Wireless Industry Press Releases

Sprint Opens First Green Retail Store in Houston

Phil Goldstein — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:12:21 -0500

Energy-Efficient Design Will Help Reduce Carbon Footprint of Retail Location by Approximately 19,000 Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents Per Year

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2009-- Sprint (NYSE: S), recently ranked highest among all U.S. telecom companies and #15 overall on Newsweek's Green Rankings, today announced the opening of its first environmentally friendly retail store in Houston located at 1493 Parks at Boulder Creek. The new store incorporates sustainable design elements such as energy-efficient lighting fixtures and low volatile organic compound (VOC) paint and carpet to help reduce the store's carbon footprint.

The Houston store implements many design elements consistent with LEED design standards, and will include energy-efficient lighting, low water usage plumbing fixtures and low VOC paint and carpet. These energy efficiency standards are expected to:

Reduce the carbon footprint of the retail location by about 19,000 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Save approximately 12,000 gallons of water per year, reducing water consumption by 54 percent.
Reduce lighting energy consumption by 25 percent.
Conserve energy and improve efficiency through the use of Energy Star-rated equipment and appliances.
Improve indoor air quality through low VOC paint, carpet and building materials.

"Moving forward, every newly opened Sprint retail store will use less water and electricity, recycle more waste and ultimately will be more energy efficient - a win-win for both the environment and Sprint customers," said Ralph Reid, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility for Sprint. "Greening Sprints retail store's is another major step forward in reducing our carbon footprint and advancing our socially responsible business practices."

The opening of the Houston store is the first of many retail locations that will feature sustainable design elements in support of Sprint's new "green-print" for new retail store builds and refurbishments. Future energy-efficient retail locations planned for 2010 include stores in Kansas City, Albuquerque, Seattle and another retail location in Houston.

Currently all 1,100 Sprint-owned retail locations feature a dedicated green display area that highlights new eco-friendly products and accessories such as the award-winning Samsung Reclaim^TM, the SOLIO Solar Charger and carrying cases made from recycled materials.

As part of its commitment to environmental improvements across its business, Sprint established new green design criteria for future devices and accessories and recently announced several new environmental initiatives to support its aggressive environmental goals including a commitment to reduce GHG emissions by 15 percent by 2017.

Sprint was the first wireless carrier to join the Environmental Protecting Agency's Climate Leaders Program and also scored highest among U.S.-based wireless companies on the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2009 Global 500 Report on carbon disclosure. In 2008, Sprint achieved a 6.8 percent reduction moving from 2.18M metric tons of GHG emissions to 2.03M metric tons.

For more information on Sprint programs that protect the environment, go to www.sprint.com/green, or follow @SprintGreenNews on Twitter.

ABOUT SPRINT NEXTEL

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving more than 48 million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2009 and the first and only 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The company's customer-focused strategy has led to improved first call resolution and customer care satisfaction scores. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

Source: Sprint

Sprint
Alexander Hahn, 703-433-3062
alex.m.hahn@sprint.com

Blink Communications Deploys Juniper Networks MX Series Universal Edge Routers Throughout Southern Ontario

Jim O'Neill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:58:48 -0500

Juniper’s MX Series Routers and Junos® Operating System Provide Service-Enabling Platform for Blink’s Next Generation Network

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juniper Networks® (NYSE:JNPR) today announced that Blink Communications, a data communications service provider that delivers fiber-based, high-bandwidth services for some of the largest organizations in North America, has deployed Juniper Networks MX Series Universal Edge Routers for their next generation network. This new service-enabling infrastructure is allowing Blink Communications to build out new, cost-effective, network-based services, creating a foundation for next-generation Ethernet service offerings throughout Blink’s client base.

Blink Communications selected Juniper’s MX240 and MX960 routers to upgrade its legacy systems in order to more reliably deliver Virtual Private Network (VPN) services at both Layer 2 (data) and Layer 3 (network) levels of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model of networking protocols.

“To enhance the exceptional level of service our customers have come to expect, Blink Communications chose a cost-effective, long-term, carrier-grade platform,” said Troy Hare, president and COO, Blink Communications. “Juniper Networks routers and the Junos operating system allow us to effectively scale and grow our business and services offerings, while continuing to differentiate ourselves from our competitors. The MX Series routers improve our network performance dramatically, and we’re gaining operational simplicity and reduced network management costs with Junos running across our service delivery network.”

The Juniper Networks MX Series routers not only enable Blink to meet exponential growth in client bandwidth requirements and Layer 2 and 3 service demands, Hare notes, but also reduce energy and space costs. “We estimate the MX Series to be 30 percent more power efficient and to consume 40 percent less rack space than its nearest competitors, which helps Blink make a positive impact on the environment.”

“Blink required a long term platform for services deployment, one that would protect their network investments and cater to the growing needs of their customers in Canada and throughout North America,” said Colin Wymes, director of Service Provider Sales/Canada. “With a new Juniper infrastructure, Blink can seamlessly grow its customer base and service offerings while delivering consistent levels of performance, security and reliability.”

The Juniper Networks MX Series is a family of Ethernet Services Routers with powerful switching and security features designed for high-performance enterprises. The MX Series routers are optimized for Ethernet and provide high-performance and high port-density routing and switching in campus core and aggregation, data center core and aggregation, and WAN edge configurations. The MX Series provides advanced routing features such as MPLS network virtualization, full Level 2 and Level 3 VPN support, low-latency multicast, QoS, IPv6 and high-availability.

About Juniper Networks

From devices to data centers, from consumers to the cloud, Juniper Networks delivers innovative software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. The company serves more than 30,000 customers and partners worldwide, and generated more than $3 billion in revenue over the last year. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

About Blink Communications

Blink Communications is a facilities-based, integrated communications service provider that delivers cost-effective, fiber-based high bandwidth services for some of the largest organizations throughout North America. Blink owns and operates its own best-in-class carrier network with over 1300 kilometers (800 miles) of routed fiber, designed to deliver the utmost in flexibility and scalability, the network allows fast, simple bandwidth changes that grow along with end user requirements and delivers optimal uptime for mission-critical applications. Additional information can be found at http://www.blink.ca.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logos are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Nokia Sets Key Financial Targets and Devices & Services Operational Priorities for 2010

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:34:21 -0500

Today, at its annual Capital Markets Day event, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) set key targets and forecasts for the company and its industry for 2010. Senior company executives outlined how Nokia's focus on execution combined with its core competitive advantages, position the company to achieve and sustain broad-based success in the mobile devices market. At the event, Nokia also demonstrated significant improvements to its forthcoming version of the Symbian user interface.

Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, highlighted Nokia's focus on user experience, stating: "In 2010, we will drive user experience improvements, and the progress we make will take the Symbian user interface to a new level. As an operating system, Symbian has reach and flexibility like no other platform, and we have measures in place to push smartphones down to new price points globally, while growing margins. I see great opportunity for Nokia to capture new growth in our industry, by creating what we expect to be the world's biggest platform for services on the mobile."

Nokia CFO, Timo Ihamuotila, described Nokia's view of the industry and competitive environment: "Going into 2010, the overall mobile devices market is stabilizing and it is growing more in the areas where Nokia has competitive advantages. We believe that by executing on the operational priorities we have set, Nokia will be competitive in both mobile phones and smartphones and will improve its value share."

    Targets and forecasts for Nokia and the mobile device industry

    - Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes to be up approximately 10%
      in 2010, compared to 2009.
    - Nokia targets its mobile device volume market share to be flat in 2010,
      compared to 2009.
    - Nokia targets lower average selling price (ASP) erosion of its mobile
      devices in 2010, compared to recent years.
    - Nokia targets to increase its mobile device value market share slightly
      in 2010, compared to 2009.
    - Nokia targets non-IFRS* operating expenses in Devices & Services of
      approximately EUR 5.7 billion in 2010.
    - Nokia targets bringing Devices & Services non-IFRS* research and
      development expenses below 10% of net sales in 2010.
    - Nokia targets Devices & Services non-IFRS* operating margin of 12% to
      14% in 2010.
    - Nokia continues to target Services net sales of EUR 2 billion or more
      in 2011.
    - Nokia continues to target to have 300 million active users for its
      services by the end of 2011.

    Targets and forecasts for Nokia Siemens Networks and the mobile and fixed
    infrastructure and related services market

    - Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks expect a flat market in euro terms for
      the mobile and fixed infrastructure and related services market in
      2010, compared to 2009.
    - Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks target for Nokia Siemens Networks to
      grow faster than the market in 2010.
    - Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks continue to target Nokia Siemens
      Networks to reduce its non-IFRS* annualized operating expenses and
      production overheads by EUR 500 million by the end of 2011, compared
      to the end of 2009.
    - Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks target Nokia Siemens Networks non-
      IFRS* operating margin of breakeven to 2% in 2010.

    Additional financial targets

    - Nokia and NAVTEQ target NAVTEQ operating margin to be higher than
      Devices & Services operating margin in 2010, on a non-IFRS* basis.
    - Nokia targets its financial income and expense to be approximately EUR
      250 million expense in 2010.

Nokia Devices & Services operational priorities

In addition to providing its key financial targets, Nokia also outlined key Devices & Services operational priorities for 2010. These are:

    - Improve our user experience;
    - Re-engineer our Symbian user interface; deliver a major product
      milestone before mid-year 2010, and another major product milestone
      before the end of 2010;
    - Deliver our first Maemo 6-powered mobile computer, with an iconic user
      experience, in the second half of 2010;
    - Significantly increase the proportion of touch and/or QWERTY devices in
      our smartphone portfolio;
    - Scale up our Services business by expanding geographically and in
      partnership with more operators;
    - Provide third party developers with better tools to create applications
      and content for our Ovi ecosystem;
    - Further optimize the industry's lowest cost end-to-end business model
      in Mobile Phones; and
    - Continue to build on our affordable and localized services offerings
      for emerging market consumers.

* Non-IFRS results exclude special items for all periods. In addition, non-IFRS results exclude intangible asset amortization, other purchase price accounting related items and inventory value adjustments arising from the formation of Nokia Siemens Networks and from all business acquisitions. Nokia believes that these non-IFRS financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors regarding Nokia's performance by excluding the above-described items that may not be indicative of Nokia's business operating results. These non-IFRS financial measures should not be viewed in isolation or as substitutes to the equivalent IFRS measure(s), but should be used in conjunction with the most directly comparable IFRS measure(s) in the reported results.

The main session presentations at Nokia Capital Markets Day will be webcast live at: http://www.nokia.com/investors. The evening session auditorium presentations at Nokia Capital Markets Day will be webcast (archived) at: http://www.nokia.com/investors

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A) the timing of product, services and solution deliveries; B) our ability to develop, implement and commercialize new products, services, solutions and technologies; C) our ability to develop and grow our consumer Internet services business; D) expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; E) expectations regarding our mobile device volumes, market share, prices and margins; F) expectations and targets for our results of operations; G) the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; H) expectations regarding the successful completion of contemplated acquisitions on a timely basis and our ability to achieve the set targets upon the completion of such acquisitions; and I) statements preceded by "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans," "will" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the deteriorating global economic conditions and related financial crisis and their impact on us, our customers and end-users of our products, services and solutions, our suppliers and collaborative partners; 2) the development of the mobile and fixed communications industry, as well as the growth and profitability of the new market segments that we target and our ability to successfully develop or acquire and market products, services and solutions in those segments; 3) the intensity of competition in the mobile and fixed communications industry and our ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond successfully to changes in the competitive landscape; 4) competitiveness of our product, services and solutions portfolio; 5) our ability to successfully manage costs; 6) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the UK pound sterling, as well as certain other currencies; 7) the success, financial condition and performance of our suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 8) our ability to source sufficient amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software and content without interruption and at acceptable prices; 9) the impact of changes in technology and our ability to develop or otherwise acquire and timely and successfully commercialize complex technologies as required by the market; 10) the occurrence of any actual or even alleged defects or other quality, safety or security issues in our products, services and solutions; 11) the impact of changes in government policies, trade policies, laws or regulations or political turmoil in countries where we do business; 12) our success in collaboration arrangements with others relating to development of technologies or new products, services and solutions; 13) our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety, security and timely delivery of our products, services and solutions; 14) inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market demand; 15) our ability to protect the complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license, from claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products, services and solutions; 16) our ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property rights of these technologies; 17) any disruption to information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18) developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers; 19) the management of our customer financing exposure; 20) our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees; 21) whether, as a result of investigations into alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens"), government authorities or others take further actions against Siemens and/or its employees that may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks, or there may be undetected additional violations that may have occurred prior to the transfer, or violations that may have occurred after the transfer, of such assets and employees that could result in additional actions by government authorities; 22) any impairment of Nokia Siemens Networks customer relationships resulting from the ongoing government investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; 23) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 24) allegations of possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; as well as the risk factors specified on pages 11-28 of Nokia's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

Nokia sets key financial targets and Devices & Services operational priorities for 2010

Phil Goldstein — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:15:41 -0500

Nokia Capital Markets Day 2009
December 02, 2009

Nokia Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
December 2, 2009 at 13.00 (CET +1)

Helsinki, Finland - Today, at its annual Capital Markets Day event, Nokia set key targets and forecasts for the company and its industry for 2010. Senior company executives outlined how Nokia's focus on execution combined with its core competitive advantages, position the company to achieve and sustain broad-based success in the mobile devices market. At the event, Nokia also demonstrated significant improvements to its forthcoming version of the Symbian user interface.

Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, highlighted Nokia's focus on user experience, stating: "In 2010, we will drive user experience improvements, and the progress we make will take the Symbian user interface to a new level. As an operating system, Symbian has reach and flexibility like no other platform, and we have measures in place to push smartphones down to new price points globally, while growing margins. I see great opportunity for Nokia to capture new growth in our industry, by creating what we expect to be the world's biggest platform for services on the mobile."

Nokia CFO, Timo Ihamuotila, described Nokia's view of the industry and competitive environment: "Going into 2010, the overall mobile devices market is stabilizing and it is growing more in the areas where Nokia has competitive advantages. We believe that by executing on the operational priorities we have set, Nokia will be competitive in both mobile phones and smartphones and will improve its value share."

Targets and forecasts for Nokia and the mobile device industry
- Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes to be up approximately 10% in 2010, compared to 2009.
- Nokia targets its mobile device volume market share to be flat in 2010, compared to 2009.
- Nokia targets lower average selling price (ASP) erosion of its mobile devices in 2010, compared to recent years.
- Nokia targets to increase its mobile device value market share slightly in 2010, compared to 2009.
- Nokia targets non-IFRS* operating expenses in Devices & Services of approximately EUR 5.7 billion in 2010.
- Nokia targets bringing Devices & Services non-IFRS* research and development expenses below 10% of net sales in 2010.
- Nokia targets Devices & Services non-IFRS* operating margin of 12% to 14% in 2010.
- Nokia continues to target Services net sales of EUR 2 billion or more in 2011.
- Nokia continues to target to have 300 million active users for its services by the end of 2011.

Targets and forecasts for Nokia Siemens Networks and the mobile and fixed infrastructure and related services market
- Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks expect a flat market in euro terms for the mobile and fixed infrastructure and related services market in 2010, compared to 2009.
- Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks target for Nokia Siemens Networks to grow faster than the market in 2010.
- Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks continue to target Nokia Siemens Networks to reduce its non-IFRS* annualized operating expenses and production overheads by EUR 500 million by the end of 2011, compared to the end of 2009.
- Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks target Nokia Siemens Networks non- IFRS* operating margin of breakeven to 2% in 2010.

Additional financial targets
- Nokia and NAVTEQ target NAVTEQ operating margin to be higher than Devices & Services operating margin in 2010, on a non-IFRS* basis.
- Nokia targets its financial income and expense to be approximately EUR 250 million expense in 2010.

Nokia Devices & Services operational priorities
In addition to providing its key financial targets, Nokia also outlined key Devices & Services operational priorities for 2010. These are:
- Improve our user experience;
- Re-engineer our Symbian user interface; deliver a major product milestone before mid-year 2010, and another major product milestone before the end of 2010;
- Deliver our first Maemo 6-powered mobile computer, with an iconic user experience, in the second half of 2010;
- Significantly increase the proportion of touch and/or QWERTY devices in our smartphone portfolio;
- Scale up our Services business by expanding geographically and in partnership with more operators;
- Provide third party developers with better tools to create applications and content for our Ovi ecosystem;
- Further optimize the industry's lowest cost end-to-end business model in Mobile Phones; and
- Continue to build on our affordable and localized services offerings for emerging market consumers.

* Non-IFRS results exclude special items for all periods. In addition, non-IFRS results exclude intangible asset amortization, other purchase price accounting related items and inventory value adjustments arising from the formation of Nokia Siemens Networks and from all business acquisitions. Nokia believes that these non-IFRS financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors regarding Nokia's performance by excluding the above-described items that may not be indicative of Nokia's business operating results. These non-IFRS financial measures should not be viewed in isolation or as substitutes to the equivalent IFRS measure(s), but should be used in conjunction with the most directly comparable IFRS measure(s) in the reported results.

The main session presentations at Nokia Capital Markets Day will be webcast live at: www.nokia.com/investors. The evening session auditorium presentations at Nokia Capital Markets Day will be webcast (archived) at: www.nokia.com/investors

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A) the timing of product, services and solution deliveries; B) our ability to develop, implement and commercialize new products, services, solutions and technologies; C) our ability to develop and grow our consumer Internet services business; D) expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; E) expectations regarding our mobile device volumes, market share, prices and margins; F) expectations and targets for our results of operations; G) the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; H) expectations regarding the successful completion of contemplated acquisitions on a timely basis and our ability to achieve the set targets upon the completion of such acquisitions; and I) statements preceded by "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans," "will" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the deteriorating global economic conditions and related financial crisis and their impact on us, our customers and end-users of our products, services and solutions, our suppliers and collaborative partners; 2) the development of the mobile and fixed communications industry, as well as the growth and profitability of the new market segments that we target and our ability to successfully develop or acquire and market products, services and solutions in those segments; 3) the intensity of competition in the mobile and fixed communications industry and our ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond successfully to changes in the competitive landscape; 4) competitiveness of our product, services and solutions portfolio; 5) our ability to successfully manage costs; 6) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the UK pound sterling, as well as certain other currencies; 7) the success, financial condition and performance of our suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 8) our ability to source sufficient amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software and content without interruption and at acceptable prices; 9) the impact of changes in technology and our ability to develop or otherwise acquire and timely and successfully commercialize complex technologies as required by the market; 10) the occurrence of any actual or even alleged defects or other quality, safety or security issues in our products, services and solutions; 11) the impact of changes in government policies, trade policies, laws or regulations or political turmoil in countries where we do business; 12) our success in collaboration arrangements with others relating to development of technologies or new products, services and solutions; 13) our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety, security and timely delivery of our products, services and solutions; 14) inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market demand; 15) our ability to protect the complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license, from claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products, services and solutions; 16) our ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property rights of these technologies; 17) any disruption to information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18) developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers; 19) the management of our customer financing exposure; 20) our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees; 21) whether, as a result of investigations into alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens"), government authorities or others take further actions against Siemens and/or its employees that may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks, or there may be undetected additional violations that may have occurred prior to the transfer, or violations that may have occurred after the transfer, of such assets and employees that could result in additional actions by government authorities; 22) any impairment of Nokia Siemens Networks customer relationships resulting from the ongoing government investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; 23) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 24) allegations of possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; as well as the risk factors specified on pages 11-28 of Nokia's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

Media and Investor Contacts:

Nokia
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34900
Email: press.services@nokia.com

Investor Relations Europe, Tel. +358 7180 34927

Investor Relations US, Tel. +1 914 368 0555

www.nokia.com

5min to Syndicate Video Content for The Style Network, G4, For Dummies(R) and Meredith

Jim O'Neill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:51:33 -0500

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 5min, the leading syndication platform and destination for vertically focused broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos, today announced that it has closed shortform syndication deals with The Style Network and G4 cable networks; For Dummies®; and Meredith Corporation ( MDP). 5min will extend online viewership while opening up new advertising opportunities for each partner by intelligently matching the videos to targeted audiences.

In addition to today's announcement, 5min has also recently partnered with Scripps Networks (Food Network, HGTV, and DIY Network), HealthCentral, Hachette Filipacchi (Woman's Day, ELLE, Car & Driver), Kiplinger and Britannica. Starting today, 5min will syndicate content from The Style Network, G4, For Dummies and Meredith through its VideoSeed Semantic Syndication platform, which populates contextually relevant content across a distribution network of 350+ sites reaching over 300 million unique visitors a month.

"The Web has opened up extraordinary opportunities for major media brands to reach engaged and targeted audiences," said Ran Harnevo, CEO of 5min. "However, reaching these audiences has proven to be costly and difficult because they are fragmented across the Web, until now. By reinventing the cable network online, 5min enables content producers to reach niche audiences en masse through one distribution platform. This provides our partners with an instantaneous and significant new revenue opportunity."

Adding to a library of more than 100,000 lifestyle, instructional and knowledge videos, 5min will distribute the following content across its network:

The Style Network's transformational, relatable and inspiring lifestyle programming for women ages 18-49. Content from The Style Network includes practical makeover tips and ideas for women from the network's popular series such as "Clean House," "How Do I Look" and "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway."
G4 videos on technology, web culture, animation, videogames, live events and more. Featured content from G4 will include game reviews, previews, tips, tricks and cheats from X-Play, television's most-watched gaming show.
For Dummies, 5min will create a branded channel that showcases 120 For Dummies videos, in addition to distributing them throughout its network. The For Dummies videos come from a team of expert bloggers who offer advice in plain English on topics such as how to hook up a modem or carve a turkey, knit your first scarf or load your new iPod. The world's bestselling reference series, For Dummies has more than 200 million books in print, covering 1,600+ topics. The series is part of Wiley Publishing, Inc.'s stable of educational and reference books.
Meredith's leading lifestyle content from Better TV and Parents TV, commencing with 500 videos and adding up to 225 new videos each month. Bettertv.com features 20+ channels of video information covering food, family, home, style, remodeling, entertainment, relationships, fitness and health. It features experts from across Meredith's brands such as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, More, Family Circle, and Fitness. Parents TV content features experts from Parents, Family Circle, American Baby and more to help guide parents through every phase from conception to college, and many steps in between.

About 5min

5min is the leading syndication platform for lifestyle, knowledge and instructional videos, reaching over 300 million monthly unique visitors. Reinventing the cable network online, 5min reaches engaged and targeted audiences of passionate consumers through its network of more than 350 niche websites. The 5min video library comprises more than 100,000 short-form videos from some of the world's largest media companies, as well as the most innovative independent producers. Visit http://solutions.5min.com for more information.

About For Dummies®

After nearly 20 years and with more than 200 million copies printed, For Dummies is the world's bestselling reference series, well known for enriching people's lives by making knowledge accessible in a fun and easy way. Loyal customers around the globe agree that For Dummies is "more than a publishing phenomenon ... [it is] a sign of the times," [The New York Times]. The books span every section of the bookstore, covering topics from health to history, music to math, sports to self-help, technology to travel and more. The For Dummies brand presence is further expanded with the addition of eBooks, a corporate custom publishing program, a robust consumer website and a licensed product line that includes consumer electronics, culinary, crafts, video, software, musical instrument packs, home improvement, automotive, game and more. For more information, visit Dummies.com. For Dummies is a branded imprint of Wiley.

About Meredith Corporation

Meredith Corporation (www.meredith.com) is the leading media and marketing company serving American women. Meredith combines well-known national brands - including Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, American Baby, Fitness and More - with local television brands in fast growing markets. Meredith is the industry leader in creating content in key consumer interest areas such as home, family, health and wellness and self-development. Meredith then uses multiple distribution platforms - including print, television, online, mobile and video - to give consumers content they desire and to deliver the messages of its marketing partners. Additionally, Meredith uses its many assets to create powerful custom marketing solutions for many of the nation's top brands and companies. In the last two years, Meredith has significantly added to its capabilities in this area through the acquisition of cutting-edge companies in areas such as online, word-of-mouth and database marketing.

App Store Traffic Up 57% Over Thanksgiving

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:42:41 -0500

In comparison to 2008, the App Store had a 57% spike in traffic during Thanksgiving week (11/24 to 11/30) this year. In seeing this increase, Mobclix dug a little deeper into its analytic data and uncovered some surprising trends:

o App Usage Up on Black Friday: On Black Friday, app usage increased by 59% in comparison to the previous Friday. This increase was only 34% in 2008.

o Nov App Store Traffic Peaks on Thanksgiving: App Store traffic during Thanksgiving week saw an average 43% increase compared to the first three weeks of November this year.

o Shopping & Socializing As Important As Gaming: In addition to games, the most popular downloads over Thanksgiving were shopping and couponing apps (e.g., Amazon Mobile or Yowza) as well as social networking & dating apps (e.g., Facebook or Match.com).

Amway Launches iPhone B2B Initiative

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:14:45 -0500

Direct selling giant Amway has launched the most robust and innovative application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in the direct selling industry. Through the expertise of leading mobile application developer, Übermind, Inc., Amway is ushering in a new era of commerce for its distributors and consumers.

Amway this month is deploying its iPhone app to distributors in its U.S. and Canadian affiliate, giving them crucial business functionality on the iPhone or iPod Touch product. Key features include customer relationship management tools, product and marketing information, safe point-of-sale order processing, and personal business performance tracking and reporting. Version 1.0 of iPhone app is Amway's first step in a major initiative to help its distributors do business any time, anywhere through a powerful, easy to use tool that is always at their fingertips.

Providing this app with an unprecedented level of user-driven flexibility on such a large scope was by no means a small feat. The developer, Übermind, highlighted that, "The app is built to be extremely flexible in terms of the order in which information is gathered from the customer during the sales process, which sounds simple, but is complex in terms of implementation to achieve a fluid sales experience for every user."

Another hurdle for the application to overcome was to provide dependability in scenarios when distributors may not have consistent cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity, e.g. geographic regions receiving poor reception or airplanes without Internet connectivity. "In-app downloading, updating product information, and in processing transactions, security and reliability were key to the final solution" said Übermind, who also noted that "the Amway app can be downloaded from the App Store through a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, in a sub-10 megabyte state in order to meet the iPhone's downloading parameters when using the cellular network."

Once installed, the app proceeds to update the entire catalog on the device, thereafter network connectivity is no longer required for use of the app, with the exception of updating content and finalizing orders. With this approach, there is no compromise; users enjoy the best usability characteristics of both a native iPhone app (leverages iPhone hardware, is always available) and a web-base mobile solution (up-to-date information). Allowing Amway distributors to operate their business from virtually anywhere was a primary objective of the application and something that Amway feels has been successfully achieved.

"The Amway app offers a tremendous competitive advantage for our distributors," said Candace Matthews, Amway's chief marketing officer. "The app enables our distributors to showcase to our customers our health and beauty products, demonstrate how they work through video and other business tools, and place an order. It's a powerful tool that will help them be more productive and sell more, from the palm of their hands."

Amway, is one of the world's largest direct selling companies. Founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos, Amway operates in more than 80 countries and territories in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. Amway offers the opportunity for people to have a business of their own based on retailing beauty, nutritional, wellness, and household products and sharing the opportunity with others who will do the same. More than 3 million Amway distributors worldwide market the company's products.

Founded in 1999, Übermind, Inc. is a full-service software engineering firm and a recognized leader in the development and design of custom software for desktop, web, and mobile platforms. Since its inception, Übermind's focus has included the technologies that are now central to the most visible, next-generation mobile devices. Past and current projects include development of the largest B2B iPhone application, one of the most-trafficked sites on the Internet, comprehensive e-Commerce and m-Commerce solutions, and work on the largest digital distribution platform in the world. The firm's multinational clients include AllRecipes, Amway, Apple, GREY, MasterCard, McCann Erickson, and Summit Entertainment (Twilight Film Saga).

To learn more about Übermind or mobile application development, please visit our website.

Amway Launches Direct Selling Industry's Most Robust iPhone App; Gives Distributors Access to Ordering, Product Information, Oth

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:08:42 -0500

ADA, Mich., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The just-launched Amway application for the iPhone and iPod Touch puts almost all the tools an Amway distributor might need right in the palm of their hand. Although there are more than 100,000 apps for the Apple mobile devices, there are just a few geared toward the needs of direct sellers and none as robust as the Amway app.

The free download allows Amway distributors to access a complete product catalog, show customers videos and other product information, and place orders, with or without an Internet connection. The app puts almost every business function an Amway distributor needs on a device that goes wherever they go.

"The Amway app offers a tremendous competitive advantage for our distributors," said Candace Matthews, Amway's chief marketing officer. "The app enables our distributors to showcase to our customers our health and beauty products, demonstrate how they work through video and other business tools, and place an order from their iPhone or iPod Touch. No one else offers a tool as robust as Amway's app."

While some direct sellers offer a PDF of a catalog or other static content for iPhone users, Amway's app is native on the device, offering 24/7 access regardless of connectivity. Amway distributors can register new customers and place orders or register new customers wherever they are and whenever the customer is ready to place an order.

In addition to the resident app on the iPhone, the Amway Store at iTunes offers free downloads of videos and podcasts designed to help Amway distributors sell products to their customers.

The Amway app is currently available to Amway Global distributors in the U.S. and Canada. In 2010 the app will launch in Japan and Australia and to other markets in 2011.

Amway worked with Ubermind, a full-service software engineering firm and recognized leader in the development of custom software for web and mobile platforms, to develop the app. The firm has called Amway's app "the largest B2B iPhone app" developed to date.

Amway is one of the world's largest direct selling businesses. Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Ada, Michigan, USA, Amway offers consumer products and business opportunities in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide. The company also provides product development, manufacturing and logistics services through its Access Business Group and Alticor Corporate Enterprises divisions. In its most recent fiscal year, the Amway family of companies reported annual sales of $8.2 billion. For more information, please contact Amway's media relations staff at 616.787.7565, or via e-mail at: mediainfo@amway.com.

Ubermind is a full-service software engineering firm and a recognized leader in the development and design of custom software for desktop, web, and mobile platforms. Since its inception, Ubermind's focus has included the technologies that are now central to the most visible, next-generation mobile devices. Past and current projects include development of the largest B2B iPhone application, one of the most-trafficked sites on the Internet, comprehensive e-Commerce and m-Commerce solutions, and work on the largest digital distribution platform in the world. The firm's multinational clients include AllRecipes, Amway, Apple, GREY, MasterCard, McCann Erickson, and Summit Entertainment (Twilight Film Saga).

SOURCE Amway

Tellabs Closes Acquisition of WiChorus

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:08:10 -0500

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tellabs completed its acquisition of WiChorus, a leading provider of mobile packet core solutions, on Dec. 1, 2009. The closing follows Tellabs' receipt of Hart-Scott-Rodino approval from the Federal Trade Commission.

The acquisition enables Tellabs, a leader in mobile backhaul networks, to expand into mobile packet core networks, deliver new applications and provide significant savings for mobile carriers. The acquisition brings a new breakthrough product to Tellabs that is purpose-built for 4G, LTE and WiMax. It addresses the unique requirements of the mobile Internet as it:

"Tellabs' expanded mobile solutions can help customers deliver distinctive personalized user experiences such as mobile Internet, video and commerce," said Robert W. Pullen, chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Tellabs. "By adding this breakthrough technology, we can help customers simplify networks, reduce expenses and deliver new applications to generate revenue."

Tellabs retained WiChorus' office in San Jose, Calif., and employees around the world. Rehan Jalil, former CEO and founder of WiChorus, has joined Tellabs as senior vice president - mobile Internet, reporting to Pullen. The combined company employs about 3,300 people worldwide.

About Tellabs -- Tellabs helps customers succeed through innovation. That's why 43 of the top 50 global telecom service providers choose our mobile, optical and business solutions. We help telecom service providers, independent operating companies, MSO/cable TV companies, enterprises and government agencies get ahead by adding revenue, reducing expenses and optimizing networks. With wireless and wireline networks in more than 90 countries, we enrich people's lives by innovating the way the world connects(TM). Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index, the S&P 500 and several corporate responsibility indexes including FTSE4Good and eight KLD indexes. www.tellabs.com

Forward-Looking Statements - Statements in this news release regarding the proposed Tellabs acquisition of WiChorus, which are not historical facts, including expectations of financial results for the combined companies (e.g., projections regarding revenue, earnings, cash flow and cost savings), are "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause either company's actual performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those statements. Either company's actual future results could differ materially from those predicted in such forward-looking statements. Investors and security holders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and any such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements.

Important factors upon which the forward-looking statements presented in this release are premised include: (a) receipt of regulatory and stockholder approvals without unexpected delays or conditions; (b) timely implementations and execution of merger integration plans; (c) retention of customers and critical employees; (d) economic changes impacting the communications industry; (e) successfully leveraging Tellabs/WiChorus comprehensive product offering to the combined customer base; (f) the financial condition of communications service providers and equipment vendors, including any impact of bankruptcies; (g) the impact of customer and vendor consolidation; (h) successfully introducing new technologies and products ahead of competitors; (i) successful management of any impact from slowing economic conditions or customer demand; and (j) protection and access to intellectual property, patents and technology. In addition, the ability of Tellabs/WiChorus to achieve the expected revenues and accretion will be affected by the effects of competition (in particular the response to the proposed transaction in the marketplace), the effects of general economic and other factors beyond the control of Tellabs/WiChorus, and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Tellabs public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Tellabs disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Tellabs and Tellabs logo are trademarks of Tellabs or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Any other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE Tellabs

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth

Mike Dolan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:05:31 -0500

Infonetics Research: Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth

Campbell, CALIFORNIA, December 1, 2009--Market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) released its third quarter (3Q09) Service Provider VoIP Equipment and Subscribers and IMS Equipment and Subscribers market share and forecast reports.

ANALYST NOTE
"The service provider next gen voice equipment market continues to hold steady, with worldwide revenue in the third quarter roughly matching that of the second quarter. This stability is a very good sign for the industry, which has seen a tumultuous year. We are still expecting about a 30% drop in worldwide revenue for the overall 2009 year compared to 2008," predicts Diane Myers, directing analyst for service provider VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Research.

"On the heels of an incredibly strong second quarter, IMS equipment sales were down in the third quarter, but the decline was a result of the market returning to normal levels after the unexpected spike. Despite the drop, it was a very solid quarter for IMS equipment, which is tracking right in line with subscriber growth and new deployments. We expect the worldwide IMS equipment market to more than double in 2009, and to grow to $1.6 billion by 2013," Myers added.

IMS MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Worldwide revenue for the core IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) equipment market, including HSS, CSCF, BGCF, and MRF equipment, declined 39% sequentially in 3Q09
- IMS equipment is experiencing strong and healthy growth, with near-term growth a reflection of continued adoption of VoIP services worldwide and service providers' migration of VoIP services to IMS networks
- Key operators in Asia Pacific, such as NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, SK Telecom, and KT, continue to push on enhanced mobile services over their IMS networks, including mobile IM, video sharing, and PoC (push to talk over cellular)
- While Ericsson has long led the IMS market in overall number of network deployments, it is coming under serious competition from Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent
> In 3Q09, Huawei inched out Ericsson in worldwide CSCF revenue

SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Worldwide service provider voice over IP equipment revenue totaled $595 million in 3Q09, a slight decline from the previous quarter
- The global economic downturn is accelerating service provider migration to native IP, leaving behind TDM-related equipment and taking a toll on traditional trunk media gateways and softswitches
- Worldwide session border controller (SBC) revenue inched up half a percent from 2Q09 to 3Q09, to $38.7 million
- Class 4 softswitches rebounded with a 58% sequential increase in 3Q09, but it wasn't enough to offset a 27% Class 5 softswitch decline
- For the second quarter in a row, trunk media gateways offered a bright spot in the market: worldwide revenue up 14% sequentially in 3Q09
- Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent posted strong double-digit percent increases in their media gateway revenue in 3Q09
- Nokia Siemens Networks posted 100% growth in softswitch sales in 3Q09

REPORT SYNOPSES
Infonetics' quarterly IMS report provides worldwide and regional market size, select market share, forecasts through 2013, and analysis of mobile and fixed-line IMS subscribers and equipment, including IMS core equipment (home subscriber servers [HSS], call session control function [CSCF] servers, media resource function [MRF]), border gateway control function (BGCF), and IMS voice application servers (VAS). The report tracks revenue, licenses, sessions, and DS0s. Market share for CSCF servers is provided for Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and others.

The IMS report includes an IMS Deployment Tracker that notes carrier deployments by region, country, service provider (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, BT, COLT, France Telecom, KPN, Swisscom, O2, China Mobile, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Brasil Telecom, SK Telecom, SoftBank, NTT DoCoMo, and others) and vendor (Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, Blueslice, BroadSoft, Ericsson, Huawei, Italtel, NEC, Nokia Siemens, Samsung, Sonus, and Starent).

Infonetics' quarterly service provider VoIP report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts through 2013, and analysis for VoIP subscribers and media processing and call control carrier VoIP equipment, including high-, mid-, and low-density trunk media gateways, SBCs, media servers, softswitches, and voice application servers. The report tracks Acme Packet, Alcatel-Lucent, AudioCodes, BroadSoft, Dialogic, Ditech, Cisco, Comverse (NetCentrex), Ericsson, Gallery IP Telephony, GENBAND, Huawei, Iperia, Italtel, MERA, MetaSwitch, Movius, NextPoint, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, Personeta, RadiSys Convedia, Sonus, Sylantro, Tekelec, Thomson Cirpack, Ubiquity, UTStarcom, Veraz, Verso, Xener, and others.

MORE INFORMATION
Log on or join: http://www.infonetics.com/login
From the portal, go to RESEARCH, then SERVICE PROVIDER VOIP AND IMS.

SALES
- Larry Howard, Vice President: larry@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3335
- Scott Coyne, Senior Account Director, Eastern North America, Europe, Middle East: scott@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3395

RELATED RESEARCH
- VoIP services bring in $21 billion for service providers in 1H09; strong demand continues: http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2009/1H09-VoIP-and-UC-Services-Market-Highlights.asp
- Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013: http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2009/Residential-Voice-Data-Video-Services-Market-Highlights.asp
- IMS operator survey shows Huawei gaining and a shift toward video and mobile services: http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2009/CRS-Service-Provider-IMS-Plans-Survey-Highlights.asp
- VAS and Softswitch Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey: http://www.infonetics.com/cgp/login.asp?sid=93
- SBC Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey: http://www.infonetics.com/cgp/login.asp?sid=93

Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE: CBSSPORTS.COM IS AGAIN THE EXCLUSIVE HOME FOR LIVE WEBCAST OF THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN #1 FLORIDA &

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:03:51 -0500

CBSSports.com and CBS Sports Mobile will provide live streaming video of the CBS Sports broadcast of the 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game between *No. 1-ranked Florida and *No. 2-ranked Alabama on Saturday, Dec. 5 from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.

Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson, CBS Sports' lead college football announce team, handle the call for 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP on the CBS Television Network beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET. Mobile customers subscribing to the MediaFLO service can view the 2009 SEC Championship live and for free on CBS Sports Mobile. Fans can also watch the game live on their iPhone or iPod Touch by downloading the "CBS Sports: Live College Games" app from the Apple iTunes App Store for $4.99. Live video of CBS' coverage of the 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP is the culmination of an incredible year of video on CBSSports.com, cementing the site as the leading provider of live streaming sports video on the Internet. Over the course of 2009, CBSSports.com has provided live audio and video webcasts of over 11,000 games/events, more than all the other major sports media networks combined. "CBSSports.com is very fortunate to once again be in the position to stream live online and on mobile the single biggest college football game of the season to date, allowing CBS Sports to deliver this match-up to the largest audience possible," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBSSports.com. "Streaming marquee events such as the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP and March Madness along with thousands of others across the CBSSports.com College Network have really put us in a leadership position in delivering live and on-demand sports events on the Internet." As they do each and every week in the College Football Preview Series, Jason Horowitz of CBSSports.com and CBS Sports' COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY analyst Spencer Tillman will provide a video preview to the 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP that will be available on demand on CBSSports.com beginning Wednesday, Dec. 2. Fans can also access the College Football Preview Series on the CBS Audience Network, the largest syndicated platform for professional video content with over 300 partners including CBS.com, AOL, MSN, TV.com, and Fancast. On Friday, Dec. 4, CBSSports.com will also have on-demand video from CBS College Sports Network's SEC TAILGATE crew featuring veteran SEC announcer Dave Baker, Phillip Fulmer, Brian Jones, Sam Ryan and CBSSports.com's Lauren Shehadi as they preview the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP from outside the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Following the conclusion of the 2009 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP, CBSSports.com will have on-demand video containing on-field player and coach interviews from Wolfson, game highlights and a game recap from the booth with Lundquist and Danielson. Live streaming sports video highlights from 2009 on CBSSports.com include:

Live streaming video of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship: Once again, the CBSSports.com production of March Madness on Demand (MMOD) showed all 63 games, from the first round of the tournament through the Men's Final Four and Championship game. In 2009, MMOD recorded 7.52 million unique visitors, a 58% increase over 2008 figures and 8.6 million total hours of video and audio consumed, a 75% increase over 2008 figures.
The 2009 Masters Tournament: CBSSports.com again provided live, free coverage of the Masters Tournament with their Masters Live suite of offerings including: Amen Corner Live, live streaming video of the 11th, 12th and 13th holes, 15 & 16 Live, live streaming video of the 15th and 16th holes and Masters Extra, live streaming video of the entire field and course from the Masters Tournament for one hour prior to television coverage.
The US Open Men's Final: As was the case in 2008, CBSSports.com partnered with USopen.org to bring tennis fans live streaming video of the 2009 US Open Men's Final between Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro, which due to a weather delay was played on Monday, September 14.
SEC College Football: For the second consecutive year, CBSSports.com streamed live and for free the entire 2009 CBS Sports SEC college football schedule, concluding with the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Game between *No. 1-ranked Florida and *No. 2-ranked Alabama.

(*AP Poll as of 12/1/09) About CBSSports.com CBSSports.com is a unit of CBS Interactive, the best online content network for information and entertainment. With 200 million people visiting its properties each month, CBS Interactive is a top 10 Web property globally and a top 5 Web property in the U.S. in terms of unique video viewers. Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET, CBS RADIO and Last.fm, span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and business. Follow CBS Interactive on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cbsitweets More information about CBS and its businesses is available at www.cbscorporation.com.

Glu Mobile Announces Interim President and Chief Executive Officer

Jason Ankeny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:47:54 -0500

Glu Mobile Inc., a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced that William J. Miller, currently co-Chairman of Glu's Board of Directors, will assume the position of interim President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2009. As Glu previously announced on July 8, 2009, Greg Ballard, the company's current President and Chief Executive Officer, is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. The Board of Directors is continuing its search for a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer and expects a successor to be named in early 2010. Mr. Miller and Daniel Skaff will continue to serve as co-Chairmen of Glu's Board of Directors during Mr. Miller's tenure as interim President and Chief Executive Officer.

Bill Miller has served on Glu's Board of Directors since January 2007 and has served as co-Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 2009. Prior to joining Glu's Board, he acted as an independent director and adviser to a number of technology companies since November 1999. From April 1996 until November 1999, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Avid Corporation, a provider of digital tools for multimedia companies, where he also served as President from September 1996 to January 1999. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Quantum Corporation, a data storage manufacturer. He previously held various positions in the data storage, information services and financial services businesses of Control Data Corporation, a computer and data services company. Mr. Miller serves as a director of NVIDIA Corporation, Waters Corporation and Digimarc Corporation. He holds a B.A. in speech communications and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements, including our expectation that we will appoint a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer in early 2010. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These material risks and uncertainties include: the risk that we may be unable to identify and hire a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer by early 2010 or that we may otherwise be unable to effect a smooth transition of the CEO position; the risk that the mobile gaming and social networking gaming markets are not growing at the rate that we anticipate or that we will be unable to capitalize on any such growth; the risk that our expense control initiatives will be insufficient to enable us to achieve positive cash flow from operations for the full fiscal year and beyond; the risk that we may have insufficient working capital to effectively execute our business strategy, including exploiting next-generation and social networking platforms while continuing to address our traditional carrier-based business, and that, even if we do execute our business strategy, we may not derive the revenues that we expect; the risk that we may fall out of compliance with the financial and other covenants in our credit facility; the risk that we may lose a key intellectual property license or key carrier distribution agreement; the risk that growth of next-generation handsets and advanced networks does not grow as significantly as we anticipate; the risk that our development expenses for games for next-generation handsets and social networking platforms are greater than we anticipate; the risk that our recently and newly launched games are less popular than anticipated; the risk that changes in wireless carrier plans with their customers may adversely impact sales of our games; the risk that sales of our original intellectual property titles will not continue to favorably impact product mix; the risk that our newly released games will be of a quality less than desired by reviewers and consumers; the risk that mobile games and social networking gaming markets are smaller than anticipated; and other risks detailed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009. You can locate this Form 10-Q through our website at http://www.glu.com/corp/Pages.investors. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update or alter our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Glu Mobile

Glu is a leading global publisher of mobile games. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded and Super K.O. Boxing!, and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Fox Mobile Entertainment, Harrah's, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, SEGA, Sony and Warner Bros. Founded in 2001, Glu is based in San Mateo, Calif. and has offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia and Spain. Consumers can find high-quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com.

GLU MOBILE, GLU, BONSAI BLAST, BRAIN GENIUS, STRANDED, SUPER K.O. BOXING! and the 'g' character logo are trademarks of Glu Mobile Inc.

SOURCE: Glu Mobile Inc.

COO of Vodafone talks 'LTE and the Rise of the Mobile Prosumer'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:32:28 -0500

Kyle Whitehill - COO, Vodafone India leads this year's NGT Asia Summit in Sentosa.

Leading operators are now finding themselves in the hands of the ever-creative software/hardware companies and the changing consumer culture. iPhone appstore was the first to take advantage and make millions from the operators' customers, creating a financial redistribution within the Telecom industry. Despite this the world's largest mobile-phone company (Vodafone) has just posted a 2.9 percent rise in profit.

A consortium led by Vodafone COO Kyle Whitehill is currently meeting in Sentosa at the NGT Summit held by GDS International. This closed meeting featuring Zhang Fan - CTO - China Unicom, Anil Tandan - CTO - Idea Cellular, Ravinder Jain - CIO - Aircel and Mu Piao Shih - President - Chunghwa Telecom was called to debate the rapid pace of communication, transforming from the one-to-one (direct) voice communication to the fast, informal and responsive opinion and thought exchange we have today and how operators can reduce the immense cost of a large network but maintain a high level of customer experience.

"The challenge with new technology is that it's big, complicated, expensive and with 3G, 4G, LTE, and TDD making its mark in the industry we are faced with the ultimate threat of being a dumb pipe provider. Our role is to provide fast, effective solutions that meet customer needs." Kyle Whitehill - COO, Vodafone India and chairperson of the NGT Summit.

Such consumer and technology transformation has distorted the way 'Prosumers' consume their products and services, and interact with their mobile devices. The industry waits to see if Asia's Top Telecom guns can decide on a unified approach to map revenue streams back to the operators.

"It's not just about the way communication has transformed, but also a revolutionary change of customer behavior. Traditionally, the consumers simply consumed products and services; but now they are becoming ‘Prosumers' who use traditional services, but at the same time share, recommend and critique these products as well." Roar Wiik Andreassen Chief Strategy Officer, DTAC

"We at NGT are very proud to host the region's leading telecoms lights and are looking forward to working closely in collaboration with all our CTO's over the coming years in APAC as they diversify and optimize their networks. This has been an exceptional gathering even by our own high standards and much progress has been made by our operator and vendor partners alike."
Nick York - NGT Summit Director Asia Pacific concludes.

GREENPACKET UNVEILS LATEST INNOVATION NEXT GENERATION WIMAX MODEMS

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:24:53 -0500

2nd December, Florida - Green Packet Berhad (Greenpacket), a leading developer of next generation mobile broadband and carrier solutions proved it is a leader in innovation with the launch of its next generation Wave 2 compliant WiMAX modems at the WiMAX Forum Congress Americas.

Greenpacket's line-up includes the DX WiMAX Indoor VOIP modem or ‘Tower' as it symbolizes power, communication and strength.

"Tower is an IAD that combines the convenience of WiMAX and WiFi, hence WiMAX can be shared with multiple users," said Kelvin Lee, Senior General Manager of Greenpacket.

The Tower features high-gain omni directional antennas to offer best-in-class performance and built-in VoiP support to give WiMAX Operators the opportunity to upsell voice services.

The Tower is ideal for both home and SOHO users and is a plug ‘n play device.

Greenpacket also launched the WiMAX USB High Gain Modem (UH), known as the ‘Shuttle' as it represents exploration, discovery and cutting edge technology at its best.

Shuttle is the world's first high gain USB modem supporting both fixed and nomadic WiMAX; one of the first breakthrough modems that supports wideband.

Incorporating one of the most advanced antenna designs, Shuttle sets new standards for performance and ease of use. Its 5dBi omni antenna radiates and receives signals from any direction and automatically selects the best antenna to improve signal strength for better uplink performance. With 25dBm transmission power, Shuttle delivers exceptional quality both indoors and outdoors.

For optimum indoor performance, Shuttle is fitted with a suction cup to fix the modem to a window or wall. An accompanying 5meter USB cable gives users the flexibility of sitting away from the window yet enjoying a strong WiMAX signal.

"Greenpacket is at the forefront of technology. By adding this new range of modems to our award-winning portfolio, we are confident of maintaining our leadership position in the 802.16e WiMAX market," said Lee. "Aside from innovation, we make it a point to listen to Operators' requirements to help them increase ARPU and improve end-user experience. Both modems are designed with strong aesthetics to inspire subscriber adoption."

Greenpacket's modems are field tested on one of the world's largest live networks in partnership with Packet One (P1) Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and have successfully passed interoperability tests with leading WiMAX players such as Alcatel-Lucent, ZTE, Huawei, GCT, Mediatek, Beceem and Sequans.

Greenpacket will showcase its modems at Booth 29, WiMAX Forum Congress Americas, from 2 - 3 December 2009.

Greenpacket plans to market Tower and Shuttle in Asia, MEA and Europe.

For more information about this press release please contact:

Sales & Marketing Contact:
Carol Koh, Director, Global Marketing
E: carol.koh@greenpacket.com

Zayo Bandwidth Commits $65M to 2010 Network Expansion

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:10:15 -0500

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Zayo Bandwidth, a regional provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure solutions for carrier, enterprise and government customers, announced today that it has committed $65 million in its capital expenditure program for FY 2010. Allocated funds will be used for the expansion of Zayo's fiber networks and service capabilities in support of customer driven solutions.

"While many bandwidth and infrastructure providers are cutting spending, we feel fortunate to have investor commitment to continue our rapid organic growth while at the same time supporting our customers' growing bandwidth requirements," stated Christopher Morley, CFO for Zayo Bandwidth.

Zayo spent $45 million in FY 2009 on network expansion and added over 400 buildings across its dense fiber footprint. 75% of that capital expense was deployed in direct support of customer bandwidth requirements.

Zayo's new capital program will ensure that it can continue to add strategic buildings and extend network capabilities for its customers in the coming year. Expansion is anticipated in: Tier 3-5 markets, Wireless Towers and Mobile Switching Centers, Mission Critical Data Centers, and Media Hubs to enable transport connectivity back to major carrier hubs and internet backbone on-ramps in major metro areas for customers across the U.S.

About Zayo Bandwidth

Zayo Bandwidth, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zayo Group, owns and operates fiber optic networks totaling almost 19,000 fiber route miles. Zayo Bandwidth (www.zayo.com/bandwidth) offers services in 131 markets spanning 23 states. Zayo Bandwidth's mission is to provide responsive bandwidth infrastructure solutions and a strong and growing network.

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) operates four business units, including Zayo Bandwidth, zColo, Zayo Enterprise Networks and Onvoy Voice Services, and primarily provides telecom infrastructure services to carriers, wireless service providers, Media, CATV, Internet and other bandwidth intensive businesses. Telecom infrastructure services, including bandwidth infrastructure and neutral colocation are provided on Zayo's ~20,000 route mile fiber and neutral collocation network that spans 131 markets and 23 states. For various Group updates, follow Zayo on Twitter: ZayoGroup.

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Nokia Capital Markets Day 2009

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:07:01 -0500

HELSINKI, Finland, December 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, at its annual Capital Markets Day event, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) set key targets and forecasts for the company and its industry for 2010. Senior company executives outlined how Nokia's focus on execution combined with its core competitive advantages, position the company to achieve and sustain broad-based success in the mobile devices market. At the event, Nokia also demonstrated significant improvements to its forthcoming version of the Symbian user interface.

Nokia Devices & Services operational priorities

In addition to providing its key financial targets, Nokia also outlined key Devices & Services operational priorities for 2010. These are:

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Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. Divested its Indoor Phone and Lower-end Mobile Phone Businesses

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:16:35 -0500

HUIZHOU, China, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. (Nasdaq: XING) ("the Company" or "XING"), an emerging Chinese resources company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, today announced that it has entered into an agreement dated November 30, 2009 (the "Agreement") to sell its indoor phone and lower-end mobile phone business subsidiary Qiao Xing Communication Holdings Limited ("QXCH") to Dragon Fu Investment Limited ("DFIL").

The total purchase price consideration is approximately US$10,989,000 (or approximately RMB75 million), of which US$7,692,300 has been paid at the closing and the remaining US$3,296,700 shall be paid on or before December 31, 2009. The total purchase price is referenced to an appraisal report issued to the Company, as well as negotiation between the parties. In addition, in accordance with the Agreement, DFIL undertakes to repay as a primary obligor, or to cause QXCH's subsidiary to repay, the outstanding loan of RMB235,901,153 which was due from QXCH's subsidiary to the Company as of August 31, 2009, in full to XING in three instalments but no later than twelve (12) months from the date of this Agreement.

"This transaction is another important step in the execution of our strategy to focus our business in the resources industry in China," commented Mr. Wu, Chairman and CEO of the Company. "We will use the proceeds from this sale and the repaid loan to pursue additional resource-focused opportunities. In addition, we may spin-off our higher-end mobile phone business by distributing our shares in Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (NYSE:QXM) to XING's shareholders at the appropriate time, thus completing our transition into a focused resources business in China."

DFIL, an independent third-party holding company, is planning to enter into China's consumer electronics industry. QXCH, through its Chinese operating subsidiary, has primarily specialized in the indoor phone and lower-end mobile phone businesses. Although it has recorded significant losses for 2008, QXCH still provides DFIL with an attractive entry point to the broad Chinese market.

About Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc.

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. is an emerging Chinese resources company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. The Company was previously one of the leading players in the telecommunication terminal products business in China, but made the strategic decision to diversify into the resources industry in 2007. In April 2009, the Company acquired 100% equity interest in China Luxuriance Jade Company, Ltd ("CLJC"). CLJC, which, through its wholly owned Chinese subsidiaries, owns the rights to receive the expected residual returns from Chifeng Haozhou Mining Co., Ltd. ("Haozhou Mining"), a large copper-molybdenum poly-metallic mining company in Inner Mongolia, China. Since then, the Company has further refined its strategy to become a pure resources company and is actively seeking additional acquisition targets in the resources industry.

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TerreStar Corporation, EB (Elektrobit) and Flextronics Agree on Manufacturing Services for TerreStar GENUS, the First Satellite-

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:09:35 -0500

OULU, Finland, RESTON, Va. and SINGAPORE, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Elektrobit Inc, a subsidiary of EB, Elektrobit Corporation (OMX: EBC1V), a leading developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries, and mobile communications provider TerreStar Corporation (Nasdaq: TSTR), have expanded their relationship to include EB's provision of turnkey product delivery services to TerreStar for the TerreStar(TM) GENUS(TM) Smartphone, an EB design. EB has sub-contracted with leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX), to help provide these product delivery services.

The TerreStar GENUS Smartphone is an innovative mobile device that combines 3G terrestrial wireless capability with satellite voice and data services - all in a standard smartphone size and form factor. The TerreStar GENUS provides an enhanced end-user experience by leveraging the Windows Mobile® 6.5 operating system, rich smartphone functionality and premium features, such as a touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth®, GPS and a QWERTY keyboard, with satellite ubiquity and security. The TerreStar GENUS can be used throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and offshore coastal waters, and is intended to work as a user's everyday cellular smartphone, with satellite access capability as a secondary option, when needed.

To provide TerreStar the agreed product delivery services, EB has sub-contracted with Flextronics for comprehensive electronics manufacturing services, forward and reverse logistics, and aftermarket services support. This partnership will provide TerreStar with cost efficient manufacturing and complete supply chain visibility for the TerreStar GENUS Smartphone. By working with EB and its partner network, TerreStar can align its business objectives with device demand and an ongoing logistics and product lifecycle strategy.

"We remain committed to transforming the mobile experience by bringing the next generation of handheld solutions to market that will provide true mobile convergence and ubiquitous voice, data and video access across cellular and satellite connectivity options," said Steve AuBuchon, TerreStar's vice president of product management. "Partnering with EB and Flextronics was a strategic move, as each brings extensive expertise from across the wireless value chain to enable TerreStar to quickly and cost-effectively meet its aggressive go-to-market initiatives."

Flextronics was chosen for its proven track record of delivering cost effective manufacturing and logistics services to OEMs of mobile devices. They will manufacture and provide support services initially from its Linkoping, Sweden location.

"We understand TerreStar's need to assemble the right set of product delivery business assets to enable them to bring this new category of integrated satellite-terrestrial devices to market," said Francois Barbier, president Global Operations, Flextronics. "Our goal is to work closely with EB to ensure TerreStar has an efficient supply chain; offering operational advantages based on fewer touch points and lower cost. Our SBS (Special Business Solutions) organization enables our Customers to utilize Flextronics scalability to support future business growth. This is another great win for our SBS team."

The terms of today's agreement with TerreStar highlight EB's newly announced business model to offer complete products leveraging manufacturing partners. This service is in addition to EB's current service offering: pairing EB's technology assets and advanced research and development services with third party components to engineer creative wireless ecosystems.

"We are pleased to expand our long-standing relationship with TerreStar to include product delivery services, as we continually look to offer as much value as possible in every business relationship we engage in," said Jani Lyrintzis, vice president, Wireless Solutions, EB. "Together with our partners, we are working to deliver the first satellite-terrestrial smartphone to one of the world's most recognized mobile operators."

About TerreStar Corporation

TerreStar Corporation is the controlling shareholder of TerreStar Networks Inc. and TerreStar Global Ltd. For additional information on TerreStar Corporation, please visit the company's website at www.terrestar.com.

About TerreStar Networks Inc.

TerreStar Networks (www.terrestar.com), a majority owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation (NASDAQ: TSTR), plans to offer a reliable, secure and resilient satellite terrestrial mobile broadband network that will provide voice, data and video services dedicated to helping solve the critical communication and business continuity challenges faced by government, emergency responders, enterprise businesses and rural communities. TerreStar expects to offer next generation mobile communications through a network of partners and service providers to users who need "anywhere" coverage throughout the United States.

About Flextronics

Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. This global presence provides design and engineering solutions that are combined with core electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costs and reducing time to market. For more information, please visit www.flextronics.com.

About EB (Elektrobit Corporation)

EB creates advanced technology and turns it into enriching end-user experiences. EB is specialized in demanding embedded software and hardware solutions for wireless and automotive industries. The net sales for the year 2008 totalled MEUR 172.3. Elektrobit Corporation is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. www.elektrobit.com.

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Stratos Wins Critical WiMAX Radio Licenses in Gulf of Mexico

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:07:51 -0500

--Two zones awarded to Stratos cover wide swath of GoM region--

BETHESDA, MD, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ - Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been selected as the winning bidder for two of the three geographic zones for 2.5 GHz broadband radio service (BRS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Federal Communications Commission's Auction 86 concluded October 30. The two zones awarded to Stratos cover approximately 90 percent of the structures and platforms in the three auctioned areas.

The 2.5 GHz BRS spectrum is the U.S. standard for WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). Both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint services can be provided in the 2.5 GHz spectrum. Those services are ideally suited for fixed rigs or platforms, work boats and other vessels, and a wide range of mobile communications applications. Speeds and bandwidth in the 2.5 GHz spectrum are comparable to land-based DSL and cable-modem service.

"These critical licenses enable us to introduce new offerings to complement our existing services for the GoM energy industry," said Stratos President and CEO Jim Parm. "The IP-based services we soon will introduce will be consistent with the high-bandwidth, low-latency features of our current microwave network and will be competitively priced against VSAT and legacy radio technologies."

Parm added, "Stratos has more than a decade of experience serving the demanding communications requirements of the energy and transportation industries in the often harsh GoM environment. We most recently demonstrated the resiliency of our microwave network in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008."

The rebuild of the Stratos microwave network in the aftermath of 2005's hurricane Katrina featured multiple ring architecture, redundant beach crossings and enhanced systems for provisioning, service assurance and network monitoring. The network proved its functionality in 2008 in automatic re-routing of traffic and in the rapid restoration of services in areas where hurricane damage had occurred. As testament to the network's effectiveness, several large users significantly expanded their use of Stratos microwave services in 2009.

In the past two years, Stratos investments to upgrade, expand and enhance the functionality and resilience of its microwave network have exceeded US$6 million. Examples include installation of Ethernet radios, replacement of on-shore radio hops with fiber optics, and continued transition to an IP-based network to provide high bandwidth, cost-effective services such as WiMAX.

Stratos expects to offer its new WiMAX services in the third quarter of 2010 and is now selecting equipment vendors and working with potential customers to design, customize and prioritize its build-out.

About Stratos Broadband Services Group

Stratos is one of the largest suppliers of vital communications systems (VSAT, MSS and microwave) to the offshore oil & gas industry in key regions around the world, including the GoM where Stratos operates the largest and only comprehensive microwave network. Stratos microwave and VSAT networks provide offshore facilities reliable, high-speed data for file transfers, voice, video conferencing, email, fax and web access - all of which combine to make the network an extension of the corporate office. The Stratos Broadband Services Group is based in Houston, with offices in Lafayette, La., Morgan City, La., New Orleans and Denver.

About Stratos

Stratos is the world's trusted leader for vital communications. Stratos offers the most powerful and extensive portfolio of remote communications solutions including mobile and fixed satellite and microwave services. More than 20,000 customers use Stratos products and industry-leading value-added services to optimize communications performance. Stratos serves U.S. and international government, military, first responder, NGO, oil and gas, industrial, maritime, aeronautical, enterprise, and media users on seven continents and across the world's oceans. For more information visit www.stratosglobal.com.

SOURCE Stratos Global Corporation

GSMA Announces Winners of Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:08:05 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, today announced the winners of this year's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament, which was contested today at Rutberg & Company's Future:Mobile event in San Francisco. The GSMA partnered with Rutberg & Company to host the Americas leg of the competition at Future:Mobile 2009 to showcase mobile innovation in front of 200 invited senior executives who are responsible for innovation assessment and adoption, strategic partnerships, investments, and acquisitions within their organisations.

The GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition showcases promising entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized companies bringing innovative new products, services and applications to market. During this year's Americas leg, presentations from 10 innovator nominees were reviewed by a judging panel comprised of senior executives from mobile operators and venture capital firms. Two overall winners were announced today in San Francisco and will now go on to compete for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix title, part of the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2010.

The winners of the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament are:

"We commend the enthusiasm and commitment shown by all the finalists at this year's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament," said Bill Gajda, Chief Commercial Officer at the GSMA. "Driven by an impressive entrepreneurial spirit and a desire for technical excellence, it's clear that there are some outstanding opportunities ahead for these highly innovative companies who have proved they have what it takes to succeed in the mobile world. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to all those who participated."

"This year's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Americas Tournament provided the judges with an extremely difficult task in choosing two overall winners from a superb crop of finalists," said the judging panel. "Ubidyne's solution is the next generation technology for network infrastructure, while WellDoc's solution is the next generation in self health monitoring, and both will add tremendous value to the mobile industry. Our congratulations to the winners and we wish them every success for the future."

The Platinum sponsor of the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition is the Generalitat de Catalunya. For more information on the GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition and Mobile Innovation programme, please visit: www.mobileinnovation.org.

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.

For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the new online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at www.gsmworld.com.

SOURCE GSMA

Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Network Coverage In Livingston County

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:10:01 -0500

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless is investing in Livingston County and expanding its local coverage with a new cell site in Avon. The new site improves coverage and capacity along West Henrietta Road between Barber Road and Lake Road, and along Route 20 between Pole Bridge Road and Jenks Road.

This network expansion is part of the company's aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless' voice and data services. The company has invested more than $45 billion nationwide since it was formed -- $5.5 billion on average every year -- and plans to invest more than $100 million in Upstate New York in 2009.

"We've always believed even the most advanced device is only as good as the network it runs on. We continue to aggressively invest in our Upstate New York network to increase coverage and capacity for our customers, add new services, and maintain our 3G network leadership," said Gene Fassett, executive director of Network for Verizon Wireless' Upstate New York Region.

Services include wireless data services such as picture messaging, text messaging, V CAST and V CAST Music with Rhapsody, and MobileBroadband, the company's high-speed wireless broadband network geared toward mobile professionals and business customers. It provides average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second, and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps.

Strong demand for Verizon Wireless' services continued during the third quarter of 2009 as the company added 1.2 million net new customers.

The company's "nation's most reliable wireless network" reputation is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women throughout the country. These engineers drive nearly 100 specially equipped vehicles more than 1 million miles annually on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and surface streets. Test vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than 3 million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.

For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (Nasdaq and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

Residents of Collinsville, Illinois, to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Enhancement

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:52 -0500

COLLINSVILLE, Ill., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the highest customer loyalty, has activated a new cell site in Collinsville, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

The new cell site improves Verizon Wireless voice and data coverage in the northeastern portion of Collinsville bound by Interstate-55 to the north, Lebanon Road to the south, and Longh and Keebler roads to the east and west.

"Network reliability is the No. 1 reason that customers choose and stay with Verizon Wireless," said Brendan Fallis, president-Kansas/Missouri/Southern Illinois Region, Verizon Wireless. "Getting through on the first try and maintaining a connection are important to our customers. We continue to optimize our network so that it remains the most reliable in the nation."

This network improvement is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Illinois and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $50 billion since it was formed--$5.5 billion on average every year--to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. In the first half of this year, the company invested more than $80 million in its Illinois network.

About Verizon Wireless

SOURCE Verizon Wireless

GoTV Networks Takes CallOnJesus Content Mobile

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:49 -0500

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- GoTV Networks, Inc. the premier mobile media network and mobile services provider, announced today an exclusive agreement with CallOnJesus.com to bring a library of faith-based applications to mobile phones.

Under the terms of the agreement, GoTV will syndicate content from CallOnJesus.com, including books, video and audio to mobile phones through GoTV's family of innovative video, audio and book-reader applications. The applications will be distributed through GoTV's extensive wireless carrier network and application storefronts.

The applications launching at the time of this announcement include:

"Launching this compelling set of faith-based applications is a strategic milestone for GoTV," said Thomas N. Ellsworth, Chief Executive Officer of GoTV Networks. "It expands our offering as we strive to serve a diverse and growing community of mobile phone users."

The three applications are currently available for Apple iPhones and Google Android-powered phones. They can be purchased and downloaded through the Apple iPhone Application Store and the Google Android Market. Availability will be expanded in coming months to select RIM Blackberry phones as well as phones powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile and other Smartphone platforms.

"The quality and innovative features of our multi-platform mobile applications are showcased in the applications for Apple iPhones available from AT&T and the growing number of Android powered phones available from T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless," Ellsworth added.

"I am extremely pleased to bring compelling Christian content from CallOnJesus.com to mobile phones, which are a pervasive part of our increasingly digital lives," said Dudley C. Rutherford, founder and president of CallOnJesus.com and senior pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Church in Northern Los Angeles. "My vision for CallOnJesus.com was to use the Internet to make sermons, books and other materials available to people around the world. These exciting mobile phone applications expand on that vision and enable viral peer-to-peer sharing of the Gospel on a global basis."

About GoTV Networks: GoTV Networks is the premier mobile media network and services provider in the United States. GoTV brings original content and 3rd-party content, including books, video and audio, to the widest mobile distribution network in the US. This content is accessible to mobile users using downloaded applications and through on-demand streaming services on a broad range of wireless devices. Availability includes the Apple iPhone Application Store, AT&T, Boost Mobile, the Google Android Market, Sprint (including Nextel), T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless (including Alltel) and Virgin Mobile. GoTV Networks is headquartered in Los Angeles.

For more information on these products, or to schedule an interview with Tom Ellsworth of GoTV Networks or Dudley Rutherford of CallOnJesus, please contact Rusty Shelton at (512) 478-2028 ext. 220 or rshelton@phenixpublicity.com.

SOURCE GoTV Networks

Time Warner Cable Delivers Fastest Wireless Speeds Available to Dallas Area Customers With the Launch of an All New 4G Wireless

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:16 -0500

DALLAS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Warner Cable has launched the Time Warner Cable 4G Mobile Network in Dallas today, December 1, 2009. The first product to launch on this advanced network is Road Runner Mobile, offering super-fast Internet access on the go for as little as $44.99 per month for Time Warner Cable customers. North Texas customers using the Time Warner Cable 4G Mobile Network can expect Internet speeds up to 6 Mbps on the fastest mobile broadband network available.

Time Warner Cable's next-generation communications network offers local customers mobile broadband access practically anytime and anywhere. Data transfer speeds are comparable to residential Road Runner High Speed Online cable speeds.

"With Time Warner Cable's 4G Mobile Network, we now offer the fastest mobile data service available," said Barry Rosenblum, Executive Vice President of the Texas Region for Time Warner Cable. "We're extending our reach outside of the home and giving our customers the convenience of mobility and the speed of 4G. Road Runner Mobile lets customers take their favorite Internet service wherever they go. This is an important part of our strategy to give our customers any content, on any device, anytime, anywhere."

On December 9, Time Warner Cable will host an exclusive event in Dallas at the House of Blues in celebration of the launch of Road Runner Mobile. The "Life in the 4G Fast Lane" event will feature an appearance by "The Fastest Woman in the World," Indy Race Car superstar Danica Patrick. Along with being able to experience the super-fast speed of Road Runner Mobile's 4G strength, guests will enjoy musical performances by Eagles tribute band, 7 Bridges and Dallas' own The King Bucks. A limited number of tickets will be available to the public leading up to the event.

North Texas residents can get even more 4G in their life by registering to win $4,000 in the Life in the 4G Fast Lane Sweepstakes. One grand prize of $4,000 plus an HP Mini 311 Notebook will be awarded on December 9, 2009. An additional ten (10) HP Mini 311 Notebooks will be given away to ten first prize winners.

Road Runner Mobile will offer customers a superior, high-speed, media-rich broadband experience away from their home or office. It will also bring customers the added convenience of a single bill for their video, home phone, data and mobile data services.

All plans include Road Runner Web Mail, Internet Security, Data Storage and access to other Road Runner value-added services at www.rr.com. For more information or to order online please visit the Time Warner Cable website.

Time Warner Cable customers in Texas will see Road Runner Mobile launch in San Antonio and Austin in early 2010. Time Warner Cable plans to launch additional mobile services to customers in the future such as the ability to program a DVR from a mobile device and the ability to take their video content with them on the go. Time Warner Cable will be expanding its 4G Mobile network to additional service areas over the next few months including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro, NC and Honolulu and Maui, HI.

About Time Warner Cable North Texas

Time Warner Cable is bringing the best in technology, innovation and entertainment to the North Texas community. Thanks in part to a recently completed improvement project, all North Texas residential and commercial customers passed by Time Warner Cable, now have access to the latest technology delivered over a robust fiber rich network. Customers can choose to bundle Digital Home Phone, Road Runner High Speed Internet service and digital video service from one local provider. Plus, Time Warner Cable delivers full-time, local customer service and technical support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information, visit www.timewarnercable.com/dallas or call 972-PICK TWC (972-742-5892).

SOURCE Time Warner Cable

Koombea Announces Availability of Track-r Mobile Application for iPhone

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:08:49 -0500

CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Koombea today announced the release of the Track-r application for iPhone, a mobile client for the Pivotal Tracker agile project management tool. Koombea built the Track-r application using Rhomobile's RhoHub and the Rhodes "write once and run on many" framework to build the application on the web and utilized RhoSync providing application users with synchronized data within the application.

"We're excited to see what Koombea has done with the Pivotal Tracker API," said Dan Podsedly, Principal and Director of Engineering at Pivotal Labs. "We built the Pivotal Tracker API to enable developers to build on the functionality of the service and we think that building a mobile version of the Pivotal Tracker application is a great use of the API."

Track-r for iPhone is a mobile client for Pivotal Tracker and was designed to enable product owners and developers to take project tracking anywhere they go. Pivotal Tracker is a free agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration around a shared prioritized backlog. It features velocity tracking, emergent iterations and story-based iterative planning.

"Koombea uses Pivotal Tracker in our every day development environment and we wanted to build an associated application that has sync data capabilities," said Jonathan Tarud, CEO of Koombea. "Rhomobile's RhoHub allows us to build applications in the cloud, without having to download SDKs and the RhoSync server allows us to enable sync data for our app users. The Rhodes framework also enables us to deploy on more than one mobile OS, which we plan to do soon."

Track-r uses Rhomobile's Rhodes smartphone app framework to write native apps for all major smartphones very quickly. Rhomobile's RhoSync allows the Track-r users to sync data to the device allowing users to manage work whether or not there is an Internet or cellular connection available.

"Rhomobile is focused on providing developers with the tools to easily build native smartphone applications for multiple platforms in a flexible environment. We're delighted that Koombea used Rhodes to build Track-r," said Adam Blum, CEO of Rhomobile. "Track-r is an excellent example of how Rhodes and RhoSync can be used to create an application that mobilizes the workforce with synchronized data. Track-r is also more visually appealing and native looking than other issue and project tracking software we've seen for the iPhone. We're already reliant on Track-r to manage our own projects all of which are done on Pivotal Tracker."

Track-r Key Features:

Track-r Application Availability

Track-r is a 1.0 release and is available at the Apple AppStore. It is also open sourced at http://github.com/koombea/Track-r.

About Koombea

Koombea is a full service web shop specializing in concept to launch Agile Ruby on Rails web development for early startups. With teams based in Silicon Valley and Barranquilla, Colombia, Koombea is able to offer exceptional cost advantages combined with the skills and know-how that comes from living and working in the epicenter of the Internet. For more information please visit http://www.koombea.com

About Rhomobile

Powered by a revolutionary approach to mobile application development, Rhomobile offers a comprehensive, modern, highly adaptable, and low cost solution for today's smartphone app developer. For more information, please visit www.rhomobile.com.

Rhomobile and Rhodes are registered trademarks of Rhomobile, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

SOURCE Koombea

Comcast Launches High-Speed Wireless Data Service in Seattle and Surrounding Areas

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:07:36 -0500

SEATTLE, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services, launched its high-speed wireless data service in Seattle and surrounding areas today as the company continues its nationwide rollout of Comcast High-Speed 2go(TM).

Comcast's High-Speed 2go is a fourth-generation, or 4G, wireless high-speed data service that provides the fastest available wireless Internet in the nation via wireless data cards. Comcast will sell this wireless service bundled with one or more of its popular Internet, phone and television products, providing mobile broadband wherever and whenever customers need to be connected.

"In today's world, no one wants to be disconnected for even a minute. With Comcast High-Speed 2go, we can offer our customers the best of both worlds--the fastest high-speed connection at home and the fastest connection while they are on the go. We think having the nation's first and only 4G service bundled with some of the nation's fastest Internet speeds will be a very compelling package for our Puget Sound-area customers," said Tom Pierce, vice president of Marketing and Sales for Comcast's Washington region.

Comcast is selling two different data cards and service plans:

The world-class services Comcast is known for in the home are beginning to be extended to where consumers work, live and play. High-speed mobile Internet is one of the first products consumers want as a natural extension of Comcast's super fast wired high-speed Internet.

Bundled Pricing

For the first time, consumers will have bundled access to both the fastest wired download speeds and wireless Internet in the nation, sold together at launch as a "Fast Pack(TM)." Fast Pack(TM) bundles will be available for as low as $49.99 per month for one year. Both new and existing Comcast customers will be eligible for special bundled pricing, with wired Internet customers receiving 4G wireless as an add-on for as low as $30 per month. Visit www.comcast.com/highspeed2go for additional pricing plans and service packages.

The $49.99 Fast Pack(TM) Metro service includes Comcast's 12 Mbps home Internet service, a free WiFi router for mobility and extended coverage in the home, and 4G service that will provide download speeds up to 4 Mbps when customers are on the go. For an additional $20 per month, consumers can upgrade to the Fast Pack(TM) Nationwide service that includes the same services plus nationwide 3G mobile network access.

Comcast is selling wireless data services following its investment in Clearwire in November 2008. Comcast's 4G service will be provided via the Clearwire network, and its 3G service will be provided by Sprint's nationwide 3G network. Comcast is one of the first investors in Clearwire to bring a service to market and expects that it will continue to add value to existing bundled products.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast's Washington market, based in Lynnwood, serves more than 1.1 million customers in Western Washington and Spokane. Comcast operates three major call centers in Washington and employs more than 3,000 local residents.

SOURCE Comcast Corporation

BroadSoft Helps Power XO Communications' New Enterprise SIP Trunking Offering

Mike Dolan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:29:54 -0500

BroadSoft Helps Power XO Communications' New Enterprise SIP Trunking Offering

Enables Large, Multi-location Businesses to Cost Effectively Manage IP Voice across Distributed Networks

GAITHERSBURG, MD - December 1, 2009 - BroadSoft, Inc., the worldwide leader of VoIP applications to the telecommunications industry, today announced XO Communications, a leading provider of advanced communications and networking services and solutions, is leveraging the Enterprise Trunking feature set of the BroadWorks® VoIP application platform to deliver a new XO Enterprise SIP offering.

Introduced today (see XO Communications press release titled "XO Communications Unveils Enterprise SIP Communications Solution for Multi-Location Businesses"), XO Enterprise SIP is an enhanced SIP trunking service offering for large enterprises, that enables them to transform their distributed PBX/PSTN interconnection to a more centralized and cost-effective VoIP solution. Enterprises can deploy a centralized IP-PBX in one or several primary locations and deliver VoIP services to other sites across their network. Businesses can also configure trunk capacity across their network, providing each site with on-demand access to unused call capacity. This will greatly reduce capital expenses and operating costs of managing voice services and equipment at each location.

Today's announcement builds upon BroadSoft's existing relationship with XO Communications, which dates back to early 2005. XO Communications currently uses BroadWorks to support its flagship XO IP Flex and XO SIP integrated access service offerings targeted at the small and mid-sized business market.

"Leveraging BroadWorks to support our new XO Enterprise SIP service is a natural evolution for us given the success of XO IP Flex services and our long-term relationship with BroadSoft®," said Vince Margiotta, vice president of product marketing at XO Communications. "Working with large enterprises, we discovered they have unique business continuity requirements that the BroadWorks platform could address for our new offering. BroadSoft successfully translated these service requirements into technology, allowing us to further expand penetration into the Fortune 500 market."

Large enterprises with multi-site locations such as banks, international financial institutions, retail stores and professional services firms, have unique requirements when it comes to SIP trunking deployments. It is often the case where a single, large IP PBX provides for an entire 50,000 person organization; therefore, loss of PSTN connectivity can have a major impact on business operations.

"SIP trunking is a strategic decision for large enterprises today. Supporting more than half of the Fortune 500, XO Communications required a solution that could not only meet the stringent reliability and diverse topology requirements of their large enterprise customers, but also provide cost certainty and dynamic, on-demand scalability," said David Bukovsky, vice president of products at BroadSoft. "BroadSoft delivers a powerful SIP trunking solution that enables enterprises to simplify IP network environments and address disaster recovery requirements."

Based on the latest release of BroadWorks, XO Enterprise SIP uses BroadSoft's Enterprise Trunking feature set to simplify management of VoIP services and ensure business continuity across an enterprise's network by providing:

· Support for multiple, redundant SIP trunk groups per PBX/IP PBX

· Sophisticated routing and traffic distribution policies

· Enterprise-level call capacity and "bursting" in support of multi-site enterprise environments

· New caller ID screening features for enterprise least-cost-routing and improved interoperability with non-SIPconnect compliant IP PBXs

About BroadSoft

BroadSoft®, the world-wide leader of VoIP application software, enables the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class products, including its award-winning flagship BroadWorks® technology, empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and increase customer satisfaction. BroadSoft products deliver the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to nine of the top 10 and 15 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue, including KPN, Korea Telecom, Qwest, SingTel, Sprint, Swisscom, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems, and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.broadsoft.com.

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Smartphones Technologies Launches Slidz Playlist Pro Application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:38:16 -0500

Jacksonville, FL (December 1, 2009)- Smartphones Technologies, a mobile application publisher, today announced the launch of Slidz Playlist Pro, a full-featured upgrade to Slidz Playlist Lite, a free slideshow application launched in Apple's App Store in September 2009. Slidz Playlist Pro is the first app of its kind, allowing users to add swirling visualizations or customized picture shows to their music playlists, giving them something visually compelling to watch while they're listening to their favorite tunes. Alternatively, users can use the application to create a "brag book" style slideshow of photos--of their children, friends, pets or even special events like parties, vacations and weddings--choreographed to music in their own specially-made playlists.

Slidz Playlist Pro is available for $1.99 and gives users even more options for creating animated playlists including 43 transitions for fading one photo into the next (compared to four transitions in the free Lite version) and 13 colorfully-patterned visualizations (a new feature in Pro not available in Lite). A product demo online is available online at: http://www.slidzplaylist.com/Slidz_Demo.mov

"When you're listening to music on your iPhone or iPod touch, there's not much to look at except the album covers, which are interesting artistically, but pretty tedious and static after a minute or two," said Mike Merrill, President of Smartphones Technologies, Inc. "Slidz Playlist Pro shifts your music listening into a fun, multimedia experience with customized photo slideshows choreographed to the music, or visualizations that move and swirl while the music is playing."

Slidz Playlist makes it easy to incorporate photos from a variety of sources. In addition to using photos already stored on your iPhone, users can import pictures directly from Flickr or even from their Facebook account using Facebook Connect technology. Moreover, users can set the timing for each photo, as well as loop the photos and music.

Slidz Playlist Pro is ideal for anyone who wants to enhance the musical experience on their iPhone or iPod touch, including:

Music fans who want something visually exciting to watch while listening to their tunes
Parents who want to show off pictures of their kids and family in a slick, choreographed slideshow
Teenagers who want to create a photo show of themselves with their best friends with their favorite pop tunes playing in the background

Slidz Playlist and Slidz Playlist Pro require iPhone OS version 3.0 or higher.

Holiday Stress? Dr. Deepak Chopra Releases "Stress Free" for the iPhone

Phil Goldstein — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:13:10 -0500

Bestselling Author Releases 'Stress Free': a Coaching Program for the iPhone That Helps People Lead Stress Free, Happier, and Healthier Lives

PLEASANTVILLE, NY--(Marketwire - 12/01/09) - Ready to live a life without stress? Dr. Deepak Chopra is putting the keys to a stress-free life right in our pockets. The bestselling author and world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body medicine has created the first mobile step by step program to becoming stress free. The new stress reduction program has been developed specifically for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It features videos of Dr. Chopra as a personal stress relief coach guiding users through a series of daily journaling exercises, guided meditations, music therapy and yoga exercises.

Stress Free is the first in a series of iPhone applications and mobile programs from Deepak Chopra. It also represents the first time such a program is being released directly in an interactive mobile format, without first being released in a book. With his new series of personalized mobile applications, Dr. Chopra intends to provide people with the opportunity of making significant life changes by following daily habit-changing exercises on the go and throughout the day.

The new application combines evidence-based psychology research with traditional Vedic principles. The self-guided program walks users through a set of stress-reduction activities and skills. Throughout each step in the program, users are personally coached by Dr. Chopra in a series of activity-specific videos. Activities include self-reflective interactive exercises relating to one's body, self/ego, relationships and emotions, as well as journaling, questionnaires, music therapy, meditations, yoga exercises and personal nutrition tips based on the concepts of Ayurveda.

"We know that stress is a major contributor to the serious epidemics of our time such as heart disease and cancer; finding ways to combat stress is critical to our health and well being," said Deepak Chopra. "What's so exciting about 'Stress Free' is for the first time, people can access the guidance and tools they need right when they need them most. By following simple daily activities on their phone, individuals can positively change their life perspective and psychological well being."

Ran Zilca, CEO of Signal Patterns, the company that developed the mobile program, added, "The iPhone-based program will introduce Deepak Chopra's teachings to entirely new audiences, particularly younger generations, that may be less likely to browse the self-help section in a book store, but are interested in improving their lives and reducing stress. Additionally, iPhone users are never far from their beloved devices; and this ubiquity makes it very easy for people to follow Dr. Chopra's activities and techniques."

Stress Free also fosters a social community centered around its concepts and exercises using a new social tool called Karma Mail. Karma Mail is a unique way to pass positive messages forward between people around the world. Users of the new iPhone program are able to send brief positive messages anonymously to other users of the program. The messages are sent randomly to a group of users who may choose to continue to propagate the messages or respond to them. This sense of group engagement is based on the concept that we can all benefit from mutually sharing what we love, what we are grateful for, and what we appreciate with others in the world.

To further encourage users in their journey for a stress-free life, the iPhone application also includes a user-based Q&A with Deepak Chopra, daily progress updates, inspirational quotes and other extensive stress management resources.

This comprehensive mobile program is available for just $14.99 -- and fans of Deepak Chopra can take advantage of a special introductory price of $9.99 until December 6. Stress Free can be purchased at the Apple App Store http://bit.ly/StressFreeApp. Additional information about Dr. Chopra's mobile applications can be found at www.DeepakChopraMobile.com.

About Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing, a best-selling author, and the founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. Heralded by Time Magazine as the "poet-prophet of alternative medicine," he is also the host of the popular weekly Wellness Radio program on Sirius/XM Stars. A global force in the field of human empowerment, Dr. Chopra is the prolific author of more than fifty-five books, including fourteen bestsellers on mind-body health, quantum mechanics, spirituality, and peace. Dr. Chopra's popularity as an international presenter and keynote speaker is exemplified by an impressive list of honorariums. For more than a decade, he has participated as a lecturer at the Update in Internal Medicine event sponsored by Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, an adjunct professor at Kellogg School of Management, and a senior scientist with the Gallup Organization.

About Signal Patterns

Signal Patterns develops psychology-based web and mobile applications that help people improve their well-being and relationships with others. Developed by a team of over 20 PhDs worldwide, Signal Patterns' online professional-grade solutions include self and relationship assessments, positive psychology activities and social tools for connecting with like-minded individuals. Signal Patterns' patent-pending technology results from a unique combination of in-house psychology research and data mining expertise. Founded in 2006, Signal Patterns is based in Pleasantville, NY. For more information: http://www.signalpatterns.com and http://www.signalpatternslabs.com. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/signalpatterns.

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Alcatel-Lucent gains IP router market share for fifth straight quarter

Mike Dolan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:25:39 -0500

Alcatel-Lucent gains IP router market share for fifth straight quarter

Paris, November 30, 2009 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that, according to Q3 2009 data from Dell'Oro, it gained market share in the Service Provider Router segment for the fifth consecutive quarter. According to Dell'Oro, Alcatel-Lucent increased its worldwide market share by four percentage points year-over-year (3Q09 vs 3Q08). In addition, it gained 4.8 percentage points year-over-year (Y/Y) in the fastest growing sub-segment - Edge Routers - growing its number two position in the quarter to 20.5% of the global market.

In external linkDell'Oro Group's Routers Report 3Q09, the firm stated: "Alcatel-Lucent reported strong performance in 3Q09. It was the only SP Edge Router vendor to record Q/Q and Y/Y increases. Despite the global recession, Alcatel-Lucent performed well during the first three quarters of 2009, increasing its year-to-date revenue share to 20%, well above its 15% share for full-year 2008. We attribute Alcatel-Lucent's success to the following factors: expanding customer base, regional balance and broad product line."

In addition, Alcatel-Lucent's success in the service provider router space was highlighted in a recent technology research report, "Data Networking & Wireline Equipment - Inside the Routing Markets", from Barclays Capital. "Alcatel-Lucent has been the clear rising star in the carrier edge router market at the moment. Alcatel originally entered the market through its acquisition of TiMetra in 2003, and has since gained significant traction with the flagship product (now called 7750). Alcatel-Lucent has been on a steady upward ramp in the edge routing market since 2004, growing from 0% share to now nearly 20%* share. Beginning in 2010, Alcatel will look to grow its share in the core space with the introduction of its 100 Gbps line card."

"We're particularly pleased with traction and momentum in North America in the past year, with recent wins announced with Cox, Equinix, Globalive and Qwest as well as a number of strategic wins that, while not yet publicly announced, are already contributing revenue. Strong data traffic growth in wireless networks is driving mobile backhaul upgrades as well as packet core evolution and Alcatel-Lucent has the right technologies and solutions to help wireless carriers deal with the challenges and also get ready for LTE," said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent's IP activities. "Alcatel-Lucent continues to lead the industry in IP router innovation, from silicon to software, and is focused on helping our customers to monetize their network assets. We're putting our application enablement vision and related High Leverage Network^TM architecture into action and the growth in market share reflects this."

Alcatel-Lucent's technology leadership has continued in 2009, with portfolio enhancements that position it for continued gains as the global economy recovers. Service routing innovations announced so far in 2009 include the industry's first 100 Gigabit Ethernet service routing interface for the edge and metro, a converged IP/Optical backbone transformation solution that slashes CAPEX and OPEX in the network core, application-awareness for cloud-based Enterprise WAN services, a massively scalable wireless Internet gateway platform for the LTE evolved packet core and new service router platforms for smaller carriers and enterprise & vertical markets, further rounding out the portfolio and expanding Alcatel-Lucent's addressable market.

Alcatel-Lucent's service router portfolio has been at the forefront of the move to converged IP/MPLS networks that support residential, business and mobile broadband services. Since entering the market, more than 300 customers in 100+ countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP transformation, including 24 of the world's top 30 carriers.

*based on Q2 2009 Dell'Oro data

Gameloft's 'Hero of Sparta' on iPhone/iPod Touch Secures 'Best Mobile Game' During GSMA Asia Mobile Awards 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:11:51 -0500

HONG KONG, December 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gameloft(R), a leading publisher and developer of downloadable video games, today announced that Hero of Sparta on iPhone/iPod Touch has been recognized by the GSMA as Asia's "Best Mobile Game" for 2009. For the third consecutive year, Gameloft is rewarded with this prestigious award, showing once again its dedication to innovation and gaming development excellence. Hero of Sparta offers a top notch gaming experience on iPhone/iPod Touch, as well as on regular mobile phones, pleasing millions of customers around the world.

GSMA is a global trade association representing over 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries, and created the Asia Mobile Awards 2009 as a platform to showcase leadership and diversity of mobile content, products and services throughout Asia. Since its release at the end of 2008, Gameloft's Hero of Sparta on iPhone/iPod Touch has received wide acclaim by consumers and the mobile gaming media.

"This distinction confirms Gameloft's standing as the best mobile games developer in the world. Our developers put all of their hard work into making & creating, especially for the Apple platform, with Hero of Sparta being the first spectacular and most popular action game, thanks to its accessibility, designs and graphics," said Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice president of publishing, Gameloft.

Hero of Sparta is one of Gameloft's original franchises, which has been successful over the past year. In addition to receiving several awards and mentions, Hero of Sparta ranked number 1 on the AppStore at its launch and stayed in the Top 5 for a few weeks.

The Asia Mobile Awards saw more than 50 nominees vying for just eleven coveted awards in five categories, judged by independent journalists, analysts and academics. The categories ranged from Best Mobile Entertainment Services for mobile games, music, TV/Video and advertising services to Best Mobile Services for mobile enterprise, money and Internet applications, in addition to the highly sought after Green Mobile and Best Mobile Handset awards.

All winners have now been automatically short listed for the Global Mobile Awards 2010, which will be presented in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress next February.

About Gameloft

Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of downloadable video games. For 10 years, Gameloft has been established as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile phones, smartphones, iPhone and iPod touch. The total number of game-enabled devices is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare, DSiWare, Microsoft Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation(R)Network.

Partnership agreements with leading licenses such as UNO(TM), Ferrari, Shrek, CSI, Spider-Man and Brothers in Arms allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Real Football, Asphalt and Brain Challenge.

Gameloft is present on all the continents with its own production studios, employing over 3,500 developers, and distributes its games in over 100 countries. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)

For more information, go to http://www.gameloft.com

SOURCE Gameloft

Mobile Internet and E-mail Services Jump in Popularity Among U.S. Consumers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:11:26 -0500

DALLAS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Adoption of non-text mobile data services has exceeded 40% of the more than 70 million U.S. broadband households with a mobile phone service, according to Parks Associates' new consumer study Mobile Convergence: Platforms, Applications, and Services.

Over one-fourth of mobile service users have adopted mobile Internet and e-mail services, eclipsing other mobile data ARPU drivers like mobile TV and music, indicating that carriers will have to win subscribers through more "practical" services first. The fast adoption of mobile social networking and navigation services, which have both exceeded 10%, also indicates carriers can be successful in deploying popular Web activities as revenue-generating data services on the mobile platform.

"Non-text mobile data services are central to wireless carriers' long-term plans for revenue growth," said Harry Wang, Director of Health and Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates, "The strong growth in usage of mobile Internet, e-mail, social networking, and navigation during the past two years shows consumers are eager for mobile applications that offer convenience and rich features."

Use of multipurpose devices like smartphones is another driver, Wang said. "Smartphone penetration will exceed 30% of broadband households in 2009. These 20 million households will be a perfect target for carriers to market their mobile data services."

Mobile Convergence: Platforms, Applications, and Services surveyed U.S. consumers to reveal trends and attitudes regarding mobile devices and services. For more information, visit http://www.parksassociates.com or contact 972-490-1113 or sales@parksassociates.com.

About Parks Associates

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service subscriptions.

Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought leadership conferences CONNECTIONS(TM), with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe. Parks Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in conjunction with the CONNECTIONS(TM) Conference series.

http://www.parksassociates.com | http://www.connectionsconference.com | http://www.connectionseurope.com | http://www.connectionsindustryinsights.com

SOURCE Parks Associates

Verizon Expands Fast, Affordable DSL-Enabled High Speed Internet Service to Nearly 5,000 Additional Maryland Residents in Cecil

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:09:06 -0500

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 5,000 additional Maryland consumers and businesses in Cecil and Queen Anne's counties now have access to Verizon High Speed Internet (HSI) service, allowing them to quickly download movies, share photos or video with friends and family, and create their own Internet content.

Verizon recently installed High Speed Internet equipment, based on digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, along Bayview and Revelation roads in North East, and along Castle Marina and Old Love Point roads and Schooner Parkway in Stevensville.

"Verizon is enabling more residents and businesses across Maryland to make the high-speed connections that are important to them," said Mary Ellen Payne, Verizon's senior vice president of marketing for the Potomac region. "Verizon's investment in Cecil and Queen Anne's counties means that more customers have access to affordable High Speed Internet service, backed by the reliability and security of Verizon's network."

Verizon High Speed Internet service is delivered on a dedicated line from Verizon's central switching office to the customer's home or business and is backed by live, 24 x 7 customer service and technical support. The service typically is available to residents and businesses that are located within approximately three miles of the company's central switching offices.

"We have some great promotional offers in place right now for new customers, so this is the perfect time to sign up for Verizon High Speed Internet service," said Payne.

Verizon's entry-level High Speed Internet service offers speeds of up to 1 Mbps* (megabit per second) downstream and 384 Kbps (kilobits per second) upstream. Consumers who want faster speed can order Verizon's offering of up to 3 Mbps downstream and 768 Kbps upstream. The up-to-3 Mbps service delivers download speeds 50 times faster than dial-up.

Consumers can take advantage of some great offers on residential bundles of voice, HSI and DIRECTV® service. New customers can order a triple-play bundle with up to 3 Mbps High-Speed Internet, DIRECTV®PLUS DVR package and Freedom Essentials (unlimited local and long-distance calling) for just $75 per month for the first three months.** HSI is free for three months, providing a value-packed bundle at a rate unmatched in the market. Included in that price are 200 all-digital channels, a free DVR upgrade, SHOWTIME® for one year, and thousands of free Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots. Pricing in months four through 12 is only $99.99 per month** for the 3 Mbps HSI service. Double-play bundles with new 3 Mbps High Speed Internet download speeds are also eligible for the special three-months-free HSI offer.

In addition to the value-priced bundles, Verizon currently has a six-months-free HSI promotion that includes a free modem for new Verizon HSI customers. Prices begin at $19.99 per month for 1 Mbps and $29.99 per month for 3 Mbps HSI service with a one-year agreement.

Consumers can get more information about Verizon's High Speed Internet service by visiting www.verizon.com or by calling 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966). For information about Verizon Small Business HSI service and bundles, visit smallbusiness.verizon.com or call 1-888-481-0387.

Verizon High Speed Internet service is the company's most popular and most widely available broadband data service, available to more than 25 million households in parts of 24 states and the District of Columbia.

According to PC Magazine's 2008 readers' survey, Verizon High Speed Internet beat the average cable provider's score in reliability, the likelihood of a customer choosing an Internet service provider, as well as the associated costs and fees for the service.

Verizon HSI customers also receive access to an extensive portfolio of value-added services, including 250 MB (megabytes) of free Verizon Online Backup and Sharing, which provides useful disaster-recovery support.

The company's popular Verizon Internet Security Suite (VISS) provides comprehensive online protection from spyware and viruses for as little as $5.99 a month. Advance Protection also includes a firewall, parental control, pop-up blocker and privacy manager software to help keep customers safe from hackers and phishing attacks.

Customers also can obtain a combination offer of Verizon Online Backup and Sharing and Verizon Internet Security Suite for $8.99 per month.

VISS also is the winner of the Info Security Products Guide's 2009 Global Product Excellence in Internet Security Solutions Customer Trust Award, which recognizes VISS as one of the best products for Internet security worldwide.

Verizon also offers its broadband customers free parental controls through VISS and has launched a Parental Control Center offering tips and tools for parents on how to protect their children when they're online. The center features simple downloading of the parental-control software and tutorials on subjects such as social networking and safe surfing for kids. Links are available to Web sites for organizations like WiredSafety, the largest cybersafety organization, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Cyber Tipline. The center is available at www.verizon.net/parentalcontrol.

In addition, customers can protect their home-entertainment and communications investments by subscribing to a comprehensive suite of device protection plans such as Protection Pak Enhanced, which, in cases of a malfunction, covers the repair or replacement of all eligible computers, telephones and TVs in a customer's home, regardless of the device's place of purchase or age. Coverage is less than $1 a day.

* Internet speeds refer to the connection speed between the user's location and Verizon's central office. Actual surfing speeds will vary based on many factors and be lower than connection speed.

** Plus applicable taxes and fees.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 89 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 230,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

SOURCE Verizon

Apple Approves Fourth Installment of Critically Acclaimed Navy Patrol Coastal Defense iPhone App

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:21 -0500

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ICS Mobile is proud to announce the release of the fourth installment of the Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense Saga entitled "The Last Stand." The critically acclaimed app featured in the "What's Hot" section of Apple's App Store and labeled as "one of five awesome iPhone tower defense apps" by CNET.com will be available for $0.99 during a 48H sale special before returning to its regular price of $2.99.

"The addition of the Openfeint platform has been requested for weeks by our gamer community," said Joe Bayen, CEO at ICS Mobile. "Combined with compelling new maps, we are very pleased to continuously deliver valuable new content to iPhone gamers worldwide."

Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense(TM) for iPhone and iPod is a hybrid Tower Defense game which incorporates RPG and RTS elements into a water based environment supported by the company's AWS(TM) Fluid Simulation Engine. The new installment comes with several video tutorials as well as the Openfeint social gaming platform which adds live chats, friends and leaderboards to an already vibrant Navy Patrol gaming community.

ICS Mobile also announced that the final chapter of the saga is near completion and will soon be available in the app store with additional new twists.

Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense can be downloaded on the App Store here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324167933&mt=8

About ICS Mobile, Inc.:

Located in Santa Monica, California, ICS Mobile is an iPhone development studio which focuses on location-based and server-based applications as well as gaming, productivity and lifestyle mobile applications. The company enjoys strong partnership in a variety of industry ranging from NBC Universal Inc in the media arena to The M-Train team on the fitness front.

SOURCE ICS Mobile, Inc.

Accumulate launch support for Android

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:48:40 -0500

Users of Android mobiles can now use the Accumulate mobile security solutions for identification, authentication, and signing on the internet and to make secure payments with mobile phones in stores and online.

Stockholm, Sweden, December 1, 2009 - Accumulate announce support for Android on its mobile payment and security platform Mobile Everywhere. Using the platform mobile phones can replace security solutions as hardware security tokens, one-time codes or certificates on your computer. In addition to reduced administration, logistics and cost of special security devices and the like, Accumulates solutions make the everyday life easier for the user when information can be accessed anywhere and anytime. In addition, Android mobiles can now use the Accumulate payment solutions, for example, pay with phone in the store, pay online, person-to-person money transfers and to pay goods in vending machines.

"The amount of users of Android mobiles is growing rapidly. Using Accumulates Mobile Everywhere solutions, these users can now pay with mobile at merchants and do login at their internet bank instead of having special security devices and the alike. We also see that businesses use of Android is taking off, and enabling companies and organizations with our solution will introduce very cost-effective and secure solutions. One example is login to the corporate VPN using the mobile phone as security device", says Stefan Hultberg, CEO of Accumulate.

Mobile Everywhere works on all mobiles and with all mobile operators and subscription types. The solution qualifies with the law as an advanced electronic signature and uses a method that in security language is called "true two-factor, dual-line authentication". External experts have examined and approved Accumulates technology for implementation in the banking environment. Furthermore the technology gives protection against so called man-in-the-middle attacks and phishing of user ID and password.

- Another example is that users of PayEx Mobil, a mobile payment service based on Accumates security platform, can now use Android mobiles to pay for purchases in store and online, and transfer of money person-to-person, "says Stefan Hultberg.

Accumulate One-Time-Ticket (OTT)

Accumulate uses its patented solution, One-Time-Ticket (OTT), for one-times codes. With OTT you get a true 2-factor authentication that is more secure, easier to use and more cost effective than for example OTP (one-time password) and other solutions on the market. With OTT no user information (like user ID and password) is transported or saved over the Internet, and the cost of SMS text messaging or separate security devices is saved.

More information

Stefan Hultberg, +46 70 350 5704, stefan.hultberg@accumulate.se.

Lars Aase, +46 70 144 1822, lars.aase@accumulate.se.

Sprint 4G Rollout Blazes on with Seattle Launch

Phil Goldstein — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:29:21 -0500

Sprint Brings Wireless Speeds up to 10 Times Faster Than Today's 3G from Any National Wireless Carrier

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The wireless future just arrived in Seattle. Sprint (NYSE: S - News) today announced the launch of Sprint 4G mobile broadband throughout the Seattle area. As a result, streaming video, fast file downloads and uploads and turbo-charged web browsing are no longer just home, office or coffee shop benefits. Sprint 4G customers can enjoy a blazing fast wireless mobile broadband experience across the city, whether they're working at a remote location, taking a break on campus, sitting at a favorite eatery, or as a passenger on the freeway or public transportation.

Seattle is one of the first communities to enjoy 4G wireless connections from Sprint, the first national wireless carrier to test, launch and market 4G technology. Sprint 4G delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.¹ (View 4G coverage at www.sprint.com/4G.)

By dramatically increasing download speeds for photos, videos and large files, Sprint 4G is enabling innovative applications now. With Sprint 4G, you can download a favorite song, picture, sitcom or large video in seconds, not minutes, or watch live streaming video - all while on the go, not just from the home or office.

Businesses are discovering that Sprint 4G is an effective, flexible alternative for Internet connectivity that can both increase productivity and expand their capabilities. For example, retailers can implement cost-effective wireless voice and data solutions for their outlets; real estate agents can conduct virtual property tours; construction teams using 4G in the field can save valuable time by sharing schematics with engineers online; insurance companies can speed their claims management through real-time communication with on-site adjusters; educators can enhance distance learning with two-way interactive live video; health care professionals can improve their ability to remotely monitor patients; emergency first responders can rapidly assess and coordinate disaster action with real-time on-site video and audio; and photo-journalists can instantly transfer high-resolution images to the newsroom.

Sprint 4G extends the web experience to meet each person's moment-to-moment mobile needs by using 4G data cards and routers and, in the future, laptop solutions and mobile phones that deliver rich content, larger file transfers, streaming video and low-latency remote access.

"Sprint continues to lead the charge in rolling out wireless 4G in cities across America and the momentum continues to build," said Todd Rowley, vice president of Sprint 4G. "Our aggressive expansion of Sprint 4G will include many new devices and capabilities that create increased performance and productivity while enhancing personal lifestyles on the go."

Sprint 4G powered by WiMAX is expanding across the country

Sprint made history by launching 4G in Baltimore in September 2008. In addition to Seattle, Sprint is also launching 4G service today in Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii. With today's announcements, Sprint offers 4G service in 27 markets, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., San Antonio and Seattle. Sprint 4G is also offered in Abilene, Texas; Amarillo, Texas; Austin, Texas; Bellingham, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; Charlotte, N.C.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Greensboro, N.C. (along with High Point and Winston-Salem); Honolulu; Killeen/Temple, Texas; Lubbock, Texas; Maui, Hawaii; Midland/Odessa, Texas; Milledgeville, Ga.; Raleigh, N.C. (along with Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Salem, Ore.; Waco, Texas and Wichita Falls, Texas.

In 2010, Sprint expects to launch service in multiple markets, including Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Sprint customers in Seattle can start enjoying 4G today with the 3G/4G USB Modem U300, the first device from any national wireless carrier to offer access to both 3G and 4G - practically future-proofing wireless technology for its customers. Sprint customers can take advantage of America's most dependable 3G network² when outside of 4G coverage. For a limited time, customers can benefit from a 4G promotion allowing them to get the dual-mode device for free after a $50 mail-in rebate for consumers and instant rebates for business clients (excludes taxes) with a two-year agreement. Sprint is currently offering new 4G/3G data plans for consumers at $69.99 monthly with unlimited 4G and 4G/3G data plans for businesses at $69.99 with unlimited 4G and unlimited 3G on the Sprint network³ (price plans exclude surcharges and taxes).

For those who live and work outside of a Sprint 4G service area, but find themselves in a 4G service area, Sprint offers a 3G-only plan at $59.99 per month with the U300. Customers can then purchase a 4G day-pass when they visit any Sprint 4G service areas. The $9.99 day-pass enables Sprint 4G on their device for 24 hours.

Customers in Sprint 4G service areas can purchase the U300 and sign up for 4G/3G plans at select Sprint retail stores, select Best Buy stores and local retailers. Customers who are not yet in a current Sprint 4G service area can purchase the dual-mode U300, 3G plans and 4G day passes via Sprint telesales at 1-800-Sprint-1 or online at www.sprint.com/4G.

Sprint has several new 4G devices planned for 2009 and 2010, including a single-mode 4G data card, embedded laptops and a 4G phone.

Sprint is harnessing the power of 4G as the largest shareholder of Clearwire with a 51 percent stake in this independent company that is building the WiMAX network. Sprint is the only national wireless carrier to offer 4G services on the Clearwire WiMAX network.

ABOUT SPRINT NEXTEL

1) "Up to 10x faster" based on download speed comparison of 3G's 600 kbps vs. 4G's 6 Mbps. Typical published 3G avg. speeds (600 kbps-1.7 Mbps); 4G avg. speeds (3-6 Mbps). Actual speeds may vary. 4G currently available in select areas /devices; check Sprint.com/4G for Sprint 4G coverage/device info.

2) "Dependable" based on independent, third-party drive tests for 3G data connection success, session reliability, and signal strength for the top 50 most populous US markets (including PR) from January 2008 to August 2009. Not all services available on 3G and coverage may default to separate network when 3G unavailable.

3) The Unlimited 3G/4G plan is for corporate liable accounts only. Sprint reserves the right, at our sole discretion to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if corporate-liable customer exceeds the off-network roaming threshold (300MB/mo.) or engages in the following prohibited uses: server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, disproportionate Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications broadcast to multiple servers or recipients such that they could enable "bots" or similar routines, or for any other reason that, in our sole discretion harms our network.

Contact:

Sprint
Stephanie Vinge-Walsh, 310-213-0039
stephanie.a.vinge@sprint.com

WiMAX Service Lacking in Affordable Devices, Report Concludes

Phil Goldstein — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:24:59 -0500

SILVER SPRING, MD--(Marketwire - 11/30/09) - The company pioneering the next generation in wireless broadband communications could face trouble growing its user base because it lacks compelling handheld devices at competitive prices, market research provider Pike & Fischer projects.

Unlike Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and other wireless carriers, Clearwire Corp. has decided not to subsidize the cost of the devices that can access its network, which operates on the technology known as WiMAX. This means users will not get major discounts on their devices when they sign up for a two-year service contract. WiMAX-capable equipment can cost anywhere from $450 to $1,000, and lacks some of the capabilities of today's smartphones, P&F points out in a new report.

"Clearly, it will be very difficult to drive mass adoption at that price level," says Tim McElgunn, chief analyst for Pike & Fischer's Broadband Advisory Services. "Consumers are accustomed to getting their mobile devices subsidized by the carriers, and may balk at the need to pay full price for a device with relatively limited functionality.

"Clearwire and its partners face the dual challenge of designing and manufacturing an attractive and usable handheld and quickly driving down the cost," McElgunn adds.

Despite these challenges, P&F projects that Clearwire's ability to obtain additional investment and the worldwide growth of WiMAX both bode well for the company. The company stands to grow its WiMAX customer base in the U.S. to approximately 600,000 by the end of 2010 and to generate revenues of up to $580 billion, according to the report.

Pike & Fischer, a BNA business, offers a host of legal and business products covering the telecommunications industry. This new report, Clearwire and the Outlook for 4G Competition, is priced at $649 and can be purchased at www.broadbandadvisoryservices.com. For analyst commentary or to request a briefing, contact Tim McElgunn at 856-751-6723 / tmcelgunn@pf.com.

For information about Pike & Fischer's Broadband Advisory Services, visit www.broadbandadvisoryservices.com or contact Jonathan Wentworth Ping at 973-718-4703 / jping@pf.com.

Contacts:

Tim McElgunn
856-751-6723
Email Contact

Jonathan Wentworth Ping
973-718-4703
Email Contact

AppLytics and 4INFO Partner to Deliver iPhone Analytics and Advertising

Jason Ankeny — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:06:14 -0500

AppLytics, the world's first turn-key viral monetization and optimization platform for mobile games and applications developers, and 4INFO, a leading mobile media company and pioneer of SMS advertising and publishing services, announced today a partnership to deliver expanded marketing channels and revenue drivers for mobile iPhone application developers.

AppLytics provides mobile application marketing, analytics and monetization services, focused primarily on the iPhone market. This partnership will expand the functionality of AppLytics' ApplyFire(TM) tool and give iPhone developers a means to use free SMS services from 4INFO to distribute their applications. ApplyFire is the only mobile SMS invitation tool specifically designed to optimize and increase sales for mobile applications by providing direct and trackable download links to applications via text messages from friends.

AppLytics and 4INFO will partner to offer features such as "send to a friend" and expanded mobile advertising via text messaging. Traditionally developers have been limited to email as their primary viral expansion channel. This partnership gives developers the ability to expand beyond this traditional marketing channel and make full use of the iPhone address book and SMS in-box. SMS can be used to encourage users to return to the application, allow users to discover new applications, or to drive word-of-mouth engagement.

"Our mission is to solve developers' primary problem -- to market their product and retain users, which drives revenue on their free and paid applications," said Jeff Freebairn, CEO of AppLytics. "4INFO has the largest SMS reach in the U.S., and established expertise in text message publishing, making them the natural choice for this initiative."

"We have found that smart phone users are major consumers of text messaging," said Ted Burns, vice president of products at 4INFO. "Reaching this iPhone audience through SMS gives applications developers the advantage in both discovery and monetization. The AppLytics partnership is the first of several initiatives 4INFO will be announcing to target and serve the smart phone market more effectively while expanding our breadth of mobile offerings for publishers."

About 4INFO

4INFO is a mobile media company that connects brands, agencies, and publishers with mobile audiences. With high quality SMS content, targeted mobile advertising, and integrated campaigns across all types of media, 4INFO provides agencies and brands with the means to reach and engage a growing network of mobile consumers. 4INFO pioneered the development of ad-supported text message services and is the largest provider of SMS content and services in North America. As experts in mobile advertising, the company uses SMS as an entry point to drive rich media experiences on mobile phones. 4INFO's consumer services provide real-time SMS information and entertainment messages on subjects ranging from sports and weather to celebrity gossip and stock market news. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., 4INFO is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gannett Company, Inc., The Peacock Equity Fund: the joint venture between GE Capital's Media, Communications & Entertainment finance business and NBC Universal, Mezzanine Capital, Selby Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. Learn more at: http://advertising.4info.net or text "advertise" to 44636.

About AppLytics

AppLytics, the developer of the world's first turn-key monetization and optimization platform for mobile, was founded by iPhone developers and mobile veteran Jeff Freebairn, the former Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Hands-On Mobile. AppLytics is headquartered in San Francisco, California and is privately funded. For more information visit http://www.applytics.com.

Unleash Your Inner Rock Star(R) with Guitar Hero(R) 5 Mobile by Glu

Jason Ankeny — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:17:55 -0500

Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games, today announced the worldwide launch of Guitar Hero(R) 5 Mobile. The title was developed and published through Glu's exclusive worldwide partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI).

Guitar Hero 5 Mobile allows fans to pick up their mobile devices and rock out on the guitar, drums and bass guitar to a collection of iconic bands. Gamers test their skills with three difficulty settings allowing endless hours of gameplay and can compare their scores with others from around the world.

"The Guitar Hero(R) franchise, with its global mass market appeal, is a hit perfectly suited for the mobile platform," said Alex Galvagni, CTO & SVP Global Product Development, Glu. "A variety of new features and authentic musical gameplay allow gamers and music fans alike to enjoy this rockin' experience."

Features include:

-- New Instruments - Play guitar, drums and bass guitar for all songs -- New Songs - A total of up to 20 new songs at launch with up to 19 additional downloadable songs -- Iconic Rock Bands - Play along to high quality audio songs from Blink 182, Rush, 3 Doors Down, Sublime, Vampire Weekendand more -- Global Leaderboards - Compare scores to other players from around the world -- Multiple Venues - Play as different characters in 3 new venues - San Francisco, Cairo and the New York City subway -- Gameplay Variety - Unlock four additional guitars and drums, earn 31 achievements and break records -- Enhanced Visuals - Animated rockers, crowds and venue effects will make gamers feel like a true rocker

Guitar Hero 5 Mobile is now available on all major carriers worldwide. For more information, go to www.glu.com. For live updates, follow Glu Mobile on Twitter at www.twitter.com/glumobile or become a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/glumobile.

About Glu Mobile

Glu (NASDAQ:GLUU) is a leading global publisher of mobile games. Its portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles Bonsai Blast, Brain Genius, Glyder, Stranded, Super K.O. Boxing! and titles based on major brands from partners including Activision, Atari, Fox Mobile Entertainment, Harrah's, Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, PlayFirst, PopCap Games, SEGA, Sony and Warner Bros. Founded in 2001, Glu is based in San Mateo, Calif. and has offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia and Spain. Consumers can find high-quality, fresh entertainment created exclusively for their mobile phones wherever they see the 'g' character logo or at www.glu.com.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.

BONSAI BLAST, BRAIN GENIUS, GLU, GLU MOBILE, STRANDED, SUPER K.O. BOXING! and the 'g' character logo are trademarks of Glu Mobile Inc.

Localytics Lets iPhone, Android and BlackBerry App Developers Glean Deep Customer Insights in Real-time with Vertica

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:08:33 -0500

BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Localytics provides a mobile analytics solution that gives app developers real-time dashboards and the deepest insights into how customers use their applications so they can quickly test new strategies to drive sales, drill-down into their users' experiences and deliver a more successful mobile app, thanks in part to Vertica.

Boston-based Localytics is using the Vertica Analytic Database on the Cloud to power its real-time mobile analytics platform for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android applications. Other systems like Windows Mobile, Palm Pre and Symbian will be supported soon. The platform enables developers to quickly identify opportunities and problems by analyzing all facets of how consumers use their mobile apps.

Who are my most loyal customers? Where should I spend my marketing dollars? On which devices is my app most popular? What caused the app to freeze up? Which features do users like the most? Where should I invest my R&D hours? Localytics helps developers answer questions like these through pre-defined reports and the ability to access all of their detailed user data to custom chart, filter or segment metrics in any meaningful way.

As Localytics' business took off, the data deluge was quickly overrunning the computational limitations of its existing MySQL-based data warehouse. The company collects millions of data points per day from millions of mobile phone users, and those numbers are increasing rapidly. After evaluating a number of business intelligence and OLAP technologies, Localytics selected Vertica due to its ability to deliver real-time query performance on massive amounts of data in an affordable and convenient software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering.

"We have gained more than a 10x performance improvement in query speeds using Vertica," said Andrew Rollins, chief software architect at Localytics. "Our customers tend to be large brand developers of the most popular apps who demand sophisticated, customizable mobile analytics capabilities. Vertica is helping us solidify our reputation as the premiere platform for deeper, real-time mobile app analytics."

Rollins added that Vertica's strong data compression was also instrumental in helping tame Localytics' huge data volumes. The on-disk data storage used by the MySQL data warehouse was reduced by approximately 85% using Vertica.

Vertica for the Cloud is an on-demand version of the company's blazingly fast, MPP-based columnar database hosted on public clouds like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). This pay-as-you-go approach enables Localytics to create a large, high-performance analytic solution and scale up effortlessly as its customer roster grows, without upfront data center costs and delays.

"Localytics has built a unique mobile analytics platform that is both fast and flexible for tracking mobile apps across multiple platforms. Having access to the real-time data analysis Vertica provides is critical to their business and the flexibility of our SaaS offering fits their business model," said Omer Trajman, director for cloud and virtualization at Vertica. "They gain all the benefits of the Vertica Analytic Database including performance, high availability, data center cost savings and faster deployment -- without the risk and huge capital expenditures of building a traditional data warehouse."

About Localytics

Localytics offers a leading mobile analytics platform that gives mobile app publishers a real-time dashboard, the deepest insights and transparency they need to improve their businesses. Founded by application analytics experts, Localytics provides the only real-time service, user-level detail and open source SDK demanded by the top mobile applications. Localytics is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.localytics.com.

About Vertica

Vertica Systems is the market innovator for high-performance analytic database management systems that run on industry-standard hardware. Co-founded by database pioneer Dr. Michael Stonebraker, Vertica has developed column-oriented analytic database technology with an MPP architecture that lets companies of any size store and query very large databases orders of magnitude faster and more affordably than other solutions. The Vertica Analytic Database is available as software only, as a hardware based appliance, as a virtual appliance on VMware or online as a cloud computing solution. The technology's unmatched speed, scalability, flexibility and ease of use helps Vertica's 100+ customers including JP Morgan Chase, Verizon, Mozilla, Comcast, Level(3) Communications and Vonage capitalize on business opportunities in real time. Vertica is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.vertica.com.

SOURCE Vertica