IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hop-on.com, Inc. (OTC: HPON — News) today announced that it has shipped an initial order of its tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) Model 1806 GSM handsets to a distributor in Karachi, Pakistan. Located in Southern Asia between India on the east, Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north, Pakistan is a country of 159 million people.

Dan Gannon, Chief Executive Officer of Hop-on commented, «In our efforts to address the various international markets for low cost wireless solutions, Hop-on has been working to establish a global business partner network spanning all five continents and we welcome this distributor in Pakistan as the latest addition to our expanding group of business partners. Pakistan is a country with approximately half the population of the United States in an area slightly less than twice the size of California. With its low wireless penetration rate, there is potentially a significant opportunity to sell low cost handsets in Pakistan and we look forward to working with this customer to serve the Pakistani market.»

About Hop-on.com, Inc.

Hop-on (OTC: HPON — News) is the developer and marketer of the world’s first disposable, recyclable and contract free cell phone. Its initial IS-95 CDMA phones provided a much-needed alternative to full service cellular contracts and prepaid calling cards and also provided the end user the capability to add on additional minutes. Hop-on has expanded its product portfolio to include the next generation CDMA2000 handsets designed by its Dallas R&D team as well as GSM/GPRS handsets. Hop-on targets its phones to both emerging market carriers and other domestic carriers and resellers needing an entry level priced phone. Hop-on also offers a line of innovative and attractively priced wireless accessories for both Hop-on phones and other leading manufacturers as well as affordable, wireless surveillance systems. For more information, visit [ >>> ]

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