WASHINGTON, D.C. - Saturday, January 5, 2007 - The Haitian Embassy to the US today announced it is honoring Brad Horwitz, President of Comcel d/b/a Voila (www.comcelhaiti.com), in a celebration on January 5, 2008, Haitian Independence Day, honoring Comcel’s contribution to Haiti’s economic and social development. Launched in Haiti in 1999, Voila, Haiti's premiere cell phone service, has more than 600 direct employees, indirectly provides an income to more than 5,000 Haitians through ancillary business opportunities, and services almost 1 million customers. In addition, Voila is the primary funder to Yele Haiti (www.yele.org), Grammy Award winning Haitian musician Wyclef Jean's foundation, reaching tens of thousands of Haitians through its partnership programs.

Mr. Horwitz will be awarded the prestigious Responsible Corporate Policy Award for Voila's achievements in building an infrastructure, creating a communication system for Haitians and, as the #1 taxpayer in Haiti, conducting business responsibly. He is also being honored for Voila's foresight to provide poor Haitian citizens with an opportunity to lift themselves out of extreme poverty, which benefits the economic landscape of the country overall. Mr. Raymond Joseph, the Haitian Ambassador to the US, will be on hand to honor Mr. Horwitz and Voila in a black-tie gala celebrating Haitian Independence Day.

"Voila is committed to the growth of Haiti, both in economic and social realms," said Brad Horwitz, President and CEO of Voila. "There is tremendous opportunity for growth in Haiti that can be facilitated by Voila's reliable communications network, and we are proud to be recognized for our contributions and for maintaining complete transparency in both our business and community investment practices."

Voila recently launched the "Toupatou" phone, a product designed to help the already-entrepreneurial minded Haitian population start their own businesses. Toupatou, meaning "Everywhere," allows an individual entrepreneur to make a living through selling local and international calls via a device that counts minutes used. This income-generating product is also contributing to the social welfare of the community; a portion of Toupatou sales will go to Yele Haiti to pay for school for children in Haiti. From a corporate social responsibility perspective, Voila firmly believes in an obligation to give back to the communities in which it does business through programs that are not hand outs but that provide long lasting developmental tools. Funding 11 of Yele Haiti's programs in education, environment, sports and culture, Voila is the largest corporate sponsor of primary school scholarships in the country.

Further, Voila's marketing efforts are a direct contribution to the Haitian economy. By using local service providers, including individuals selling re-charge cards, advertising agencies, media buys, print shops, musical bands, t-shirt printing and sponsorship of local and national events such as Haiti’s famous Carnival celebration, Voila provides economic and growth opportunity to thousands.

In November 2007, Voila and Wyclef Jean opened the first cell phone store in Cite Soleil. Sharing the building with Yele Haiti's Yele Cuisine project, it effectively opened Cite Soleil up for business. This marks the first time a major corporation in Haiti has opened a company-owned store in this area in the last ten years, providing jobs and jumpstarting commerce in this economically depressed area. In total, Voila supports 5 Yele Haiti projects in Cite Soleil: primary school scholarships, Yele Cuisine, Yele Cinema, teacher training and L'Athletique d'Haiti's soccer program. In addition, Voila supports the development of the children being held in the Children's Prison, Delmas 33, through education, vocational training and rehabilitative therapy. This program serves to help the children become productive citizens and prevent them from turning into hardened criminals and influencing others negatively. Many of these children are from Cite Soleil.

About Communication Cellulaire d’Haiti S.A. (Comcel) d/b/a/ Voila

Comcel launched services in Haiti in 1999, and provides high-quality affordable wireless service throughout Haiti under the Voila brand name to almost 1,000,000 customers. Services include pre-paid, post-paid, public telephony and fixed wireless. Other services through partnerships include Unitransfer (remittances), CAM (remittances), Call Direk (a pre-paid long distance service), NoPin (a pre-paid long distance service), Blackstone (the #1 distribution network for pre-paid calling cards in the US) and EasyTop (an international electronic top up services company). Information about Voila can be found at www.comcelhaiti.com and www.FamilyInThe509.com.

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