WebGate Service is the first mobile internet gateway product capable ofmanaging all traffic types. Uniquely positioned in the core data path of thenetwork, the product analyzes and processes traffic at the application level.For example, operators can control the quality of video downloads todifferentiate service between premium plan and standard plan subscribers.

WebGate Service is available with the new release of Bytemobile'sUnison(TM) Mobile Internet Platform, which has the capacity to handle overtwice the volume of data traffic as the previous version. Other features ofthe new release include acceleration of web page downloads on smartphones,including Apple's 3G iPhone.

Customized Services and Traffic Control

"WebGate Service enables our customers to launch customized data services,including intelligent pricing plans with adaptive enforcement of fair usepolicies," said Adrian Hall, Bytemobile chief marketing officer. "Ourresearch indicates that 2% of mobile data users generate approximately 50% ofdata traffic. WebGate Service provides an effective gatekeeper, monitoringdata usage and applying policy rules based on user profile, device type,traffic type, and other criteria to ensure fine control of service quality."

Hall continued, "The new Unison platform offers operators unprecedentedlevels of scalability, while protecting their existing infrastructureinvestment, by further improving overall network efficiency through smartoptimization. This is mission-critical when data traffic over tier-onenetworks is growing at 10-15% per month and rapidly consuming networkcapacity."

Cost-Effective Network Scalability

According to industry estimates, mobile data traffic will roughly doubleeach year from 2008 through 2012. Australian IT reported that some AppleiPhone users consume more than 100 MB of data per month. Consequently,traffic management and network scalability will have direct impact on thecompetitiveness and profitability of network operators. With the servicecontrol capabilities of WebGate Service and the doubled capacity of the newUnison platform, operators can continue to scale their networks ahead of datausage trends, within the footprint of their existing installations.

Faster Smartphone Downloads

Gartner reported that global sales of smartphones reached 64 million inthe first half of 2008, up 22% from the same period of 2007. As growingnumbers of users rely on mobile devices for their personal computing needs,their impatience with web page download times increases proportionately. As aresult, smart optimization is becoming imperative even for operators of HSPAand other high-speed networks. The new release of Bytemobile's WebVelocity(TM) Engine optimization solution significantly speeds up browserdownloads on all smartphones while reducing traffic volume over the network.

About Bytemobile, Inc.

Bytemobile is a tier-one provider of integrated mobile internet solutionswhich enable wireless network operators to deliver value-added data servicesto consumers on mass-market cellular phones, feature phones, smartphones, andlaptops. Bytemobile(R) solutions are installed in the networks of 96operators in 53 countries and 12 of the world's top 15 tier-one operators.Customers include AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, KDDI, KPN, Orange,Orascom, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia Mobile, Telefonica O2,TeliaSonera, Vodafone, and WILLCOM. Bytemobile is a privately held companywith regional sales and support offices in Wokingham, U.K.; Dubai, U.A.E.;Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; Singapore; and Sydney, Australia; and researchand development centers in Mountain View, California; Patras, Greece; andChampaign, Illinois. To learn more about Bytemobile, visit the company'swebsite at http://www.bytemobile.com.

Bytemobile, the Bytemobile logo, WebGate, Unison, and Web Velocity aretrademarks of Bytemobile, Inc. and may be registered in some jurisdictions.All other product or service names are the property of their respectiveowners.

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