Royal Tunbridge Wells, October 28, 2008. - Synchronica plc, the international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announced Synchronica SimpleMail, a new consumer push email (CPE) solution that brings mobile email to almost 100 percent of handsets in use today. Based on technology from the recent acquisition of former competitor AxisMobile and available immediately, Synchronica SimpleMail extends the addressable market for push email to even the most basic handsets, making it an ideal service for mobile operators in emerging markets.

Synchronica has already signed license agreements for the new technology with two mobile operators in emerging markets and has received an expansion order from a mobile operator in Russia / CIS for additional licenses.

Synchronica SimpleMail includes email-to-SMS and email-to-MMS gateways and a clientless solution for WAP / XHTML browser access. It also features the patented Optimizer transcoding gateway which reduces the size of pictures and allows a large variety of attachments, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents to be displayed on feature phones that would otherwise be unable to support this functionality. Users can register for the service from their mobile handset rather than having to register via a PC - a key benefit in emerging markets where broadband connectivity is rare.

Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, comments: “There are more than 3.5 billion mobile users and more than two billion mailboxes in use worldwide. Our mission is to bring mobile email to the mass market on the widest range of devices. Synchronica SimpleMail which is based on technology from our recent acquisition of AxisMobile extends our reach from smartphones and feature phones right down to even the most basic of handsets. This is a key proposition for emerging markets and has already brought us two new mobile operator customers, one in Africa and one in India.”

Forecasts point to emerging markets as a breakthrough area for mass market mobile email. Informa predicts that there will be 4.81 billion mobile phone subscribers by 2012, with the next billion subscribers coming predominantly from emerging markets where PC and fixed-line penetration is low.

Key features of Synchronica SimpleMail include:

* Email-to-SMS and Email-to-MMS gateways

* Clientless solution for WAP / XHTML browser access

* Email transcoding and compression engine reduces network traffic and enables standard mobile phones to display a variety of attachments

* Support for DOC, ZIP, PDF, MPEG, MP3, and HTML attachments

* Supports Gmail, Yahoo Mail, MSN Hotmail Plus, and any POP3 or IMAP4 mailbox

* Realtime device auto-detection

* Multi-lingual support (English, Cyrillic, Chinese, Arabic, Kanji)

* Support for multiple email accounts on one device

About Synchronica

Synchronica plc develops and markets mobile email and synchronization solutions for mobile operators and device manufacturers. Products include the award-winning push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway and the device backup solution Mobile Backup. Based on industry standards, Synchronica can reach the built-in email and synchronization clients of more than 1.5 billion mobile devices on the market today. Service providers in emerging and developed markets use Synchronica products to offer mobile email, PIM synchronization, and backup and restore services to consumer and business subscribers.

Synchronica recently acquired AxisMobile and is set to become the leading player in mass market mobile email and synchronization middleware. The enhanced Synchronica Mobile Gateway will offer the most comprehensive multi-protocol mobile email solution in the market today, introducing email-to-SMS and email-to-MMS, as well as WAP and XHTML gateways. Document transcoding will add the ability to display a large variety of attachments, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint on standard feature phones.

Headquartered in England, Synchronica has a development center in Germany and presences in the USA, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). More information is available at http://www.synchronica.com

For more information, please contact:

Nicole Meissner
Chief Marketing Officer
Tel.: +44 1892 552 780
Mobile: +44 7977 256 412
Fax: +44 1892 552 721
nicole.meissner@synchronica.com

Brussels and Paris, Oct. 15, 2008

Orange Business Services modernizes Etex’s network infrastructure
convergent MPLS network with Business Talk Global, Network Boost and Business Everywhere provides flexibility and efficient cost management

Orange Business Services has signed a 3-year contract with Etex, an industrial holding company specializing in building materials, to implement a fully managed convergent network in combination with telephony, network management and business application management. The solution will be used at all sites of the Etex European Business Material Division.

With this new partnership, Etex aims to maintain its competitive advantage in order to optimize its business-critical applications and to further develop its high-performing IT platform. The network implemented by Orange Business Services will provide Etex the following benefits:

Convergence: a network ready for the future – The network at Etex is convergent, which means that voice and data can run on the same network. A network standardized this way eliminates fragmentation and promotes efficient cost management. In addition, Etex will be able to migrate to VoIP or LAN VPN more easily.
Business Talk Global: more flexibility and lower costs – A particularly interesting aspect of the network solution at Etex is the fact that Orange Business Services Business Talk Global is integrated into the network. This solution enables standardization and optimization of telephony services while simultaneously reaping considerable cost savings. Together with the convergent network, it will form the basis for an IPT infrastructure as well as a fixed-to-mobile solution.
Network Boost: management solution for application performance – The integrated Network Boost solution allows Etex clear insight into the use of its network by business application, location and user group. This solution enables Etex to proactively manage, prioritize and optimize business applications that run on its network in real time.
Business Everywhere™: mobility for people on the go – Business Everywhere™ offers mobile employees an easy, secure way to access the Internet and business applications.

“We were looking for a flexible network partner who could offer us network standardization, monitoring and control at the application level and proactive error monitoring for the end user,” said Walter Van De Wiele, managing director of Manasco - the IT business unit of the European Business Material division of the Etex Group. “It was primarily the technical quality of the network, the network reach and the extensive service offering that ultimately made us choose Orange Business Services.”

Jeroen Van Brussel, country manager and managing director of Orange Business Services Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, said: “We are delighted with Etex’ confidence in us and that we are able to meet their needs. Stability and efficient management of business-critical applications are of crucial importance when it comes to this. The acquisition of this contract underscores the success of our own business strategy and the quality and expertise of our employees.”

About Etex
Etex Group is a Belgian industrial group that produces and markets of high quality building materials and systems. Roofing & cladding materials, building & decorative board, passive fire protection systems, floor and wall coverings are produced through its 90 affiliated companies, leading producers of building materials in their markets. Etex Group, with a consolidated turnover of € 2,129 millions (2007), is present in 41 countries on all continents, and employs more than 14,000 people.

About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves close to 174 million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2008, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 52.9 billion euros in 2007 (26.3 billion euros for the first half 2008). As of June 30, 2008, the Group had 113.8 million mobile customers and 12.2 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers.

Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group’s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartiment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.

For more information: www.orange.com, www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com

Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom.

Press contacts
Orange Business Services - Global, Europe and Asia Pacific
Frédéric Gielec
+33 1 46 46 2189
frederic.gielec@orange-ftgroup.com

Orange Business Services - Americas
Elizabeth Mayeri
+1 212 251 2086
elizabeth.mayeri@orange-ftgroup.com

Orange
Bertrand Deronchaine
+33 1 44 44 93 93
bertrand.deronchaine@orange-ftgroup.com

Georgina Hart
+44 77 309 896 93
georgina.hart@orange-ftgroup.com

Erika Gelinard
+33 1 44 44 93 93
erika.gelinard@orange-ftgroup.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Global Telecom Deploys Acme Packet
to Expand Wholesale VoIP Services

Acme Packet provides requisite session border controller
features, performance and support for NGT service expansion

BURLINGTON, MA, OCTOBER 21, 2008 — Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that New Global Telecom (NGT), a leading provider of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VoIP solutions in the United States, has deployed Acme Packet’s Net-Net® session border controllers (SBCs) in order to expand its VoIP services. NGT’s VoIP services are targeted for small to medium businesses, including its certified SIP trunking offering for Microsoft® Response Point™. Acme Packet’s SBCs were selected in conjunction with its NextSBC Reassurance Program, designed to ease both the technical and business obstacles of migrating users of other SBCs to Acme Packet’s industry-leading solutions.Acme Packet’s Net-Net SBCs are used to support NGT’s VoIP services, providing security, maximizing service reach and assuring SLAs. Net-SAFE®, Acme Packet’s comprehensive security framework, provides denial of service (DoS) attack protection, topology hiding and dynamic access control to prevent malicious attacks and non-malicious overloads. The Net-Net SBC’s flexible call admission control policies and application server load balancing allow NGT to ensure its service availability and deliver superior call quality for its customers. Maximizing the number of networks and customers to which NGT can deliver its services, Acme Packet’s hosted NAT traversal enables VoIP calls and other SIP-based sessions to be completed through premises-based firewalls and NAT devices.“Acme Packet is a company built for providing service provider solutions—encompassing not only its leading session border controllers but also its knowledgeable support organization,” said Larry Stanfel, vice president, VoIP operations and technology from New Global Telecom. “Net-Net SBCs have delivered the performance, reliability, strong security and comprehensive control features we require to provide a first-rate business service.”

“Acme Packet’s proven experience in hundreds of deployments throughout the world allows providers like NGT to focus on the other aspects of delivering the best service to their customers, said Seamus Hourihan, vice president of marketing and product management for Acme Packet.  “Our Net-Net SBCs solve the challenges for delivering trusted, first-class IP interactive communications over both service provider and enterprise network borders.” 

About Acme Packet
Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks—from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols—SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248—and multiple border points—interconnect, access and data center. Our products have been selected by more than 540 customers in 84 countries, including 29 of the top 30, and 85 of the top 100 service providers in the world. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com.

About New Global Telecom
New Global Telecom, Inc. is the leading provider of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VoIP solutions in the United States. NGT enables leading VARs, MSOs, and Agents to provide nationwide, VoIP-based services to their customers through its proven channel ready solutions.The company’s services deliver a high quality, complete communication solution to address business end-user needs. NGT’s Network Performance Platform is a cornerstone of the service suites, and is an industry-leading network approach to delivering predictable end-user quality. NGT services include a complete range of telephony features, nationwide phone service, worldwide audio & web conferencing, desktop fax services, E911 service, training and other support. For more information, please visit www.ngt.com.  

Acme Packet Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, to our position in the session border control market, our ability to successfully deploy our products, our expected financial and operating results, our ability to establish and maintain intellectual property rights, our ability to build and grow Acme Packet, the benefits and advantages of our products, including any enhancements or new features, services and programs, and our ability to achieve our goals, plans and objectives. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties in growing our customer base, difficulties leveraging market opportunities, difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers, poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in international operations, difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially form those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in such filings. 

Media Contact:                                                                                   

Andrea Joest Lovas                                                                               
Connect2 Communications                                                                     
+1.908.857.2022                                                                                   
andrea@connect2comm.com                                                                  

Enhance Technology Introduces UltraStor RS Series Clustering

For Immediate Release

Santa Fe Springs, CA – October 16, 2008 – Enhance Technology, Inc., the leader and pioneer in the design and implementation of hybrid I/O technology in storage is proud to announce its UltraStor RS series full compatibility with Clustering.  After extensive testing from the knowledgeable team of Enhance Technology, the UltraStor RS series is guaranteed to be fully operable with your cluster.  Simply connect any of the UltraStor series to your existing cluster, and you will have high capacity storage with your mission critical applications.

About Clustering

A computer cluster is a group of two or more computers linked together so that they are practically working as one computer.  This allows you to take advantage of High Availability Clusters (Failover Clusters) which prevents losing productivity should a computer ever go down.  Imagine if you have an email server that goes down, you would be unable to use email until the IT team brings the server back up.  Precious time and resources are lost waiting to use email and this is incredibly detrimental for time sensitive material.  With a cluster of two servers, should one go down, you will still be able to use Email while the IT team brings the server back up thereby reducing down time.

The UltraStor with Clustering

Enhance Technology’s UltraStor series works seamlessly with clustering and makes high capacity storage available so two or more computers can share.  To take advantage of this setup both computers must be identical in every aspect.  The UltraStor device must be connected to both computers and then setup the amount of storage each computer will be allotted.

The UltraStor series uses RAID technology and comes in a variety of configurations that can use up to 8x or 16x HDDs to suit your needs.  With RAID technology, you have the same peace of mind as with a cluster application.  Should a HDD fail, your data will be safe.  Full compatibility and reliability are what make the UltraStor series the choice for your high capacity storage needs.

About Enhance Technology, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Enhance Technology designs and manufactures high performance storage systems for digital content creation, medical imaging, security surveillance, post production, data archive and IT market places. Headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California with an Asian branch in Taipei, Taiwan, Enhance Technology has become the world leader in designing and developing hybrid I/O storage solutions. For more information about the UltraStor™ series and Enhance Clustering, please visit www.enhance-tech.com or contact your local dealer.

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Media Contact:

Steven Huang

12221 Florence Ave.

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Tel: 562-777-3488

Fax: 562-777-3499

Email: steven@enhance-tech.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:                                               Investor Relations:Andrea Joest Lovas                                           Brian NorrisConnect2 Communications                                 Acme Packet+1.908.857.2022                                                +1.781.328.4790andrea@connect2comm.com                              bnorris@acmepacket.com Acme Packet Plays Key Role in Nearly 100 IMS Projects Market-leading SBC vendor working with
 all major IMS core infrastructure vendors around the world

BURLINGTON, MA, OCTOBER 16, 2008 — Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today provided an update on its IMS projects, which now total nearly 100 around the world. The update is the result of a recently completed survey and analysis conducted by Acme Packet.

Highlights of the analysis reveal the following:

• European deployments lead the way: Acme Packet is involved in IMS projects in every economic region of the world. European service providers account for 50% of Acme Packet’s IMS projects, followed by 22% in Asia-Pacific, 15% in Central & South America and 13% in North America. The large concentration of projects in Europe reflects both the number of unique tier-one service providers in that region and their overall receptivity to the European-focused 3GPP and ETSI standards groups defining IMS.
• Interoperability with all major IMS vendors proven: Acme Packet SBCs are deployed with IMS core infrastructure (e.g., S/I-CSCF, HSS, application servers, etc.) provided by eight different major communications equipment vendors. Given the early and evolving state of implementing IMS standards, this demonstrates Acme Packet’s flexibility should IMS elements be changed or additional endpoints be supported.
• Wireline service delivery commands attention: Nearly two-thirds of Acme Packet’s IMS projects (65%) deliver services only to wireline access networks. Both wireline and wireless networks are supported by 26% of the projects and wireless-only networks by 9%. These findings support our observation that wireline access networks are moving more rapidly to IP for voice service delivery than wireless access networks. All IP 4G networks such as mobile WiMAX and LTE present future new opportunities for IMS.
• Access border is the SBC focus: Given the initial focus by service providers on delivering services to their own subscribers, SBCs are initially being used to protect and control the access border in 80% of Acme Packet’s IMS projects. In another 13% of the projects, SBCs are being used at both the access and interconnect borders, and in the remaining 7% of projects at the interconnect border only. Interconnecting these networks to one another and non-IMS VoIP networks is an additional future opportunity.
• Integrated SBC architecture prevails: Acme Packet’s integrated SBCs, which control both SIP signaling and media, have been selected, on average, for nine out of ten projects. The other projects are using an Acme Packet’s decomposed SBC solution – a border gateway controlling just media under the direction of another vendor’s SIP signaling element. In contrast with the decomposed SBC architecture, the integrated SBC provides superior border control functionality and performance, and is field-proven in hundreds of Acme Packet customer networks and in networks with hundreds of border points. The integrated SBC solution simplifies the network by eliminating the need for the H.248 control protocol between elements and greatly eases troubleshooting and support by consolidating border control in one system from a single vendor.

In July 2008, ABI Research released its IMS Vendor Matrix and placed Acme Packet eighth among the top ten IMS suppliers based on various criteria, including announced orders or trials, the number of tier-one operators that are customers, the number of elements provided and the number of applications supported.

In addition, Current Analysis recently ranked Acme Packet’s Net-Net 4000 family first among its peers on several categories, including IMS and protocol support and customer traction.

“Acme Packet is an industry leader in the standalone SBC market in multiple categories and a trendsetter in terms of supporting emerging architectures, protocols, interfaces and deployment scenarios,” said Joe McGarvey, principal analyst for Current Analysis. “Acme Packet’s support of IMS standards and broad range of early IMS customers puts the company in a strong position among competitive suppliers.”

 “While IMS architectural blueprints don’t explicitly specify the need for a ‘session border controller’ by that name, our survey results show that our customers believe otherwise,” said Seamus Hourihan, vice president of marketing and product management for Acme Packet. “The session border controller is the right product to perform all of the IMS network access and interconnect edge functions and satisfy several critical requirements missing from IMS in the areas of security, overload control, enterprise service delivery, and overall resiliency and scalability.”

Information about the role of Acme Packet’s session border controllers in IMS architectures, including 3GPP, ETSI TISPAN, Multiservice Switching Forum and PacketCable, is available on Acme Packet’s website. About Acme Packet

Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks—from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols—SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248—and multiple border points—interconnect, access and data center. Our products have been selected by more than 540 customers in 84 countries, including 29 of the top 30, and 85 of the top 100 service providers in the world. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com.

Acme Packet Safe Harbor StatementStatements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, to our position in the session border control market and IMS projects around the world,  our ability to build and grow Acme Packet, Acme Packet’s flexibility should IMS elements be changed or additional endpoints added, the benefits and advantages of our products, including any enhancements or new features, new services, IMS capability and new programs. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties in growing our customer base, difficulties leveraging market opportunities, difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers, poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in international operations, difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially form those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in such filings.

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Brussels and Paris, Oct. 15, 2008
Orange Business Services modernizes Etex’s network infrastructure
convergent MPLS network with Business Talk Global, Network Boost and Business Everywhere provides flexibility and efficient cost management
Orange Business Services has signed a 3-year contract with Etex, an industrial holding company specializing in building materials, to implement a fully managed convergent network in combination with telephony, network management and business application management. The solution will be used at all sites of the Etex European Business Material Division.
With this new partnership, Etex aims to maintain its competitive advantage in order to optimize its business-critical applications and to further develop its high-performing IT platform. The network implemented by Orange Business Services will provide Etex the following benefits:
Convergence: a network ready for the future – The network at Etex is convergent, which means that voice and data can run on the same network. A network standardized this way eliminates fragmentation and promotes efficient cost management. In addition, Etex will be able to migrate to VoIP or LAN VPN more easily.
Business Talk Global: more flexibility and lower costs – A particularly interesting aspect of the network solution at Etex is the fact that Orange Business Services Business Talk Global is integrated into the network. This solution enables standardization and optimization of telephony services while simultaneously reaping considerable cost savings. Together with the convergent network, it will form the basis for an IPT infrastructure as well as a fixed-to-mobile solution.
Network Boost: management solution for application performance – The integrated Network Boost solution allows Etex clear insight into the use of its network by business application, location and user group. This solution enables Etex to proactively manage, prioritize and optimize business applications that run on its network in real time.
Business Everywhere™: mobility for people on the go – Business Everywhere™ offers mobile employees an easy, secure way to access the Internet and business applications.
“We were looking for a flexible network partner who could offer us network standardization, monitoring and control at the application level and proactive error monitoring for the end user,” said Walter Van De Wiele, managing director of Manasco - the IT business unit of the European Business Material division of the Etex Group. “It was primarily the technical quality of the network, the network reach and the extensive service offering that ultimately made us choose Orange Business Services.”
Jeroen Van Brussel, country manager and managing director of Orange Business Services Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, said: “We are delighted with Etex’ confidence in us and that we are able to meet their needs. Stability and efficient management of business-critical applications are of crucial importance when it comes to this. The acquisition of this contract underscores the success of our own business strategy and the quality and expertise of our employees.”
About Etex
Etex Group is a Belgian industrial group that produces and markets of high quality building materials and systems. Roofing & cladding materials, building & decorative board, passive fire protection systems, floor and wall coverings are produced through its 90 affiliated companies, leading producers of building materials in their markets. Etex Group, with a consolidated turnover of € 2,129 millions (2007), is present in 41 countries on all continents, and employs more than 14,000 people.
About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves close to 174 million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2008, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 52.9 billion euros in 2007 (26.3 billion euros for the first half 2008). As of June 30, 2008, the Group had 113.8 million mobile customers and 12.2 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers.
Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group’s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartiment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange
For more information: www.orange.com, www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom

Press contacts
Orange Business Services - Global, Europe and Asia Pacific

Frédéric Gielec
+33 1 46 46 2189
frederic.gielec@orange-ftgroup.com

Orange Business Services - Americas
Elizabeth Mayeri
+1 212 251 2086
elizabeth.mayeri@orange-ftgroup.com

Enhance Technology Advances on Green Storage

With the need to save energy and going green, Enhance Technology, Inc. is determined and proud to lead this effort.  Saving for the future is a top priority for Enhance Technology, and our products are not only powerful and reliable but also efficient and eco-friendly.  It is not only a social responsibility but a necessity for Enhance Technology to provide a greener computing environment for its customers.

Features such as Storage Virtualization, Hard Drive Auto Spin-Down Capable RAID controller, and RoHS components are just some of the features that Enhance Technology is currently providing to our customers.  Enhance Technology is also committed in an on-going project to reduce power consumption and heat in our power supplies installed inside the Storage Array by using 80 Plus certified efficiency power supplies.

Storage devices from Enhance Technology are designed to work with virtualization platform such as VMware that allows you to take advantage of using just one server as though it were multiple servers.  As a result, you will be able to spend energy on one server as opposed to wasting energy on multiple servers each doing a single task.

Auto-spin down compatibility is already available for Enhance Technology products.  Instead of hard drives constantly running even when there are no processes required, Enhance Technology ensures that energy will only be used when required.  This feature is available at your control to configure as needed.

Reducing e-waste is important to preserving the environment.  Enhance Technology only utilizes RoHS components during the manufacturing process to keep e-waste at a minimum without compromising the performance needed for everyday use.

Enhance Technology will be using 80 Plus certified power supplies.  This ensures excellent energy efficiency to save you money on your energy bill as well as save energy for the future.  Enhance Technology will be incorporating the 80 Plus PSUs into many of our current products and many new models to come.

About Enhance Technology, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Enhance Technology designs and manufactures high performance storage systems and products for the digital content creation, post production, medical imaging, security surveillance applications, data archive, and IT market spaces. Headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California with Asia branch in Taipei Taiwan, Enhance Technology has become a world leader in hybrid I/O storage design and development.  For more information about Enhance Technology Inc., please visit www.enhance-tech.com or contact your local dealers worldwide.

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Press Contact:
Steven Huang
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Tel: 562-777-3488
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: steven@enhance-tech.com

Virtual Fanfare Community Dedicated to Device and Network Quality

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 7, 2008 – Fanfare, delivering innovative testing solutions to network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), service providers (SPs), and enterprises today announced the launch of the Fanfare Community, an online meeting place for users to share best practices and discuss challenges related to device and network testing. It is the first online community of its kind serving testers and developers in the communications industry.

Representatives from industry leading NEMs, SPs, enterprises, and other technology companies are actively participating on the site. The Fanfare Community offers users a variety of resources, including blogs, videos, discussion forums and test assets, which are being posted to encourage collaboration and reduce testing time for participants. Users can also share their experiences with other testers, providing another means of support and service for Fanfare products.

“The Fanfare Community provides a free exchange of information about testing devices and applications that run across them,” said Olga Yashkova, Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. “Users not only provide answers to problems, but they also suggest different approaches for solving them. This information sharing extends beyond the individual tester or developer; many in this community are working together to solve quality issues between service providers and their suppliers.”
“In the few weeks since we’ve launched the Fanfare Community, we’ve had over 100 users join and participate actively in discussions, with more visitors to the site every day,” said David Gehringer, vice president of marketing for Fanfare. “This is significant because until now, this group of testers and developers has not had the resources or the camaraderie that those in the IT testing space have enjoyed for years. This segment of the testing population is growing quickly, and we are pleased to provide a forum for them to meet and collaborate on issues that affect their work on a daily basis.”

The Fanfare Community can be accessed at http://www.fanfaresoftware.com/community/.

About Fanfare
Fanfare provides software solutions to high-tech equipment manufacturers and service providers that simplify and accelerate device and system testing. Developers and testers create and share automated tests that control and analyze results from multiple devices, traffic generators, and applications while automatically documenting each test with pass-fail criteria. With Fanfare solutions, companies can move along the path toward automation while accelerating QA cycles, reducing time to market, and increasing the quality of released products. Industries such as communications, aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and medical devices have benefited from Fanfare products. For more information please visit www.fanfaresoftware.com.

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Media Contact:
Marisa Marzano
Big Sky Communications
(705) 484-5105
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Industry Veterans to Lend Thought Leadership and Experience to GSA Council

SAN JOSE, Calif. (October 7, 2008) – The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces the additions of Dr. Yannick Levy, founder and chief executive officer, DiBcom, and Dr. Horst Gant, vice president, Infineon Technologies AG to its Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) Leadership Council. The council, comprised of executives from leading semiconductor companies throughout Europe and the Middle East, serves as advisors to the GSA board of directors on global and regional issues. The council focuses on defining GSA’s EMEA strategy and identifying what support EMEA companies need including additional tools and resources, as well as activities in the region.

Dr. Levy founded DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor company that designs high-performance chipsets for mobile TV applications, in June 2000. Prior to DiBcom, Levy worked in the R&D group of Sagem Telecommunications, and participated in the Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), where he developed a unified specification for a satellite interactive terminal in partnership with the European Space Agency.

“It is a pleasure to have DiBcom join the effort of other semiconductor companies in Europe to develop a more active entrepreneurial ecosystem here, where engineering talents are excellent and the Venture Capital industry now better understands the returns and the challenges that this industry can offer,” says Yannick Levy.

Dr. Gant has worked at Infineon for over 20 years, held multiple management positions at different Infineon sites and is currently leading the IFX production partner management organization.

“I’m very much looking forward to working together with the GSA and contributing Infineon’s expertise and knowledge to the EMEA Leadership Council,” said Dr. Horst Gant, vice president Infineon Technologies. “I trust that the Council will support EMEA companies with its decisions and advices and generally help to accelerate the growth of the global semiconductor industry.”

“Both Mr. Levy and Dr. Gant bring unique expertise and representation from France and further leadership within Germany to the Council,” said Jodi Shelton, GSA co-founder and executive director. “I look forward to the insight and leadership supporting opportunities in wireless, automotive and analog, which are a few of the key areas that this impressive group of executives is already addressing for EMEA.”

The current GSA EMEA Leadership Council members are:
 David Baillie, chief executive officer, CamSemi, and GSA EMEA Leadership Council chairman
 Dr. Jalal Bagherli, chief executive officer, Dialog Semiconductor and vice-chair of the GSA EMEA Leadership Council
 Kobi Ben-Zvi, co-founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Wintegra
 Stan Boland, president and chief executive officer, Icera
 Guillaume d’Eyssautier, president and chief executive officer, picoChip
 Warren East, chief executive officer, ARM, Inc.
 Danny Hacohen, vice president of business operations, DSP Group, Inc.
 Gennady Krasnikov, president and chief executive officer, Mikron JSC
 Christopher Ladas, vice president, manufacturing, CSR
 John Schmitz, vice president and manager, process technology lab, NXP Semiconductors

To learn more the EMEA Leadership Council, please visit: http://www.gsaglobal.org/association/emea

About GSA:
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe. www.gsaglobal.org

Rounds Out Gigabit Ethernet PoE Media Converter Portfolio

Las Vegas, NV — September 29, 2008 – BICSI Fall Conference — Transition Networks Inc., the switching and conversion technology expert, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS), today announced the introduction of a new Gigabit Ethernet Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) media converter. This product expands Transition Networks’ portfolio of PoE copper-to-fiber media converters enabling customers to power wireless access points, voice over IP phones and IP security and surveillance cameras.

These new converters are capable of handling speeds up to Gigabit Ethernet and can be located more than 100 meters from the main PoE Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) without the expensive replication of the PSE. The new devices are fully compliant IEEE 802.3af media converters providing 10/100/1000Base-T to 100/1000Base-X conversion and can be powered by an AC outlet anywhere in the world.

“In addition to helping overcome the challenge of linking remote IP cameras and Wi-Fi access points located beyond the 100 meter distance limitation of PoE over UTP cabling, our PoE copper-to-fiber media converters also help to reduce capital expenditures and installation costs by providing the benefits of PoE at the remote sites,” said Patrick Schaber, Director of Marketing at Transition Networks. “As we expand our PoE product portfolio to accommodate higher bandwidth devices and customer applications, the addition of the new gigabit Ethernet device offers customers the utmost in flexibility for integrating fiber into their PoE networks.”

Product Features
Transition’s AC powered PoE media converters utilize an external AC power supply allowing for a reduced form factor when compared to devices with an internal power supply. These converters combine the data received over a fiber optic link with up to 15.4 watts of power and insert the combination on either the “A” or “B” pairs of unshielded twisted pair cabling to interface with Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) Power Devices (PD). The media converters also include PD signature sensing and power monitoring features compliant with the IEEE 802.3af standard, such as Over-Current Protection, Under-Current Detection and Fault Protection Input. In addition, these products include Transition’s premium selectable features such as Automatic Link Restoration, Auto-Negotiation, Autocross, Link Pass Through, Far End Fault and Pause.

Transition also integrated the following innovative and industry-unique features into these new gigabit Ethernet media converters:

Power Device Reset - With the PSE/LPT switch enabled, a loss of fiber RX will disable PSE power output on the UTP port for 2 seconds to allow remote device to re-initialize. It will then resume power output to the PD device and will automatically re-establish the UTP communication link once the fiber RX is restored.
Redundant, dual speed SFP ports – The 110 model includes two SFP ports that support both 100Base-FX and 1000Base-X SFPs providing the ability to utilize this converter to support a fast Ethernet link today and simply move to gigabit Ethernet in the future by changing out the SFP. These dual speed ports can also be set via dip-switch to provide a redundant fiber path between a mission critical PD and a PSE or to function as traditional three port switch.

Product Configuration and Availability
Transition’s new gigabit Ethernet PoE media converters are offered in three distinct models:

Product Description
SGPOE10xx-100 10/100/1000Base-T (RJ-45) PoE to 1000Base-X (fixed fiber port) offered in either multimode and single mode SC
SGPOE1040-100 10/100/1000Base-T (RJ-45) PoE to 100/1000Base-X (dual speed SFP port)
SGPOE1040-110 10/100/1000Base-T (RJ-45) PoE to (2) 100/1000Base-X (dual speed SFP ports) offering fiber redundancy

These new gigabit Ethernet PoE media converters expand Transition’s already extensive portfolio of PoE products. Transition also offers external AC powered 10/100-base models as well as 10-base and 100-base PoE media converters with internal power supplies in either AC powered or DC powered configurations. In addition, PoE injectors and PoE splitters are available under Transition’s MILAN brand offering.

All models are available immediately. Please contact Transition Networks at (800) 526-9267 or www.transition.com for the latest information.

About Transition Networks Products
Transition Networks’ conversion products are known for their ruggedness and reliability. They have a 99.4 percent customer acceptance rating, meaning that approximately one in 1,000 experience failure in the field. All Transition Networks brand of media converters and switches carry a lifetime warranty.

About Transition Networks Inc.
Transition Networks Inc. offers networking connectivity solutions that make networks perform better, faster and more reliably while helping companies leverage their existing networking infrastructure. The company’s Transition Networks brand of media converters make conversion between disparate media types possible, providing conversion technology solutions that offer the necessary adaptations without affecting the performance, nature or appearance of the network. Its complete MILAN portfolio of multilayer switching products is designed to facilitate low-cost network evolution with unique solutions, easing the stress on networks caused by high-bandwidth applications. Based in Minneapolis, Transition Networks distributes hardware-based connectivity solutions exclusively through a network of resellers in 50 countries, including Ingram Micro and Tech Data. Transition Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: JCS).

Statements regarding the Company’s anticipated performance in 2008 are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: competitive products and other factors discussed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.