MANCHESTER, UK - 12th August 2003 - Game2XS.com, a global online gaming technology provider, today announces that the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded their trading company RxTxTech Limited a SMART (Small Firms Merit Award for Research and Technology) Award, and associated funding.

The DTI is providing the company with £45,000 ($73,068) in funding to support the feasibility study of a high-performance conditional access system for chargeable Internet services, such as online PC and console games, online gambling, and premium content providers.

Currently, to make an online game chargeable the code must be modified to employ add-on mechanisms that provide subscription or "pay per view" access. These mechanisms are never really secure, and in many cases the content providers do not have the ability to modify the application. To be truly secure, the 'toll gate' should be at the network level, without requiring any application modifications, and should also provide fraud detection and prevention mechanisms.

Jonathan Bale, Managing Director commented, "We are delighted that we have attracted the support of the DTI to fund the feasibility study of our conditional access system. We will be exploring the use of standard PC hardware and the Linux operating system to provide a secure, network-level conditional access solution. This technology has huge potential benefits for computer games companies wishing to offer chargeable Massively Multiplayer Games, and Online Session based titles."

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About SMART Awards
SMART (Small Firms Merit Award for Research and Technology) Awards are Government grants, given to establish the feasibility of innovations and inventions and to help the development of products through to the pre-production state. SMART Awards are said to have increased annual turnover in the UK economy by £500 million, helping to raise employment by around 8,000.
http://www.dti.gov.uk/

About Game2XS (http://www.game2xs.com)
Game2XS has been a leading provider of Internet services in the UK since 2001. Before Game2XS the team were pioneers in the online game business with Net Games UK, and GameSpot UK, their talents have driven a number of online gaming products and have an established network of contacts within the hardcore online gaming community. From setting up the UK's first 0800 gaming orientated dial up service in 2001, to the creation of the UK's first fully controllable, user friendly gaming server, the Game2XS team have been at the cutting edge of online gaming.

About RxTxTech Ltd (http://www.rxtxtech.com)
RxTxTech Limited is a company specialising in advanced IP-based solutions for the entertainment and telecommunications industries.