MACH, the leading clearing and settlement partner for mobile based transactions, has announced that mobilkom austria group, which connects more that 10 million subscribers over six countries, has renewed its contract for Data Clearing services with the company.

mobilkom austria group has signed a new contract with MACH for the reliable and timely exchange of billing and settlement information across all companies in the mobilkom austria group. This includes mobile communications providers mobilkom austria and its subsidiaries: Mobiltel in Bulgaria, Vipnet in Croatia, Si.mobil in Slovenia mobilkom liechtenstein and mobile communication providers currently being established in Serbia and Macedonia.

MACH Data Clearing services provide mobilkom austria group with a stable foundation on which the participating operators exchange roaming data, ensuring safe and reliable dataflow in accordance with GSMA specifications.

Wolfgang Partsch, IT Quality Manager at mobilkom austria commented, “MACH has vast experience in the Data Clearing market and having worked with them for over several years, we have developed a strong partnership. The decision to renew the contract for Data Clearing services was easy to make, based on MACH’s continued effort to provide us with world-class customer service and an extremely effective solution.”

Martin Lippert, Chief Executive Officer at MACH said, “mobilkom austria’s decision to continue working with us is evidence of how MACH’s Data Clearing services are having a real impact on the operator’s business. With over 400 Data Clearing clients, MACH has the expertise to deliver results and we look forward to continuing a long and successful partnership with mobilkom austria.”

About MACH
MACH is the leading clearing and settlement partner for mobile based transactions. We help telecommunications companies and enterprises across the world to secure and develop existing and new revenue streams. We specialise in outsourced solutions within roaming clearing and billing, Interconnect and WLAN. In addition, we deliver mobile content services through the independently operating brand End2End as well as EDI under the Progrator brand.

Our global client base comprises the leading international telecommunication companies, including established national operators on five continents and new licensees worldwide. With more than 500 employees and offices in 11 countries throughout the world, we combine global expertise and operations with local knowledge in each of our markets. For further information please visit www.mach.com

About mobilkom austria group
The mobilkom austria group is represented in Central and Eastern Europe and includes mobilkom austria in Austria, Vipnet in Croatia, Mobiltel in Bulgaria, Si.mobil in Slovenia, mobilkom liechtenstein in Liechtenstein and mobile communication providers currently being established in Serbia and Macedonia.

Roughly 6,000 employees serve now more than 10 million customers. In the 2006 business year, the mobilkom austria group generated revenues of EUR 2,902.6 million and EBITDA of EUR 1,175.4 million. The mobilkom austria group stands for progress: The World’s first launch of GPRS in Austria in 2000, one of Europe’s first commercial UMTS network in Austria in 2003, the introduction of EDGE technology as the first company in Slovenia in 2003 and the first to market introduction of HSDPA by mobilkom austria in Austria, Mobiltel in Bulgaria and Vipnet in Croatia in 2006 underscore the Group’s leadership in innovations. The know-how transfer amongst the companies and markets allows the rapid development and implementation of all products and services throughout the entire group.

More information about mobilkom austria and the mobilkom austria group is available from www.mobilkomaustria.com