paybox Nominated for eco Internet Award 2007 in Mobile Service Category

(PRWEB) June 15, 2007 -- paybox, the trend setting company for mobile payment enterprise solutions, proudly announces its nomination for the prestigious eco Internet Award 2007 in the Mobile Service category. eco as the Association of German Internet Enterprises represents 300 members and aims to enhance the commercial use of the Internet, thereby strengthening Germany's position in the global internet economy.

The eco Award honors companies with outstanding Internet Business products or services. With a distinct increase in applications to almost 200 this year, the eco Award proves its significance for the internet industry. paybox's nomination in the Mobile Service category emphasizes its contribution to the Mobile Internet business and highlights its role as one of the top performing companies in the mobile payment and mobile commerce space.

paybox submitted its trend setting Mobile Service Delivery Platform "Mobile Wizard" which optimizes the entire customer development life cycle. By linking only a single short code with the Mobile Wizard, business customers can build several scenarios:

We are extremely happy about this nomination. By working side-by-side with our customers, the Mobile Wizard has not only turned into the core marketing component of the paybox Mobiliser platform, but has become a one-of-a-kind ASP solution for mobile service Mobile operators such as Maxis in Malaysia can market many of its mobile services via one number improving marketing efficiencies and the user experience of its existing messaging services. Financial service provider or banks such as Lari Group in the U.A.E. can consolidate its existing messaging services via one number TV stations or Content Providers such as GoSports in Egypt can actively market international mobile services such as votings via one global SMS short code and still bill these contents locally. Retailers can launch its own global mobile shopping and payment product via one global SMS short code
"We are extremely happy about this nomination. By working side-by-side with our customers, the Mobile Wizard has not only turned into the core marketing component of the paybox Mobiliser platform, but has become a one-of-a-kind ASP solution for mobile service", said Eckhard Ortwein, CEO of paybox.

The winners of the eco Internet Awards 2007 will be announced at the Awards Gala in Cologne on Tuesday, June 19. For more information on eco, please visit www.eco.de

About paybox
paybox solutions AG ("paybox") is the trendsetting company for mobile payment enterprise solutions. Founded in 1999, paybox was the first to launch mass-marketable mobile payment solutions in five European markets. In 2005, paybox was rated by industry experts as having the broadest mobile commerce portfolio worldwide. paybox´s patented award winning technology has proven technical and operational reliability with highest, overall service availability. Used by leading global service companies such as mobilkom and ONE in Austria, MasterCard, Vodafone Egypt and Maxis Malaysia, by five million end users and 15.000 merchants, paybox enterprise solutions are deployed across Europe, America, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For more information on paybox, please visit www.paybox.net