to tilt, pan and zoom their cameras without delay to capture fast-moving action, such as cars speeding through an intersection. Redline’s solution supports latency as short as one millisecond ensuring no noticeable lag between operators’ commands and reactions from the cameras.
Mexican authorities are currently using either Redline’s rugged RDL-3000 or AN-80i broadband radios powered by VideoLINK software. They operate in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint configurations depending on deployment requirements, allowing many units in the field to communicate over long distances to a smaller number of base stations which improves the cost effectiveness of the system.

About Redline Communications
Redline Communications (www.rdlcom.com) is the innovator of Virtual Fiber™, a rugged broadband wireless solution used by companies and governments worldwide to cost effectively deploy and manage distributed services and applications. Redline’s resilient products provide machine-to-machine connectivity over wide areas in even the harshest environments, and are used to facilitate and enhance public safety networks, deploy and extend secure networks, and connect digital oil fields and smart grids. Redline has been delivering powerful, versatile and reliable wireless systems to governments, the military, oil and gas, and the telecom industry for over a decade through certified partners in the Americas, Middle East, and Africa.

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