Ivrnet generates first revenues from NEXTEXT

CALGARY, June 16, 2016 /CNW/ - Ivrnet Inc. (TSXV: IVI) ("Ivrnet" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that the first advertising revenues have been received on the NEXTEXT platform, officially entering the the product into the market.

In development since 2013 under the brand name AdCentral, and previously announced as NEXTEXT in April of 2016, NEXTEXT provides digital communictions and advertising revenue to North American transit operators. The first successful pilot project was completed with an operator in 2014, at which time Ivrnet began working with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to confirm that NEXTEXT meets both the spirt and letter of the new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation.  In the fall of 2015 Ivrnet became the first company to receive written confirmation from the CRTC that our SMS based advertising platform fully complied with the rules, and is a technology platform that is encouraged for use in the Canadian market.

Discussed in our previous release, NEXTEXT is a partnership of Ivrnet and Farwest Digital that allows riders to request and receive information relavent to their specific transit stop, along with advertising relevant to the geographic location of the stop.  Ths unique SMS and sponsorship platform is based on Ivrnet's proprietary AdCentral platform that combines automated information response with geolocation services.  NEXTEXT incudes SMS aggregation, SMS processing and integrated Web applications for selling and managing all aspects of advertising content and campaigns. NEXTEXT fully integrates with real time, GPS based bus arrival information.  It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  It is automated, robust, reliable, easy to use, extremely scalable, readily deployable and remarkably cost effective for transit operators and their riders.

Since the pilot project in 2013, Ivrnet has delievered 15 million SMS messages to transit riders.  Following on the receipt of CRTC approval, and the launch of the NEXTEXT partnership, Ivrnet is now pleased to confirm that we have generated and collected our first paid advertisements, and delivered our first partnership check to a transit operator that reduces their cost of providing service and helps them drive non-fare revenues.  Further, we are extremely proud that in parallel to this first revenue we were able to deliver, over the span of two weeks, 1.4 million SMS messages, to three Canadian markets, seeking support for humanitarian relief during the recent fires in Northern Alberta.  The NEXTEXT system performed above expecation and met all needs asked of it during this time.

About Ivrnet

Ivrnet is a software and communications company that develops, hosts, sells and supports value added business automation software solutions. Our products and services are delivered through the traditional phone network and the Internet. These applications facilitate automated interaction through personalized communication between people; mass communication for disseminating information to thousands of people concurrently and personalized communication between people and automated systems. Ivrnet's applications are accessible through nearly any form of communication technology, at any time, from anywhere in North America via voice, phone, fax, email, texting and the Internet.

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SOURCE IVRnet Inc.

Chris L. Topolniski - Chief Operating Officer, Ivrnet Inc., Direct: [phone], Cellular: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]; www.ivrnet.com