LONDON and SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - ValidSoft, ([ www.validsoft.com ]), a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant Talk Group, joins forces with leading research house Opus Research to discuss the voice biometrics industry as it stands in 2012. ValidSoft is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications, Corp. (NYSE Amex: [ ETAK ]) ([ www.elephanttalk.com ]), an international provider of business software to the telecommunications and the financial services industry.

Voice biometrics has been around for over a decade and is on the brink of widespread use. Dan Miller, Senior Analyst at Opus Research and Pat Carroll, CEO of ValidSoft, will discuss the lessons learned and how a renewed interest signals a tipping point for multifactor authentication this year.

Successful implementation of voice biometric-based solutions falls on the following factors:

• Incorporating them into risk-aware, multi-modal and multi-layer security solutions
• Addressing the objections of various stakeholders in security and customer settings
• Building the customer base by simplifying the enrollment process
• Future proofing solutions by anticipating new technology

The webinar will talk about the learnings from a range of industries including telecommunications carriers, healthcare providers, financial services companies and large retailers. Opus Research expects the number of voice prints globally to rise from 10 million today to over 25 million in just three years, thanks to mobile commerce, increasing complexity of password management and growing concern over identify theft.

To register your attendance for the webinar, please visit: [ http://voicebiocon.com/2012/01/12/upcoming-webcast-overcoming-barriers-to-adoption/ ]

About ValidSoft
ValidSoft is a subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (NYSE Amex: [ ETAK ]), ([ www.elephanttalk.com ]) and is a market leader in providing solutions to counter electronic fraud relating to card, the internet, and telephone channels. ValidSoft's solutions are at the cutting edge of the market and are used to verify the authenticity of both parties to a transaction (Mutual Authentication), and the integrity of the transaction itself (Transaction Verification) for the mass market, in a highly cost effective and secure manner, yet easy to use and intuitive. For more information, please visit ([ www.validsoft.com ]).

About Elephant Talk Communications
Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (NYSE Amex: [ ETAK ]) is an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industry. The company enables both mobile carriers and virtual operators to offer a full suite of products, delivery platforms, support services, superior industry expertise and high quality customer service without substantial upfront investments from clients. Elephant Talk provides global telecommunication companies, mobile network operators, banks, supermarkets, consumer product companies, media firms, and other businesses a full suite of products and services that enables them to fully provide telecom services as part of their business offerings. The company offers various dynamic products that include remote health care, credit card fraud prevention, mobile internet ID security, multi-country discounted phone services, loyalty management services, and a whole range of other emerging customized mobile services. For more information, visit ([ www.elephanttalk.com ]).

About Opus Research
Founded in 1985, Opus Research is a market research and consulting firm specializing in "Conversational Commerce," which combines speech processing, multichannel customer care, mobility and e-commerce. Its clients include communications carriers, enterprise software and information infrastructure providers, contact center specialists, hosted service providers, and mobile solutions providers. Opus prepared its first study of Voice Biometrics Global Market potential in 2003 and has convened global conferences dedicated to Voice Biometrics since 2007.

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