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Viera, FL USA, July 20, 2010 —SkyCross, a global antenna designer and manufacturer, today urged mobile device manufacturers and consumers to take a time out from the “Antennagate” controversy to review radio-frequency (RF) issues and their effect on smartphone performance. As the wireless industry transitions to 4G technology, antenna issues will become more significant since multifunction smartphones require multiple antennas for full broadband connectivity.

SkyCross specializes in optimizing wireless connectivity in consumer electronics devices. Over the past 10 years, SkyCross has built a commercial knowledge base and an extensive portfolio of patented antenna designs and techniques for the mobile device, notebook, access point, and consumer device markets. SkyCross iMAT® is a technology for super fast broadband networks that enables a single device antenna to deliver the performance benefits of multiple antennas without creating interference issues. Last year the company shipped more than 100 million antennas to device manufacturers worldwide. more

PacketSmart Endorsed by InTechnology and Alteva

GAITHERSBURG, MD, Jul 20, 2010 — BroadSoft (BSFT 8.53, -0.31, -3.51%) , the leading global provider of IP-based communications services to the telecommunications industry, announced today customer growth of BroadSoft PacketSmart. Responding to increased global demand for end-to-end VoIP network monitoring, PacketSmart has been selected by InTechnology and Alteva to ensure high quality of service (Qos) and minimize the challenges encountered in the delivery of real-time communication services.

Both InTechnology and Alteva have already seen PacketSmart help to significantly improve QoS for their customers. BroadSoft PacketSmart is designed to enable service providers and enterprises, to deliver “carrier-grade” service quality all the way into the customer local area network (LAN), even when they do not control the end-to-end network.

InTechnology, an EU-wide communications service provider, can now fully support its mission to provide the highest possible quality IP communications services to its more

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–Today, Sprint (NYSE:S) announced that it has completed the transition of 35 MHz of broadcast auxiliary service (BAS) spectrum across the country. The conclusion of the project, which was begun in 2005 and completed at an estimated cost of approximately $750 million, establishes a new, more efficient spectrum band plan that clears the way for millions of consumers nationwide to gain faster and cheaper access to innovative new broadband services.

“Sprint’s completion of the BAS spectrum transition marks an important step toward President Obama’s goal of freeing 500 MHz of additional wireless broadband spectrum,” said Michael B. Degitz, vice president, Spectrum Management for Sprint. “This newly cleared spectrum has the potential to be used to create jobs, to enhance the nation’s and the telecommunications industry’s economic competiveness and to increase productivity. Sprint is pleased that it has been able to support this essential element of the President’s more

Company Completes Acquisition of FusionOne, the Established Leader in Mobile Content Transfer and Synchronization Technology

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.–Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), the leading global provider of on-demand transaction management software platforms, today announced it has expanded the feature and functionality of its ConvergenceNow Plus+ platform to provide the most powerful mobility customer experience—from subscriber activation and service provisioning to mobile content transfer and synchronization.

With the acquisition of the established leader in mobile content transfer and synchronization technology, FusionOne, Synchronoss’ ConvergenceNow Plus± platform will enable communications service providers, OEMs and eTailers/retailers’ mobile subscribers to transfer and synchronize their content across different mobile devices. The new functionality orchestrates the end-to-end processes associated with subscriber activation, service provisioning, content transfer and synchronization, improving the customer experience while reducing churn and increasing revenue opportunities.

“The acquisition of FusionOne by Synchronoss extends the functionality of the ConvergenceNowPlus+ platform by providing a more

Application storefront launches accelerating, but report stresses scale needed if stores are to succeed

Hampshire, UK – 20th July 2010: As network operators and vendors increasingly deploy their own dedicated app stores, a new Juniper Research report has found that the annual number of consumer-oriented handset downloads is expected to rise from less than 2.6 billion in 2009 to more than 25 billion in 2015.

According to the Mobile App Stores report, players across the mobile value chain are seeking to emulate Apple’s success with the App Store by launching own-brand storefronts, such as ‘Mobile Market’ from China Unicom, ‘Airtel App Central’ from Bharti and the ‘Apps & Games Shop’ on Vodafone 360. Furthermore, the transition to an app-centric environment has also benefited more established storefronts such as GetJar, which passed 1 billion downloads earlier this month.

However, the Juniper report cautioned that players seeking to launch more

High-capacity link and packet-optical aggregation and switching add route diversity and bandwidth capacity to fiber network spanning U.S.-Mexico border

LINTHICUM, Md. and EL PASO, Texas – July 20, 2010 – Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, and Transtelco, a regional operator serving businesses and carriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, today announced the implementation of a 400-kilometer high-capacity network span using Ciena’s WDM transport technology. The new link is the longest span in Transtelco’s network, adding route diversity, redundancy and bandwidth availability. Transtelco has also deployed additional platforms from Ciena’s packet-optical transport portfolio to aggregate traffic onto the point-to-point link and increase connectivity to the operator’s metro rings.

Transtelco operates one of the most reliable networks on the U.S.-Mexico border with more than 2,500 miles of fiber optic cable. Serving one of the most active border regions in the world, Transtelco provides metro and long-haul transport, dedicated more