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TIO Network expands with Speedway SuperAmerica

July 12, 2005

BURNABY, B.C. - Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced in a news release the deployment of 15 `Speed e-connect' kiosks at select Speedway SuperAmerica LLC locations in Toledo, Ohio. This expansion follows the successful January 2005 launch of a `Speed e-connect' network in Dayton. Through this initiative, "cash preferred" c-store patrons now can securely and conveniently pay their bills with cash anytime at their local Speedway store.

Powered by Info Touch's Premiere software, `Speed e-connect' terminals provide customers with convenient access to a wide variety of services, including bill payments for wireless, utility, cable and other service providers. Bill payment services typically carry a small convenience fee for usage. `Speed e-connect' terminals are affiliated with Info Touch's TIO Network, which is currently serving customers in 22 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and British Columbia. Info Touch and Speedway plan to unveil additional `Speed e-connect' products and services such as money order, money transfer, prepaid credit and debit cards, check cashing and mobile content. The services will be geared toward the growing cash-preferred market.

"SSA and Info Touch are focused on delivering a host of tangible benefits to cash-preferred customers," said Hamed Shahbazi, chairman and chief executive officer, Info Touch. "Our research supports the notion that the cash-preferred customers are a growing, vital and underserved demographic all over the U.S."

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