MACH Acquires End2End; Partnership to Advance Offering of Value Added Solutions to Mobile...

BARCELONA, Spain -- MACH, one of the leading providers of inter-operator solutions to the telecommunications and data industry worldwide, announced today its acquisition of End2End, Europe's leading provider of outsourced solutions for mobile data, based in Aalborg, Denmark. The financial

End2End's wide solutions portfolio and complementary business model will provide MACH a platform for developing new innovative outsourcing propositions such as extending data and financial clearing to handling clients' content.

Lars Torpe Christoffersen, C.E.O. of MACH, said: "We are always looking at new ways to meet our clients' needs. This acquisition is the first step in the strategy we are executing with our partner, global private equity investor Warburg Pincus to build a significantly larger business meeting the needs of our mobile operator clients."

Torpe Christoffersen continued: "The mobile data industry is already a significant market with large growth potential as the convergence of mobile, wireless and fixed-line technologies evolves. As a leader in its field, there were many interested buyers so we are extremely satisfied that we came out as End2End's new partner. With our international scale and their unmatched skills in mobile data delivery we will be able to create synergies and accelerate our growth opportunities in this market together."

Commenting on the acquisition Peter Langkilde, chairman and co-founder of End2End, said: "In MACH we have a reliable and firmly positioned partner. They can provide us with the financial support and commitment to develop further and grow our business in the global market for outsourced mobile data solutions." He added: "Our companies share similar business models delivering managed services, as well as the same target client base, giving MACH a natural understanding of the key elements for success in our business. This is a great step forward for both End2End's customers and employees."

End2End's managed service solutions are powering the delivery of data services and content to end-users across more than 50 mobile operators in over 20 countries on five continents. Its turnkey connectivity solutions allow companies to connect quickly and easily to multiple mobile operator SMS/MMS environments. It also offers a suite of standard value added solutions to help mobile operators, media companies and content providers to launch on-portal, off-portal and direct-to-consumer mobile data propositions such as games, video, music, etc. To complement these solutions, End2End also offers a portfolio of third-party developed content including several thousands of top quality items.

Following the close of the transaction, End2End will operate as stand alone business under the End2End brand as part of the MACH Group.

End2End was founded in 2000 and has over 80 employees in its Denmark headquarters and offices in Wurtzburg, Germany.

About End2End

End2End is Europe's leading provider of outsourced solutions for mobile data. End2End operates a unique service delivery infrastructure, specifically designed for the hosting, management, and delivery of mobile data services and content as managed services. End2End offers a wide range of managed service solutions and complementary professional services to meet the needs of mobile operators, portals, media companies, content providers, and other companies looking to leverage the opportunities presented by the growing popularity of mobile data. End2End's customers include leading companies such as Lycos Mobile, MSN, Orange, Sony NetServices and Vodafone.

End2End was selected by both Red Herring and Tornado Insider as one of the top 100 private companies in Europe and Israel in 2005 for its leading role in innovation and technology.

For more information about End2End, please visit www.end2endmobile.com.

About MACH

MACH provides advanced inter-operator solutions to the telecommunications and data industry worldwide assisting clients to develop and secure existing and new revenue streams. The company focuses on clearing and billing services within roaming, Interconnect, EDI and WLAN as well as value added services, including business intelligence, revenue assurance, fraud detection, re-pricing and MMS Interworking. For further information please visit www.mach.com