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     <title>AT&amp;T Completes Acquisition of Centennial Communications</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:59:28 EST</pubDate>
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     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Acquisition Enhances AT&#38;T&#39;s Wireless Network Coverage in Rural Areas, Service for Businesses Operating in Puerto Rico</p><p>Dallas, Texas, AT&#38;T* today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=CYCL" target="_blank">Nasdaq:CYCL</a>). The acquisition enhances AT&#38;T&#39;s network coverage across the Midwest and Southeast United States and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p><p>The combination of the two companies&#39; wireless networks will allow AT&#38;T to deliver broader wireless coverage, including to approximately 893,000 former Centennial wireless subscribers.1 With the addition of Centennial, AT&#38;T also expands its wired network coverage to Puerto Rico, enhancing service for its business customers with operations there.</p><p>&#39;The addition of Centennial will enhance AT&#38;T&#39;s assets in wireless &#8212; a strategic priority and one of our biggest growth drivers &#8212; and service for customers of both companies,&#39; said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer of AT&#38;T Mobility and Consumer Markets. &#39;We&#39;re excited to give Centennial wireless subscribers access to the nation&#39;s fastest 3G network plus our premier lineup of smartphones and unmatched portfolio of applications and services.</p><p>&#39;We&#39;ll also improve network reliability for our wireless subscribers who will be able to make on-network calls in the Centennial footprint,&#39; said de la Vega. &#39;And as Centennial&#39;s broadband network in Puerto Rico is integrated with AT&#38;T&#39;s extensive global network and advanced service offerings, we&#39;ll offer corporations that operate in Puerto Rico the benefits of end-to-end service over a single network.&#39;</p><p>Integration Plans<br />AT&#38;T plans to integrate Centennial&#39;s networks and products with AT&#38;T&#39;s networks and product portfolio. The transaction extends AT&#38;T&#39;s wireless network coverage in primarily rural areas of Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas as well as enhances coverage in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p><p>In the mainland U.S., AT&#38;T will move quickly to rebrand Centennial as AT&#38;T and to make AT&#38;T&#39;s innovative products and services available to Centennial&#39;s customers.2 By late January 2010, AT&#38;T products and services will be available at more than 100 Centennial retail locations. Within the same timeframe, AT&#38;T signage will be installed in all Centennial locations. Former Centennial wireless subscribers may keep their existing rate plans, but they will also have the opportunity to migrate to AT&#38;T rate plans without activation or upgrade fees. Existing AT&#38;T customer contracts will not change.</p><p>In Puerto Rico, the Centennial brand will continue through mid-2010. AT&#38;T will honor the current rate plans and contracts of Centennial wireless subscribers. AT&#38;T expects to make the full portfolio of AT&#38;T products and services available in Centennial locations in Puerto Rico in the third quarter of 2010. At that point, Centennial customers will have the opportunity to migrate to AT&#38;T rate plans without activation or upgrade fees. Existing AT&#38;T customer contracts in Puerto Rico will not change.</p><p>To provide the best experience possible for Centennial customers who choose to migrate to AT&#38;T service, prior to the transition, AT&#38;T plans to deploy 3G at more than 200 sites in Centennial&#39;s markets. This deployment plan includes adding 3G capabilities at more than 100 sites and expanding 3G coverage and capacity at approximately 100 sites.</p><p>Centennial customers who choose AT&#38;T plans will enjoy significant benefits as they join the AT&#38;T network. AT&#38;T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, with more phones working in more places; more applications running over its network; and access to the nation&#39;s fastest 3G network, which will get even faster as AT&#38;T rolls out HSPA 7.2 technology in advance of its deployment of 4G LTE service. And unlike other wireless networks, AT&#38;T&#39;s network enables subscribers to talk and e-mail or surf the Web at the same time &#8212; one of the reasons, along with the industry&#39;s leading lineup of devices, that significantly more smartphone users have chosen AT&#38;T over other wireless carriers. Centennial customers who choose select smartphones and LaptopConnect cards will have access to AT&#38;T&#39;s Wi-Fi hot spot network, the largest in the U.S. with more than 20,000 hot spots, at no additional charge. AT&#38;T will also offer Centennial subscribers Rollover&#174; Minutes, a feature exclusive to AT&#38;T, as well as a mobile-to-mobile calling community of nearly 82 million3 members.</p><p>Centennial&#39;s wired network assets in Puerto Rico will also allow AT&#38;T to better serve business customers with a presence in Puerto Rico.AT&#38;T will continue to provide switched voice, high-capacity data and Internet Protocol solutions for business customers in Puerto Rico. Existing Centennial customers will now have access to new technologies, to AT&#38;T&#39;s innovative products and to both wireline and wireless services from AT&#38;T.</p><p>Merger Synergies and Financials<br />The acquisition of Centennial will provide AT&#38;T opportunities for synergies in areas such as corporate functions, advertising, customer care and network operations. AT&#38;T expects upfront integration costs will result in minimal dilution to EPS and cash flow in 2009. As previously announced, Centennial stockholders will receive $8.50 per share in cash. Including net debt, the transaction is valued at $2.7 billion. AT&#38;T will take prompt actions to redeem all of Centennial&#39;s outstanding debt under its indentures and credit agreement.</p><p>Regulatory Approval Process<br />AT&#38;T&#39;s acquisition of Centennial has been reviewed and approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Pursuant to a consent decree, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana have agreed to permit the merger to close.</p><p>As a result of the FCC and DOJ review processes, AT&#38;T agreed to divest operations in eight service areas: Alexandria, La., Lafayette, La., LA-3 (DeSoto), LA-5 (Beauregard), LA-6 (Iberville), LA-7 (West Feliciana), MS-8 (Claiborne) and MS-9 (Copiah). Per the terms of a definitive agreement signed in May 2009, AT&#38;T has agreed to divest to Verizon Wireless five of the Centennial service areas covered under the DOJ ruling. These five service areas are Lafayette, La., LA-5 (Beauregard), LA-6 (Iberville), LA-7 (West Feliciana) and MS-8 (Claiborne). AT&#38;T now expects that this transaction will close in the first quarter of 2010, once the companies obtain regulatory approvals. AT&#38;T also has a definitive agreement with Verizon Wireless to acquire wireless properties Verizon Wireless is divesting as a result of its acquisition of Alltel. That transaction is also subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009.</p><p>To secure FCC approval of the transaction, AT&#38;T committed to honor agreements for roaming on Centennial&#39;s network. AT&#38;T will honor existing roaming agreements with other carriers for the life of the contract &#8212; or, for carriers with fewer than 10 million subscribers, will maintain the roaming agreement for at least four years or the full term of the agreement with Centennial, whichever is longer. AT&#38;T also agreed to certain measures restricting the flow of competitive information between AT&#38;T and América Móvil. AT&#38;T is a minority shareholder in América Móvil, which also provides telecommunications services in Puerto Rico.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107197 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=COS">Commercial Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/A77QmWQLHvw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Nokia, Island Def Jam Music Group, Universal Music Group International &amp; superstar artist Rihanna announce breakthrough global music partnership</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:48:57 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA, USA - Nokia announces the launch of a groundbreaking new global music partnership - Nokia Play 2010 - with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music Group Internation...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Los Angeles, CA, USA - Nokia announces the launch of a groundbreaking new global music partnership - Nokia Play 2010 - with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music Group International (UMGI). This announcement coincides with the global availability of the Nokia X6, a powerful entertainment device in combination with Comes With Music, Nokia&#39;s &#39;all-you-can-eat-music&#39; offering.<br /> <br />Created to deliver unique and exclusive music content to fans around the world, the partnership will see IDJMG &#38; UMGI launch international superstar Rihanna&#39;s highly-anticipated new album, Rated R, with Nokia via an exclusive live, streamed concert and simultaneous listening parties in multiple locations around the globe on November 16th 2009.<br /> <br />Streamed live from London, Rihanna will perform for the very first time a select number of tracks from her new album. In front of fans in London and an audience globally, the exclusive gig will showcase Nokia and IDJMG&#39;s ability to bring fans closer to artists, and artists closer to fans via its home on <a href="http://www.nokia.com/rihanna" target="_blank">www.nokia.com/rihanna</a>.<br /> <br />IDJMG, UMGI and Nokia will take advantage of the latest technology solutions to promote and broadcast this unique event via Nokia mobile music, video and communications services. Selected bloggers at the event will record, broadcast and share elements of the exclusive live concert with fans around the globe linking them all via Web-based social computing technologies. Fan participation to the groundbreaking live event will be free of charge from Nokia Music Stores. Plus Nokia Comes With Music customers will be able to download an exclusive version of Rated R with a bonus track, remix and other additional content free as part of their subscription. Nokia will also make available an exclusive Rihanna application and exclusive footage from her London gig in Ovi Store and in selected territories an exclusive window to a track, &#39;Wait Your Turn&#39; from the album before its release.<br /> <br />The announcement marks the first unique music partnership of its kind for Nokia and delivers an exciting artist connection to fans across the globe.<br /> <br />Liz Schimel, Head of Global Music, Nokia, said; &#34;Nokia is extremely excited to collaborate with Island Def Jam and Rihanna to truly redefine the connection between artists and fans and to deliver unique experience and content across the globe. History will be made on November 16th when Rihanna performs for a global audience via Nokia&#39;s live streamed concert to officially mark the launch of her much anticipated new album.&#34;<br /> <br /> &#34;We are thrilled to join forces with Nokia for this innovative, global partnership, one that seamlessly merges technology and artistry in a truly unique way,&#34; said Steve Bartels, President &#38; COO, Island Def Jam Music Group. &#34;Alongside our chairman L.A. Reid, we continually challenge ourselves to develop new and creative strategies to market our artists in this rapidly changing business environment. With her technologically savvy fan-base and her remarkable history with the digital and mobile platforms, Rihanna is the perfect artist to launch this groundbreaking initiative.&#34;<br /> <br />About Nokia<br />Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world&#39;s leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107182 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ENT">Entertainment</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MLM">Multimedia / Online / Internet</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MUS">Music</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/0eMP3Q_zcHQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Amscreen and TomTom agree partnership</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:29:52 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[TomTom HD Traffic to provide live traffic feed across Amscreen convenience store network -   -  TomTom and Amscreen, the digital signage company today announce a sponsorship deal to provide millions of mo...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TomTom HD Traffic to provide live traffic feed across Amscreen convenience store network</p><p>TomTom and Amscreen, the digital signage company today announce a sponsorship deal to provide millions of motorists with the most up-to-date traffic information thanks to TomTom&#39;s HD Traffic.</p><p>The deal will see TomTom become the exclusive provider of live traffic feeds across Amscreen&#39;s digital signage network. The first convenience store network to feature TomTom&#39;s HD Traffic on its close proximity signage units will be BP.</p><p>The BP network utilises Amscreen&#39;s bespoke &#39;plug and play&#39; technology, which allows screen content to be remotely updated without the need for any extra cabling or IT input, on site. Available at BP&#39;s network of over 300 company owned sites, TomTom&#39;s HD Traffic technology uses data from travelling Vodafone users, making it possible to monitor, in real time, the actual speed of millions of cars across the road network. This data is merged with anonymous real-time GPS data from connected TomTom customers and information from traffic authorities, road operators and commercial third parties to provide customers with the most accurate and precise traffic information.</p><p>Damian Woodward, VP Sales &#38; Marketing, TomTom commented: &#39;The Amscreen network provides us with the perfect way to assist over 7 million motorists per week. Our HD Traffic technology enables us to provide these customers with traffic information featuring unprecedented accuracy and quality.&#39;</p><p>The deal with TomTom comes at a time when the Digital Out of Home market is buoyant, with the size of market ever-growing and expected to quadruple to a worth of &#163;248 million by 2012.</p><p>Simon Sugar added: &#39;We&#39;re delighted to announce this deal with TomTom. As the market leaders in portable navigation systems they offer first class traffic information and we see a great synergy with the Amscreen digital signage network. We look forward to working with them further as we expand our network over the coming months.&#39;</p><p>For more information on Amscreen, go to <a href="http://www.amscreen.co.uk" target="_blank">www.amscreen.co.uk</a></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107172 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=AUT">Automotive</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CPR">Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TRN">Transportation / Shipping</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/g3KugC2WG-I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>New position in Ericsson Group Management Team to drive implementation of new brand strategy</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:10:10 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Ericsson&#39;s (NASDAQ:ERIC) in-coming President and CEO Hans Vestberg has appointed Cesare Avenia to a new position in the group management team where Avenia will be responsible for driving the implement...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ericsson&#39;s (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=ERIC" target="_blank">NASDAQ:ERIC</a>) in-coming President and CEO Hans Vestberg has appointed Cesare Avenia to a new position in the group management team where Avenia will be responsible for driving the implementation of Ericsson&#39;s new brand strategy. Cesare Avenia is presently head of market unit South East Europe and will take on his new position as Chief Brand Officer November 9, 2009.<br /> <br />Ericsson is the undisputed leading supplier in the telecom industry and has strengthened its position significantly in the 21st century. Fundamentals for the industry are positive, mainly driven by the growing demand for broadband and connectivity. Ericsson has over the past year developed a new brand strategy to leverage opportunities and meet challenges to come in the next few years.<br /> <br />&#34;We will move from traditional telecom to IP, we see how we move from being a hardware to a software business and we will see an evolution and modernization of the networks rather than the past years vast rollouts of new networks&#34;, says in-coming President and CEO Hans Vestberg. &#34;This requires us to change our ways of working as well as business and engagement models. Our ability to develop competence, behavior and position are key success factors and we are repositioning our brand to capture these new opportunities.&#34;<br /> <br />The brand stands for a company&#39;s capabilities, strategic direction and differentiation from competition. It shows the direction to the market and its employees.<br /> <br />&#34;Our brand must not only speak about our ambitions, but drive our ambitions&#34;, says Cesare Avenia. &#34;My role will be to build confidence and help facilitate change in the organization. I will focus on guiding our colleagues in this transformation to secure long-term value growth.&#34;<br /> <br />Hans Vestberg says; &#34;Cesare&#39;s experience from many part of Ericsson and deep knowledge of our customer needs makes him well suited to head this important task. He has an inspiring management style and I look forward to welcoming him in our Group Management Team.&#34;<br /> <br />Cesare Avenia joined Ericsson in 1994 when he was appointed marketing manager for division Mobile Systems. In parallel, he has been teaching industrial marketing at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome. During the years with Ericsson he has hold different managerial positions, like head of Division Switching and Network Systems in Italy, head of Region Middle East and Africa, head of market unit Middle East and in 2003 he was appointed head of Ericsson Italy. Since 2006, he is head of market unit South East Europe and member of the extended group management team.<br /> <br />Cesare Avenia was born in 1950 in S. Maria Capua Vetere in Italy. He has a degree in Electronics Engineering. He is married and has two children.<br /> <br />Notes to editors:<br />Cesare Avenia&#39;s bio and photo are attached.<br /> <br />Ericsson&#39;s multimedia content is available at the broadcast room: <a href="http://www.ericsson.com/broadcast_room" target="_blank">www.ericsson.com/broadcast_room</a></p><p>Ericsson is the world&#39;s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billion subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company&#39;s portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.  <br /> <br />Ericsson is advancing its vision of &#34;to be the prime driver in an all-communicating world&#34; through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 75,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX NASDAQ, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.ericsson.com" target="_blank">www.ericsson.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ericssonpress" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/ericssonpress</a></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107168 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CPR">Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=WRK">Workforce Management / Human Resources</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/EcbknUDsCV0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom sign final agreement to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:02:47 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom signed the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. Now that the confirmatory due diligence has been...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom signed the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. Now that the confirmatory due diligence has been completed, this binding agreement confirms the terms of the transaction announced on 8 September 2009.</p><p>Completion is conditional upon approval by the relevant authorities and remains expected in the first half of 2010 as previously indicated. The agreement is subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Telekom and the Board of Directors of France Telecom. Timotheus Höttges, CFO of Deutsche Telekom, said: &#34;This joint venture is based on the full commitment of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom to a long term partnership. The negotiations were conducted in a fair way on both sides and I am certain that this spirit of professionalism and partnership will shape the future of our joint venture. It will set new standards as the number one in the UK mobile market.&#34;</p><p>Gervais Pellissier, deputy CEO in charge of Group Finance &#38; Information Systems, said: &#34;The relative terms of the transaction as announced on 8 September were fully confirmed. I would like to stress the excellent cooperation between the teams of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, which enabled us to deliver on the timing and process objectives which we set out in September. This is an important step towards our objective of establishing an excellent platform to deliver operational synergies and offer innovative and high quality services to our customers.&#34;</p><p>About Deutsche Telekom<br />Deutsche Telekom is one of the leading integrated telecommunications companies worldwide with approx. 151 million mobile customers, around 39 million fixed network lines and approx. 15 million broadband lines (as of September 30, 2009). The group is present in around 50 countries worldwide with approx. 260,000 employees (as of September 30, 2009). In the first three quarters of 2009 Deutsche Telekom generated more than half of its revenues of EUR 48.4 billion outside of Germany. Major subsidiaries in Europe include the integrated telecoms providers OTE in Greece, Magyar Telekom in Hungary, T-Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia and Slovak Telekom in Slovakia. The group has mobile communications subsidiaries in Germany, the US, the UK, Greece, The Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic , Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, FYROM and Montenegro. Deutsche Telekom operates three product brands: T-Home provides state-of-the-art fixed network infrastructures, fast internet access and innovative multimedia services such as IPTV. T-Mobile, on of the world&#39;s leading mobile service companies, provides a comprehensive portfolio of mobile voice and data services in Europe and the US, as well as mobile broadband services. T-Mobile is exclusive partner for the Apple iPHone in Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary and Croatia. In addition, T-Mobile markets the iPhone in a further eight European countries. T-Systems, the business customer operation of Deutsche Telekom, offers integrated ICT solutions to multinational customers. For further information please visit <a href="http://www.telekom.com" target="_blank">www.telekom.com</a>.</p><p>About France Telecom<br />France Telecom, one of the world&#39;s leading telecommunications operators, had consolidated sales of 53.5 billion euros in 2008 (25.5 billion euros in the first half of 2009) and, at 30 June 2009, a customer base of 186 million customers in 32 countries. Orange, the Group&#39;s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, now covers 124.5 million customers. At the first half of 2009, the Group had 125.5 million mobile customers and 13.4 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers worldwide. Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number two provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies. The Group&#39;s strategy, which is characterized by a strong focus on innovation, convergence and effective cost management, aims to establish Orange as an integrated operator and benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. Today the Group remains focused on its core activities as a network operator, while working to develop its position in new growth activities. To meet customer expectations, the Group strives to provide products and services that are simple and user-friendly, while maintaining a sustainable and responsible business model that can be adapted to the requirements of a fast-paced and changing eco-system. France Telecom (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=FTE" target="_blank">NYSE:FTE</a>) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information: <a href="http://www.orange.com" target="_blank">www.orange.com</a>, <a href="http://www.francetelecom.com" target="_blank">www.francetelecom.com</a>, <a href="http://www.orange-business.com" target="_blank">www.orange-business.com</a>.</p><p>About T-Mobile UK<br />T-Mobile is one of the world&#39;s largest mobile operators with more than 150 million customers worldwide and is the service provider of choice for 16.6 million customers in the UK. T-Mobile offers a range of innovative products and services, such as Solo, the SIM-only plan, Combi, a traditional minutes and text package, and Flext, the UK&#39;s first flexible tariff. T-Mobile continues to innovate with new devices such as the UK&#39;s first Android&#8482;-based smart phone, the T-Mobile G1, and its successor the T-Mobile G2, both with access to more than 1,000 applications. T-Mobile has pioneered the mobile internet, and operates an award-winning 3G network with speeds of up to 4.5Mbps. As a pioneer of deep network sharing in the UK, T-Mobile is continuously improving population coverage for 3G services and will operate the best 3G network by the end of 2010. For more information about T-Mobile UK, please visit <a href="http://www.t-mobile.co.uk" target="_blank">www.t-mobile.co.uk</a>.</p><p>About Orange UK<br />In the UK, Orange provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population. At the end of July 2009, Orange had almost 17 million customers in the UK &#8211; 15.9 million active mobile customers and close to one million fixed broadband customers. Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited. For more information: <a href="http://www.orange.com" target="_blank">www.orange.com</a>, <a href="http://www.francetelecom.com" target="_blank">www.francetelecom.com</a>, <a href="http://www.orange-business.com" target="_blank">www.orange-business.com</a> For further information, call the Orange press office on 0870 373 1500 or email: <a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:Orangepr&#64;golinharris.com">Orangepr&#64;golinharris.com</a> or visit <a href="http://www.orange.co.uk/newsroom" target="_blank">www.orange.co.uk/newsroom</a>.</p><p>Deutsche Telekom Disclaimer<br />This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of Deutsche Telekom management with respect to future events. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates, and projections. They should therefore be considered with caution. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond Deutsche Telekom&#39;s control. If these risks and uncertainties materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Deutsche Telekom can offer no assurance that its expectations or targets will be met. Without prejudice to existing obligations under capital market law, Deutsche Telekom does not assume any responsibility for updating forward-looking statements by taking new information or future events or other matters into account.</p><p>France Telecom Disclaimer<br />This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of the management of France Telecom S.A. (&#39;France Telecom&#39;) with respect to future events. They include, among others, statements as to market potential, synergies and financial guidance. They are generally identified by the words &#39;expect,&#39; &#39;anticipate,&#39; &#39;believe,&#39; &#39;intend,&#39; &#39;estimate,&#39; &#39;aim,&#39; &#39;goal,&#39; &#39;plan,&#39; &#39;will,&#39; &#39;seek,&#39; &#39;outlook&#39; or similar expressions and include generally any information that relates to expectations or targets for revenue, EBITDA, earnings, capital expenditures, operating expenses, synergies, profitability or other performance measures, as well as personnel related measures and reductions. Forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections. You should consider them with caution. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond France Telecom&#39;s control, including those described in the sections &#39;Forward-Looking Statements&#39; and &#39;Risk Factors&#39; of France Telecom&#39;s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and France Telecom&#39;s Document de Référence filed with the French Autorité des marchés financiers. Among the relevant risk factors are the progress of any regulatory approvals, restructuring of operations, and impact of other significant strategic or business initiatives, including network and IT rationalization, distribution streamlining and other cost-saving initiatives. In addition, regulatory rulings, stronger than expected competition, technological change, litigation and supervisory developments, among other factors, may have a material adverse effect on costs and revenue development. Further, changes in general economic and business conditions, including the significant economic decline currently underway, in the markets in which France Telecom and the proposed new joint venture operate and ongoing instability and volatility in worldwide financial markets; changes in exchange and interest rates, may also have an impact on our business development and availability of capital under favorable conditions. If these or other risks and uncertainties materialize, or if the assumptions underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, France Telecom&#39;s actual results, and the actual results of the proposed new joint venture, may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. France Telecom cannot offer any assurance that its expectations or targets will be achieved. France Telecom does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements to take new information or future events into account or otherwise. France Telecom does not reconcile EBITDA guidance to a GAAP measure because it would require unreasonable effort to do so. As a general matter, France Telecom does not predict the net effect of future special factors because of their uncertainty. Special factors and interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (including impairment losses) can be significant to France Telecom&#39;s results. In addition to figures prepared in accordance with IFRS, France Telecom presents non-GAAP financial performance measures, including, among others, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted EBIT, adjusted net income, free cash flow, gross debt and net debt. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with IFRS. Non-GAAP financial performance measures are not subject to IFRS or any other generally accepted accounting principles. Other companies may define these terms in different ways. For further information relevant to the interpretation of these terms, please refer to France Telecom&#39;s Investor Relations webpage at <a href="http://www.francetelecom.com" target="_blank">www.francetelecom.com</a>.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107164 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=COS">Commercial Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=PES">Personal Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/fqNtv2g7WbU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Myxer and Mass Animation to Launch First Simultaneous Theatrical and Mobile Release of a Movie</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[&#39;Live Music&#39; a CGI Animated Short created by a community on Facebook of over 50,000 artists and fans will be in theaters and on phones November 20th -    -  Deerfield Beach, FL and Los Angeles, CA (Novemb...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#39;Live Music&#39; a CGI Animated Short created by a community on Facebook of over 50,000 artists and fans will be in theaters and on phones November 20th<br /> <br />Deerfield Beach, FL and Los Angeles, CA (November 6, 2009) &#8211; Myxer, the leader in mobile entertainment with 27 million users, and Mass Animation, the largest global animation collaboration ever, announced today the availability of the Live Music mobile content channel on Myxer (<a href="http://www.myxer.com/livemusic" target="_blank">www.myxer.com/livemusic</a>).  The companies are partnering in the first ever &#39;day and date&#39; theatrical and mobile release with Live Music appearing on 500 digital screens nationwide on November 20th in front of Sony Pictures&#39; release of Planet 51 and on mobile via Myxer&#39;s content delivery platform the same day.   </p><p>Live Music is brought to you by the team behind the Academy Award winning animated short, &#39;The Chubb Chubbs&#39; (2002) and the Executive Producer of this year&#39;s animated hit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.  It started with the creation of a virtual studio on Facebook and an open invitation to artists around the world to collaborate in the making of an animated short film. Over 58,000 fans worldwide joined the community with 51 finalist animators from 17 countries credited in the film. </p><p>&#39;Myxer is thrilled to be part of the ground-breaking collaboration, Live Music, as it ties in with so many of our passions---music, innovation and content contributions from tens of thousands of individuals,&#39; said Myk Willis, CEO of Myxer. &#39;The mobile entertainment industry continues to evolve at such a rapid pace; we&#39;re excited to part of this first-ever simultaneous release in theaters and on mobile.&#39;</p><p>&#39;When we were looking for a mobile partner we were looking for great technology, a large consumer audience and a passionate team to support us and Myxer has been the perfect partner,&#39; said Yair Landau, founder of Mass Animation, director of Live Music and former Sony Pictures&#39; Vice Chairman. &#39;We&#39;re very excited about offering our Live Music fans the ability to purchase the movie for their mobile phones on the same day we are releasing the movie nationwide in theaters.  Our fans can enjoy some free mobile content from the movie starting today.&#39;  </p><p>To receive free wallpaper text &#39;livemusic2&#39; to 69937. To view the movie trailer, audiences may also visit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2NcijwPWE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2NcijwPWE</a></p><p># # #</p><p>About Mass Animation<br />Founded in August 2008 by former Sony Pictures Vice Chairman Yair Landau, Mass Animation began with the creation of a virtual studio on Facebook and an open invitation to artists around the world to collaborate in the making of entertainment content thru an innovative new Facebook application. With over 58,000 participants from 101 countries, the company&#39;s first project, Live Music, attracted artists from Kazakhstan to Colombia to collaborate in this completely unique production.  When artists arrived at Mass Animation&#39;s virtual studio, they were given the the essential tools and animation software necessary to participate, including individual storyboards and 3D models bundled for download along with guidelines on animation and the Autodesk Maya software necessary to actually animate.  Through the social networking features of the application, animated shots could then be viewed, voted on and shared with friends. With animators from 17 different countries, Live Music is truly the first ever-global animation collaboration brought to life by a group of people on the internet. Mass Animation is currently developing the next generation of stories and applications for worldwide collaborative creativity.  To learn more, go to <a href="http://www.massanimation.com" target="_blank">www.massanimation.com</a>.   </p><p>About Myxer<br />Myxer is the largest and fastest growing site for mobile entertainment and personalization &#8212; with 27 million users, more than 65 million mobile downloads a month, and a catalog of over 2 million ringtones, wallpapers, videos and games.  At <a href="http://www.myxer.com" target="_blank">www.myxer.com</a> there are no hidden costs, no subscription fees and no surprises.  For content providers, advertisers and consumers, Myxer&#39;s mobile platform enables radically simple and quick delivery of content, or customized Web to mobile ad campaigns, regardless of the service provider or mobile device being used.  Named 2008 &#39;Key Market Enabler in U.S. Mobile Advertising&#39; from Frost &#38; Sullivan as well as Best Music Service at the 2008 Mobile Entertainment Forum and Best Consumer Messaging Application at the Global Messaging Awards 2008, Myxer&#39;s unique solutions continue to capture global and national attention. To learn more and see some of the exciting applications, go to demo.myxer.com.</p><p>Myxer and the Myxer logo are trademarks of Myxer Inc.</p><p>Contact:</p><p>For Mass Animation<br />Yair Landau 310.459.0555<br /><a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:yair&#64;massanimation.com">yair&#64;massanimation.com</a><br /></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107143 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ENT">Entertainment</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=FLM">Film and Motion Picture</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MLM">Multimedia / Online / Internet</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MUS">Music</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/JAaHTdPZtEE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Bliley Introduces Best-in-Class, Low Phase Noise OCVCXO with Low-g Sensitivity for Microwave Communication, Radar, Navigation and Equipment Systems</title>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:18:36 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Bliley&#39;s NV45AD1725 OCVCXO, with Low-g sensitivity, is designed for microwave-frequency systems subject to vibration and environmental effects.  The NV45AD1725 yields the best phase noise available fo...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bliley&#39;s NV45AD1725 OCVCXO, with Low-g sensitivity, is designed for microwave-frequency systems subject to vibration and environmental effects.  The NV45AD1725 yields the best phase noise available for its miniature-package size and features a 100 MHz frequency, thermal stability of +/- 50 ppb, and low-power consumption.  </p><p><br />ERIE, Pa. (November 6, 2009) &#8211; Bliley Technologies, Inc., a worldwide leader in crystal controlled frequency solutions, has introduced the NV45AD1725 OCVCXO (oven controlled voltage controlled crystal oscillator) configured specifically for ultra low phase noise results in vibration-rich environments.</p><p>Packaged with a standard, 1-inch-square footprint and with a .46 inch height, the 100 MHz NV45AD1725 offers the lowest phase noise available in its class, as well as design flexibility for electronics engineers specifying substitute components and upgrades.  Well suited for microwave communication, radar, navigation and equipment systems, the NV45AD1725 is available in both leaded and RoHS compliant versions.</p><p>&#39;Historically, phase noise has been a major, limiting factor related to the successful operation of sophisticated communication and radar systems subjected to vibration effects.  The 100 MHz NV45AD1725 is designed to meet that specific engineering requirement.  Although it is available as a standard part, customization is an option for advanced technology programs,&#39; said Dennis Barrick, Bliley&#39;s Global Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. </p><p>To review complete NV45AD1725 OCVCXO specifications online, visit Bliley Technologies at <a href="http://www.bliley.com/datasheets/NV45AD1725_single_board_100MHz.pdf" target="_blank">www.bliley.com/datasheets/NV45AD1725_single_board_100MHz.pdf</a>.</p><p>About Bliley Technologies, Inc.:</p><p>Bliley has been producing state-of-the-art, low phase noise products since 1930 and is recognized internationally as a provider of quality frequency generation solutions for these industries:  SATCOM/space; military; aerospace electronics; wireless and wireline communication; instrumentation; and consumer electronics.  The company specializes in producing frequency control components for demanding applications.</p><p>At its state-of-the-art, ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturing facilities, Bliley designs and produces:</p><p>--Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXOs)<br />--Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators (TCXOs)<br />--Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillators (VCXOs)<br />--Crystal Oscillators (XOs)<br />--Precision AT, SC, IT &#38; FC cut crystals<br />--Quartz Transducers.<br />	<br />For more information, contact Bliley (<a href="http://www.bliley.com" target="_blank">www.bliley.com</a>) at 2545 West Grandview Boulevard, Erie, Pa., 16506-4512.  Phone:  (814) 838-3571.  </p><p>###</p><p>CONTACT:</p><p>Dana Nwaizu <br />(814) 838-3571, Ext. 283<br /><a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;:DanaN&#64;bliley.com">DanaN&#64;bliley.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.bliley.com" target="_blank">www.bliley.com</a><br /></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107161 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ARO">Aerospace / Defense</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ECP">Electronic Components</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CPR">Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=EPM">Electronics Performance Measurement</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/WC-OnGeLvWc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Mobile Brand Advertising Network Greystripe Expands its Award-Winning Rich Media iPhone Advertising Solutions To a Large Base of Developers on Mobile Mediation Platform Tapjoy</title>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Tapjoy&#39;s Strategic Relationship with Greystripe Offers iPhone Developers Flexibility to Earn the Highest Revenue Payouts from Rich Media Ads -   -  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (November 5, 2009) -- Greystripe, ...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tapjoy&#39;s Strategic Relationship with Greystripe Offers iPhone Developers Flexibility to Earn the Highest Revenue Payouts from Rich Media Ads</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (November 5, 2009) -- Greystripe, the leading mobile brand-advertising network, today announced a strategic relationship with Tapjoy, bringing full-screen ads to Tapjoy&#39;s mobile mediation platform and developer community. The affiliation with Greystripe offers iPhone developers simple SDK integration to incorporate Greystripe&#39;s full-screen, rich media ads along with the banner ads already available through Tapjoy&#39;s SDK.</p><p>The new partnership maximizes revenue potential for mobile content developers who can now take advantage of both on-screen real estate during game play, as well as natural, interstitial pauses and breaks. This partnerships allows Tapjoy to extend its role as the leading mediation platform for mobile developers, helping them deliver ads from multiple networks while choosing those that provide the highest CPM. Aligning Tapjoy with Greystripe&#39;s rich-media formats presents an opportunity for developers to take advantage of multiple, proven ad solutions within a single Tapjoy SDK.</p><p> <br />&#39;I&#39;m very excited to learn Greystripe and Tapjoy are working together to provide developers a single platform to help us drive the highest CPMs,&#39; explains Andy Reidel, creator of &#39;Beat the Tiki&#39;, a popular trivia app for iPhone.  &#39;&#39;Beat the Tiki&#39; uses both Greystripe and Tapjoy, and the combination of banner and full-screen interstitial ads has worked very well.  It&#39;s a natural extension to see both companies together in a single developer&#39;s kit.&#39;</p><p>Rich media offers higher revenues for iPhone App Developers</p><p>Greystripe&#39;s in-app advertisements feature full screen rich-media Flash formats, transcoded for iPhone delivery and proven to deliver a higher CPM than the basic small, static banner ads.</p><p>&#39;Tapjoy is excited to improve and broaden our service by offering a full-screen ad option to our users,&#39; said Lee Linden, co-founder of Tapjoy. &#39;It&#39;s even better that Greystripe provides a unique, rich-media format. We believe this will increase publisher revenue far beyond what is currently available.&#39;</p><p> <br />&#39;When done transparently, mediation companies offer developers a great way to maximize their revenue and control over the advertisements within their applications,&#39; adds Greystripe CEO Michael Chang. &#39;We&#39;re excited to be working with Tapjoy to widen our base of developers., and bring Tapjoy&#39;s unique services to our developers.&#39;</p><p> <br />About Greystripe</p><p>Greystripe is the rich media mobile advertising network. Greystripe&#39;s product suite enables brand advertisers to communicate their brand message with a unique mobile audience, developers to gain advertising revenue by serving ads through their games, and consumers to play high-quality games for free.</p><p>Greystripe&#39;s in-game advertising system is protected by a broad array of patents pending and currently serves ads into more than 1,000 game titles from over 500 devlopers supporting over 1,400 handset models. Greystripe reaches millions of mobile game players by powering over 180 Catalog distribution partners, through its online portal GameJump.com, on the mobile Web at <a href="http://www.gamejump.com" target="_blank">www.gamejump.com</a>, and through the iPhone App Store.</p><p>Greystripe was named the E-Tech CTIA award winner for the Mobile Marketing/Mobile Advertising category in 2009,  AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 winner in 2009, AlwaysOn Global 100 winner in 2008, Red Herring Global 100 winner in 2007 and the Under the Radar Best in Show: Mobility winner in 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>About Tapjoy</p><p>Tapjoy is the leading platform for developers to make money from their mobile applications. </p><p>The Tapjoy SDK includes a rich Ad Optimization solution that allows developers to pick the highest eCPM ads across ten+ mobile ad networks.   This solution allows developers to increase the revenue from their apps significantly.</p><p>The Tapjoy SDK also includes its unique Virtual Currency/Virtual Goods Monetization system, which helps developers increase revenue. to help improve their mobile apps and make them more profitable. Features of this platform also include rewarded installs, helping developers get more installations from their apps.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107089 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ADV">Advertising / Marketing</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/QnvprjIHIS8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title> Rihanna set to launch new album, Rated R, through ground-breaking global listening event with Nokia </title>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:39:19 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Rihanna fans worldwide will join the superstar for an exclusive live, streamed performance from London on November 16th 2009 -    -  Los Angeles, CA, USA - International superstar Rihanna will showcase ne...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rihanna fans worldwide will join the superstar for an exclusive live, streamed performance from London on November 16th 2009<br /> <br />Los Angeles, CA, USA - International superstar Rihanna will showcase new material from her highly-anticipated forthcoming album Rated R exclusively to a Nokia audience via a globally streamed live performance on November 16th 2009. This ground-breaking event in partnership with Nokia will preview tracks from Rated R - set for a November 23nd release worldwide - performed live from a secret London location.<br /> <br />From her breakthrough multi-platinum album A Girl Like Me to her ubiquitous global smash Good Girl Gone Bad, in just a few short years, Rihanna has helped redefine the path of popular music for a new generation.  She continues that musical and stylistic journey on one of the most hotly anticipated new albums in recent history, her fourth original studio album, Rated R. Rated R features the sultry, provocative first single &#34;Russian Roulette,&#34; which is rocketing up the charts at radio stations across the globe.<br /> <br /> <br />This event places Rihanna at the forefront of cutting-edge technology to deliver music and exclusive content to fans, whilst enabling fans to get closer to the live action from wherever they are in the world.<br /> <br />Rihanna fans can:<br />- Sign up to watch the live stream<br />- Invite their friends to watch the performance simultaneously with them through Facebook and Twitter<br />- Download a web widget counting down to the live performance.<br />- Download an exclusive Rihanna mobile application from Nokia&#39;s Ovi Store.<br />- Download the album with an exclusive track either to their PC or over the air to mobile from Nokia Music Store or Comes With Music.<br /> <br />In addition, Nokia will offer of an exclusive version of the new Rated R album via Nokia Music Store, as well as a companion Rihanna application with exclusive footage and other links on Ovi Store. <br /> <br />Rihanna stated, &#34;I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before.&#34;<br /> <br />To secure your place in the making of music history, register at <a href="http://www.nokia.com/rihanna" target="_blank">www.nokia.com/rihanna</a>.<br /></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107129 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MUS">Music</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=RAD">Radio</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/3Rnh2vRjEN8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Nokia Foundation awards the founder of Wikipedia </title>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:23:32 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Helsinki, Finland - The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingual encyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to the evolut...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helsinki, Finland - The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingual encyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to the evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly democratic platform. <br /> <br />The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the Nokia Foundation scholarship awards ceremony on 4 November, 2009.<br /> <br />&#34;It&#39;s a great honor to present this award on behalf of the Board of the Nokia Foundation to an individual who we believe has made a unique contribution to accelerating online collaboration and interaction for millions of people around the world, and effectively democratizing information sharing,&#34; said Henry Tirri, head of Nokia Research Center and Chairman of the Board of the Nokia Foundation.<br /> <br />&#34;The theme for this year&#39;s award is Open Innovation, a way of working which is very important for our activities at Nokia Research Center, and a value which we believe is embodied in the participatory and inclusive approach of Wikipedia,&#34; he continued.<br /> <br />Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference web sites, so far attracting an average of more than 330 million monthly visitors this year. There are more than 75,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articles in more than 260 languages. Wales is also the co-founder of Wikia.com, a project which expands the participatory editing model into new areas, allowing the global community to come together to build the &#34;rest of the library&#34;.<br /> <br />Previous recipients of the Nokia Foundation annual award include Lauri Kuokkanen (1995), Pekka Tarjanne (1996), Linus Torvalds (1997), Arto Salomaa (1998), Kullervo Nieminen (1999), Osmo A. Wiio (2000), Ilkka Haikala (2001), Veikko Rintamäki (2002), George Metakides (2003), Heikki Lyytinen (2004), Moncef Gabbouj (2005), Mårten Mickos (2006), Pekka Abrahamsson (2007), Aapo Kyrölä and Sampo Karjalainen (2008).<br /> <br />This year, the Nokia Foundation also awarded 77 scholarships with a total value of EUR 385,000. All 77 scholarships were granted to post-graduate students to support the completion of their doctorate studies in the field of information and data communications technology.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107119 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ITE">Internet Technology</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/AxYydnngMu8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Global Telecom Companies Announce A Standards Based Solution For Voice And SMS Services Over LTE </title>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:40:12 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[DALLAS &#8212; AT&#38;T*, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred ...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DALLAS &#8212; AT&#38;T*, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide.</p><p>The above telecommunications industry leaders have jointly developed a technical profile for LTE voice and SMS services, also known as the One Voice initiative. The profile defines an optimal set of existing 3GPP-specified functionalities that all industry stakeholders, including network vendors, service providers and handset manufacturers, can use to offer compatible LTE voice solutions.</p><p>Open collaborative discussions have concluded that the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based solution, as defined by 3GPP, is the most applicable approach to meeting the consumers&#39; expectations for service quality, reliability and availability when moving from existing circuit switched telephony services to IP-based LTE services. This approach will also open the path to service convergence, as IMS is able to simultaneously serve broadband wireline and LTE wireless networks.</p><p>By following the jointly defined technical profile, the industry can help guarantee international roaming and interoperability for LTE voice and SMS services, ensuring subscribers continuity of these vital services &#8211; all while offering service providers a smooth and well-defined path to LTE.</p><p>The objective of the initiative is to ensure the widest possible ecosystem for LTE and to avoid fragmentation of technical solutions. LTE will, with this initiative, not only serve as a broadband access for increasing data traffic, but also for continuing voice and SMS services. Network operators will be able to more quickly develop their customized LTE ecosystem in collaboration with both network equipment vendors and device manufacturers. In addition, the reassurance of global interoperability in an LTE voice landscape and the ability to offer both broadband access and telephony services over LTE will create strong foundations for future business.</p><p>The profile for the initial solution has been finalized and is available through the companies associated with this press release. The objective is to hand over the profile and continuing work to existing industry forums.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107033 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/HdvHX_4iQKA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Wake Up Humans: DROID By Motorola Goes on Sale Early </title>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:32:41 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Extended Hours, In-Store Demos, Unique Times Sq. Billboard, Other Events Planned For Nationwide Debut at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. -   -  BASKING RIDGE, NJ &#8212; Many of Verizon Wireless&#39; more t...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Extended Hours, In-Store Demos, Unique Times Sq. Billboard, Other Events Planned For Nationwide Debut at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores.</p><p>BASKING RIDGE, NJ &#8212; Many of Verizon Wireless&#39; more than 2,000 Communications Stores will open early Friday (Nov. 6) to give customers the earliest opportunity to purchase the DROID by Motorola on its first day of sale. Some stores will open at 7 a.m. and others at 8 a.m. Customers should check local stores for their opening hours. (Mall stores will not open early.)</p><p>Customers visiting Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on or after Friday, Nov. 6, will not only be able to purchase the world&#39;s first smartphone with Android&#8482; 2.0, they can also learn about its variety of advanced features and functions. Verizon Wireless will host demonstrations at select locations to help customers get the most from their new DROID by Motorola devices.</p><p>Also on Friday, Verizon Wireless will create a first-of-its-kind interactive experience in New York City called, &#39;DROID Does Times Square.&#39; This experience will let callers control two of Times Square&#39;s largest digital billboards &#8211; the NASDAQ and Reuters signs &#8211; using only voice commands.</p><p>The digital billboards will instruct passersby to call a toll-free number (1-888-376-4336) to search locations in the Times Square area. Participants can search for practically anything (e.g. their favorite cuisines, plays, movies, stores), and the search results will be displayed on the digital billboards using Google Maps. This activity takes place from Nov. 6 through Nov. 20, daily from 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. and from 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 27 through 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 28. Beginning Nov. 6, Internet fans worldwide can also view the experience in real-time by visiting <a href="http://www.droiddoes.com/timessquare" target="_blank">www.droiddoes.com/timessquare</a>.</p><p>DROID by Motorola will be available in the United States exclusively at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and online on Friday, Nov. 6, for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.</p><p>The DROID by Motorola features high-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, a customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets, and the largest 3G mobile network in the country. To learn more, visit <a href="http://news.vzw.com/news/2009/10/pr2009-10-27.html" target="_blank">http://news.vzw.com/news/2009/10/pr2009-10-27.html</a>. Experience the all-new DROID by Motorola at <a href="http://www.droiddoes.com" target="_blank">www.droiddoes.com</a>.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107027 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/-8XppfOPARk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>IBM to Power LHS's Customer Care and Billing Solution</title>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:30:47 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that LHS, part of the Ericsson group and a leading independent software vendor (ISV) for the telecom industry, has released its BSCS iX Release 3 custome...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=IBM" target="_blank">NYSE: IBM</a>) today announced that LHS, part of the Ericsson group and a leading independent software vendor (ISV) for the telecom industry, has released its BSCS iX Release 3 customer care and billing solution on IBM Power Systems running the AIX operating system. This will allow LHS customers to deploy their BSCS workload on IBM&#39;s server platform which will deliver superior performance, scale and efficiency.</p><p>BSCS iX enables real-time rating and billing of telecommunications services together with customer care. The main focus is on the customer, starting from sales, personalized service packages through to real-time billing. The modular design of the solution allows for low-risk, step-by-step migration and simple integration into existing systems.</p><p>&#34;IBM&#39;s expanded relationship with LHS will now give communication service providers the ability to deploy BSCS iX Release 3 solutions on an IBM platform that will improve service, reduce cost, optimize energy consumption and manage risk for their billing and customer care deployments,&#34; said John Polly, vice president of sales for IBM&#39;s Global Telecommunications Industry.</p><p>&#34;Through the cooperation with IBM, we will be able to serve our customers even better by offering them unique value through rapid and cost-effective installations and implementations that accelerate ROI, reduce time-to-market, and offer complete life-cycle support to lower the total cost of ownership,&#34; said Jens Trotscher, CTO of LHS.</p><p>IBM is also a new member of LHS&#39;s dedicated partner program. The partnership program constitutes an agreement of close cooperation between LHS and IBM. The program aims to combine LHS&#39; product expertise and award-winning technology with IBM&#39;s customer intimacy, project experience and best practices of service delivery. In addition, the co-marketing and co-selling activities offer expanded business opportunities for both sides.</p><p>About IBM</p><p>For more information on IBM please go to: <a href="http://www.ibm.com/telecom" target="_blank">www.ibm.com/telecom</a>.</p><p>About LHS</p><p>LHS, part of the Ericsson Group (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=ERIC" target="_blank">NASDAQ: ERIC</a>), is a leading independent software vendor (ISV) of billing and customer care systems in the telecom industry. The company&#39;s award-winning solutions are used by the world&#39;s leading network and virtual operators, to generate and manage consistent revenue streams. LHS Business Support Systems offer full convergence on various levels, supporting the complete range of business models both across the mix of fixed and mobile services, as well as prepaid and postpaid services.</p><p>LHS builds innovative systems that enable our customers to introduce new services fast, helping drive revenues up, while keeping operational costs to a minimum.</p><p>LHS&#39; headquarters are located in Frankfurt, Germany, with main offices in Brazil, France, Malaysia and the UAE. LHS Aktiengesellschaft as the Group&#39;s Holding company is a public company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (LHS400).</p><p>For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.lhsgroup.com" target="_blank">www.lhsgroup.com</a>.</p><p>About Ericsson</p><p>Ericsson is the world&#39;s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billion subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company&#39;s portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.</p><p>Ericsson is advancing its vision of &#34;to be the prime driver in an all-communicating world&#34; through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 75,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 209 billion (USD 32.2 billion) in 2008. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX NASDAQ, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107020 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=FIN">Banking / Financial Services</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=STW">Computer Software</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/kWw7EUKERGw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Acme Packet accelerates delivery of Rich Communication Suite services</title>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:29:45 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[New features, solution partners and trial activity showcases Acme Packet leadership -  in enabling trusted, first-class RCS services for 3G IP radio access networks  -   -  RICH COMMUNICATION 2009, PARIS, F...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New features, solution partners and trial activity showcases Acme Packet leadership<br />in enabling trusted, first-class RCS services for 3G IP radio access networks </p><p>RICH COMMUNICATION 2009, PARIS, FRANCE - Acme Packet&#174;, Inc. (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=APKT" target="_blank">NASDAQ: APKT</a>), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced a series of new capabilities for its Net-Net&#174; Session Director (SD) session border controller (SBC) in support of the GSMA Rich Communication Suite (RCS) and SIP-based interactive communication services for 3G mobile access networks. In addition, Acme Packet has proven interoperability with five RCS client and server solution partners, helping ensure rapid deployment of RCS services. Acme Packet SBCs will be used in seven RCS or related SIP messaging and presence service trials by tier 1 mobile service providers in multiple countries in Europe and Africa during the fourth quarter of 2009.</p><p>The RCS initiative is a GSMA-led program driven by service providers and communications equipment vendors that is defining the basis for an interoperable, rich communication experience. RCS services are a new set of SIP interactive services that can be offered over 3G radio access networks and across mobile service provider IP network borders. RCS aims to seamlessly unify the communications experience by integrating traditional mobile circuit-switched telephony with new interactive services such as presence, instant messaging and content sharing enabled by an enhanced address book of the mobile phone. RCS leverages the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture and uses SIP signaling to establish sessions and exchange instant messages, presence information, files and video. Acme Packet is an Associate member of the GSMA and joined the RCS initiative in December 2008.</p><p>&#39;Rich Communication Suite is an important foundation for mobile service providers to deliver differentiated services,&#39; commented Diane Myers, directing analyst, with Infonetics Research. &#39;Acme Packet&#39;s newly introduced features illustrate the company&#39;s commitment to making RCS successful by enabling the delivery of SIP-based interactive communication services and the interconnection of mobile networks.&#39;</p><p>SIP session control leadership strengthened with new RCS features and functions</p><p>Acme Packet&#39;s RCS solution features its Net-Net SD deployed at the access and interconnect borders of the SIP or IMS service network. Acme Packet SBCs provide critical control functions to deliver high-quality interactive communications&#8212;voice, video and multimedia sessions&#8212;over the 3G IP RAN. For RCS 2.0 services extended to Internet-connected laptops and PCs, the Net-Net Security Gateway provides authentication and IPsec encryption termination to connect these devices to the service core. Acme Packet&#39;s control functions satisfy requirements in five major areas&#8212;security, service reach maximization, service level agreement (SLA) assurance, revenue and cost optimization, and regulatory compliance. In IMS networks, Acme Packet SBCs perform the role of the P-CSCF and IMS-AGW for signaling and media control at the access border and the I-BCF and TrGW at the interconnect border.</p><p>As a result of the growing interest in RCS&#8212;including completed and pending lab and service trials in 2009&#8212;Acme Packet is enhancing its Net-Net Operating System (OS) with additional capabilities. Acme Packet Net-Net SBCs will be used at the access or interconnect border of seven RCS or RCS-like trials by tier 1 mobile service providers in Europe and Africa during the fourth quarter of 2009.</p><p>The new features significantly enhance the security and control functions for RCS service delivery and increase the capacity of both RCS application servers and Acme Packet SBCs. The specific enhancements to the Net-Net OS include:</p><p>    * Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) support<br />      Acme Packet SBCs support MSRP for instant messaging and file sharing services as defined by the latest Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) specifications. This includes media support for MSRP server-based and MSRP peer-to-peer deployment models. The peer-to-peer model off-loads application servers, increasing their capacity.<br />    * Denial-of-service attack protection and overload control for IM and presence<br />      Acme Packet SBCs protect RCS and IMS server infrastructure from denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, misconfigured or misbehaving clients, and non-malicious overloads. This control includes per-SIP method throttling, SIP Method whitelists and signaling screening. This granular security capability ensures that both the SBC and RCS servers can continue to support legitimate subscribers in the presence of attack or overload.<br />    * Differentiated, service-based routing policies for presence, IM, video and voice<br />      Acme Packet SBCs enable service providers to route traffic differently for each RCS service&#8212;presence, IM, video and voice&#8212;to reduce capital and operational costs for deploying RCS services. This capability includes fine-grained control over the routing of each SIP method type including INVITE, REGISTER, PRACK, OPTIONS, INFO, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, REFER, UPDATE, MESSAGE and PUBLISH.<br />    * Session replication for lawful intercept of multimedia communication<br />      Acme Packet SBCs will enable lawful intercept (LI) for all RCS services, helping service providers comply with relevant government regulations for these communication services. This support will include SIP-based presence information and video, and MSRP-based instant messaging using TCP transport. Acme Packet Net-Net SDs act as an intercept access point, replicating the session data and content for specific target subscribers. Acme Packet has proven interoperability with many leading LI Mediation Function vendors for provisioning and forwarding of relevant session data.<br />    * Support for millions of subscribers and IM sessions<br />      Acme Packet SBC solutions will scale to support millions of subscribers and their IM sessions. As each entry in a subscriber&#39;s &#39;buddy list&#39; creates a SIP SUBSCRIBE-NOTIFY dialog, presence information can create significant SIP messaging traffic. Acme Packet has uniquely optimized the ability of its SBC to process these messages efficiently to cost-effectively scale the access and interconnect border for sharing presence information between RCS subscribers.</p><p>Solution partner interoperability expands </p><p>Acme Packet has expanded its Pinnacle Partner Program with tested solutions with five new RCS client and server partners. The Pinnacle Partner Program is an alliance program that formalizes Acme Packet&#39;s relationships with both complementary product partners and solution integration partners. It fosters technical and business collaboration to assure interoperability among best-of breed products and the delivery of seamless, best-of breed network solutions. Acme Packet has tested interoperability with these partners in vendor or customer labs in IMS and pre-IMS environments. The new RCS solution partner products include:</p><p>    * Aylus Networks&#39; MediaShare<br />      This platform provides real-time multimedia session management for video and content sharing to RCS-enabled phones and broadband endpoints. Live and recorded content can be shared to RCS clients as well as web portals and social media hubs such as Facebook using Aylus&#39; RCS-compliant Application Server and Video MRF. Aylus&#39; MediaShare and MediaCast solutions will be demonstrated at Acme Packet&#39;s Interconnect 2009 customer conference taking place November 8-11.<br />    * Colibria&#39;s SIP/SIMPLE portfolio of SIP IM server, SIP Presence server and supporting XDMS server <br />      These products are deployed in fixed, mobile and converged networks and can operate in pre-IMS and IMS environments to provide Rich Communication Suite, Enhanced Voice Solutions, and Push to Talk. Acme Packet SBCs and Colibria&#39;s SIP/SIMPLE servers are deployed or being trialed in multiple customer environments.<br />    * eyeP Media eyeP Communicator <br />      eyeP Media SA, a leading provider of SIP-based Telecommunications over IP (ToIP) software clients, develops and markets the eyeP Communicator softphone for Windows PC and mobile devices. Acme Packet and the eyeP Communicator are already deployed in a tier 1 European mobile operator for ToIP services and the two companies have successfully tested RCS interoperability.<br />    * Mavenir mOne IM/presence server<br />      The modular functional architecture of mOne provides presence, IM, media sharing and legacy messaging interworking services and core IMS components including I/S-CSCF functions. The joint Acme Packet-Mavenir solution is deployed in a tier 1 pan-European mobile service provider for a SIP messaging and presence application. Additionally, an Acme Packet SBC will provide access security and routing for Mavenir&#39;s RCS demonstration at Rich Communication 2009, November 4-5, in Paris.<br />    * Movial Communicator<br />      Movial Communicator PC for RCS provides a compelling and fully integrated end-user experience enabled with presence technology, including 1-to-1 chat, group chat, video calling, instant sharing of images or video during a voice call, and file transfer.  Movial Communicator PC embodies the first extension of a complete solution for synchronized rich multimedia communication across handsets and computers. Movial Communicator Mobile is an RCS-ready suite of mobile applications with the same power as its PC counterpart. Six leading European operators have selected Movial Communicator solutions for their RCS trials. Acme Packet has proven interoperability with Movial in multiple VoIP and IMS commercial deployments.</p><p>&#39;RCS is critical to enabling new services in today&#39;s increasingly competitive 3G mobile communications environment,&#39; stated Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet&#39;s vice president of marketing and product management. &#39;Given our proven solutions for delivering secure, high-quality and seamlessly interoperable IP interactive voice and video services, Acme Packet is well-positioned to help mobile service providers transform their 3G broadband networks into versatile platforms for delivering even richer communication services in terms of both functional and monetary value.&#39;</p><p>About Acme Packet<br />Acme Packet, Inc. (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=APKT" target="_blank">NASDAQ: APKT</a>), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first-class interactive communications&#8212;voice, video and multimedia sessions&#8212;and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, enterprise and contact center networks&#8212;from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols&#8212;SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS, H.248 and RTSP&#8212;and multiple border points&#8212;service provider access and interconnect, and enterprise access and trunking. Our products have been selected by 910 customers in 100 countries. They include 48 of the top 50, and 90 of the top 100 service providers in the world; and 8 of the Fortune 25. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit <a href="http://www.acmepacket.com" target="_blank">www.acmepacket.com</a>.</p><p>Acme Packet, Inc. Safe Harbor Statement<br />Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, the ability to facilitate service and support and to secure large enterprise networks, as well as Acme Packet&#39;s expected range and reach into new markets and its relationships with new customers, distributions channel and product partners. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties expanding its customer base; difficulties leveraging market opportunities; difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers; poor product sales; long sales cycles; difficulty developing new products; difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners; difficulties in integrating an acquired business; higher risk in international operations; difficulty managing rapid growth; difficulty managing its financial performance; its ability to hire and retain employees and appropriately staff its operations; the spending of the proceeds of its capital raising activities; its cash needs; and the impact of new accounting pronouncements and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in the Company&#39;s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption &#39;Risk Factors&#39; in such filings.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107019 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=STW">Computer Software</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=HTS">High Tech Security</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ITE">Internet Technology</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MLM">Multimedia / Online / Internet</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/c3Qi8pZ32Fc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Smartphones Surpass 15% of Cell Phone Shipments in China</title>
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     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - China&#39;s smartphone market saw strong growth throughout 2008 with shipments showing a 30% increase over the previous year, reports In-Stat <a href="http://www.in-stat.com" target="_blank">http://www.in-stat.com</a>. Smartphones accounted for 15.3% of total mobile phone shipments in China last year, up from 12% in 2007.</p><p>&#39;Mobile Internet applications, GPS, and multimedia functionality were the most important drivers,&#39; says Alex Liu, In-Stat analyst. &#39;In the smartphone OS marketplace, Symbian retained its leading position and saw a small share increase in 2008 due to steady growth of Nokia smartphone sales and a drop in Linux smartphone sales.&#39;</p><p>Recent research by In-Stat found the following:</p><p>    * China&#39;s smartphone shipments are projected to more than triple by 2013.<br />    * The next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lower barriers to entry in both OS and chipset platform solutions.<br />    * A free and complete smartphone software platform from OHA and the Symbian Foundation will fuel smartphone market growth in the coming years.</p><p>Recent In-Stat research, Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China&#39;s Smartphone Market (#IN0904538CWW), covers the Chinese market for smartphones. It includes:</p><p>    * Examination of the smartphone value chain.<br />    * Analysis of chipset market trends.<br />    * Smartphone OS market trend analysis including Symbian, Google Android, OMS, and Windows Mobile.<br />    * Examination of market drivers and barriers in China.<br />    * Forecasts of China&#39;s smartphone market unit sales through 2013. </p><p>For a free sample of the report and more information, please contact a sales representative: <a href="http://www.instat.com/sales.asp" target="_blank">http://www.instat.com/sales.asp</a></p><p>To purchase it online, please visit: <a href="http://www.instat.com/catalog/apcatalogue.asp?id=279" target="_blank">http://www.instat.com/catalog/apcatalogue.asp?id=279</a></p><p>The price is $2,995 (US).</p><p>This research is part of In-Stat&#39;s China Wireless service, which provides insight into the technologies, consumer requirements, devices, applications, and business models of the world&#39;s fastest growing economy and mobile market.</p><p>Related In-Stat research:</p><p>Worldwide Smartphones</p><p>Future Cellphones: Leveraging Building Blocks for Better Experience</p><p>Wi-Fi in Mobile Phones: Dual Mode Becomes the In Thing</p><p>Mobile Processor Review</p><p>The Recession Reshapes the Worldwide Cellular Handset 5-Year Forecast</p><p>Mobile VoIP&#8212;Transforming the Future of Wireless Voice</p><p>The Apps Store is Born: Smartphones Enable New Marketing and Advertising Opportunities Worldwide</p><p>Report Info</p><p>    * Title: Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China&#39;s Smartphone Market<br />    * Service: China Wireless<br />    * Product Number: IN0904538CWW<br />    * Publication Date: October 2009<br />    * Number of Pages: 27<br />    * Price: $2,995 U.S. Dollars<br />    * Abstract, Table of Contents, Figures &#38; Tables<br />    * Members Only Access: Full text HTML , PDF </p><p>About In-Stat</p><p>In-Stat&#39;s market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user research and database models to analyze the Mobile Internet and Digital Entertainment ecosystems. Our insights are derived from a deep understanding of technology impacts, nearly 30 years of history in research and consulting, and direct relationships with leading players in each of our core markets. In-Stat provides its research through reports, annual subscriptions, consulting and advisory services to inform critical decisions. Technology and semiconductor vendors, infrastructure and device manufacturers, service providers and media companies worldwide rely on partnerships with In-Stat&#39;s tenured, experienced staff and on our in-depth market intelligence to support critical business, product and technology decisions.</p><p>In-Stat is a strategic segment of the $9 billion Reed Elsevier global information network, with access to an expansive worldwide electronic network, extensive technology databases and well-informed personnel. 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     <title>New MoGo Talk Headsets Utilize Broadcom® Bluetooth® Technology for Trailblazing Designs while Maximizing User Convenience</title>
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     <description><![CDATA[Broadcom&#39;s Headset Technology Delivers the Low Power, Small Footprint Size and Superior Audio Performance Needed for Innovative Bluetooth Headsets -   -  IRVINE, Calif. - Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRC...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Broadcom&#39;s Headset Technology Delivers the Low Power, Small Footprint Size and Superior Audio Performance Needed for Innovative Bluetooth Headsets</p><p>IRVINE, Calif. - Broadcom Corporation (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=BRCM" target="_blank">Nasdaq: BRCM</a>), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that Newton Peripherals, maker of the innovative MoGo Mouse, has selected Broadcom&#39;s Bluetooth&#174; technology for the new MoGo Talk headset. MoGo Talk is a unique, next generation wireless headset that can be stored and recharged within the plastic bodies of notebook PCs and cellular handsets. Current MoGo Talk designs support the Apple iPhone, two popular BlackBerry devices (the Curve and the Javelin) and a host of notebook PCs with voice over IP (VoIP) capabilities. Based on Broadcom&#174; Bluetooth technology, Newton will continue to add popular phones to its list of devices supported by MoGo Talk.</p><p>Highlights/Key Facts:</p><p>    --  The Newton MoGo Talk product exemplifies the trend toward more<br />        integrated and imaginative form factors for Bluetooth headset products,<br />        delivering great performance in a user-friendly package.<br />    --  Broadcom headset technology enables superior audio quality, low power<br />        and small size to provide device makers with the flexibility to develop<br />        popular products that are designed around how end users will experience<br />        them.<br />    --  Broadcom is leveraging its position as a leading Bluetooth supplier for<br />        cellular handset, PC/peripheral and human interface device (HID)<br />        products to further drive innovation in the headset segment.<br />    --  Included in its offering is Broadcom&#39;s popular SmartAudio&#174; sound and<br />        voice enhancement technology. SmartAudio provides the following<br />        benefits:<br />        --  Significantly improved audio quality in noisy environments by<br />            reducing background noise and unwanted acoustic echo while also<br />            improving the wireless range of headset connections.<br />        --  Near-end speech enhancements that automatically adjust volume level<br />            for the headset user when moving in and out of noisy environments<br />        --  Dynamic wind noise reduction algorithms that drastically improve the<br />            audio quality in a windy environments.<br />        --  Broadcom&#39;s unique packet loss concealment (PLC) that compensates for<br />            lost data while delivering clearer digital voice communications.<br />        --  The SmartAudio platform works in conjunction with Broadcom&#39;s<br />            Bluetooth software, which is widely used in mobile phones and PCs,<br />            ensuring that interoperability with Bluetooth audio sources has been<br />            widely tested and field proven.<br />    --  Broadcom has shipped over one billion Bluetooth products and offers the<br />        broadest family of Bluetooth silicon and software solutions for mobile<br />        phones, PCs, wireless headphones and headsets, peripherals, gaming and<br />        other applications.<br />    --  Broadcom Bluetooth headset solutions are gaining recognition as the<br />        technology of choice for innovative, high volume headset products, and<br />        the world&#39;s largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, mobile phones<br />        and personal computer products rely on Broadcom Bluetooth technology to<br />        provide their customers with a unique, intuitive and rich user<br />        experience, increasingly free of wires and cables.</p><p>        --  Click here to watch a video demo of Broadcom&#39;s latest headset<br />            innovations.<br />            <a href="http://www.youtube.com/BroadcomCorporation#p/u/0/e4ziB3X6wUI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/BroadcomCorporation#p/u/0/e4ziB3X6wUI</a></p><p><br />Supporting Quotes:</p><p>Stuart Nixdorff, CEO of Newton Peripherals</p><p>&#34;The MoGo family of mobile interface devices requires advanced Bluetooth solutions that can accommodate ultra-thin form factors, while still delivering a highly satisfying user experience. Broadcom is a strong partner for Newton Peripherals to integrate with as we continue to see broad adoption of MoGo Talk in the Bluetooth headset market,&#34; said Stuart Nixdorff, CEO of Newton Peripherals. &#34;The integration of Broadcom&#39;s SmartAudio technology means that MoGo Talk headsets can effectively identify and filter out bothersome noise, improving audio quality and ensuring crisp and clear voice calls.&#34;</p><p>Craig Ochikubo, Vice President &#38; General Manager, Wireless Personal Area Networking, Broadcom&#39;s Wireless Connectivity Group</p><p>&#34;Our continued pursuit of technology superiority in the Bluetooth headset segment has resulted in innovative designs with some of the industry&#39;s leading makers of headset products. We are pleased that our Bluetooth silicon and software provides the design flexibility and audio quality required to enable innovative designs like Newton&#39;s MoGo Talk.&#34;</p><p>Subscribe to RSS Feed: Broadcom Wireless Connectivity Group</p><p>About Broadcom</p><p>Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry&#39;s broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(&#174;).</p><p>Broadcom is one of the world&#39;s largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, and holds over 3,650 U.S. and over 1,450 foreign patents, more than 7,750 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.</p><p>A FORTUNE 500&#174; company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at <a href="http://www.broadcom.com" target="_blank">www.broadcom.com</a>.</p><p>Cautions regarding Forward Looking Statements:</p><p>All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management&#39;s beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as &#34;anticipates,&#34; &#34;expects,&#34; &#34;intends,&#34; &#34;plans,&#34; &#34;predicts,&#34; &#34;believes,&#34; &#34;seeks,&#34; &#34;estimates,&#34; &#34;may,&#34; &#34;will,&#34; &#34;should,&#34; &#34;would,&#34; &#34;could,&#34; &#34;potential,&#34; &#34;continue,&#34; &#34;ongoing,&#34; similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the functionality and demand for Bluetooth headsets, our position in that market, and references to Newton&#39;s use of Broadcom technology in future products. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.</p><p>Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with the Bluetooth headset silicon and software, but are not limited to:</p><p>    --  the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt<br />        Broadcom&#39;s Bluetooth technologies for wireless headset applications;<br />    --  trends in the wireless networking markets in various geographic regions,<br />        including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our<br />        products are incorporated, and possible disruption in commercial<br />        activities related to terrorist activity or armed conflict in the United<br />        States and other locations;<br />    --  the gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order;<br />    --  the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales;<br />    --  our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and<br />        evolving industry standards and to identify opportunities in new<br />        markets; and</p><p>    --  competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification,<br />        availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the<br />        resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products.</p><p><br />Additional factors that may cause Broadcom&#39;s actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the list that can be found at <a href="http://www.broadcom.com/press/additional_risk_factors/Q42009.php" target="_blank">http://www.broadcom.com/press/additional_risk_factors/Q42009.php</a>.</p><p>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.</p><p>Broadcom, the pulse logo, Connecting everything, the Connecting everything logo and SmartAudio&#174; are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107007 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ECP">Electronic Components</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CPR">Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/ghru-SMgJqY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>UK businesses prioritise technology to overcome the downturn, says BT survey</title>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:50:41 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Some 42 per cent of senior executives in large UK companies see investment in new technologies as one of their key priorities to achieve business growth and cut costs over the next year, according to ...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some 42 per cent of senior executives in large UK companies see investment in new technologies as one of their key priorities to achieve business growth and cut costs over the next year, according to new research released today by BT Global Services.</p><p>The independent survey of 300 board-level executives, commissioned by BT Global Services, shows that nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of senior executives at UK companies and government organisations believe that better use of technologies has had a role in fighting the recession over the past year.</p><p>Over two-thirds (68 per cent) of businesses now rank future investment in faster computer networks, flexible working and managed ICT services as priorities to become more efficient and cut costs in the next 18 months, alongside other key growth objectives, such as sales promotions, new product launches and better staff training.</p><p>More than a third of companies (37 per cent) plan to spend money on faster and more reliable network technology, in particular in the financial services industry where 52 per cent of institutions believe faster, low latency networks for trading and information sharing will give them competitive edge.  A third of all companies surveyed also plan to spend money on flexible working technology as a route to sustainable financial success and helping them manage staffing and property needs.</p><p>Mark Quartermaine, President of BT Global Services UK Markets, said: &#39;What is encouraging is that this survey shows that many businesses in the UK feel they&#39;re on the start of the road to recovery.  The way they do business has already changed significantly, but the signs are there that continued investment in new technology and processes will help them do more with less and remain competitive on the global stage.&#39;</p><p>Despite the investment plans, some 83 per cent of the managers polled are preparing to do more with less to make sure their business stays competitive on the global stage, believing that some of the technology investments they have made during the downturn are putting them in a strong position for recovery. </p><p>&#39;The road to recovery is not the same for all industries,&#39; said Graham Opie at research firm, Vanson Bourne. &#39;There is a wide range of opinions and approaches across different industries.  Whilst over three-quarters (78 per cent) of public sector leaders feel the recovery will be slow, less than a third (31 per cent) of their private sector counterparts agreed.&#39; </p><p>Retail managers showed the most optimism, with 70 per cent of respondents confident about their prospects next year.</p><p>In terms of spending, more than half of managers in the financial services (60 per cent) and transport sectors (52 per cent) said their companies needed to invest in technology in order to grow.  Marketing spend is a high priority across the board, particularly in the financial services sector, where 76 per cent of executives said it would help their businesses to grow. </p><p>Meanwhile in the logistics industry, respondents felt they had weathered the storm well, with 39 per cent suggesting that their business didn&#39;t suffer at all.  Logistics firms also had the widest spread in terms of spending plans, with more than half prioritising investment in training (51 per cent), promotions (51 per cent), product and service development (53 per cent) and marketing (57 per cent).</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID107005 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ADV">Advertising / Marketing</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MFD">Financial Markets</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ITE">Internet Technology</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/IhgzwDUXmBM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Smart Telecom and RIM Launch the First CDMA-Based BlackBerry Smartphone in Indonesia</title>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:01:49 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[BlackBerry Curve 8330 Smartphone Now Available -   -  Jakarta, Indonesia - Smart telecom, a national cellular operator, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless i...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BlackBerry Curve 8330 Smartphone Now Available</p><p>Jakarta, Indonesia - Smart telecom, a national cellular operator, and Research In Motion (RIM) (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=RIMM" target="_blank">Nasdaq: RIMM</a>; <a href="http://finance.google.ca/finance?q=RIM" target="_blank">TSX: RIM</a>), a global leader in wireless innovation, today launched the EVDO-enabled BlackBerry&#174; Curve&#8482; 8330 smartphone in Indonesia.</p><p>Smart will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone with two service plan options - Smart BlackBerry Hemat monthly for IDR 140,000 and Smart BlackBerry Hemat daily for IDR 5000.  </p><p>By subscribing to the BlackBerry&#174; service offered by Smart, customers get unlimited Internet and email access on Smart&#39;s high-speed network at an affordable price.  The service also allows subscribers to enjoy unlimited video streaming (RTSP), access to popular instant messaging services (BlackBerry&#174; Messenger, Yahoo!&#174; Messenger, Windows Live&#8482; Messenger and Google Talk) and social networking sites (Facebook&#174; and MySpace).</p><p>Activating BlackBerry service from the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is very easy - users simply send an SMS to 2233 with the text &#39;ON Hemat30&#39; for monthly service or &#39;ON Hemat1&#39; for daily service.  To deactivate, users can send an SMS with the text &#39;OFF&#39; to 2233.  There is no condition on subscriber type, all prepaid and postpaid customers can be benefit from the BlackBerry service. </p><p>&#39;The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone is for both personal and professional use with premium phone features, email, instant messaging, social networking, multimedia and web access together with support for a wide range of mobile applications. With the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 by Smart, we are very pleased that CDMA customers in our country, for the first time, will be able to enjoy the features and power of the BlackBerry platform on our network, which provides high-speed data services at an attractive price,&#39; said Tom Alamas Dinharsa, Head of Device Technology &#38; Special Projects, PT Smart Telecom.</p><p>Features of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone include:</p><p>    * Easy-to-use full QWERTY keyboard and trackball navigation<br />    * 2.0 Mega Pixel camera with flash, 5x zoom and video recording<br />    * High resolution (320 x 240) color display (supports more than 65,000 colors)<br />    * Easy access to social networking applications such as Facebook and MySpace<br />    * Easy access to popular Instant Messaging (chatting) services such as BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk<br />    * Bluetooth&#174; 2.0<br />    * GPS navigation and BlackBerry&#174; Maps application<br />    * Removable, rechargeable batterythat provides approximately 4 hours of talk time and 11 days of standby<br />    * Industry leading service with BlackBerry &#34;push&#34; email<br />    * Media Player, , BlackBerry Browser, and other features<br />    * microSD memory card slot for media storage, supports up to 8GB cards</p><p>&#34;The BlackBerry Curve smartphone has become extremely popular with both business users and consumers around the world, and we are delighted to leverage our experience and global leadership in CDMA smartphone technology to extend the reach of the BlackBerry service platform to CDMA customers in Indonesia. We are very pleased to introduce the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone to Smart&#39;s customers in Indonesia,&#34; said Gregory Wade, Managing Director for Southeast Asia at Research In Motion.</p><p>Smart is collaborating with Citibank to offer Citibank customers a chance to own the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone. All Citibank credit card owners can bring home this smartphone through a 12-month installment of IDR 499,000 per month plus discount up to 25% by redeeming their Citibank point rewards. This package includes 12 months of BlackBerry service with unlimited Internet access. Citibank customers can call the BlackBerry Citi EazyPay Officer at (021) 52909700 for Jakarta, (022) 4153131 for Bandung or (031) 5356699 for Surabaya to inquire.</p><p>The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone and two Smart BlackBerry Hemat service plans are available at Smart&#39;s galleries and Smart&#39;s delivery order via phone at 088 11 22 33 44. Customers can also visit the Smart roadshow, featuring the BlackBerry Curve 8830 smartphone at Indocomtech, Jakarta Convention Centre Hall B, Senayan from 4-8 November 2009.</p><p>&mdash; WebWireID106979 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/9dJtocW87aE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Streamlines the Way its Mobile Workforce Works with AT&amp;T</title>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[AT&#38;T Helps U.S. Arm of Global Engineering Company Increase Efficiencies with Simple, Centralized Employee Wireless Program and Management -   -  Fort Wayne, Indiana.- AT&#38;T* announced today a two-year wire...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AT&#38;T Helps U.S. Arm of Global Engineering Company Increase Efficiencies with Simple, Centralized Employee Wireless Program and Management</p><p>Fort Wayne, Indiana.- AT&#38;T* announced today a two-year wireless voice and data service contract with the U.S. arm of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, one of the world&#39;s leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of precision seals and bearings.</p><p>With its decentralized structure, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Americas sought a single provider that could supply the handsets and wireless network to support its team throughout the region. Under the agreement, AT&#38;T will supply mobile devices from a comprehensive portfolio of smart phones and handsets, connecting all Trelleborg employees in the Americas on the same network while facilitating the consolidation and improvement of management and billing efficiencies.</p><p>&#39;Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Americas prides itself on its collaboration and innovation,&#39; says Robert White, VP Finance, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Americas. &#39;We foresee that this streamlined contract with AT&#38;T will help us accomplish this with even greater velocity.&#39;</p><p>Running on the world&#39;s de facto wireless standard, GSM, AT&#38;T offers Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Americas quality wireless coverage worldwide, providing the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. Employees will also have access to more than 125,000 worldwide Wi-Fi hot spots in 79 countries, giving faster speeds for quick data exchange and collaboration.</p><p>Small businesses looking to find information about AT&#38;T products and services can visit <a href="http://www.att.com/smallbusiness" target="_blank">www.att.com/smallbusiness</a>. For free business resources such as webinars, white papers, training, case studies and best practices, they can visit <a href="http://www.att.com/smallbusinessinsite" target="_blank">www.att.com/smallbusinessinsite</a>.</p><p>*AT&#38;T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&#38;T Inc. under the AT&#38;T brand and not by AT&#38;T Inc.</p><p></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID106978 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=TLS">Telecommunications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/MtDTSjRSbW8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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     <title>Concur Mobile For iPhone Now Available on Apple's App Store</title>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:57:02 EST</pubDate>
     <description><![CDATA[Free mobile application enables Concur Travel &#38; Expense clients to easily change or update itineraries, capture expenses and approve expense reports &#8211; all from their iPhone -   -  Redmond, Wash.- Concur (...]]></description>
     <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free mobile application enables Concur Travel &#38; Expense clients to easily change or update itineraries, capture expenses and approve expense reports &#8211; all from their iPhone</p><p>Redmond, Wash.- Concur (<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=CNQR" target="_blank">Nasdaq: CNQR</a>) the world&#39;s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services, today announced that Concur&#174; Mobile for the iPhone is now available as a free download from the Apple App Store. This powerful extension to Concur&#174; Travel &#38; Expense &#8211; Concur&#39;s innovative end-to-end travel and expense management service &#8211; enables iPhone users to manage their itinerary, conduct in-policy business travel transactions, capture T&#38;E expense data and approve expense reports &#8211; all while on the road. See a video of Concur Mobile for iPhone.</p><p>Already in use by thousands of business travelers on BlackBerry or Windows Mobile devices, Concur Mobile is the business travel companion that makes life easier for the mobile workforce while also helping companies more tightly control the significant amount of unmanaged employee spend that occurs during business travel. Now that Concur Mobile is available as a free download for iPhone users, for the first time ever, organizations can provide their business travelers with a choice from among the three leading smartphone platforms to better manage and control business travel and T&#38;E spend.</p><p>&#39;Apple&#39;s iPhone is a transformative mobile device that has become an indispensable productivity tool for business travelers around the globe,&#39; said Katherine Sullivan, Senior Director, Solution Marketing for Concur. &#39;We&#39;re excited that the millions of users of Concur&#39;s powerful enterprise application &#8211; Concur Travel &#38; Expense &#8211; can now leverage this intuitive mobile platform to help them manage their travel and expenses while on the road. This is yet another example of Concur&#39;s continuous innovation to help clients increase T&#38;E policy compliance and drive down costs, while making life easier for the mobile workforce.&#39;</p><p>Concur Mobile enables travelers to quickly view their itinerary booked through Concur Travel &#38; Expense, change existing flights and add or delete items such as hotels, rental cars, dining reservations and taxis &#8211; all from their mobile phone and all within policy. The solution also lets business travelers quickly and easily capture miscellaneous out-of-pocket purchases and tips, ensuring that these commonly forgotten transactions are automatically and accurately accounted for within the expense report.</p><p>Busy managers can even review their employees&#39; expense reports in detail, right from their hand-held device, allowing them to approve or reject expense reports quickly, no matter where they are. By seamlessly connecting to Concur Travel &#38; Expense, Concur Mobile helps drive compliance and minimize program leakage by delivering access to in-policy travel choices and accurately capturing the resulting spend.</p><p>&#34;The mobile worker is a growing and important component of the global workforce, which accounted for 847.8 million workers globally in 2008,&#39; according to Sean Ryan, research analyst for Mobile Enterprise at IDC, and co-author of the recent IDC report Enterprise Mobility in the Cloud.</p><p>&#34;The mobile solutions now emerging from on-demand service providers like Concur provide a template for how companies can leverage mobility to extend the value of their enterprise applications,&#34; says Robert Mahowald, co-author of the report and research director for SaaS and Cloud Services at IDC.<br /></p><p>&mdash; WebWireID106976 &mdash;</p><div class="related" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=BUA">Business Announcements</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=STW">Computer Software</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=CSE">Consumer Electronics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=ITE">Internet Technology</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webwire.com/industry-news.asp?indu=MEN">Mobile Communications</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms" style="clear:both; float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"><a href="http://www.webwire.com">WebWire&reg;</a> Copyright &#169; 2009 Warmtone Corp. | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://www.webwire.com/ServTerms.asp">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="http://www.webwire.com/webwire-industries-rss-feeds.asp">More Feeds</a></div><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebWire-News-Mobile-Communications/~4/nBJEzYrVyrs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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