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5 Minutes With Mark Herrington President, First Data Global Prepaid Services Page 8 FREE Subscription for Prepaid Industry Professionals. Electronic and Print Versions Available www.prepaid-press.com/subscribe The Prepaid Press Real News, Right Now! REAL NEWS, RIGHT NOW! April 15, 2008. Volume 7. Number 4 Also in this issue PAYMENTS Biometric Update: Keep Your Shirt On Page 20 Motorola to Split Two Companies to Result By Gene Retske and Broadband & Mobility Solutions businesses follows a review process undertaken by our management team and Board of Directors, together with independent advisors,” said Greg Brown, Motorola’s president and chief executive officer. “Creating two industry-leading companies will provide improved flexibility, more tailored capital structures, and increased management focus – as well as more targeted investment opportunities for our shareholders.” Sources said that the split was a result of pressure coming from billionaire investor Carl Icahn to rid Motorola of the money-losing portable handset business it started twenty five years ago with the “brick.” Icahn, the second largest shareholder with about 6%, has said the division is undervalued and demanded that it be separated with new management. In the last two years, Motorola stock has fallen 56 percent primarily due to a sales downturn in the handset business. PREPAID WIRELESS New Handsets Announced at CTIA Page 10 TPPEXPO’08 SPOTLIGHT Page 8 Communications giant Motorola announced on March 26, 2008 that it would split into two separate, publicly traded companies. Despite rosy proclamations by the company about “creating value for all Motorola shareholders,” there was speculation that the company was actually trying to isolate problems in its handset division, Mobile Devices. “Our decision to separate our Mobile Devices Motorola’s History in Handsets Last year, 2007, was a particularly bad year for Motorola’s handset business as it floundered to find a repeat of the success of its Razr handset. After introducing the first portable cellular phone, the DynaTac, in 1984, Motorola became an industry leader in mobile handsets, leveraging technical and manufacturing assets from its two way radio business. In 1996, Motorola again attracted a large market share in handsets when it introduced the StarTac, a handset that folded up and flipped open, Continues on page 11 A Perfect Storm in the Offing? Staff Report Web Based Payments One of the easiest ways to facilitate payments from mobile devices is to use the web browser that is integrated into many smartphones and cell phones today. This method does not require the user to change phones, assuming Continues on page 21 20533 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1142. Aventura, FL 33180. US Biometric and contactless payment systems are on the downswing, at least for the time being. American Express recently ended its fob contactless program and Pay By Touch ceased operations, but payment systems vendors are working overtime to find a consumer sweet spot. Interest in mobile payment systems remains strong. Some studies have shown that more people leave their home without their wallet, than leave without their cell phone. The cell phone has many different modes of operation that lend them to providing mobile payments, from simple web based applications to SMS and NRC or RFID based technologies. The growth of mobile payments is dependent on both technology and marketing. The technology must enable safe and secure payments, while marketing has to provide viable markets for the services. If the existing handsets can be utilized, it is a plus because a wider audience is available. But, if handsets have to be purchased, then the ability to market cellular service to a wide audience is required. Tampa, FL Permit No. 3311 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Mobile Payments: The Saga Continues http://www.prepaid-press.com/subscribe

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The Prepaid Press - April 15, 2008 Motorola to Split Mobile Payments: The Saga Continues Contents The Retske Report: Election Year and Woody Hayes Regulatory Rundown: 2008 First Quarter Mobile Update 5 Minutes with Mark Herrington tppEXPO’08 Spotlight New Handsets Announced at CTIA Prepaid Wireless in Brief Prepaid Wireless Roundup Virgin Mobile Reports Earnings of 6 Cents Movida Files Chapter 11 LiveWire Mobile Acquires Groove Mobile Boost Selects Vesta for Transactions RadioShack to Offer Trumpet Mobile Service Virgin Offers New Pay as You Go Plans Book Review: Webster’s New World Telecom Dictionary Management Changes at IDT Spot Rates Calling Cards in Brief The State of Prepaid Technology: Productive Coexistence FTC Asks Court to Halt Prepaid Calling Card Scam Louisiana Community Mulls Tax on Prepaid Cards Pactolus Wins VON Magazine Award iBasis Lowers Pakistan Rate for Pingo The Legal Line Biometric Update: Keep Your Shirt On AccountNow Ends Upfront Fees Evolution Benefits Acquires SmartFlex Payments in Brief NetSpend to Offer Bill Payment and Top-up Union Bank Introduces Contactless Card Ingenico Announces Development Kit Prepaid 101: Stupid Card Tricks PLS Offering Walk-In Bill Payment Spend Gift Cards ASAP Credit Card Breach at Hannaford Bros. NACS Withdraws Opposition to Tobacco Bill Study Finds Gift Card Packaging Increases Sales NACS Names International VP Inflatable Display Provides Inexpensive Signage Retail Focus in Brief Our Advertisers Contact Us

The Prepaid Press - April 15, 2008

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