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CALLING CARDS March 15 · 2008 - 16 Spot Rates By using AXCESSRATE spot market price and quality data, or any portion thereof, you agree: 1. Such price and quality data shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. 2. Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions therefrom, or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the above. What is AXCESSRATEsm? AXCESSRATE provides pricing and quality information for international wholesale minutes. This information, powered by real-time trading activity on Arbinetthexchange, is the standard industry reference for voice minutes pricing and quality. Currently, hundreds of carriers use AXCESSRATE to increase the profitability of their trades. •• The Prepaid Press welcomes other exchanges and carriers who wish to also provide information. Contact us at editor@ prepaid-press.com if you would like to discuss involvement. Please note that Spot Rate is not an advertisement and does not represent an offer to sell at any particular rate. It is provided as a benchmark only. Interested parties should contact the carriers or exchanges directly for complete details. Price % Gainers (from 2/24/2008 to 3/1/2008) Country Destination UMI TOD CHANGE AVERAGE WEEK Rate ASR AVERAGE WEEK PRIOR Rate ASR Russia Sudan Mexico Senegal Italy Ukraine Germany Sweden Nepal Russia Volgograd Mobile - Mobitel Culiacan Proper Proper Mobile - Astelit Mobile - Vodafone Proper Mobile Novosibirsk RUVOG SDMZM MXCUL SNX ITX UAASM DEVDM SEX NPM RUNBK All Day All Day All Day All Day Weekend All Day Weekend All Day All Day All Day +94.0 +73.1 +55.7 +52.0 +50.4 +28.3 +23.8 +23.3 +22.6 +22.5 $0.03000 $0.06802 $0.02686 $0.03062 $0.01331 $0.06973 $0.11511 $0.00932 $0.13204 $0.01800 59.2 44.5 46.4 45.2 37.3 44.6 49.0 33.7 26.0 62.0 $0.01546 $0.03929 $0.01725 $0.02014 $0.00885 $0.05434 $0.09300 $0.00756 $0.10769 $0.01469 42.0 45.1 60.7 46.1 26.5 83.9 46.3 38.4 18.6 61.3 Price % Losers (from 2/24/2008 to 3/1/2008) Country Destination UMI TOD CHANGE AVERAGE WEEK Rate ASR AVERAGE WEEK PRIOR Rate ASR Mexico Mexico Afghanistan Mexico Senegal Sierra Leone Germany Mexico Hong Kong Italy Tijuana Puebla Mobile - Roshan Mexicali Dakar Mobile - Other Carriers Mobile - D1 (Tmobil) Cuernavaca Proper Milan MXTIJ MXPBC AFRSM MXMXL SNDKR SLOTM DETMM MXCEC HKX ITMXP All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day Peak All Day All Day Off-peak -74.2 -27.8 -23.0 -19.0 -18.3 -17.7 -17.4 -17.0 -15.9 -15.3 $0.01586 $0.01239 $0.12379 $0.04931 $0.02752 $0.12115 $0.10664 $0.01180 $0.00952 $0.01266 54.3 38.0 50.7 64.6 67.0 69.2 44.3 57.1 58.0 53.6 $0.06150 $0.01715 $0.16079 $0.06088 $0.03367 $0.14725 $0.12912 $0.01422 $0.01132 $0.01494 64.8 36.6 46.5 63.1 54.9 53.9 31.0 60.2 64.1 64.7 Calling Cards in Brief NewWest Capital Partners has teamed with existing management to acquire the assets of San Diego-based 1st USA.com Phonecards, Inc., “Speedypin,” an Internet-based prepaid phone card reseller. Speedypin offers “virtual” prepaid phone cards to over 100 International destinations and the US from its online store, Speedypin.com. Speedypin also provides e-fulfillment services to third-party phone card providers. 1st USA.com Phonecards - www.speedypin.com The most important global technology event of the year! DIGITALK, a provider of multiservice platforms and applications, has launched the next generation of its Service Numbers application. The latest release has a number of new features enabling service providers to offer number translation and inbound call management solutions to a range of business scenarios, including sales and support centers, free phone services and premium rate number services all managed via a web-self care interface. DIGITALK – www.digitalk.com Unorthodox. CTIA WIRELESS 2008 The convergence of more than 1,100 exhibiting companies, dozens of industries and over 40,000 professionals from 125 countries all working toward the common goal of revolutionizing wireless. Whether in broadband convergence, enterprise, advertising, social networking or entertainment– CTIA WIRELESS 2008 is the global marketplace connecting wireless and you. DigiLinea, a provider of telephony solutions over mobile networks to the US Hispanic and Latin American markets, has formed a partnership with Cybercommunicaciones, an online Latin-focused marketing organization. Cybercommunicaciones will promote three of DigiLinea’s services: Digiweb, allowing for ultra low cost calling from the web worldwide; DigiNumero, which lets you add a local telephone number from Latin American to your existing mobile or fixed line phone for local rates; and DigiWidget, which lets you link your phone to your online network worldwide. DigiLinea – www.digilinea.com Ovum RHK has posted its analysis of global fourth quarter 2007 service provider switching and routing equipment sales. Sales in 4Q07 grew to $2.94 billion overall, a 17 percent increase compared to the year-ago quarter. 4Q07 highlights for technology-focused market segments: IP/MPLS core = $718 million, up 35 percent, IP/MPLS edge = $1,453 million, up 29 percent, IP/Ethernet = $507 million, up 7 percent, ATM = $264 million, down 30 percent. 4Q07 highlights for application-focused market segments: IP transport and services = $1,516 million, up 37 percent, Ethernet transport and services = $1,039 million, up 14 percent, BRAS = $210 million, down 9 percent. Ovum – www.ovum.com April 1-3, 2008 www.ctia.org/ctiawireless Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV, USA http://www.USA.com http://www.speedypin.com http://www.speedypin.com http://www.USA.com http://www.speedypin.com http://www.digitalk.com http://www.digilinea.com http://www.ctia.org/ctiawireless http://www.ctia.org/ctiawireless http://www.ovum.com

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The Prepaid Press - March 2008 tppEXPO’08 Slated for August 19-21 AT&T Strikes Back Contents The Retske Report: Net Neutrality 5 Minutes With Terry Maher, NBPCA Counsel Regulatory Rundown: FCC Enforcements Prepaid Wireless Roundup Prepaid Wireless in Brief tppEXPO’08 Spotlight BlackBerry Prepaid Option to be Offered Virgin Mobile USA Ringbacks Growing The Splitting of a Titan The State of Prepaid Technology: Part II – The Other Prepaid Calling Spot Rates Calling Cards in Brief IVR and Stratus to Offer SIP Platform PhoenixSoft Completes Integrated IP Transcoding The Legal Line Web Streamlines Bill Pay & Prepaid Distribution Travelex Debuts New Foreign Currency Packs TSYS and Telrock to Provide Mobile Solutions Payments in Brief NBPCA Offers Tips to Fight Money Laundering Hypercom Responds to Ingenico Inquiry Kiosks Change the Face of Prepaid Prepaid 101: Prepaid Wireless Coinstar to Expand Centers in Wal-Mart Locations Meta and MoneyGram Partner NRF Battles Retail Crime Retail Focus in Brief Our Advertisers Contact Us

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