ClickandBuy Chooses mBlox for Worldwide SMS Project

ClickandBuy, a hosted ePayments provider for digital content and services, today announced its new SMS worldwide service from mBlox, which will enable text-messaging services for consumers and merchants throughout Europe and the United States. A first step toward a mobile platform, ClickandBuy plans to build a complete infrastructure for mobile payments within the next six months.

mBlox, the world’s largest mobile transaction network specializing in providing operator connectivity and mobile billing capabilities, will work with ClickandBuy in preparing a global payments system that will enable the easy billing of content through mobile devices.

”Our partnership with mBlox will enable us to further expand our worldwide offering of an easy and complete ePayments platform. Our international merchants will now have a more seamless way of providing their services to its customers through this agreement with mBlox,” said Norbert Stangl, CEO of ClickandBuy.

”SMS is a very ubiquitous and powerful channel for connecting people with their financial world,” said Steve Livingston, chief marketing officer of mBlox. ”We are delighted to work together with ClickandBuy to provide an advanced and comprehensive mobile payments service for consumers and merchants alike.”

ClickandBuy is more than a payment processor. A hosted eCommerce platform, merchants use ClickandBuy for the outsourcing of critical back office functions including multicurrency capabilities, fraud detection, live customer care, eCommerce consultations and various billing options such as credit/debit, eCheck and phone billing. ClickandBuy processes, handles and manages digital, paid and web-based content for games, songs, movies, streaming video, podcasts, VoIP calls, television and publishing.

About ClickandBuy
ClickandBuy helps merchants from all over the world increase their eCommerce
revenues related to digital content and services. The ClickandBuy platform is an ASP that offers many services such as over 40 different payment methods, fraud detection and live customer care. More than 7,000 online merchants are successfully using ClickandBuy worldwide. In the last year ClickandBuy has received major investments, including $23M from 3i (ww.3i.com), a 10% position taken by Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile Venture fund and an investment from Intel Capital.
ClickandBuy’s main offices are located in Zug, Switzerland, Cologne, Germany, London and New York City. For more information visit http://ww.clickandbuy.com


About mBlox
mBlox is the world’s largest mobile transaction network. The company specializes in simplifying the complexities, commercial and technical, of mobile billing and message transmission for our clients. Via a carrier-grade network, mBlox enables companies to communicate with mobile subscribers on more than 500 carriers in 180 countries, millions of times each day. The company has U.S. headquarters in Silicon Valley, with EMEA headquarters in London, Asia headquarters in Singapore and offices around the world. For further information, visit http://www.mblox.com

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Media Contact:
Stuart Ginsberg
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stuart.ginsberg@clickandbuy.com