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CALLING CARDS April 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 Such price and quality data shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. 2.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 3/30/2008 to 4/5/2008) Country Destination UMI TOD CHANGE AVERAGE WEEK Rate ASR AVERAGE WEEK PRIOR Rate ASR Malta Mexico Poland Mexico Mexico Mexico Turkey Poland Germany Senegal Proper Puebla Warsaw Durango Leon Morelia Antalya Mobile - Polkomtel Mobile - D1 (Tmobil) Proper MTX MXPBC PLWAW MXDGO MXBJX MXMLM TRAYT PLPOM DETMM SNX All Day All Day Off-peak All Day All Day All Day All Day Off-peak Off-peak All Day +71.2 +43.4 +36.8 +35.0 +33.4 +31.4 +27.7 +26.5 +23.3 +22.5 $0.01294 $0.01952 $0.01079 $0.01940 $0.01561 $0.01794 $0.01952 $0.05315 $0.13729 $0.11074 45.6 54.9 59.9 26.5 62.1 31.3 60.5 44.6 39.5 59.2 $0.00756 $0.01361 $0.00789 $0.01437 $0.01170 $0.01365 $0.01529 $0.04200 $0.11139 $0.09039 56.4 64.9 54.8 25.9 63.2 67.9 63.8 39.1 56.8 58.6 Price % Losers (from 3/30/2008 to 4/5/2008) Country Destination UMI TOD CHANGE AVERAGE WEEK Rate ASR AVERAGE WEEK PRIOR Rate ASR Russia Hong Kong Peru Brazil Togo Bosnia and Her. Mexico Russia Bolivia Bolivia Volgograd Mobile Rural Fortaleza Mobile - Telecel Mobile Monterrey Kazan Cochabamba Proper RUVOG HKM PER BRFOR TGEEM BAM MXMTYX RUKZN BOCBB BOX All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day -55.1 -36.0 -31.1 -28.4 -26.1 -23.8 -22.5 -21.7 -21.0 -21.0 $0.01346 $0.00309 $0.08864 $0.01503 $0.11148 $0.16500 $0.01115 $0.01650 $0.02667 $0.05882 51.9 42.6 23.2 54.7 72.8 66.0 35.1 61.9 33.0 20.5 $0.03000 $0.00483 $0.12860 $0.02098 $0.15077 $0.21657 $0.01438 $0.02106 $0.03378 $0.07441 55.8 43.4 26.7 56.8 35.5 68.1 49.2 57.9 15.7 24.6 Calling Cards in Brief Dialogic Corporation, a global provider of products and technologies for media and signal processing, will now offer active support for its line of Dialogic Diva Media Processing boards for the Asterisk Environment. If used in an Asterisk system, chan_dialogicdiva can take advantage of the DSPs and rich media processing and signaling power of the Diva board to offload a number of functions that are usually handled by the CPU of the Asterisk Server. This can reduce the load on the CPU and benefit the performance, reliability and scalability of the Asterisk system. The functions that are handled by the Diva board include DTMF recognition and Generation, PULSE detection, Tone detection and Generation, Faxing, Echo Cancellation, and Multi-Party Conferencing. Dialogic – www.dialogic.com US National Telecom (OTC:USNT.PK), through its wholesale subsidiary, recently announced new capacity to Central and Latin America. Due to the trade embargo with Cuba, the subsidiary will legally operate like all other USA telcos by sending traffic to licensed non-USA telecom carriers. US National Telecom is working to create a large VoIP company by expanding its international voice traffic and seeks to acquire companies in the VoIP marketspace. US National Telecom www.USnationalTelecom.com for all full conference attendees We are con dent your event experience will be worthwhile. Not satis ed with the conference program? Receive a full refund! Visit www.selfserviceexpo.com/register.asp for details 100% Money Back Guarantee! Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), a provider of high-performance networking, and the IP Service Management team of Siemens IT Solutions and Services Program and Systems Engineering (PSE), have announced the latest phase in their ongoing alliance with Siemens joining Juniper’s Open IP Service Creation Program (OSCP). The companies are partnering within the OSCP to enable innovative new solutions for providers that improve network efficiency and accelerate service velocity. Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE offers a wide array of professional services and develops and integrates a range of applications—enabled by Juniper’s Session and Resource Control Portfolio—that can provide carriers with the functionality to derive maximum value from the network, as well as realize operational efficiencies through advanced network intelligence and service control. Juniper – www.juniper.net Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE www.pse.siemens.at April 16-17, 2008 Join us for our 12th year at the longest running and most attended kiosk and digital signage event. Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show will address the trends, issues and concerns across all merchant deployer industries - retail, government, hospitality, travel, grocery, photo, ﬁnancial services, food service, and more! 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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

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