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Company Participates in CTAM Tech Tour & “Cable in the Cloud” Webinar Hosted by Multichannel News

Vienna, VA – April 29, 2010 - Acumen Solutions, a leading business and technology consulting firm that specializes in leveraging cloud computing applications for business support systems in the cable MSO industry, announced today that it has been chosen by a selection committee of cable company Chief Information Officers (CIOs) as a finalist in the first-ever CIO.IT | Competition, a competitive program of solution-based presentations scheduled for the CIO.IT program at The Cable Show 2010, May 11-13, 2010, in Los Angeles, where the company is exhibiting at Booth 2139. Acumen Solutions also announced that it will demo cable IT applications on the CTAM Tech Tour during the Show and recently participated in a cloud computing applications webinar hosted by Multichannel News: “Soar in the Cloud: Taking Cable’s Business Ops Higher” which aired on more

Sets New Standard For Scale And Geographic Resiliency, Providing Consumer And Business Subscriber Features For Network Transformation To VoIP

WESTFORD, Mass., April 29 — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONS - News), a market leader in next generation IP-based network solutions, today announced enhancements to its ASX VoIP platform to triple its effective capacity, increase geographic resiliency and extend support for next generation voice over broadband, cable, 4G/WiMAX networks, as well as legacy last mile CLASS 5 deployments.

Sonus ASX is a market-leading solution for IP-based subscriber features, supporting both consumer and business segments, with deployments of millions of subscriber lines worldwide.

“Our continued investment in the ASX platform extends our leadership in the subscriber services market,” said Guru Pai, chief operating officer at Sonus Networks. “As voice over broadband solutions move to high volume deployments, scale and resiliency are of the highest importance. Our enhanced ASX platform more

Scale, Call Routing And Access SBC Functionality Enhancements Make NBS-9000 A Best In Class Solution For Hybrid And Pure IP Session Border Control Markets

WESTFORD, Mass., April 29 — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONS - News), a market leader in next generation IP-based network solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its existing NBS-9000, offered as a software upgrade on its proven GSX platform. The Sonus NBS-9000 is a widely deployed SBC solution amongst tier-one service provider networks and enterprises globally. It allows service providers to offer both IP to IP session management and TDM to IP capabilities on the same platform, driving capital and operational savings, increasing ROI on IP infrastructure investments, and enhancing deployment flexibility with ease of use. NBS-9000 grew faster than the session border control market in 2009.

“Hybrid networks deployed using the NBS-9000 offer an elegant way for customers to migrate from TDM-based networks more

SAN FRANCISCO and WALTHAM, Mass., April 28 — FiberTower Corporation (Nasdaq:FTWR - News), a wireless backhaul services provider, has completed its interconnection to DSCI Corporation, Inc. and has begun delivering wireless Ethernet service to select DSCI enterprise accounts. The partnership will allow DSCI to strengthen its footprint by adding more connectivity options and, most importantly, expand its coverage where no high capacity was previously available.

“We are committed to supporting new customers by leveraging our fiber and fixed wireless expertise in backhaul services,” said Patrick Coughlin, FiberTower’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. “Targeting wholesale customers, we have actively pursed relationships with facilities-based communication providers. We are pleased to have established a master service agreement with DSCI, a leader in the space, and look forward to providing transport solutions in its other regions.”

This interconnection will allow DSCI to provide its next generation services around the Boston, more

New BIG-IP Release Augments F5’s Integrated Security Services with Improved Attack Protection, Simplified Access Control, and Optimized Performance

LONDON — F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced enhanced BIG-IP solution capabilities delivering new security services for applications deployed in the cloud. Application security provided by F5 solutions, including BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, and BIG-IP Application Security Manager, ensures that enterprise applications and data are safe even when deployed in the cloud. The new BIG-IP Version 10.2 software enhances F5’s security offerings, enabling customers to lower infrastructure costs, optimize application access, and secure applications in the enterprise and the cloud.

Cloud environments can be key resources for IT teams leveraging enhanced scalability and lower expenses, but there are security concerns when it comes to moving organizations’ sensitive applications and data into the cloud. With BIG-IP solutions, customers can more

DALLAS — AT&T* announced today it has divested its holdings in Tech Mahindra Limited. Per the terms of a 2005 agreement, on March 22, 2010, AT&T exercised an option over approximately 9.9 million shares, representing 8.1 percent of Tech Mahindra shares outstanding on that date.

AT&T intends to maintain its vendor relationship with Tech Mahindra, which provides IT services to AT&T. “Our relationship with Tech Mahindra offers strategic advantages to AT&T, and we plan to continue to work with Tech Mahindra to meet AT&T’s information technology needs,” said Thaddeus Arroyo, chief information officer, AT&T.

Terms of AT&T’s contract with Tech Mahindra are not available. On April 27, 2010, AT&T recognized Tech Mahindra with a 2010 AT&T Supplier Award in recognition of Tech Mahindra’s outstanding performance and service to AT&T affiliates during the past year.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of more

Companies to Jointly Drive Innovation for LTE and Other Advanced 3GPP Wireless Technologies

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 — Sony Corporation of America and IPWireless, a leading provider of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technology for new applications and markets, today announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to jointly research and develop wireless technologies for 4G and beyond. The two companies will initially focus on enhancing Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for new applications and services with work beginning immediately.

The research and development activity will be based at IPWireless’ technology center in Chippenham, England and will leverage both companies’ global resources. Sony and IPWireless engineers will work together to develop key new technologies to enhance and expand the potential of LTE and other 3GPP technologies with the goal of contributing these new specifications to the 3GPP standards and beyond. These R&D initiatives more

GETCO Telecommunication Limited, Melbourne IT Limited and SK Telecom were among the communications and media companies and other service providers that selected or extended their use of Oracle applications and hardware in the third quarter of Oracle’s fiscal year – December 2009 through February 2010. These companies rely on Oracle to help them deliver superior customer experiences, increase revenue from next-generation convergent services, and reduce costs in the business and the network.

GETCO Telecommunication Limited, a pioneer in the Bangladesh communications industry, has extended its use of Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management to support its growing interconnection exchange (ICX) business. GETCO will further streamline its ICX billing operations to ensure it promptly invoices its operator partners, as well as submits timely monthly interconnect reports to Bangladesh regulatory authorities.

Melbourne IT Limited, a global provider of online services such as domain names, Web hosting, digital brand protection and more

SEATTLE, April 27, 2010 – Alset Corp., developer of the Lightning Shield technology, is teaming up with system integration company Stutler Technologies Corp. to resell and install the Alset products.

Stutler Technologies, one of the nation’s largest full service system integrators for major wireless equipment manufacturers and operators, is the first company to become part of Alset’s new reseller program. Alset created the program in a move to rapidly expand sales of its lightning protection products.

Alset’s Lightning Shield protects telecommunications and other electronic equipment installed at rural sites from the harmful ground currents caused by nearby lightning strikes. Stutler Technologies will install and service Lightning Shield, primarily focusing on companies seeking to protect their RF, telephony, and networking equipment and quality of service in rural areas.

Lightning Shield is also a critical protection solution for utilities, railroads, airports, and other industries that rely on more

FORT MYERS, FL—April 28, 2010—Interop Technologies, a provider of core solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that it will provide Element Mobile with five wireless technology solutions: the world’s fastest SMS Center, massively scalable MMS Center, CDMA OTA (Over-the-Air) Provisioning, SCOPE™ Device Management with a “one-click fix,” and Common Short Code (CSC) Gateway.

Element Mobile, the business entity of Wisconsin RSA #7 Limited Partnership, is building a new network that will serve wireless customers in central Wisconsin. Interop Technologies will work with Element Mobile to deploy its solutions on site at Element Mobile’s headquarters, but Interop Technologies will operate and manage the solutions. Implementing modified hosted solutions will reduce the need for Element Mobile to invest in additional capital and resources and enable the company to rapidly launch new revenue-generating services.

“Element Mobile has a very forward-thinking deployment strategy,” said Fred more