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ValidSoft Chairman, Phil Hickman, Interviewed by Financial Sector Technology

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS and LONDON, Oct 18, 2011 – Elephant Talk Communications Corp. ETAK -2.25% (www.elephanttalk.com) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ValidSoft Limited, (www.validsoft.com) announced that ValidSoft Chairman Phil Hickman has been interviewed by Financial Sector Technology (FStech), one of the leading business titles for IT decision makers in the UK and European financial services sector. Mr. Hickman also serves as a Director on the Board of Elephant Talk Communications. Continue reading

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ValidSoft Executive to Speak at “Cards & Payments Innovation Europe” Conference

LONDON – (Oct 17, 2011) – John Petersen, Global Head of Business Development for ValidSoft, (www.validsoft.com) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications, Corp., (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com) will speak at a Cards and Payments industry conference which ValidSoft is sponsoring on October 17 and 18 in Berlin, Germany. Petersen’s topic will be: “Fostering Customer Trust Through Effective Fraud Management: Taking a Rounded Approach to Loyalty.” Continue reading

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Inuvo Announces Plans to Acquire Vertro

The combined entity intends to distribute and monetize digital media across multiple platforms

NEW YORK – New York City-based Vertro™, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRO) and Clearwater, Florida-based Inuvo®, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INUV), both delivering digital media to millions of consumers, announced today that the parties have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Inuvo will acquire Vertro in an all stock transaction. The deal will bring together two public digital media companies whose combined distribution, expertise, partnerships, technology and synergies should position them well to effectively compete in the evolving digital marketplace across platforms. Continue reading

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Elephant Talk and ValidSoft Featured in Seeking Alpha and TopStockAnalysts.com

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS and LONDON- (Oct 12, 2011) – Elephant Talk Communications Corporation (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ValidSoft Limited (www.validsoft.com), announced that the companies have been highlighted in recent investment news reports in Seeking Alpha, by Dustin Moore, and in TopStockAnalysts.com, by Andy Obermueller.

Elephant Talk is an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industry. The company enables both mobile carriers and virtual operators to offer a full suite of products, delivery platforms, support services, superior industry expertise and high quality customer service without substantial upfront investments from clients. ValidSoft is a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions across banking channels.

In his article in TopStockAnalysts.com, Obermueller noted that Elephant Talk owns some unique elements of the mobile-phone business in Europe and has the ability to integrate mobile payment systems. Obermueller said that Europe is ahead of the U.S. in mobile functionality and Elephant Talk is one of the companies that have helped make this possible. He also cited Elephant Talk’s international footprint.

For the full article, see:
http://www.topstockanalysts.com/index.php/2011/09/26/2-stocks-for-the-next-revolution-in-smartphone-technology/

In his Seeking Alpha article, Moore noted the partnership ValidSoft made recently with Adeptra (www.adeptra.com), and cited ValidSoft’s proprietary technology that adds security by correlating the proximity of a financial transaction with a user’s mobile device in real-time.

Moore noted that the technology is able to make this correlation between the mobile device and the ATM or point of sale (POS) within the 400 milliseconds it takes to process a transaction. It does not track customers and maintains complete customer location privacy, unlike GPS-based systems, Moore added.

Moore also pointed out that ValidSoft’s patented fraud management and customer communication solution will be offered to Adeptra’s clients. Adeptra is a global leader in offering these types of services, he said, whose clients include at least half of the top 10 North American and UK card issuers, as well as four of the top five in Australia.

ValidSoft was awarded the EuroPrise Privacy Seal by the European Union for consumer privacy protection.

For the full article, see:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/296106-elephant-talk-s-validsoft-could-save-the-financial-industry-billions

About Elephant Talk Communications

Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (OTCBB: ETAK) is an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industry. The company enables both mobile carriers and virtual operators to offer a full suite of products, delivery platforms, support services, superior industry expertise and high quality customer service without substantial upfront investments from clients. Elephant Talk provides global telecommunication companies, mobile network operators, banks, supermarkets, consumer product companies, media firms, and other businesses a full suite of products and services that enables them to fully provide telecom services as part of their business offerings. The company offers various dynamic products that include remote health care, credit card fraud prevention, mobile internet ID security, multi-country discounted phone services, loyalty management services, and a whole range of other emerging customized mobile services. For more information, visit (www.elephanttalk.com).

About ValidSoft

ValidSoft is a subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com), and is a market leader in providing solutions to counter electronic fraud relating to card, the internet, and telephone channels. ValidSoft’s solutions are at the cutting edge of the market and are used to verify the authenticity of both parties to a transaction (Mutual Authentication), and the integrity of the transaction itself (Transaction Verification) for the mass market, in a highly cost effective and secure manner, yet easy to use and intuitive. For more information, please visit (www.validsoft.com).

Elephant Talk and ValidSoft Featured in Seeking Alpha and TopStockAnalysts.com

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Elephant Talk and SpeakUp Sign a MVNO Contract

SpeakUp Will Bring a New Range of Mobile and Converged Services to Businesses

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS- (Oct 11, 2011) – Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com), an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industries, today announced that it has signed a Mobile Network Virtual Operator (MVNO) agreement with SpeakUp. Continue reading

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Inuvo Announces New Presentation Time of 8:40 A.M. (EDT) at Craig-Hallum’s 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference on October 6, 2011

CLEARWATER, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Inuvo®, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INUV), a leading provider of interactive marketing solutions for merchants and web publishers, today announced that Richard Howe, President and CEO of Inuvo, Inc., is scheduled to present at Craig-Hallum’s 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 8:40 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference will be held at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel, with one-on-one meetings held throughout the day. Continue reading

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Elephant Talk and ValidSoft CEOs Are Interviewed Jointly on CEO Live

Adeptra Partnership, Expansion Plans Are Highlighted

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS and LONDON (Oct 4, 2011) – Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ValidSoft Limited (www.validsoft.com), have announced that the companies’ CEOs have been interviewed jointly on the CEO Live financial TV network. In the interview, ValidSoft CEO Patrick Carroll underscored a new partnership ValidSoft has forged with Adeptra (www.adeptra.com), the leader in auto-resolution technologies that span the consumer lifecycle. ValidSoft is a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions across banking channels. Continue reading

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Elephant Talk and Its ValidSoft Subsidiary Are Updated in Josh Levine’s MicroCap Investor Newsletter

SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS–(Sep 28, 2011) – Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ETAK) (www.elephanttalk.com) has announced that reports on the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ValidSoft Limited (www.validsoft.com), have been updated by Josh Levine in his MicroCap Investor newsletter. The profile is available at http://www.levinesmicrocapinvestor.com/. Continue reading

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Inuvo to Present at Craig-Hallum’s 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference on October 6, 2011

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Inuvo®, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INUV), a leading provider of interactive marketing solutions for merchants and web publishers, today announced that Richard Howe, President and CEO of Inuvo, Inc., is scheduled to present at Craig-Hallum’s 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 12:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference will be held at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel, with one-on-one meetings held throughout the day. Continue reading

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ValidSoft and Adeptra Form Partnership to Extend Global Fraud Detection and Customer Communications

LONDON and NORWALK, CT–(Marketwire – Sep 21, 2011) – Adeptra, the leader in auto-resolution technologies that span the consumer lifecycle and ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions across banking channels, have forged a commercial and technology partnership that will help retail banks to detect and prevent fraud worldwide. Continue reading

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SPAR Group Announces Second Quarter 2011 Shareholder Conference Call

TARRYTOWN, NY–(Marketwire -08/03/11)- SPAR Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGRP – News) (the “Company” or “SPAR Group”), a leading supplier of retail merchandising and other marketing services throughout the United States and internationally, today announced that Gary Raymond, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Segreto, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call on Tuesday, August 09, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. During the call management will discuss the company’s Second Quarter 2011 financial results. Continue reading

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SPAR Group Announces Second Quarter and Year to Date Earnings per Share of $0.02 and $0.04, Respectively

TARRYTOWN, NY, Aug 02, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — SPAR Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “SPAR Group”), a leading supplier of retail merchandising and other marketing services throughout the United States and internationally, today announced second quarter revenue of $15.9 million, net income of $509,000 and earnings of per share of $0.02. For the six month period ending June 30, 2011, the Company reported revenue of $32.4 million, net income of $762,000 and earnings per share of $0.04. Continue reading

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