Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants Select Validas Wireless Bill Auditing Technology

MISSOURI CITY, Texas, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Validas Inc. (http://www.myvalidas.com/), which reduces consumer, business and government wireless expenses by more than 25 percent through dispute resolution and rate plan "right-sizing", today announced that Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants has licensed Validas' technology as part of the Schooley Mitchell system to automate wireless expense management for its franchises and clients.

Schooley Mitchell is the largest independently franchised telecommunications consulting company in North America. Its consultants specialize in advising small to large businesses in regards to their telecommunications services, requirements and expenses. In 2002, the company was named the #1 business-consulting franchise in North America by Entrepreneur Magazine. Schooley Mitchell will add Validas' technology to the state of the art support systems it provides to its U.S.-based franchises.

Validas has automated the wireless invoice analysis and auditing process, allowing users to identify and resolve disputes, understand service usage in clear detail, and perform cross-carrier rate plan comparisons to optimize and "right size" subscribers' rate plans. Schooley Mitchell's consultants will now be able to leverage the most advanced and accurate wireless expense management tool available in North America and deliver its bottom-line benefits immediately.

"Validas' technology is effective and pragmatic. It is easy to use and delivers rapid and accurate results. This will make the process of wireless expense management simpler for our consultants and even more effective for our clients," says Beth McMillian, president of Schooley Mitchell. "We are excited to add Validas' technology to the arsenal of tools our system makes available to all of our U.S. franchises."

"Partnering with a first class organization like Schooley Mitchell, who is known throughout the industry for its expertise in telecom expense management, is a great step forward for our company," says Tom Pepe, CEO of Validas. "Its decision to leverage our technology shows that we've done the hard work to perfect our product and to automate the highly complex process of wireless expense management in a way that delivers superior value to a client's bottom line."

About Validas

Validas (http://www.myvalidas.com) offers a unique, Web-based capability that saves wireless users -- enterprise, government and consumer -- more than 20 percent per year on their wireless services. Validas helps Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular subscribers to manage their minutes; identify and resolve billing and rating errors; and "right size" their rate plans. Using patent-pending technology, Validas provides detailed usage analyses, side-by-side rate plan comparisons and recommendations, and automates the wireless expense management process.

About Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants

Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants is the largest independent franchised telecommunications consulting company in North America, with offices from coast to coast. Schooley Mitchell Consultants deliver telecommunications expertise to companies large and small from all industries, offering a broad range of services that include analysis of existing and future telecommunications needs, assessment of best alternatives and implementation of cost-effective telecommunications solutions. The company is fully independent of all telecommunications providers, ensuring recommendations are based exclusively on clients' needs. For more information please visit: http://www.schooleymitchell.com