CheckFreePay(TM) and Boost Mobile(R) Team Up to Offer Boost Customers Fast and Convenient eRe-Boost(TM) Service at Walk-In Paym
May 16 2006 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
- Boost Mobile customers can add minutes to pay-as-you-go phones
while on the go - ATLANTA, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CheckFreePay(TM), a business unit of CheckFree Corporation
(NASDAQ:CKFR), and Boost Mobile, a youth lifestyle-based
telecommunications brand, today announced that Boost Mobile's
eRe-Boost(TM) service is now available at select CheckFreePay
walk-in locations. eRe-Boost(TM) enables consumers across the
United States to electronically add minutes to their Boost Mobile
cellular phones. CheckFreePay's technology delivers an immediate
cash recharge of wireless minutes without requiring a PIN or credit
card for a hassle-free pay-as-you-go mobile phone experience.
CheckFreePay powers consumer in-person payments at more than 11,000
agent sites located in check cashing, retail and grocery stores.
Americans on-the-go make millions of walk-in payments each year,
paying utility, credit card and wireless bills in-person, often
using cash. Now, Boost Mobile customers can take advantage of the
convenience of walk- in payments to recharge their phones in any
dollar amount they choose ranging from $20 to $99. CheckFreePay
converts the cash payment to an electronic transaction that updates
the customer's account in real time. The transaction is fast and
secure, allowing customers to quickly make calls from their Boost
Mobile wireless phones. "CheckFreePay makes walk-in payments as
convenient as possible for today's busy consumer," said Matt
McKernan, Senior Vice President, Biller Business Unit, CheckFree.
"Offering an immediate cash transaction enables Boost Mobile's
active, younger customers to replenish their wireless minutes
easily so they can stay connected to friends and family." The Boost
Mobile Plan Boost Mobile Pay-As-You-Go pricing offers competitive
peak and off-peak rates. Calls are 20 cents per minute Monday
through Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and 10 cents per minute after 9
p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends (long distance calling
and roaming included at no extra charge). Boost(TM) Walkie-Talkie
is a dollar a day for unlimited nationwide use and the charge
applies only on the days the service is used. For more information
and to locate a CheckFreePay authorized payment location, please
visit http://www.checkfreepay.com/. About Boost Mobile Based in
Irvine, California, Boost Mobile is a lifestyle-based
telecommunications brand focused on offering premium Pay-As-You-Go
wireless phones and services to the youth market. Boost is among
the fastest growing wireless services in the U.S. and now has more
than 3.1 million customers -- the majority of which are under the
age of 25. Boost-branded wireless phones with its exclusive
Boost(TM) Walkie-Talkie service and Re-Boost(R) Cards are available
nationwide at locations where youth prefer to shop, including
national retailers and convenience stores, and merchants that focus
on fashion, music, and action sports-related activities. Experience
Boost on the Web at http://www.boostmobile.com/ About CheckFree
(http://www.checkfreecorp.com/) Founded in 1981, CheckFree
Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) provides financial electronic commerce
services and products to organizations around the world. CheckFree
Electronic Commerce solutions enable thousands of financial
services providers and billers to offer their customers the
convenience of receiving and paying their household bills online or
in person through retail outlets. CheckFree Investment Services
provides a broad range of investment management solutions and
outsourced services to thousands of financial services
organizations, which manage about $1.3 trillion in assets.
CheckFree Software develops, markets and supports software
applications that are used by financial institutions to process
more than two-thirds of the 12 billion Automated Clearing House
transactions in the United States. The division also provides
operational risk management, financial messaging, corporate
actions, and regulatory compliance software to more than 1,500
organizations across the globe. Certain of CheckFree's statements
in this press release are not purely historical, and as such are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements
regarding management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or
projections of the future. Forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, including without limitation, the various risks
inherent in CheckFree's business, and other risks and uncertainties
detailed from time to time in CheckFree's periodic reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CheckFree's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2005 (filed
September 2, 2005), Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2005 (filed November 8, 2005), Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 31, 2005 (filed February 8, 2006), and Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006 (filed May 9, 2006). One or more of
these factors have affected, and could in the future affect
CheckFree's business and financial results in future periods, and
could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and
projections. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements made in this press release will prove to be accurate,
and issuance of such forward-looking statements should not be
regarded as a representation by CheckFree, or any other person,
that the objectives and plans of CheckFree will be achieved. All
forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on
information presently available to management, and CheckFree
assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
DATASOURCE: CheckFree Corporation CONTACT: Media, Judy DeRango
Wicks, +1-678-375-1595, or , or Investors, Tina Moore,
+1-678-375-1278, or , both of CheckFree Corporation Web site:
http://www.checkfreecorp.com/ http://www.checkfreepay.com/
http://www.boostmobile.com/
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