Fresh Promise Foods widened its Harvest Soul Organic Chewable Juice line earlier this month when it unveiled two new flavors at the 2015 Natural Products Expo East, and the reception to this point has been reportedly positive. Despite the rapidly evolving landscape of the natural beverage industry, FPFI is firmly positioned to benefit from the marketability of its innovative product line.

“[Juice companies] are starting to evolve into having to have something else be a value add to their product or point of differentiation,” John Craven, chief executive officer of BevNET, stated in a video round up following the expo. “We have some that are adding probiotics and there are a couple of chewable ones… So far, I like what I see, and the response is definitely pretty positive.”

In recent years, innovative juice products have reinvigorated the market and spurred tremendous growth. According to a report by the LA Times, the cold-pressed juice segment, which features juices extracted without the use of heat, is currently valued at $100 million. The industry has also, traditionally, maintained a relatively low barrier of entry, with more than two-thirds of the juice market attributed to independent brands. However, all indications point to a shift away from this trend in the coming years, as larger beverage companies look to capitalize on the popularity of these healthy soft drink alternatives by establishing larger footholds in the market.

The first step toward this anticipated shift took place earlier this year, when cold-pressed juice producer Suja Life LLC announced a minority investment deal with The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO). Following this $90 million investment, the global beverage powerhouse will begin distributing Suja products through its expansive distribution network, effectively limiting the ability of startups and independent beverage companies in the cold-pressed juice segment to gain traction on a nationwide basis.

FPFI remains in a favorable position to promote growth in the coming months by leaning on the unique benefits of the Harvest Soul Organic Chewable Juice product line – including the use of blended, chewable juices and the addition of healthy probiotics. In fact, the Suja deal could have a positive impact on FPFI’s market potential moving forward.

“That valuation [of Suja] is something that will probably spur additional investment in beverage companies,” continued Craven.

To view BevNET’s full review of the 2015 Natural Products Expo East, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MWE5ez67LU

For more information, visit www.harvestsoul.com

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In a recent interview with QualityStocks, Henryk Dabrowski, chairman and chief executive officer of Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI), described the company’s 2014 sale of majority-owned subsidiary Utiba Americas as a turning point in its efforts to reinvent its business. Since then, Alternet has refined its focus toward two high-growth opportunities in an effort to promote maximized value for shareholders while establishing a sustainable foothold in potentially expansive payment markets.

“Alternet in 2016 will effectively have launched two lines of business, which are solutions for the payment processing industry,” Dabrowski stated during the interview. “We will also have launched our suite of solutions for the data analytics space where we will be targeting markets in the U.S. and Latin America.”

Because of the rapidly expanding demand for big data analytics solutions, the company’s upcoming venture into the big data industry is particularly intriguing. According to reports by the International Data Corporation, the big data technology and services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 26.4 percent through 2018, which is about six times larger than the growth rate of the overall information technology market. At this pace, the market for big data services will surpass $41.5 billion in less than four years.

While this expected growth is certainly noteworthy, the biggest benefit for Alternet likely lies in the current distribution of market share throughout the industry. While tech giants such as HP (NYSE: HPQ), SAP (NYSE: SAP) and GE (NYSE: GE) have certainly thrown their hats into the big data ring, the market has maintained a relatively low barrier of entry for firms with innovative solutions addressing niche demands. Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) is one example of a startup in the big data field that, through a dedication to innovation and improved user experience, has grabbed a significant portion of the market while achieving a 115 percent increase in gross profit in just two years.

Since 2014, the Alternet management team, under the experienced leadership of Dabrowski, has effectively executed a shift from previous technologies to viable, high-growth market opportunities. Keep the company on radar as it focuses on making progress toward the launch of its new business lines in the coming months, giving it an opportunity to promote rapid and sustainable growth.

For more information, visit www.alternetsystems.com

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ENGlobal’s core business is energy-related project delivery solutions. The automation segment is focused on integrated services geared for design, fabrication and implementation of advanced automation, control, instrumentation and process analytical systems. Within ENG’s Automation Engineering vertical is the company’s General Automation Services offering. The company builds shareholder value in many ways. General Automation Services is vital to this effort.

General services covers project management, construction coordination and construction management of automation projects. These projects typically involve DCS migrations, plant re-instrumentations and expansions, and instrument, electrical and control system installation. Additional automation services include loop check, commissioning and start-up support of process control, power distribution and generation, analytical and EPA regulated systems. Comprehensive system troubleshooting is often required at all junctures of an automation project including after a system has been in place for two or more years.

The company employs a staff that possesses the experience to deliver many services for a wide range of automation and control system applications. These services include an exhaustive list of tasks connected with automation and control systems. ENG deploys a team to manage an automation project from conception through start-up and optimization.

ENGlobal is positioned to deliver engineering and project services to the energy sector in the United States and around the world. ENG’s two business segments include Engineering and Automation. The automation segment delivers services for designing, fabricating and implementing advanced automation, instrumentation control and process analytical systems. The engineering component consults on the development and execution of projects where professional engineering and construction management are vital. The company’s Government Services group offers design, engineering, installation and operation to the public sector and facilities around the world. An additional tier of expertise comes in the way of installation and maintenance of automation and instrumentation systems for the U.S. Defense industry on a global scale.

ENG’s corporate headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Houston is also home for the company’s Engineering and Construction / Automation Engineering and Automation Integration and Fabrication facility. Engineering and Construction facilities are located in Denver, Colorado, Mobile, Alabama and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

For more information on the company, visit www.ENGlobal.com

Lingo Media, an EdTech company providing innovative online and print-based technologies and solutions, this morning reported that its subsidiary, ELL Technologies Ltd., and eDistribution SAS, an online education services distribution company in Colombia, have secured a multi-million dollar language learning software development contract in Colombia. The agreement positions both parties to significantly increase learning and professional opportunities for as many as 7 million citizens in Colombia.

eDistribution has selected ELL Technologies to provide a full suite of digital education resources to the National Training Service (“SENA”), a Colombian national public institution focused on the development of education as means to foster employment.

Per the terms agreement, ELL Technologies, in partnership with eDistribution, is currently developing lessons, learning objects and digital resources which SENA will implement into its learning management system. By gaining the ability to pick, choose and adapt learning programs and their components, educators can supplement, complement and enhance their coursework and in-class training.

“SENA has taken a most progressive and innovative approach to learning English and other languages by structuring their program to fit the many different learning environments and requirements to further establish Colombia as a truly bilingual nation,” Gali Bar-Ziv, president and CEO of ELL Technologies, stated in the news release. “We are very excited to deliver the digital learning content and user experience to Latin America’s leading educational institute, positively impacting language education and employment opportunities in Colombia and throughout Latin America.”

Laura Victoria Zabala J., eDistribution´s CEO, noted the importance of multilingualism in Latin America, as well as on a global scale.

“Multilingualism has become a real necessity in our interconnected and globalized world,” she stated. “Through this partnership, eDistribution and ELL Technologies will provide the most technologically advanced and expansive digital content library of all the eLearning programs to be used in Colombia, and will be an example for educators and governments throughout Latin America to establish new educational standards.”

Mario Javier Rincón Triana, special and institutional project coordinator for SENA, explained how the agreement is of particular importance for his organization.

“In the context of Colombia, SENA aims at the improvement of foreign language levels of the Colombian people and SENA’s bilingualism project is particularly important since it has become necessary to boost both the quality and the competence of our learners,” he said.
Finally, the use of digital content has become SENA’s benchmark in the implementation of best practices in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.”

For more information, visit www.lingomedia.com

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International Stem Cell Corp., a biotechnology company developing novel stem cell-based therapies, announced that its scientific team has developed a robust innovative technology to generate functional articular cartilage from the patient’s own skin or adipose tissue to treat osteoarthritis. ISCO believes this technology may allow the company to provide relief to patients suffering from osteoarthritic knee joints, as well as to those with shoulder joints and intervertebral spinal disk osteoarthritis.

Ruslan Semechkin, ISCO’s chief scientific officer, stated, “While we are working on obtaining regulatory approval for the Parkinson’s disease treatment in Australia, as well as in the US, we are also pursuing a number of other therapeutic indications including osteoarthritis, which can potentially be treated with the patient’s own cells.”

Even though osteoarthritis is prevalent in our society, there is a lack of an effective treatment for this disease. Developing and successfully testing a scalable system that permits the generation of functional human cartilage tissue with superior mechanical properties is a significant accomplishment. The capacity to provide greater stability than other tissue that is currently available for the treatment of osteoarthritis is even more impressive.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by progressive erosion of the articular cartilage. Although osteoarthritis can damage any joint in the body, the disorder most commonly affects joints in the hands, knees, hips and spine. The erosion of articular cartilage leads to joint pain, stiffness, and impaired mobility. According to the Arthritis foundation osteoarthritis affects over 27 million Americans with an estimated medical costs of as much as $65 billion.

For more information on the company, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Avant Diagnostics, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a medical diagnostic company specializing in large panel biomarker screening. OvaDx is the company’s first test, a sophisticated microarray-based way to detect pre-symptomatic ovarian cancer by measuring the activation of the immune system in blood samples in response to early stage ovarian tumor cell development.

Identifying the variations of specific genes in the genome is an expanding objective of genetic research, since variations are what define individual characteristics, including disease states or a statistical propensity for disease. Early detection of disease can provide options for earlier treatments that may improve the patient’s chances of survival, as well as their quality of life. It could also mean significant cost savings by avoiding expensive late stage disease treatments.

OvaDx is an advanced microarray-based diagnostic test that measures the activation of the immune system in response to ovarian tumor cell development. It’s the market’s first large-panel screening test for ovarian cancer, and can be used as an elective screen for women seeking greater wellness, and for screening women at elevated risk for ovarian cancer. OvaDx has indicated a high sensitivity and specificity for all types and stages of ovarian cancer, including stage IA-IV borderline serous, clear cell, endometrioid, mixed epithelial, mucinous, serous and ovarian adenocarcinoma. Clinicians will appreciate the following features of OvaDx:

• High sensitivity and specificity for all types and stages of ovarian cancer
• Identifies stage I, II, III and IV disease markers in patient samples
• Detects stage IA disease markers with ~80% sensitivity and 100% Specificity
• Multi-plexed microarray assay reads approximately 100 proteomic biomarkers
• Proteomic panel provides definitive real-time test results
• Microarray format reduces serum requirement to 0.1-0.25 ml per sample run
• Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc. blood cards can also be used for sample collection
• Fluorescence detection ensures high signal detectivity
• Test controls eliminate experimental false positives and false negatives
• High-throughput format scales to any number of patient samples
• Automated process permits large-scale (e.g. 1,000,000 sample+) screening
• Supplement OVA1® and other multi-analyte tests
• Supplement genetic tests including BRCA1 and BRCA2
• Screen patient sera from breast, cervical, uterine and other cancer patients
• Test samples from patients with ovarian cysts and other benign conditions

Avant recently announced the start of calibration testing in preparation for the OvaDx validation study, to be used in support of a pre-submission package for the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration).

For more information on the company, visit https://avantdiagnostics.wordpress.com/

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With energy prices continuing to fall in recent months toward six-year lows, oil and gas exploration and production companies are scrambling to find cost savings in order to remain competitive. Throughout the first half of 2015, EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) shifted its focus toward capital efficiency in order to better position itself to be successful in a lower commodity price environment, and other major North American producers, such as Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) and Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) highlighted similar strategies in their most recent financial updates.

Despite these efforts to cut costs, environmental pressures remain at an all-time high, forcing major players in the oil and gas industry to address current market conditions in a cost-effective, environmentally conscious manner. Galenfeha, Inc. (OTC: GLFH), through the recent release of its innovative iWaV system, is addressing this demand while potentially revolutionizing the oil and gas chemical injection marketplace.

In a conventional reservoir, oil producers can typically expect to extract approximately 15 percent of hydrocarbons through conventional recovery techniques, which leaves about 85 percent that can’t be recovered without the use of more complex recovery methods. Chemical injection is one of the three primary techniques used in these enhanced oil recovery efforts. Using this technique, various chemicals are injected into reservoirs in order to aid in the mobility of oil deposits and reduce surface tension. Although chemical injection has proven to be highly effective, it is also particularly expensive. Traditionally, oil producers utilizing a chemical injection program have been forced to address maintenance onsite, which creates a costly, labor-intensive and potentially dangerous necessity that can seriously hamper financial performance.

Galenfeha’s iWaV is an open and powerful system that enables complete control of an entire chemical injection program through existing SCADA infrastructure. Following implementation of the iWaV system, oil producers gain access to a range of useful features designed to minimize the financial impact of one of the single highest expenses of operating a well site.

“We are proud to introduce Galenfeha’s groundbreaking iWaV system,” Lucien Marioneaux, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Galenfeha, stated in a news release. “This new development demonstrates our company’s commitment to provide the oil and gas industry with state-of-the-art and environmentally conscious products.”

As the current lower commodity price environment sends oil and gas firms in search of new solutions to cut costs and improve performance, Galenfeha is in a favorable position to capitalize on its groundbreaking iWaV platform. Offering complete, remote control of costly chemical injection programs at an attractive price point, the company expects the iWaV system to make serious waves in the oil and gas industry in the months to come.

Take a closer look at the company by visiting www.galenfeha.com

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Innovation in the world of trucking isn’t something you hear about every day, but it should be, given that if the American economy were a human body, trucking would be its veritable lifeblood. American Trucking Associations (ATA) data shows that roughly 68.8 percent of all domestic freight tonnage is handled by over-the-road trucking, and that overall industry revenues were up in 2014 by 2.6 percent, breaking the $700 billion mark for the first time in history. Moreover, 1.6 million Americans are employed by the industry, earning around $43,000 a year on average, and they moved just under 10 billion tons of freight last year. The ATA’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was up 1.8 percent YOY in June, near the January 2015 all-time high of 135.8, at a seasonally-adjusted 132.1, despite factory output having been relatively soft, and an inventory reduction throughout the supply chain that was hampering throughout until summer kicked in.

Transportation and supply chain management is the core of this massive, logistical engine of over-the-road trucking. In this arena, real-time supply chain situational awareness is key, requiring both visibility and flexibility of what is being shipped and how it is being shipped, in order to optimally execute on any given transportation objective. That is why technological innovation in this area of the trucking industry (and broader intermodal freight transportation industry) is of such importance to investors who are looking to get in on the ground floor, with companies that represent disruptive potential. Companies like full-service transportation logistics outfit, On the Move Systems, Inc., which is developing a proprietary ISTx Platform for creating solutions that increase cost-effectiveness, convenience and ultimately real-time supply chain transparency, in order to ultimately bring forth a sharing economy-based revolution in the trucking industry as we’ve known it. The ISTx Platform will not only allow for real-time situational awareness of the supply chain, but enable rapid computation of minimal-cost routing, and provide a powerful delivery assurance framework.

Using information technology to revolutionize an industry like trucking – which is still hamstringed by legacy systems and antiquated methodologies, and thereby significantly optimize overall logistical efficiency and operational cost-effectiveness through a more complete utilization of resources, as well as the sharing/reuse of excess capacity – constitutes a new and more complete vision for the future of the industry. This is the central, driving vision at OMVS, which is creating a shared economy business model powered by its ISTx software platform, which is essentially Uber for the trucking world. Uber’s meteoric rise has been due to its focus on a shared economy business model, powered by the Uber mobile app, which lets end-users submit cab trip requests themselves, before those requests are intelligently and automatically routed in real-time to Uber drivers using their own vehicles.

Applying this same logic to the world of trucking is a concept that is overdue for emergence and the enthusiasm of the reception by markets has been as wild as a revolutionary tech startup for OMVS. From strategically-based regional trucking fleets tailored to meet specific demands in key markets and an open scheduling/pricing platform, to specialty brokerage services dovetailed into the national and North American carrier network, OMVS emphasizes on attentive customer service and a personnel pool packed with knowledgeable, helpful people.

The task of creating an “Uber-for-Trucking” shared economy platform for the industry is in good hands, as OMVS empirically possesses both the technical capabilities (demonstrated by the creation of its ISTx Platform), and real-world industry experience needed in order to tie together all the perfect features that a truly captivating solution requires. Having tapped a top Houston-area software design firm known for its success making similar shared economy platforms back in mid-July, and having plowed months of research and engineering into optimizing the customer interface, OMVS is now floating JV potential, testing the waters for freight brokerage and paralleled industry operators to partner up with, as the debut of this revolutionary new online platform looms large on the horizon.

To take a closer look, visit www.onthemovesystems.com

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Neah Power System’s highly scalable, patented PowerChip® fuel cell technology acts as an instantly rechargeable battery that, once a given supply is depleted, can simply have its fuel cartridge swapped out to fully recharge the system. This core technology, in addition to the company’s formic acid reformer fuel cell system, Formira HOD™ (Hydrogen-on-Demand) and its BuzzBar Suite, designed to be the total, compact, off-grid charging solution for small electronics, has garnered NPWZ more and more attention from investors of late, due to the wide variety of applications such a portfolio covers. We are talking everything from UAVs for both the defense and commercial markets, as well as energy supply roles, to military, transportation, and portable electronics markets.

The hot-swappable fuel supply characteristic of NPWZ’s PowerChip solution is a key advantage to the system that not only resolves the recharge time duration, but offers extended range to the platform where it is applied, reduces swap out time and overall cost, as well as delivers sustained voltage levels over the entire duration of the fuel supply, unlike virtually all batteries, which are prone to voltage drops as the power discharges. Such capabilities are essential in military applications like field-deployed computer systems and modern battlefield hardware. The NPWZ technology also offers the potential to deliver around two to three times as much energy capacity as the military’s standard issue BA-5590 high capacity battery systems, which are used for the vast majority of portable power needs, but are also big, bulky, and require multiple units to be carried on extended missions, adding to already pressing logistical burdens.

Built using established computer chip manufacturing methods, this extremely robust and compact energy supply solution offers significant other advantages over batteries of the same weight and size, particularly in extended use scenarios. And, because the design can be configured for fully-sealed applications using a liquid oxidant/methanol fuel combination, the system is also perfect for subsea and space applications, where long-term use is part and parcel. The PowerChip is made in America at Neah Power’s Bothell, Washington facility, using established techniques that have been in continuous use throughout the semiconductor industry for over three decades, a fact which offers certain key cost-effectiveness and capital efficiency advantages that make the product extremely attractive, no matter what industry we are talking about. The company’s ongoing work with leading small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) developer, Silent Falcon™ UAS Technologies, to incorporate its fuel cell technology into their fixed wing drone platform is currently proceeding apace, and this integration, when completed, will form the basis for similar applications in other UAS/UAV platforms.

Because energy accounts for some $4 billion plus of the DOD budget every year (2013), and Army takes up around $1.3 billion of the pie, while managing some 1 billion or more square feet of building space, power outages on U.S. bases (87 in 2012 alone, costing around $7 million) have become a major keynote for the DOD’s ongoing transition to alternative energy. Fuel cell technology in particular has seen a growing amount of interest amid this push and the DOD’s target for 25 percent of all energy coming from renewable sources by 2025 cannot likely be seriously achieved alongside the need for increased robustness and electrical grid independence, without a sustained move towards localized fuel cell based systems.

This overarching trend is very bullish for fuel cell tech in general when it comes to military dollars, creating a fuel cell ecosystem vector that will no doubt continue to present technologies like NPWZ’s Formira HOD™ (Hydrogen-on-Demand) system with numerous advantages that will bleed over into the broader, planet-wide security, defense, and energy supply markets. The global drive towards renewables is extremely advantageous for a piece of technology like Formira, and Neah Power Systems announced earlier in September that their revolutionary HOD technology has been put up for $3.5 million in EU grant funding, with the ultimate goal of delivering scaled-up implementations of Formira for applications such as dedicated, on-site, premium-power generation at critical load facilities and the like. Such technology is seen as vital by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, a unique public private partnership tasked with advancing fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in Europe, which was recently reaffirmed as part of the Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative, under the EU Horizon 2020 Framework.

Neah Power Systems is expected to publicly drop some new product videos and spec documents any day now, and the company is already in the preliminary stages of designing larger 1,000W and smaller 10W units for critical off-grid applications. Moreover, the company is well on its way towards the October 2015 target for demonstrating Formira HOD to the Australian Army, as part of the company’s teaming agreement with Tectonica Australia. Another teaming agreement, between NPWZ and Clear Path Technologies, has the company lined up for serious commercial momentum in various regions, and Neah Power has already executed several multi-million dollar proposals as part of the agreement in order to capture demand from potential customers. The company is also in ongoing talks with several entities in China to license and manufacture the technology.

Remote power in emerging markets is one of the key trends for the growing fuel cell technology industry, especially in countries handicapped by antiquated grid architectures such as India, where persistent rolling blackouts have continued to hamper progress, even since the now famous 2012 blackouts, which left over 700 million connected people (mostly in northern and eastern India) without power for days. Despite the seriousness and now inescapability of the national grid infrastructure problem in India, the best efforts by the government have thus far failed to really offset the rapidly growing public’s concerns about the future of the grid, and this is especially true in remote rural regions, many of whom are not yet even powered. It is difficult for remote villages to modernize or have any hope of a future without access to power and the Indian government has really started taking this problem seriously in recent years.

The ability of scalable fuel cell technology to serve as a drop-in solution for remote rural populations is the same feature that makes it ideal for forward bases in military applications, or for off-grid power at corporate installations. NPWZ’s ongoing talks with India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, to finalize a licensing agreement for its PowerChip fuel cell technology, dovetails exceptionally well with PM Narendra Modi’s Make in India program that was launched last year around this time. Third-party validation of the technology from such a high profile global entity is a major coup for NPWZ and the same disruptive PowerChip fuel cell architecture that could soon be bringing power to India’s remotest villages, is also being advanced by NPWZ in the form of a ground breaking porous silicon-chip based battery application, the PowerChip® Battery.

Mobile energy uses for computing are a growth market for micro fuel cell applications like NPWZ’s PowerChip technology, whose development is the result of over $50 million in strategic investment capital from major sector players like chip manufacturing giant Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) venture capital arm, Intel Capital, and semiconductor innovators like Novellus, which was acquired by Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX) in 2012. The combination of advanced fuel cell technology and cutting-edge battery storage technology could forever change the way we think about power consumption rates in portable electronics and it would be wise for investors to keep an eye on micro fuel cell technology as the centrally disruptive factor in this arena.

The recent announcement of a pivotal teaming agreement with remote, real-time situational awareness technology developer, S4W Worldwide Technologies, to integrate NPWZ’s power generation and porous silicon battery technologies into S4W’s wearable cameras that are designed primarily for police and security markets, is just the latest feather in Neah Power Systems’ cap. This agreement calls for NPWZ to deliver commercial Formira HOD units, in addition to PowerChip fuel cell and PowerChip Battery engineering units to S4W, while also providing the requisite engineering and technical support needed to ensure that these technologies are integrated optimally into S4W’s own industry-leading products. This team-up could provide exactly what the booming wearable camera market has been yearning for, particularly among LEOs and operators in the security market: a reliable, high-performance, long-lasting power supply that will keep a unit running through an entire duty shift.

Learn more, visit NPWZ’s website at www.neahpower.com

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Elephant Talk Communications Corp. was launched fourteen years ago as a result of a merger between Staruni Corporation and Elephant Talk Limited. Staruni Corporation (also known as Altius Corporation, Inc.), through 1997, was positioned as a web developer and Internet Service Provider after the company acquired Starnet Universe Internet Inc. Elephant Talk Limited started operating in 1994 in the international long distance services provider space focused on international call termination into China. Twelve years later, in 2006, Elephant Talk Communications Corp. decided to retire its strategy of focusing on international calls into China altogether.

Staruni Corporation began trading under the stock symbol SRUN in 2000. Replaced by symbol “ETLK” after the merger with Elephant Talk Limited, the symbol changed to “ETAK” when the stock split in 2008.

In the first in a series of acquisitions beginning in 2007, the company acquired Switzerland’s Benoit Telecom and in so doing solidified its position in the European telecommunications market, in particular, the Premium Rate Services and Toll Free Services space and to lesser extent in the Carrier (Pre) Select Services market. Leveraging its human capital, IT resources and acquired software, ETAK obtained the experience, expertise and software vital to highly efficient and robust telecom and multi-media systems, telecom regulations and European markets.

In the spring of 2010, ETAK acquired ValidSoft, an acquisition in line with its strategy to develop and market customized mobile solutions. ValidSoft’s strong suit is in the area of authentication and transaction verification capabilities which allow companies to efficiently implement solutions that protect against current forms of credit and debit card fraud and identity theft. The acquisition combines ValidSoft’s proprietary software with ETAK’s telecom platform to create the best electronic fraud prevention solution available.

Today, Elephant Talk delivers global telecommunication companies a comprehensive suite of services which allows them to offer mobile and landline telecom services as part of their overall business offering portfolio. Integration of their own applications with the telecommunication services provided by Elephant Talk’s Mobile Virtual Network Enabling (MVNE) platform is achieved using market standard Web Services.

In addition to basic voice, data and text services, the company offers an assortment of adaptable products such as premium messaging services, promotions and loyalty programs, subscriptions, location and other value-added services. These services include but are not limited to remote health care, mobile internet ID security, credit card fraud prevention, voice biometrics, mobile banking and remittances/payments in addition to many other emerging customized mobile services. Elephant Talk’s uniquely differentiated application suite of network embedded services and supporting patents are based upon what the company sees as the four main ingredients required for maintaining service value; individualized location, the relevant customer profile, real-time secure connectivity, and Elephant Talk’s platform which is an integral piece to making all of these services work in concert with one another.

Access security and authentication is supported by the company’s security software company, ValidSoft, which was acquired by Elephant Talk in 2010. ValidSoft’s game-changing telecom-based technology is cited as being the only integrated product set that provides card-based and an electronic fraud prevention solution. Regardless, ETAK sees its customer base needing real-time proximity-based card fraud detection, Out-of-Band Man-in-the-Browser protection for internet or mobile based transactions and Voice Verification for Telephone Banking. ValidSoft’s feature set offers what many see as a leading telecommunications-based authentication solution.

Elephant Talk Communications Corp. is a worldwide service provider of mobile, proprietary Software Defined Network Architecture – a platform for the telecommunications industry and cyber security solutions. The company is credited with boosting Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Enablers (MVNEs) and Aggregators (MVNAs) with a variety of versatile applications, state of the art industry expertise and high quality customer service without the need for an initial, cost-prohibitive investment. Elephant Talk partners with many of the world’s leading MNOs and technology companies such as T-Mobile, Vodafone, Affirmed Networks, HP and Zain.

For more information on the company, visit http://www.elephanttalk.com