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Djibouti City, Djibouti – May 8th, 2013 – The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) has announced today that it has been selected by BICS, a leading global provider of international carrier services, to serve as its location for a gateway hub in East Africa. BICS will leverage the Djibouti Data Center’s strategic position in East Africa as the major meeting point for undersea fiber optic cable systems connecting Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, to Africa.

cVidya Networks, a leading provider of revenue analytics solutions for communications and digital service providers, and BICS, a global provider of wholesale carrier services, have entered into a strategic partnership that will reduce fraud across the worldwide telecoms industry. BICS will use cVidya’s FraudView® solution to detect and prevent fraud across its extensive wholesale network and also provide it as a service as part of its Mosaic portfolio.

BICS, a leading global provider of international carrier services and a pioneer in the mobile financial services market, today announced an agreement with Airtel Africa, a provider of mobile communications services to the African market, to facilitate mobile money transfers throughout Africa. This agreement applies to all of the markets covered by Airtel in the African region and it will allow Airtel Money subscribers to send and receive money transfers over the operator’s network.

The Vodafone Group, one of the largest mobile communications companies in the world, today announced an agreement with BICS to join the HomeSend remittance hub.

Vodafone customers will soon be able to receive funds to their M-Pesa account from friends and family abroad following the closing of this deal.

The Vodafone release is available on the Vodafone website.

BICS and CONTACT system, the leading money transfer organization in Russia operated by RUSSLAVBANK (est. 1990), have signed an agreement for the use of the HomeSend hub to enable remittances towards Russia and the CIS countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan).

Lycamoney, the Financial Services division of the Lycamobile Group, and BICS, part of theBelgacom Group and a prominent international provider of Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services, today announced that they have launched new remittance corridors between the UK, Morocco and the Philippines. Lycamoney users will be able to send money instantly and cost effectively to their friends and family anywhere in Morocco and the Philippines, through the HomeSend remittance hub.

BICS, a leading global provider of wholesale carrier services and a first mover in the mobile financial services market, and mHITs Limited, a pioneering developer and operator of mobile payment services, today announced that mHITs has connected to the international remittance hub, HomeSend.

Wafacash, subsidiary of the Attijariwafa Bank Group and Moroccan leader in international money transfers, and BICS, part of the Belgacom Group and a prominent international provider of Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services, announced today that they have launched a new remittance corridor between Belgium and Morocco.

BICS, a leading global provider of voice, messaging, roaming, connectivity and mobile financial services, is proud to have been chosen by MTS (OJSC Mobile TeleSystems), the largest mobile operator in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as their Signalling provider for its group companies.

BICS, a leading global provider of Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services, and VNPT EPAY, a VNPT affiliate and Vietnam's expert in Mobile Wallets and Payment Services, today announced that VNPT EPAY has connected to the HomeSend international remittance hub.

MTN and BICS have announced today that they will launch International Remittances services with MTN Ghana, utilizing HomeSend, a mobile centric remittance hub operated by BICS and powered by its technology partner eServGlobal.

EastNets, a leading global provider of compliance and payments solutions and services, has announced that it has recently signed a partnership with BICS, a leading global provider of Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services, to connect its newly launched mobile remittance solution known as en.MoRe to BICS' HomeSend solution.

BICS a leading global provider of Voice, Data and Value Added Services, is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement to provide Roaming Hub services to the MTN Group, the biggest mobile operator group in Africa and Middle East.

BICS, a leading global provider of voice, data and value added services, is proud to have been chosen by Wataniya Mobile for their global roaming coverage through BICS’ Instant Roaming solution. This service will provide Wataniya’s Palestinian Territories’ subscribers with access to a global roaming footprint for Voice, SMS, GRPS, CAMEL, 3G and BlackBerry. The service is underpinned by Dual IMSI technology, which has been developed in conjunction with Proximus, Belgium’s largest mobile operator.

Belgacom ICS (BICS) and MTN are pleased to announce the closing of the transaction which results in a combination of their international carrier services and MTN taking an equity stake in BICS. The agreement was announced on 26 June 2009 and received approval of all relevant government, regulatory and competition authorities in the meantime.
As of today, 1 December 2009, BICS will progressively integrate MTN ICS, MTN’s international wholesale subsidiary, and will act as the official gateway for carrier services of MTN globally. Belgacom will own 57.6% of BICS’ shares, Swisscom 22.4% and MTN 20.0% with a board representation.

Belgacom ICS (BICS) and MTN announce a next step in their strategic co-operation by combining their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS. The current shareholders of BICS, Belgacom and Swisscom, are therefore pleased to see MTN become a new shareholder.

The GSMA today announced new developments in its Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) programme, an initiative that leverages mobile to facilitate access to money transfer services. Complementing the successful alliance that has been in place with The Western Union Company for the past eighteen months, the GSMA has selected Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) and its technology partner eServGlobal as a new remittance provider in the MMT programme. To add further flexibility for operators, the GSMA has also chosen the RBS Group, a global bank, as a remittance partner and is working with them to finalise the offering.