Alternet Systems, Inc. Mobile Commerce Technology for Financial, Telecom, and Money Remittance Industries Featured at Shanghai Conference

MIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: ALYI) today announced that its mobile commerce technology products and services for the financial, telecommunications, money remittance, and mass consumer industries and governments globally were featured this week during a partner sales conference in Shanghai, China. The conference was organized by China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. to provide its technology partners with the latest information on sales programs and opportunities in China and forge mutually beneficial partnerships in the Chinese marketplace between high-tech entrepreneurial companies. 

Alternet's solutions focus on mobile payment and M-commerce systems and solutions that tie together telecom operators, financial institutions, and payees such as mass public transportation and utility providers. With the majority of the population in emerging markets belonging to the "unbanked" sector, mobile banking opens up a major opportunity to deliver financial services to a rapidly growing subscriber base. Penetration of mobile services around the world has increased rapidly, with the subscriber base worldwide growing from just over 11 million mobile phone users in 1990 to over 3 billion in 2008. Growth is particularly impressive in developing economies. With only 1 billion bank accounts worldwide and close to 4 billion mobile phone subscribers, both mobile network operators and financial institutions recognize the value proposition in offering mobile financial services.

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About Alternet Systems Inc. (www.alternetsystems.com)

Alternet Systems Inc. (OTCBB: ALYI), a US corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida, is a leading enabler of Mobile Commerce services in the Americas and Caribbean. Alternet has regional presences in 17 countries throughout the region through a network of fulfillment partners and agents. Alternet's subsidiaries provide a comprehensive suite of hosted and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications for the Utility, Transportation, Financial, and Telecommunication, and Retail industries. Alternet subsidiaries include Utiba Americas, a joint venture with Utiba Pte Ltd., the leading provider of mobile payment and financial transaction software and Tekvoice Communications, an established provider of hosted Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) billing services.

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Media Contact at Alternet:
Erin Clancy
VP Marketing
eclancy@alternetsystems.com

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