Qpass Launch Simpay-Compliant Mobile Commerce Software

Qpass will also serve as a resource to Simpay for insight into the US market, where Qpass is the dominant provider of mobile commerce software, serving seven of the leading mobile operators, including Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Nextel. Simpay is a mobile payment scheme founded by Orange, Telefónica Móviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone to facilitate payment for mobile commerce transactions through the development of an open and interoperable mobile payment solution. The solution provides payment and settlement services, and allows subscribers to make purchases through their mobile operator-managed accounts. To facilitate both the testing and launch of the Simpay service, Qpass will support the following Simpay-defined functionality in its Services Management software: - Mobile Payment Issuer (MPI) interface, which enables consumers to make micro-payments to all participating merchants using their pre- or post-paid mobile account as the source of funds; - Mobile Merchant Acquirer (MMA) interface, which links participating merchants to the payment scheme. Qpass Services Management software provides leading mobile operators a highly flexible solution to optimize revenue from premium services and applications. The software is the fundamental driver of premium data and service delivery programs, enabling product offerings such as ringtones, games, and premium messaging. Qpass customers achieve market-leading results by being able to quickly and easily integrate tens of thousands of premium data services and applications into their billing and CRM systems. Over the past 18 months alone, operators have achieved sales increases of more than 3,500% with Qpass software, driving premium data services business worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Qpass Services Management software puts operators in control of their mobile commerce business and allows them to offer innovative value-added services across any type or generation of network.