MIO Group Now with International SMS and Expanded Roaming Services in the Caribbean

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15 /EMWNews/ -- MIO, the fastest growing

provider of mobile communication services in the Dutch, French and British

Caribbean, today announced the launch of International Short Messaging

Services (SMS) in the Dutch Caribbean markets. This new SMS service allows

any MIO subscriber in the Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao Islands to send

messages to friends and loved ones around the world. MIO Subscribers can

now send SMS text messages by simply addressing their message to a

recipient's wireless phone number. "With this new service, MIO subscribers

now have the ability to message worldwide with over four hundred and fifty

wireless networks which include networks in the US, Canada, South America,

Asia and key European Markets," stated Barbara Sullivan -- Roaming Product

Manager at the MIO Group. SMS continues to demonstrate extraordinary

success and growth as the cheapest, quickest and easiest form of wireless

communication. It is quickly becoming the most popular way people today

send personal messages -- and with the Generation X and Generation Y

demographic -- it already is. According to Portio Research, by 2012 global

SMS revenues are expected to reach $67billion USD, driven by 3.7 trillion

messages.



    



    In addition to this new service offering, MIO announced today the

continued expansion of its roaming network services throughout the

Caribbean with the availability of roaming service on the island of Aruba.

MIO service network provides tourists traveling to the Caribbean with an

easy, seamless and enjoyable wireless experience for keeping in touch back

home and sharing their vacation adventure stories. Verizon Wireless and

Sprint PCS customers have the capability to place calls, and utilize the

smart features on their devices by simply turning their phones on. In

addition to the new Aruba market, MIO offers similar services in Bonaire,

the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Martinique, St.

Maarten and St. Martin. MIO continues to expand its next generation carrier

grade networks providing voice and Internet roaming capabilities within the

Caribbean markets and offer business travelers and visitors alike the

opportunity to use their smart handsets while traveling. "With MIO using

your wireless phone in Aruba and other islands is as simple as turning the

phone on when you reach your destination," commented Marc Dinee, VP of

Sales and Marketing at the MIO Group. "We are very excited to partner with

major carriers in order to provide travelers access to our best-of-class

network to provide a seamless roaming experience in these islands. Our

network provides customers with 'always-on' converged connectivity and

high-quality reliable services." "All that is required of the traveler is,

before leaving home, ensuring that their international roaming features are

enabled by their wireless carrier," said Carlos Lopez GM Marketing for the

MIO Group. "Contact your carrier's Customer Service department to enable

the international roaming feature on your handset. If required, update the

phone based on instructions provided by your carrier prior to leaving home

to share vacation stories or simply stay in touch with co-workers, friends

and family back home."



    "International roaming is of critical importance to CDMA subscribers,

as they expect to be able to use their phones when traveling abroad," said

James Person, chief operating officer of the CDMA Development Group (CDG).

"The CDG is pleased to see operators such as Mio making roaming simple and

affordable while also enabling the features and capabilities that users are

accustomed to. MIO also offers a full range of data, voice and broadband

products thus creating a complete communications solution for consumers and

businesses alike. MIO's unique global assets, solutions, and rigorous

dedication to customer satisfaction drive its differentiation.

    About MIO



    MIO Has deployed the newest and most advanced alternative wireless

network in the Caribbean. As a Caribbean Digital Hub MIO provides carrier

grade content rich and unlimited to the world. The MIO Group provides its

customers wholesale and retail telecommunications solutions over its own

integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 15

countries worldwide. The company's global sales and support model matches

the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer

experience worldwide. Its professional services and managed solutions

provide wholesale and retail voice, International Long Distance, security

and network consulting and management services to support its VPN service

and Wireless.