ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Preloads Android Smartphones With OANDA Mobile App

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ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Preloads Android Smartphones With OANDA Mobile App

NEW YORK, December 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Leading mobile phone manufacturer is now shipping its ALCATEL ONE TOUCH handsets with
the popular OANDA Android Currency Converter mobile app

    ALCATEL ONE TOUCH, one of the world's top ten phone manufacturers, has chosen to
preload its Android smartphones [http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/products/smartphones.html
] with a co-branded version of the Android Currency Converter mobile app
[http://www.oanda.com/mobile/converter/android ] developed by OANDA Corporation, a provider
of innovative mobile and online currency applications, data, and custom solutions.

    "Currency conversion utilities are one of the top financial apps that mobile users
download to their devices, because they're useful in many situations-for example when
traveling, tracking foreign expenses, or online shopping," said Dr George Guo, CEO of TCL
Communication Technology, which uses ALCATEL ONE TOUCH as one of its brands. "We aim to
expand our smart phone product portfolio with advance feature to satisfy customer needs.
We want customers to have a useful suite of mobile apps at their fingertips from the
moment they activate their ALCATEL ONE TOUCH phones."

    Dr Guo added, "OANDA is a leader in the foreign exchange industry and has a reputation
for providing innovative applications based on quality data. We liked the fact that their
mobile currency converter app has been downloaded almost 1.5 million times in 2011, and
that the Android version includes a widget that can be installed to display a handy 'cheat
sheet' of rates, updated daily, on a phone's home screen."

    "Mobile development is a key focus for OANDA, given the increasingly mobile world we
live in and the related demand for mobile solutions to read, share, and otherwise interact
with information," said Michael Stumm, CEO, OANDA Corporation. "Our partnership with
ALCATEL ONE TOUCH is an opportunity to reach its smartphone users with a custom-branded
version of our Android currency converter. Our app gives them immediate access to the same
daily, filtered exchange rates used by global banks and auditing firms."

    OANDA also has mobile Currency Converter apps for iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7,
Symbian, and J2ME enabled devices.

    About ALCATEL ONE TOUCH

    ALCATEL ONE TOUCH designs, develops, and markets globally a growing range of mobile
and internet products designed to be as individual as the people who use them. Currently
the fastest growing of the world's top ten mobile phone manufacturers, ALCATEL ONE TOUCH
makes access to today's mobile lifestyle simple by offering colorful, easy-to-use devices
equipped with the technology people need most at prices they can afford. ALCATEL ONE TOUCH
is a brand of TCL Communication, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
(2618.HK) and part of TCL Corporation one of the largest consumer electronics. For more
information: http://www.alcatelonetouch.com.

    About OANDA

    OANDA Corporation has transformed the business of foreign exchange through an
innovative approach to forex trading [http://fxtrade.oanda.co.uk ]. The company's online
trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a number of firsts to the marketplace, including
immediate execution; trades and accounts of any size; 24/7 trading; and interest
calculated by the second, eliminating the need for rollover swaps. OANDA was the first
online provider of comprehensive currency exchange [http://www.oanda.com ] information,
and today the company's OANDA Rate(R) data is the benchmark for corporations, tax
authorities, auditing firms, and central banks. OANDA also offers global currency
transfers [http://fxglobaltransfer.oanda.com ] through a fast, efficient, automated
platform at ultra-competitive prices.

    OANDA Corporation has eight offices worldwide, in Chicago, Dubai, London, New York,
Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zurich. The company is regulated by the U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); the U.S. National Futures Association (NFA); the
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS); the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA); the
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC); the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) of the UK; and the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

   
    Press contacts:

    Keisuke Kiyota
    OANDA Japan, Tokyo
    T: +81(0)3-5259-1501
    pr@oanda.jp

    Rushan Chew
    OANDA Asia Pacific, Singapore
    T: +65-3106-2144 x 2104
    chewrushan@oanda.com

    Michelle Marin
    SparkPR, New York
    M: +1-646-670-7441
    michelle@sparkpr.com

    Ekaterina Polat
    OANDA Europe, London
    T: +44(0)115-948-6901
    epolat@oanda.com

    Florence Ouyang
    TCL Communication
    T: +86-755-3331-3051
    wanrao.ouyang@tcl.com

    Ailsa Hayward
    OANDA Middle East, Dubai
    T: +97143258320
    ailsa@oanda.com

Source: OANDA

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