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Grenoble, France, 15 November 2005: VoluBill, a leading provider of Data and Content charging solutions for mobile Operators (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WiFi), has appointed John Aalbers as CEO, effective from the beginning of January 2006.

15/11/2005

Aalbers, aged 38, brings to VoluBill over 14 years of experience in Telecommunications software He has worked in senior roles in sales, marketing and product operations and is regarded as a key player in the domain of real time, mediation and charging applications.

John’s experience in telecoms dates back to the early 1990s. From 1992 to Dec 2000 he worked for CGI (Computer Generation Inc) building their Mediation business in EMEA and APAC. In 1998, CGI appointed John as President for the Europe and Asia Pacific regions. John actively participated in the sale of CGI to Intec Telecom Systems at the end of 2000. More recently John‘s role at Intec has been as VP for Charging and Billing Products. He has been a member of the executive team responsible for Intec’s global expansion and impressive growth over the last 5 years
 
André Meyer, a co-founder and CEO of VoluBill since 2002, who was instrumental in the development of VoluBill, will move to the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
During Meyer’s tenure as CEO, the company has grown dynamically and established itself as the leading independent data charging company, with GPRS and 3G reference customers such as Airtel, Orange, Globe Telecom, Celcom and Orascom in all regions and global partners.

He spearheaded the development of a comprehensive range of carrier class charging solutions for the telecoms operators and laid the foundations for Volubill’s next phase of growth.

 “We warmly welcome John as the CEO who will leverage VoluBill’s success to date and build a strong and long-term presence in the rapidly growing 3G control and charging market around the world” said Olivier Protard General Partner at Sofinnova Partners (Paris) and currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

“John’s experience and industry reputation combined with the strong management team, supported by Andre’s knowledge and energy, will be the winning ingredients to take VoluBill to the next stage” he added.

“I am thrilled to be joining a dynamic and ambitious company such as VoluBill, It is clear to me that VoluBill has the right technology solutions at the right time.” said John Aalbers. “There are clear signs that the long awaited growth in compelling IP based services has now taken off and VoluBill is very well positioned to capitalise on this” added Aalbers.

Notes to editors
 
VoluBill provides comprehensive, flexible data charging solutions to the Telecom Operators allowing them to address control and charging challenges raised by current and next generation networks based services:
- No leakage Prepaid and Postpaid data & content charging
- Flexible 3G services charging and control
- Peer to Peer services (i.e VoIP) charging and control
- Charging and control for converged fixed-Mobile services
- Enhancements to  existing M-Payments and M-Commerce solutions

Founded end of 2001, VoluBill is a privately owned company, backed by strong International investors (Deutsche Venture Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, Argo Global Capital and SPEF Ventures) with customer reference sites across the globe.

For Further Information (Press Only) please contact:
Cécile Paganelli
Tel: +33 4 76 04 37 02
Cecile.paganelli@volubill.com