CommerceTel Closes Acquisition of BoomText

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 16, 2011) - CommerceTel Corporation (OTCBB: MFON), an award-winning provider of proprietary mobile marketing technologies and solutions, announced today that it has closed the acquisition of BoomText from DigiMark, LLC. This marks CommerceTel's third acquisition of the year.

BoomText has pioneered the delivery of mobile marketing solutions and services to more than a thousand customers since being founded in 2008. The Company's rapid growth has been fueled by a strict focus on world-class service and support.

"We're very excited to have completed our third acquisition of the year," said Dennis Becker, CEO of CommerceTel. "The addition of BoomText has grown CommerceTel's customer reach to more than 1,500 brands and enterprises while expecting accretive financial performance to the Company."

While BoomText has traditionally delivered SMS text-messaging solutions to its customer base, the acquisition by CommerceTel opens up additional technologies and services to BoomText customers. MMS Messaging, Interactive Voice Response, and CRM solutions are now afforded to BoomText's customers by way of CommerceTel's technology. In addition, BoomText now has access to CommerceTel's growing patent portfolio relating to mobile technologies.

"Completing our transaction with CommerceTel marks the next phase of growth for our team and client base," said Spencer Brannan, CEO of BoomText. "We saw a distinct competitive advantage in CommerceTel's technology and IP portfolio and are pleased to bring that advantage to our growing customer base."

The transaction was closed effective August 1^st, 2011. The terms of the transaction are more fully described by CommerceTel in a report on Form 8-K previously filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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About CommerceTel

CommerceTel is an award-winning provider of proprietary mobile marketing technologies and the inventor of C4, a unique, enterprise-grade platform empowering brands to engage mobile consumers via multiple channels. The only system of its kind, C4 is a cloud-based solution providing broad mobile communications and extensive CRM features. It is integrated with multiple tier-one PSTN/ IP carriers and micropayment processing facilities as well as with carrier premium SMS billing systems. Customers include CNN, Disney, Sony Pictures, AT&T, Verizon, USA Network, numerous professional sports franchises, the Golf Channel, and NBC Universal.

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