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Info Touch, EWI Prepaid pair on PIN-based products

October 13, 2004

SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER -- Info Touch Technologies has entered into a strategic alliance with EWI Prepaid, a global provider of advanced prepaid services and technologies, to deliver a PIN-based line of prepaid products on retail kiosk networks across North America.

Through this partnership, Info Touch has integrated EWI's PinXpress payment-processing solution into its proprietary kiosk security and management platform, Surfnet Premiere.

According to a news release, Info Touch is utilizing EWI's patented PinXpress technology to sell and deliver any PIN-based products or services to consumers in public locations.

Consumers are empowered to pay for PINs in cash, credit card, debit card, check or any other payment type supported by Surfnet Premiere. Acording to the release, PINs are ideally suited for prepaid goods such as:

• Prepaid long distance
• Prepaid wireless top-ups
• Prepaid local dial-tone
• Prepaid mobile content (such as graphics, games and ring-tones)
• Prepaid Wi-Fi access
• Prepaid directory assistance

Info Touch offere an assortment of these prepaid telecom products in hundreds of kiosks in the United States through its various kiosk networks in a variety of public settings including convenience stores, malls, airports, wireless products retail stores and hotels.

"We are thrilled to join forces with EWI Prepaid. Its PinXpress technology enables Info Touch to literally stock the virtual shelves of its various kiosk networks that utilize Surfnet Premiere with tangible and valuable products and services," said Hamed Shahbazi, chairman and chief executive officer of Info Touch Technologies Corp.

"Info Touch can now virtually fulfill PIN-based products in a secure and robust way in any public location, which will increase recurring revenues and improve the ROI for kiosk operators that use our technology."

Said Patrick Hazel, chief executive officer of EWI Prepaid, "EWI is pleased to be working with Info Touch, a company that sets the standard for kiosk technology. We are confident its use of our patented PinXpress payment solution will deliver the competitive advantage needed to prosper in the retail environment."

He added, "More and more, retailers are recognizing that self-service kiosks are a superior and cost effective way to sell prepaid services, and PinXpress is the standard for these environments."

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[Editor's note: Info Touch Technologies became Tio Networks in April 2006.]