New York, 07/21/2006:
Nareos Uses ClickandBuy for new Peer-to-Peer Mobile Service, PeerBox™ Mobile
ClickandBuy, one of the leading ePayment and storefront provider for online and mobile digital content and services, announced today the launch of their new digital mobile solution with the signing of an agreement with Nareos.
Nareos, the pioneering digital content commerce service provider, has selected ClickandBuy’s new mobile ePayment platform for their flagship product, a legal p2p mobile downloading service, PeerBox™ Mobile. Click & Buy support will be available in PeerBox Mobile in September and in MyPeerBox.com in August.
A hosted ASP solution, ClickandBuy allows merchants, telcos, ISPs and others to sell digital content, such as games, publishing, music, streaming video, RSS Feeds and podcasts, securely and quickly.
With ClickandBuy’s software, Nareos will be able to seamlessly transform their ePayment initiatives to any kind of digital payment platforms, such as cell phones, p2p or web. The solution comes equipped with DRM and other security measures that track fraudulent behavior in real time. ClickandBuy’s mobile content delivery system helps companies like Nareos to monetize and charge for all types of mobile content, including songs, ringtones, games, mobile videos and other forms of multimedia content.
Alexander Lazovsky, CEO of Nareos, commented: ”We recently expanded our mobile download offerings to include ringtones, pictures, short videos and games - in addition to music files - and ClickandBuy’s solution offered the flexibility, interactivity and security that we were looking for. Through ClickandBuy we can offer our customers a seamless online payment process – quick, easy and safe.”
”As web content matures, the market is demanding news ways to distribute mobile and digital content across all different types of devices. ClickandBuy’s push into the mobile space will ensure merchants that they can charge for content in a secure manner, no matter what kind of device is being used,” said Fabian G. Siegel, CTO of ClickandBuy.
ClickandBuy is one of the largest ePayment providers for digital content in Europe. With offices in the U.S., UK, France, Spain, Germany and Switzerland the company has 6 million consumers and 6,000 merchants, including Apple iTunes (Europe only), Habbo Hotel, Univision, Kiplinger, The Discovery Channel, iVillage, Skype, EA, SanDisk and UK Fanball. ClickandBuy gives consumers easier access to online digital and paid content, such as games, music, magazines, newspapers, podcasts, chats, blogs and other online content. The service allows merchants to sell globally online without paying high fees, and gives consumers the choice to pay for online content through a variety of payment instruments such as phone billing, credit cards, debit cards or cash using local languages and currencies. ClickandBuy is the safe alternative for merchants, reducing online fraud, expanding market reach and increasing revenues.
About ClickandBuy, LLC
ClickandBuy LLC is a joint venture between BSG Clearing Solutions of San Antonio, TX and Webpay International AG, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The company helps major companies from all over the world increase their digital content and service revenues and reduce fraud problems. Besides providing services directly to merchants, ClickandBuy has established licensing agreements with telecom companies, including British Telecom, Swisscom and Telmex. Over six million consumers and 6,000 online merchants are successfully using ClickandBuy worldwide. For more information about ClickandBuy, log on to the website at http://www.clickandbuy.com.
About Nareos
Nareos is a pioneering digital content commerce service provider. The company's flagship service, PeerBox™ Mobile (www.peerboxmobile.com), is the first peer-to-peer file sharing network on mobile phones enabling mobile phone users to legally search, download and share digital content. PeerBox™ enables mobile phone users to search and download millions of songs, ringtones, short videos, pictures and games, a combination of premium licensed content from Nareos' digital media store MyPeerBox™ (www.mypeerbox.com) and free unclaimed content found in open P2P networks. Nareos' other unique services include PeerReach™ - which is facilitating the move towards the legal downloading of digital content on P2P networks, and PeerMind(TM) (www.peermind.com) - the data mining service of global P2P traffic. Nareos has a fast expanding client base of record labels and digital content distributors, and offers a rich catalog of premium content with distribution and sale rights worldwide.
Founded in 2004, Nareos is a privately held company led by Founder and CEO Alexander Lazovsky. Nareos is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA with R&D facilities in Israel and recently established Nareos UK subsidiary. For more information please visit www.nareos.com.
Contact and additional information:
U.S. Contact: Stuart Ginsberg(212) 812-2400 x29
stuart.ginsberg@clickandbuy.com
