Rackspace Hosts Over 3 Million Daily Transactions With Vodafone M-PESA

UXBRIDGE, England, September 30, 2010 - Rackspace Hosting, the world's leading specialist in the hosting and
cloud computing industry, has announced that it has been chosen by Vodafone
to host and support the M-PESA platform.

M-PESA is a platform designed to provide a fast, safe and easy way to
transfer money from person to person and is a valuable service in emerging
economies where there is little or no existing banking infrastructure outside
the major cities. It is now available in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa,
Afghanistan and Fiji and boasts over 16 million customers.

Neil Dwyer, Vodafone's senior operations manager said: "Rackspace has a
long history of being able to meet demand quickly and we are delighted to
work with them in order to deliver this important and increasingly popular
service. It is essential for us to work with a hosting company that can
provide 24/7 support and comprehensive security. Rackspace has proven their
ability to deliver and their rapid response times allow us to scale quickly
and effectively to meet peaks in demand."

Vodafone has recently announced plans to introduce M-PESA to other
countries where the traditional banking infrastructure is low and mobile
phone penetration is high.

Rackspace managing director David Kelly commented: "We're excited to be
working with Vodafone on this project and look forward to seeing how it
develops across the world to support those people who currently do not have
access to banks and in turn help them to become more economically active
through the application of innovative technology."

As part of the deal, Rackspace utilises satellite streaming technology to
send and receive real time transaction data using clustered database servers.
It also provides managed back-up and dedicated server (
www.rackspace.co.uk/managed-hosting/hosting-solutions/dedicated-servers/
) hosting of all application and web servers.

About Rackspace Hosting UK (
www.rackspace.co.uk/managed-hosting/hosting-solutions/managed-hosting/
):

Rackspace Hosting is the world's leading specialist in hosting
(www.rackspace.co.uk/rackspace-home/), virtualisation (
www.rackspace.co.uk/managed-hosting/hosting-solutions/managed-private-cloud/
) and cloud computing and has been ranked in Financial Times Top 50
Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom for the past six years. Rackspace
provides Fanatical Support to its customers, across a portfolio of IT
services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing.

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About Vodafone

Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by
revenue with approximately 347 million proportionate customers as at 30 June
2010. Vodafone currently has equity interests in over 30 countries across
five continents and over 40 partner networks worldwide.

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