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WebSafety, Inc. Believes the Future Looks Bright Regarding Potential Customer Penetration for Their CellSafety Software Application in the Rapidly Increasing Smartphone Market

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WebSafety, Inc. (OTCBB:WBSI), the leading provider of mobile phone software solutions that prevent texting, emailing and web browsing while driving, incidences of cyber-bullying as well as explicit or degrading texting, sexting issues and unlawful Internet behavior such as cyber predators, today announced that it believes the future looks very bright for its industry leading "CellSafety" smartphone application as it continues making progress regarding product awareness and customer penetration in this rapidly expanding market.
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

IRVING, Texas, Feb. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WebSafety, Inc. (OTCBB:WBSI), the leading provider of mobile phone software solutions that prevent texting, emailing and web browsing while driving, incidences of cyber-bullying as well as explicit or degrading texting, sexting issues and unlawful Internet behavior such as cyber predators, today announced that it believes the future looks very bright for its industry leading "CellSafety" smartphone application as it continues making progress regarding product awareness and customer penetration in this rapidly expanding market.

According to comScore, Inc., a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics, in data released February 7, 2011 from their MobiLens service, "63.2 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in December 2010, up 60 percent versus year ago."

Additionally the mobile application marketplace will reach $25 billion by 2015, according to a new report by World Mobile Applications Market, a U.S.-based market research firm.

The firm also found that global applications was one of the few industries not affected by the recent economic downturn. In 2008, mobile apps saw a 146% growth in terms of downloads, going from 450 million downloads in 2007 to 1 billion in 2008, the firm said. In 2009 the market saw 6.4 billion downloads.

Rowland Day, Chief Executive Officer of WebSafety, commented: "This growing market opportunity is very significant for all the stakeholders in our company. We will continue our efforts to provide advanced technology solutions to the myriad of dangers that families, children and companies face as a result of this rapidly expanding digital world."

About WebSafety, Inc.

WebSafety, Inc. is the leading provider of mobile and computer software solutions that help to prevent incidences of distracted driving, as well as unlawful Internet behavior such as cyber predators, explicit or degrading texting and cyber-bullying. The mobile software application works on the major wireless operating systems, including Android, Blackberry and Symbian, and on all four of the major wireless carriers in United States and the three wireless networks in Canada.

For additional information or to download the CellSafety software application, please visit and click on the red "BUY NOW" button.

For WebSafety investor relations material, including an executive summary and corporate presentation, please visit: .

Free research report on WebSafety issued by Harbinger Research is available in Acrobat format at: .

CONTACT: Casson Media Group, Inc. for WebSafety, Inc. Mike Casson mike@cassonmediagroup.com