CEO Pieter de Villiers Named Top Visionary Wireless Leader and Clickatell Messaging Gateway Recognized for Alerting, Application Development and Marketing Power in the Enterprise

Redwood City, CA, November 10, 2008 – Clickatell, leading global mobile messaging provider, today announced several notable honors from the seventh annual Mobile Star Awards for 2008. Having received over 150 entries from 80 leading companies around the world and counting over 2,300 votes, Mobile Star promotes top companies, products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.

”There are thousands of new applications, technologies and devices launched each year, making it a tough choice for IT professionals to keep up with these trends,” says MobileVillage Editor Gary Thayer. “By showcasing the best companies, partners and products available in the market today, awards program like the Mobile Star Awards™ help IT professionals make the best decisions for their companies.”

Clickatell wins top honors in four categories at 2008 Mobile Star Awards:
Most Visionary Wireless Leader - Clickatell CEO Pieter de Villiers (Gold)
Best Alerting/Messaging System for Enterprise - Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Gold)
Best Application Development Solution for Enterprise - Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Silver)
Best Marketing Solution for Enterprise, Clickatell Messaging Gateway (Silver)

“I am honored to be acknowledged as a wireless leader by Mobile Star but really see our customers as the true visionaries,” says Pieter de Villiers – Clickatell CEO. ”Since founding Clickatell back in 2000, our vision has been to serve the anytime, anywhere mobile messaging needs of businesses, communities and governments around the world. Everyday, our customers prove the myriad of ways that SMS improves people’s lives -- from notifications for critical healthcare to patients, to helping people to better manage their financial lives, to helping people to stay instantly informed and better communicate in their daily lives, to helping to provide safe school campuses around the world, and much more.  Clickatell has worked with over 8,300 customers to help make this vision a reality.”

Clickatell’s Messaging Gateway is being used by enterprises of all sizes across hundreds of industry sectors in over 200 countries. By extending reach to mobile phones, Clickatell easily integrates mobile messaging into critical enterprise customer-facing applications such as the Call Center, CRM, Marketing, and others to improve customer and end user communication, interaction and servicing.  As a result, Clickatell customers experience improved productivity, increased cost efficiency and stronger loyalty from their end-customers and users.

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