[October 16, 2007]

mBlox Partners With Mobile Complete to Help Power the Next Generation of Mobile Business Applications

SAN FRANCISCO & SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- mBlox, the world's largest mobile transaction network, and Mobile Complete, the leading provider of testing, monitoring and support solutions aimed at improving the mobile experience, today announced a partnership that will make it quicker and easier for mobile application developers to bring transactional applications to market. Under terms of the partnership, mBlox customers will be offered access to Mobile Complete's DeviceAnywhere(TM) solution, giving them the ability to remotely utilize and control more than 750 physical handsets connected to live networks. The online service is available globally and provides developers with access to pre-commercial handsets. Hundreds of mBlox customers worldwide already use DeviceAnywhere to build and test mobile applications, including Sprint, Sony Ericsson, Orange, Motorola and many others.

"Handset testing is a prerequisite to ensuring a good end-user experience. We are very pleased to offer the DeviceAnywhere solution as another way mBlox can enable a faster time to market for our clients," said Steve Livingston, CMO of mBlox. "Direct access to live handsets over the Internet with DeviceAnywhere will significantly streamline the process of developing, testing and managing mobile applications for our customers."

Specializing in global operator connectivity and mobile billing, mBlox maintains connections to more than 500 mobile operators in 180 countries through its carrier-grade network. mBlox enables businesses to deliver and bill for mobile services and content around the world. By partnering with Mobile Complete, mBlox will now offer its customers access to DeviceAnywhere for early testing of mobile applications under development.

Once connected and registered, developers download a Java client that manages a remote testing session, including timeslot reservation and payment, and application upload, showing a virtual view of the phone and communicating results. This software acts as a virtual user; remotely controlling and operating the mobile phone located in Mobile Complete's global handset hosting data centers. Developers can press keys using electrical signals, use audio capture, streaming to listen to ringers and speakers and view displays using video capture and streaming. Developers can do anything on a DeviceAnywhere phone that is possible with an actual physical phone - all from the convenience of a desktop computer.

"As the world's largest mobile transaction network processing more than half a billion dollars of transactions on mobile phones per year, mBlox is one of the leading visionaries in the mobile industry," said Faraz Syed, CEO of Mobile Complete. "Together, mBlox and Mobile Complete are providing a critical set of tools for mobile application developers that address all of the components of testing, reporting, collaboration and monitoring."

Mobile Complete will be exhibiting its products and services at the Symbian Smartphone Show in booth 84 on October 16-17, 2007 at the Excel Centre, Docklands in London and at the CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007 event in booth 1040 on October 23-25, 2007 at Moscone Center - South Hall in San Francisco.

About mBlox Inc.

mBlox is the world's largest mobile transaction network. The company specializes in simplifying the complexities, commercial and technical, of mobile billing and message transmission for our clients. Via a carrier-grade network, mBlox enables companies to communicate with mobile subscribers on more than 500 carriers in 180 countries, millions of times each day. The company has U.S. headquarters in Silicon Valley, with EMEA headquarters in London, Asia headquarters in Singapore and offices around the world. For further information, visit www.mBlox.com.

mBlox is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with EMEA headquarters in London and offices around the world. For further information visit www.mblox.com.

About Mobile Complete

Mobile Complete's products fuel the mobile content industry by enabling content developers and aggregators, service providers, handset manufacturers, and testing labs to validate actual end-to-end user experience of their mobile products. Its unique Direct-to-Device(TM) technology provides access to real devices in live mobile networks, from anywhere. Mobile Complete's product portfolio includes solutions for enterprises, developers and partners. To learn more about Mobile Complete, visit www.mobilecomplete.com.

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