Consilient Listed as Finalist for Top International 'Mobile Innovation' Award from GSM Association

Two Finalists to Compete for Award in Macau on November 12, 2007

St. John's, Canada - 1 November, 2007 - Consilient was named a finalist for the prestigious Asia Mobile Innovation Awards. The awards will take place in Macau, Asia on November 12, 2007 as part of the GSM's Mobile Asia Congress. GSM is the global association for mobile operators. Consilient is competing against one other finalist in the "Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service" category.

The Asia Mobile Innovation Awards recognize the most promising companies in four categories by a panel of judges comprised of senior executives from investment firms and mobile operators. Award winners will be determined at the Mobile Innovation Summit on November 12 following a live presentation before the panel of judges. For more information about the awards, go to www.mobileinnovation.org.

Consilient submitted their Push™ messaging application which is re-branded as MobileM@il by their customer, SingTel - in Singapore. Singaporeans were the first in the world to receive a completely free mobile email service from SingTel (no data charges, no subscription fees) when the new service launched in June 2007. Consilient's mobile messaging software for operators has a unique, built-in advertising capability called Push adSpotz™ which enables advertisers to fully sponsor the mobile email service through advertising. In exchange for completely free mobile email, customers receive targeted and interactive ads that enhance, rather than hinder a user's email experience. Advertisers for SingTel's service include, KFC, Pizza Hut, GlaxoSmith Kline and Sony Ericsson.

"Southeast Asia is leading the adoption of disruptive technologies like advertising-funded mobile messaging," said Trevor Adey, Consilient CEO. "Consilient is delighted that our technology which brings free mobile services to consumers, has been chosen as a finalist. We plan to partner with more mobile operators and advertisers to bring free mobile applications and data to the 2.5 billion mobile phone users in the world and in turn, enable brand advertisers to reach their target markets through mobile phones," Adey added.

"We are thrilled with the quality of innovations submitted to the Asia Mobile Innovation Awards," said Bill Gajda, Chief Commercial Officer of the GSMA. "The eight finalists, which hail from seven different countries, are truly 'best of breed'. The Mobile Innovation Program aspires to create a global environment for getting business done, by discovering and showcasing exceptional products and companies to top executives from operators, VCs and equipment vendors," added Bill Gajda, CCO & CMO, GSMA.

For more information about Consilient Push, go to http://www.consilient.com/push/operator/

About Consilient®

Consilient is a mobile software developer whose customers include SingTel, AIS and Telkomsel. Consilient's mobile messaging and advertising solutions are targeted for the consumer market. Operators have the flexibility to offer Consilient's mobile email solution as a completely free application funded by advertising or as paid service to their subscribers. Consilient also provides operators with a mobile advertising platform designed to manage an operator's entire mobile marketing business. Consilient was named an Innovation Leader by the National Research Council of Canada and its CEO was named Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. Consilient was founded in 2000 and has offices in North America and Southeast Asia.

About GSM's Mobile Innovation Awards

The GSMA, the global trade association for mobile operators, set up the Mobile Innovation Program to help small and medium-sized companies developing innovative mobile products and services reach mobile operators and bring their innovations to end-users. The program is designed to stimulate and showcase innovation around mobile services and better align innovators with the needs of the mobile industry and its customers.

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