Acision Launches Location-Based Charging With Seeker Wireless


BARCELONA, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mobile Operators Worldwide can now Offer Highly Accurate
Zone-Based Charging to Rival the Fixed Network

Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300
network operators and service providers worldwide, today announced that it is
working with zone detection technology provider Seeker Wireless for the
provision of location-based charging. With its expertise in rating and
charging, Acision will initially launch "HomeZone" to enable operators to
offer differentiated charging for mobile users at home.

HomeZone enables cost effective, highly accurate and reliable zone-based
charging, allowing mobile operators to attack the fixed line telephony market
with competitive tariffs while protecting existing revenue streams. With
HomeZone any service, including voice and data, can be rated at a different
tariff.

Acision's HomeZone supports an operator's existing handset choice by
using a SIM-based applet to ensure the accurate identification of the user's
charging location. The zone status is communicated to both the service
provider and the user, enabling them to use the service with confidence.

Simon Dallyn, Senior Vice President of Charging at Acision commented,
"Location-based charging represents a substantial opportunity for operators
looking to secure fixed line market share without worrying about inaccurate
zoning cannibalising revenue. We chose to work with Seeker Wireless because
their revolutionary zone detection technology delivers the most accurate,
reliable and economical zoning solution in the market. We have already seen
strong interest in the service and expect zone charging to feature strongly
in service providers' toolsets in 2008."

Notes to Editors

About Acision

Acision is the messaging and charging partner of choice for more than 300
network operators and service providers, supporting over one and a half
billion customers worldwide. With over 50% of global text and multimedia
messaging traffic generated through its platforms, Acision's mobile data
services expertise includes text messaging, multimedia messaging, IP
messaging, mobile internet, mobile advertising, IP voicemail and IP
videomail. Acision's payment systems have processed more than US $100
billion, providing sophisticated real-time charging and removing the
boundaries between prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. All of Acision's
solutions are backed up by a robust, global service organisation, offering
24/7 support provided through twenty four local service centres and three
state of the art global support centres. With global market experience,
Acision has a detailed understanding of what it takes to bring innovative
services to full mass market adoption.

Privately owned by an equity consortium led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures
and Access Industries, Acision is a half billion dollar company, working with
customers in 135 countries across six continents. More information is
available at http://www.acision.com

About Seeker Wireless

Seeker Wireless developed the world's leading zone detection technology,
which is being used to deliver the most advanced Fixed Mobile Substitution
(FMS) solution in the market. SeekerZone(TM) is the first handset location
system specifically created for zone detection, delivering zone status alerts
for applications such as zone-based charging. With the innovative approach of
SeekerZone(TM) mobile operators can achieve zone sizes up to 50 times smaller
than cell-ID zones while ensuring the highest levels of in-zone reliability.
This enables operators to reduce cannibalisation of revenues by up to 90%
compared to Cell-ID.

Developed by pioneers of the cellular location industry, Seeker
Wireless's patent pending technology is designed to deliver the smallest
zones at the lowest cost, as well as provide a future pathway to deliver
additional services based on subscriber location.

Seeker Wireless has delivered advanced commercial FMS solutions to
leading mobile operators in EMEA and Asia Pacific and also works in strategic
partnership with global technology and service providers including HP and
Acision. For more information visit http://www.seekerwireless.com.

Press contacts:

    Jennifer Ballard
    Marketing Executive, Acision
    Tel: +44(0)118-965-9407
    Email: jennifer.ballard@acision.com

    Ruth Walters / Bettina Winters
    Hotwire
    Tel: +44(0)207-608-2500
    Email: acision@hotwirepr.com

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