TORONTO, July 21, 2009
Users Can Now Send and Receive Money Instantly Using a
BlackBerry Smartphone and Most Mobile Phones
EnStream LP is pleased to announce that the Zoompass™ mobile application is now available for download on the BlackBerry® Storm™ smartphone. As Canada’s first mobile payment service, Zoompass gives Canadians a fast and convenient way to send and receive money securely using their mobile phone.
A member of the BlackBerry ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Alliance Program, EnStream now offers support for all BlackBerry smartphones. EnStream is committed to delivering quality mobile payment solutions for future BlackBerry smartphones.
The Zoompass mobile application allows users to access their Zoompass account through their BlackBerry Storm or other BlackBerry smartphones anytime, anywhere. Users can instantly and securely send and receive money, request money, check their account balance, review their transaction history and more.
Zoompass is available for download on BlackBerry App World™ as well as from Zoompass.com .
“The Zoompass mobile application for the BlackBerry Storm smartphone marks the final step in providing the user-friendly Zoompass interface for a broad range of BlackBerry smartphones,” said Robin Dua, President of EnStream. “We are excited to work with RIM and look forward to continuing to offer innovative mobile payment solutions for BlackBerry smartphones in the future.”
Zoompass makes it easy to split a bill, request sports team fees, solicit money for a co-worker’s gift or pay a housekeeper, babysitter or dog-walker. Zoompass is available to the more than 21 million mobile phone users on the Bell Mobility, Rogers, and TELUS networks, as well as to customers of their respective sub-brands and affiliates including Fido, PC Mobile, and Solo Mobile.
For more information, visit Get Zoompass on your computer, or www.zoompass.mobi on your mobile phone.
About EnStream LP
EnStream LP is a mobile commerce company working to bring transformational wireless payment solutions to market together with its carrier partners. With anytime-anywhere money transfers and payments representing a new frontier of wireless services, EnStream’s mandate is to develop standardized, secure, and easy-to-use mobile commerce services that work on almost all mobile phones across Canadian wireless carriers and with existing credit, debit, and prepaid capabilities offered by financial institutions. EnStream is a joint venture company owned by Canada’s three leading national wireless operators – Bell Mobility, Rogers Communications Inc., and TELUS Corporation. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. For further information, please visit www.enstream.com.
EnStream and Zoompass are trademarks of EnStream LP. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.
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Media Contact:
| Elayne Miles EnStream LP Tel: +1-416-365-9000 ext. 223 Mobile: +1-416-617-4506 elayne.miles@enstream.com |
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