Paca Mobile Center, Europe’s first mobile phone resource center accommodating Europe’s largest pooled mobile phone library, and Perfecto Mobile, a leading provider of remote access and automated testing solutions for mobile devices, have jointly launched a service that will enable developers to remotely test their applications on Paca Mobile Center’s library of mobile handsets connected to French wireless networks.

Through the partnership the Perfecto Mobile Handset Cloud service now includes French carrier networks Bouygues, Orange France and SFR in addition to the major U.K., U.S., Canadian and Israeli operators. Developers can now access a variety of French handsets, including Apple’s iPhone, HTC Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson devices.

Mobile developers should visit the Paca Mobile Center website for more information, to access the service and to receive Paca Mobile Center’s special promotion of 10 free hours of use.

“By providing a multitude of mobile devices in our center in France, Paca Mobile Center has been dedicated to helping mobile developers overcome the challenges of developing and testing mobile applications,” said Norbert Etienne, Director of Paca Mobile Center. “Our partnership with Perfecto Mobile now enables us to also offer developers access to our devices via the web. This opens up the opportunity to many more developers from all over the world to cost effectively test their applications on our devices, without having to travel.”

“The partnership with Paca Mobile Center enables us to extend our Handset Cloud service to hundreds of additional handsets and to make all French mobile networks available to our customers,” said Eran Yaniv, CEO of Perfecto Mobile. “This partnership is an important milestone in our strategy to globally expand our service by leveraging strategic partnerships.”

About Paca Mobile Center

Paca Mobile Center is a unique independent center in Europe, dedicated to the mobile industry and especially the development of the content and uses of mobile handsets.

Paca Mobile Center provides phones to its members who can access in Marseille, France, over 1,100 mobile handsets for testing purposes (applications, devices etc…). Members can also have access to a technical database on the most European market phones.

Now, thanks to the partnership with Perfecto Mobile, Paca Mobile Center provides also a solution for access, via the web, its +1,100 mobile handsets and to other interconnected mobile handsets throughout the world. This solution can be used for real-time testing of real mobile handsets on various networks in France and abroad. Tests can be automated.

For more information on Paca Mobile Center, visit www.pacamobilecenter.com.

About Perfecto Mobile

Perfecto Mobile is global leading provider of remote access and automated testing solutions for mobile devices. The Perfecto Mobile’s Handset Cloud service enables developers and testers located anywhere in the world to access, via the Internet, a comprehensive range of the latest mobile handsets. Users can use the Perfecto Mobile handsets to develop, test, deploy and monitor their mobile applications and services.

Perfecto Mobile also provides dedicated Private Handset Cloud systems for mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and independent software vendors. The Perfecto Mobile system provides a secure, online environment where users can access pre-and post-launch handsets for development, testing, and post-deployment service monitoring.

For more information on Perfecto Mobile, visit www.perfectomobile.com.

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