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Movilisto Group
The Movilisto Group is based in Madrid and comprises of operations in Spain, France, Portugal, Romania, Mexico and Brazil.  Movilisto, previously a privately owned company with an 18 month history, was acquired in 2003 as the Spanish market leader in direct-to-consumer activities, a position it maintains to this day.  The management team emanated from Telecinco, one of the largest TV channels in Spain and was supplemented by strong marketing, technical and financial resources.  This team has been responsible for aggressively scaling the B2C model into Portugal, France, Morocco, Romania, Mexico and is also scheduled to launch the B2C model into Brazil.  In addition to the B2C focus, Movilisto also has a strong business to business capability built on its experience in offering mobile services to Antena3 and Telecinco.

iTouch South Africa
iTouch South Africa commenced operations in 1995 with an exclusive mobile service agreement with Vodacom, the leading carrier and affiliate of the international Vodafone Group.  Based in Cape Town, this company comprises operations in South Africa and Nigeria, with significant potential for further growth into other developing African centres (Ghana, Egypt, East Africa).  Similar to the Movilisto Group, iTouch South Africa operates both a B2C model with its brand 35050 and B2B solutions in the form of bulk-sms facilities to over 520 South African corporations, including banks and major retail chains.

sms.at
sms.at was founded in Austria in 1999 as a mobile entertainment web portal generating revenues through several mechanisms including downloads, bulk purchasing of SMS messages sent from the portal, advertising revenues, chat, business SMS services and commissions from the sale of airtime recharge cards. Acquired by iTouch in September 2005, sms.at has been instrumental in launching similar services into Switzerland and Germany and is in the process of preparing for launches into the subscriber-bases currently existing within other iTouch territories.

iTouch Australia
iTouch Australia was established in 2000 following Independent News and Media Taking a shareholding in the iTouch Group in 1999 prior to its listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2000. The company secured contracts for the provision of solutions with the carriers Optus and Telstra in early 2001 and handset manufacturer Motorola in 2003. More recently, in 2006 iTouch Australia secured a contract with handset manufacturer Sagem for the provision of a range of mobile value added services.

Mobivillage
Following the 100% acquisition of the iTouch Group by Jasdaq listed For-Side.com in 2005, For-Side’s other European operations were subsequently rolled into the iTouch Group, including Mobivillage which is headquartered in France and was founded in 2000.  The company has a long standing relationship with two of the top tier carriers in France, specifically Orange and SFR which it secured long term agreements with in 2002 and 2003 respectively.  In 2006 Mobivillage secured a contract with Vodafone Czech Republic and Fnac Mobile for the provision of full track music download solutions. Mobivillage was initially acquired by For-side.com in 2004.

Akumiitti
Akumiitti was also rolled into the iTouch Group following the acquisition of iTouch by For-side.com. The company is headquartered in Finland and was founded in 1993 and acquired by For-Side.com in 2004. In 2003 the company secured the client Orange UK followed by Meteor Ireland in 2004.  In 2006, Akumiitti commenced providing a pan European mobile portal solution for handset manufacturer BenQ and mobile search solutions for search and directory company Fonecta Finland.

Ostrich Media
Ostrich Media pioneered Call TV in the UK by completing the first test of the format in late 2004 on the Entertainment Channel E4.  In May 2005, Ostrich Media was formally established and commenced broadcasting the interactive Call TV show, Quiz Call. Up until October 2006, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of 4Ventures Limited, which is itself a subsidiary of the public-service commercial broadcaster Channel 4 Television Corporation. The company was subsequently purchased by iTouch where it has successfully expanded Ostrich Media’s operations into Spain and recently signed a deal to enter China in April 2007. To date, over £5m in prize money has been given away to over 20,000 winners and the company retains the record for the biggest Call TV jackpot in history of £1m.

iTouch UK and Ireland
iTouch’s UK and Irish businesses were established in 2000 following Independent News and Media taking a shareholding in the iTouch Group in 1999 prior to its listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2000. iTouch UK maintains a close relationship with Channel 4 UK and iTouch Ireland with Independent News and Media.

Telitas
Following the 100% acquisition of the iTouch Group by Jasdaq listed For-Side.com in 2005, Telitas was subsequently rolled into the iTouch Group having being acquired by For-Side.com. Telitas has operations in Benelux and Scandinavia and maintains a close working relationship with Broadcaster SBS.