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Single Touch Systems to Launch Data Services Platform for Nextel Mexico

Posted on: Thursday, 2 April 2009, 16:15 CDT

SAN DIEGO, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Single Touch Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: SITO) is pleased to announce the launch of its billing and data services platform with Nextel Mexico in June of 2009. Single Touch is a leading innovator in mobile commerce solutions and Nextel Mexico is one of North America's leading providers of fully integrated wireless communication services. Once deployed, Nextel Mexico will introduce the Single Touch Abbreviated Dial Code (ADC) platform as an added feature of Nextel Mexico.

An Abbreviated Dial Code enables consumers to easily use their mobile phones to connect to businesses by simply dialing a three to six digit alphanumeric number prefixed by the # or * key. Single Touch is the industry leader of Abbreviated Dial Codes in America with ongoing marketing programs active with Black Entertainment Television, #BET, and Sears, #SEARS.

Nextel Mexico, a division of NII Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: NIHD), delivered $4.26 billion in total revenue and grew 29% in 2008.

"As the provider of billing and data and other services to Nextel Mexico, we are looking forward to implementing our data services as well as enhancing their current services through our advanced technologies," says Anthony Macaluso, Founder and CEO of Single Touch Systems, Inc. "We are currently in the process of installing the necessary equipment, as well as finalizing systems synchronization to launch commercial operations with Nextel Mexico."

Nextel Mexico, headquartered in Mexico City, currently offers a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular voice services, data services, wireless Internet access and Nextel Direct Connect and International Direct Connect, a digital two-way radio feature. The partnership with Single Touch will not only allow Nextel Mexico to attract new subscribers through enhanced product and service offerings, it will also allow them to serve established customers more effectively in existing markets.

About Single Touch Systems

Single Touch Systems, Inc. (SITO) provides wireless operators, consumer brands, and retailers with innovative mobile commerce delivery solutions. Single Touch enables consumers to easily use their mobile phones to connect to businesses by simply dialing a short branded phone number, or Abbreviated Dial Code (ADC). Single Touch's ADC platform can be customized to the needs of brands and retailers, and facilitate operator direct billing for all services. Abbreviated Dial Codes, Mobile Coupon Platform, Listen Live Now, and other programs position Single Touch as a leader in mobile commerce solutions linking wireless with on-line and brick and mortar business, and leveraging the paradigm shift in how people use their mobile devices. In doing so, Single Touch drives revenue for operators, retailers and brands and streamlines purchasing options for the end user.

For more information, please go to www.singletouch.net.

About Nextel de Mexico S.A.

Nextel de Mexico is one of the world's leading providers of fully integrated wireless communication services designed to meet the needs of business customers in selected international markets. Nextel Mexico is headquartered in Mexico City, having begun operations in the country in August of 1998.

Nextel Mexico has been recognized for their accomplishments in business and social responsibility. Nextel Mexico was ranked as a Top 10 Latin American Telecom Operator by Frecuencia magazine two years in a row. In addition, Nextel Mexico ranked as one of the Top 100 Multi-National Companies in Mexico by Expansion magazine and was recognized for the third consecutive year as a Socially Responsible Company by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and AliaRSE (Alliance for Enterprise Social Responsibility) for their "Mucho Mas por los Ninos" (Much More for the Children) alliance with UNICEF.

Cities of operation include Mexico City (Federal District), Acapulco, Celaya, Irapuato, Salamanca, Chilpancingo, Cordoba, Cuautla, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Lagos de Moreno, La Piedad, Leon, Monterrey, Morelia, Nuevo Laredo, Orizaba, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, San Juan de Rio, Tijuana, Tlaxcala, Toluca, and Veracruz. For more information, please visit www.nextelinternational.com

Contact: Tom Hovasse Single Touch Systems, Inc. thovasse@singletouch.net 760 438-0100

SOURCE Single Touch Systems, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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