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March 12, 2009 09:00 AM Eastern Time 

Boost Mobile Selects LSN’s Local Wireless to Deliver Local News on-the-Go

Boost Customers Can Now Access Latest Local News, Weather, Sports Scores, School Closings and More on Mobile Phones

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LSN, Inc., Local Solutions Network, with the nation's largest network of local media news content to mobile users, today announced a partnership with Boost Mobile, the prepaid division of Sprint Nextel, giving customers access to up-to-the-minute local news, weather, sports and more at any time, wherever they go. LSN’s Local Wireless® media-to-mobile platform delivers content directly to the mobile handset from LSN’s affiliate media partners, including ABC, NBCU, Telemundo, McGraw Hill, Cox Broadcasting, Gray, Raycom, and many others.

“LSN provides our customers with the high-quality, continuously refreshed, and reliable information they need right in the palm of their hands.”

LSN’S Local Wireless® media-to-mobile is available nationwide on all Web-enabled Boost Mobile phones and customers can access the service via the wireless Web. Customers can also access media-to-mobile content in Spanish via LSN’s Local Inalambrico. All of Local Inalambrico’s content is available for free in any Demographic Metropolitan Area (DMA) and from any mobile Internet enabled device. Customers on the $50 Boost Mobile Monthly Unlimited plan, which includes nationwide unlimited talk, text, wireless Web and walkie-talkie service, can access LSN’S Local Wireless® as much as they want, at no additional charge. Customers on Boost Mobile Pay As You Go can access the service for 35 cents a day for unlimited use. Boost Mobile phones and service can be purchased at participating wireless dealers and major retail locations or at www.boostmobile.com.

“LSN’s local news, weather and entertainment services add tremendous value to Boost Mobile’s newly relaunched wireless Web services,” said Kenn Raaf, product manager, Boost Mobile Value Added Services. “LSN provides our customers with the high-quality, continuously refreshed, and reliable information they need right in the palm of their hands.”

“Many consumers within the age group 18 to 35 are savvy, value-seeking consumers looking for compelling local content to complement and enhance their mobile lifestyle,” said Lee Durham, Founder and CEO of LSN. “We are pleased to partner with Boost Mobile to deliver valuable information directly to the mobile consumer who uses a prepaid wireless phone.”

About Boost Mobile

The prepaid division of Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S), Boost Mobile offers quality mobile phones, and flexible pay by the month, day and minute wireless services with no hidden fees, no contracts or credit checks. Boost-branded wireless phones with its exclusive Boost® Walkie-Talkie service are available nationwide at approximately 16,000 major retail and independent wireless dealer locations; with Re-Boost® available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the U.S. Purchase and experience Boost on the web at MySpace, Facebook and www.boostmobile.com.

About LSN, Inc.

Local Solutions Network, Inc. (LSN), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a mobile media and marketing company that enables local broadcasters and brand advertisers to extend their reach to the mobile consumer market via their handset. LSN has the nation's largest network of local television news content, in both English and Spanish, currently offering news, weather, sports and more to over 200 million mobile users. Through its Direct Mobile Marketing & Advertising Group, LSN enables companies to rapidly deploy direct mobile marketing campaigns to mobile users via text messaging, rich media content, and interactive mobile marketing campaigns across all wireless carriers and handsets. LSN’s GO WITH SMS!® is a turnkey Web-based program providing all of the tools companies need to rollout an interactive mobile promotion, at a low cost, within a short timeframe.

To learn more, please visit www.lsnmobile.com.

English

http://www.localwireless.com/wap/?zc=&carrier=boost

Spanish

http://www.localinalambrico.com/?carrier=boost

Media Contacts:

Boost Mobile Media Bureau

Phone: 949.748.3440

Email: Press@BoostMobile.com

Local Wireless® and the Local Wireless logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSN, Inc., Local Solutions Network or its subsidiaries in the United States. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts

For Local Solutions Network, Inc. (LSN)
Calysto Communications
Kristine Bennett, 404-266-2060 x13
kfbennett@calysto.com

http://www.lsnmobile.com/

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