Legacy's Schroeder Institute Selects Techneos' SODA(TM) Mobile Software to Power Innovative Solution for Washington D.C. Tobacco Quitline

VANCOUVER, February 9 - Techneos announces today that the American Legacy Foundation(R)'s
Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy has selected its SODA(TM)
platform to power an innovative study examining the effectiveness of mobile
phone support for the D.C. Tobacco Quitline. The project is funded by a
$977,346 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under a
prestigious program for which only about two percent of all applications
received funding.

The SODA(TM) Mobile Access Platform is the first research software of its
kind. SODA(TM) has the capacity to engage participants in a brand new way
which extends beyond simple questions and answers. Capabilities including
social media tools, photo capture and GPS/location capture are now enabling
the unprecedented tracking of choices, thoughts, movement and patterns.

Beyond the capacity to run on a wide variety of mobile phones such as
BlackBerry, Nokia, Android, Windows Mobile and other Java-enabled devices,
the SODA(TM) solutions suite equips customers with the entire infrastructure
required to create, deploy and manage multi-lingual wireless insight and
engagement programs on mobile devices.

"Typically in research, people are questioned about their thoughts,
opinions, moods and behavior," says Sean Conry, VP Business Development for
Techneos. "What's exciting about this project is that Legacy's Schroeder
Institute, Dr. Thomas Kirchner and their research collaborators are closing
the gap by initiating dialogue with their participants. They won't just take
information, they'll provide it too. Our software will enable people to
access details about their very own smoking habits on demand. They'll even be
able to reach out to others in their situation to share their experience and
ask for advice. We've never seen a project of its equal."

"This application of the SODA(TM) solutions suite represents a new era in
mobile research, wherein two-way communication and greater participant
engagement in the mobile process will help researchers to obtain the most
intimate and salient insights possible," says Dave King, CEO for Techneos.

About Techneos

Founded in 1995, Techneos provides mobile survey, customer and enterprise
feedback, panel and community management solutions to Fortune 500 firms,
global market research organizations, government and academic institutions
around the globe. With clients in over 50 countries and support for over 200
languages, Techneos provides the world's most advanced survey software for
mobile phones, PDAs, netbooks and other mobile devices. Techneos software may
be licensed for installation within a client's own IT infrastructure, or as a
hosted SaaS offering.

For further information on Techneos, please visit
www.techneos.com.

For more information on the American Legacy Foundation and this study,
visit www.legacyforhealth.org/3246.aspx.

For further information: Samantha Singh, Director, Marketing,
ssingh@techneos.com, Tel +1-604-435-6007 x111

For further information: Samantha Singh, Director, Marketing, ssingh at techneos.com, Tel +1-604-435-6007 x111