Simon Duffy Joins mBlox Board.

Leading Industry Figure Becomes Chair of Audit Committee

LONDON & SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- mBlox, the world's largest mobile transaction network, today announced that Simon Duffy has joined the company's board of directors as chair of the audit committee. Previously CEO and executive vice chairman of NTL, the UK fixed network operator, he held senior roles at Orange, EMI and Tiscali and has served on the boards of several major public companies listed in London and New York. Duffy brings to this role a great depth of board level financial experience, operational and transactional expertise, and familiarity with the European media, entertainment and telecommunications industries. His arrival on the mBlox board is a key building block in the company's continued global expansion and success.

With a strong financial background with public companies in both the US and the UK markets, Duffy joined NTL in 2003 as chief operating officer and became president and CEO; most recently he was executive vice chairman. At NTL he led the purchase of Virgin Mobile to complete the company's quadruple-play portfolio. Prior to this, Duffy was chief financial officer of Orange SA having also previously held the position of CEO at End2End, a wireless data company based in Denmark.

Duffy was also CEO and deputy chairman at World Online, where he led the Internet service provider through IPO and its subsequent multi-billion euro sale to Tiscali. Prior to this, he spent eight years at EMI Group where he was group finance director and deputy chairman. He holds an MA from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Duffy's other public board experience includes the chair of the Audit Committee at Imperial Tobacco, listed both on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, and with GWR Group, Gartmore and Berisford. Most recently, he has become executive chairman of QXL ricardo plc and non-executive director at overseas operators Oger Telecom and Cell C.

"With our leading position in mobile transaction network services across Europe and the US now established, it is crucial that we have the right people on board to drive forward the next phase of our growth," said Andrew Bud, executive co-chairman of mBlox. "I am delighted that Simon has joined our board, bringing his extensive experience of public markets and his impressive depth of expertise across the media, mobile and fixed-line telecoms industries."

Chairman of the mBlox board, Gary Cuccio added: "Simon will make a most important contribution to the mBlox board, broadening our core of non-executive skills and extending its geographic base. His experience of operating business across multiple territories and jurisdictions, and driving them through many phases of growth will be very valuable in this next phase of our growth."

Commenting on his new role, Duffy said: "I am delighted to be joining the mBlox board at this exciting point in its growth. I look forward to contributing my experience to the substantial industry expertise already within the company. The opportunity to help build a world-leading company into a major global corporation is a challenge I relish. The mobile transaction marketplace is now rapidly expanding and mBlox is the leading light with a strong and growing global network and proposition."

About mBlox

mBlox is the world's largest mobile transaction network. Specializing in the commercial and technical complexities of mobile payment and message transmission, mBlox is in the business of connecting companies with customers. The result of this dedicated attention to messaging services is that mBlox delivers comprehensive and dependable SMS transport and financial settlement services. With an international network of offices, mature operator relationships and carrier-grade infrastructure, mBlox powers mobile business. mBlox is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with EMEA headquarters in London, Asia headquarters in Singapore and offices around the world. For further information visit www.mblox.com.