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PREPAID BUSINESS Dec. 2008 / Jan. 2009 - 9 The Prepaid Press Thanks its Editorial Advisory Board for their ongoing input and direction. Paul Amick Len Bittner Lori Breitzke Ron Contrado Paris Holt Ray Horak Nichole Janner Edward A. Maldonado from page 4 Ken Osowski Jonathan Price Gary Rhodus Dr. Judy Reed Smith Paul Sorota Lisa Stanton Mark Wagner ASCENT, and is a founding board member of the IPCA and NALA, the only association focused on prepaid residential dial tone. He also served as a board member for the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, has won several “Telecom Person of the Year” awards, and was a recipient of the SBA’s “Small Business Exporter of the Year”. A graduate of Tufts University, his background includes seven years on Wall Street and 33 years in the telecommunications industry, including 22+ years as President of Homisco. Paris Holt CEO & Founder, telSPACE paris@telspace.com For the last 15 years, Paris has held management positions at some of the nation’s most prominent wireless carriers such as Frontier Wireless and AT&T Wireless, where he headed up marketing and product development. Paris has also worked for Ameritel Communications, a division of US Communications, as its VP of Sales & Marketing, where he acquired over 125,000 wireless subs, making Ameritel the third largest MVNO in the US. In March of 1998, Paris founded telSPACE, which has grown into one of the industry’s largest turnkey convergent communications wholesale enabling platform, making it possible for any enterprise in any industry to become a nationwide MVNO. In 2005, Paris spearheaded a project called mCASH, a platform where clients can launch an mCASH branded or private labeled debit MasterCard and link that card to a proprietary cellular phone application called mSPACE. The mSPACE data app allows customers to get their balance, transaction history, and move money in near real time, all from the convenience of the customer’s cellular phone. In 2006, mCASH was spun off as an independent company and Paris remains as CEO and Chairman of both telSPACE and mCASH. Paris is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Business where he majored in corporate finance and economics and minored in psychology. He has also completed graduate course work in pricing strategy, business economics, and TQM (total quality management). Ray Horak President, The Context Corporation ray@contextcorporation.com Ray Horak is the President of The Context Corporation, an independent telecommunications consultancy. Ray is an internationally known author, industry analyst, and lecturer, noted for his trademark plain-English, commonsense style. Ray has authored a number of critically acclaimed books, including the best-selling Communications Systems & Networks. His most recent books are Telecommunications Systems & Networks (2007) and Webster’s New World Telecom Dictionary (2007), both published by John Wiley & Sons. He has written hundreds of articles, columns, white papers and case studies for leading industry trade publications and serves on numerous Advisory Boards. Ray has 30 years’ experience in networking, having held management positions with Communications Group Inc., CONTEL and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Nichole Janner Vice President of Prepaid Services, NetworkIP njanner@networkip.net Nichole manages all aspects of product evolution and enhancements to NetworkIP’s prepaid platform services, keeping up with changes within the prepaid industry, handling customer contracts and pricing, and overseeing NetworkIP customer service. She started with the NetworkIP software team in September 1997 and helped launch the Company in January 1998. Prior to joining NetworkIP, Nichole received her BBA in Business Analysis at Texas A&M University. Edward A. Maldonado CEO, Regulatory Back Office emaldonado@regbackoffice.com Ed currently serves as CEO of Regulatory Back Office, Inc., a regulatory service firm niched in telecommunications, prepaid calling services, VoIP, and stored value licensure, compliance, and regulatory record keeping. Ed is also the Founding Partner in the Maldonado Law Group, a boutique law firm niched in the telecommunications and stored value industry, specializing in matters of regulatory defense with federal and state agencies, corporate structuring and transactions, sale and acquisition of regulated businesses, mediation, and drafting of specialized contracts for new technologies or service offerings in the prepaid industry. Ed is a member of the Florida Bar, United States 11th Circuit Federal Bar, and the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit with pending admittance in the United States 7th District Court for Northern Illinois (East District); United States 11th Circuit Middle and Northern Districts of Florida; and United State Supreme Court. Ed holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from DePaul Univ., Chicago, and a Juris Doctorate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law, with a Certificate in Intl. and Comparative Law. Ken Osowski VP of Marketing & Product Management, Pactolus Communications Software kosowski@pactolus.com Ken has directed the development and successful market entry of new generations prepaid telecom service technologies and business models, significantly expanding the addressable market for prepaid services. He was a lead developer of Pactolus’ business plan to support funding activities and market entry, now directs its product strategy and marketing activities, and has helped Pactolus to become one of the industry’s most widely-deployed, flexible and customizable service delivery platforms. A frequent VoIP industry spokesperson and writer, Ken teamed with executives across the industry to educate the market on SIP-based voice service delivery. A veteran in the enhanced services industry, Ken directed Boston Technology’s introduction and commercialization of its carrier-focused voice messaging platform. He served on the editorial advisory boards of publications such as SIP Magazine and, currently, The Prepaid Press. He holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Columbia University. Jonathan Price Vice President, B2B, InComm jprice@incomm.com Jonathan Price leads InComm’s B2B Business Development and overall Strategy. He and his team leverage InComm’s suite of prepaid products and technology capabilities to offer both open loop and closed loop products for B2B applications. These include rewards for consumer rebates, employee recognition, loyalty, sales incentives and business gifting. Jonathan has spent more than a decade in the Prepaid Card industry with a concentration on incentives and consumer promotions. Jonathan entered the prepaid industry with American Express Incentive Services as Area Vice President, Sales. With AEIS, Jonathan built American Express’ agency and consumer promotions channel; providing Prepaid products to corporations and strategic partners for consumer promotions and corporate incentive programs. Prior to American Express Incentive Services, Jonathan was a Brand Consultant with advertising giant, J. Walter Thompson. There, Jonathan developed and managed marketing and advertising campaigns for B2B and B2C clients. Gary Rhodus Chairman, CEO & Founder, Atlantax Systems grhodus@atlantax.com Gary Rhodus is Chairman, CEO & Founder of Atlantax Systems, Inc., an outsource tax compliance company founded in January 1991. Gary has over 35 years of telecommunications tax experience, including working in state and local tax groups at BellSouth Corporation, AT&T and Southwestern Bell. Gary holds a CMI certification from the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Sales Tax Division, and is a graduate of Kansas State Univ. with BS in Business Administration. Gary has been a frequent speaker at numerous tax related seminars and was featured in the August 1999 issue of Intele-CardNews as one of the “25 Most Influential People” in the major market areas of prepaid phone cards, long distance, wireless, Internet telephony and smart cards. Dr. Judy Reed Smith CEO, ATLANTIC-ACM jrs@atlantic-acm.com Dr. Judy Reed Smith is Chief Executive Officer of ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading international consulting firm that analyzes growth and tracks trends in the long distance industry, domestic, and global markets. Judy was formerly a member of Mercer Management Consulting’s Information Technology Industry Group and a Vice President of GrayJudson-Howard, an Arthur D. Little offshoot specializing in strategic planning. Judy holds a doctoral degree from Harvard University, as well as a master’s degree from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College. Judy currently serves as a professional associate member of CompTel, the leading industry association representing communications service providers and their supplier partners. Paul Sorota President, PromoCard Services psorota@promocardservices.com Paul Sorota began his career in sales in marketing in 1977 in the wholesale fashion industry, where he spent 7 years working as a manufacturer’s rep for several well know menswear lines. From 1984-1994 he was General Manager and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a national retail chain of fine art galleries with locations in Dallas, Miami and Boston. In 1994, Paul was one of the original founders of iTelsa, one of the first companies in the country to offer prepaid phone cards as promotional products. After 4 years of success with iTelsa, Paul left to start PhoneCard Services, now known as PromoCard Services. Over the past 11 years, PromoCard, with Paul at the helm, has grown to offer music, ring tones, movie, fitness, dining and hotel cards. Lisa Stanton CEO, Monitise Americas lisa.stanton@monitise.com Lisa Stanton is the CEO of Monitise Americas, a joint venture between Metavante, an industry leader in banking services, and Monitise, a global leader in secu

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The Prepaid Press - January 2009 Economic Crisis Sharpens Focus on Stored Value Cards Industry Veterans Weigh In on 2009 Prepaid Opportunities Contents From the Publisher: Ready for Change? The Prepaid Press Thanks its Editorial Advisory Board Regulatory Rundown 2008 Milestones Prepaid Wireless Providers Capitalize on Economic Downturn Prepaid Telecom in Brief APCC Services Settles With Calling Card Providers Boost Mobile Offers All-in-One Prepaid Package SonarTel Prepaid Customers Can Use Accounts in More Countries BillSoft Selected by Integra Telecom Pingo Adds PC “SoftPhone” Calling kajeet, the Cell Phone Service for Kids, Wins Award Prepaid Wireless Roundup The State of Prepaid Technology: Wholesalers & White Label Services New Millennium Releases Wireless Survey Results 5 Minutes With Paul Amick, EVP & Co-Founder, PhoenixSoft Millions Could Cut Cell Phone Bills in Half New Virgin Poll Reveals Buying Habits The Legal Line BioPay Expands Offering for Underbanked IDT to Sell European Prepaid Payment Business iPayStation Launches Network for Distributor Stored Value Solutions Appoints New VP Cellular South Offers Mobile Banking for Regions Bank Javelin Research: Processor Important in Prepaid MiCash Announces New Prepaid Debit Card Monitise and eCommLink Partner Platamovil Selects PhoenixSoft’s Cirrus Softswitch Prepaid Market Forecasts to 2011 Payments & Processing in Brief Prepaid 101: Gift Cards SCA’s PrizeSuite Enables Promotions MT&L Offers Gift Card Removal and Destruction Heartland Payment Systems Acquires Chockstone Amex and Rymax Offer Gift Cards TransCard Announces Corporate Gift Card Website Gift Cards & Promotions in Brief Our Advertisers Contact Us

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