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Plan Includes Creation of at Least One New Special Interest Group Focused on a Commercial Wireless Market, New Workshops, Certification Capability and Publication of “10 Most Wanted Wireless Innovations”

WASHINGTON–The Wireless Innovation Forum (www.WirelessInnovation.org) today announced the approval of its 2011 Operations plan by its membership. The Plan includes eight top level objectives in support of the Forum’s Strategic Plan:

“Test Guidelines and Requirements for Secondary Spectrum Access of Unused TV Spectrum also referred to as TV White Space”
1. Deliver Relevant Work Products

2. Establish a Certification Capability

3. Define New Initiatives

4. Increase End User Participation

5. Publish a “Top 10 Most Wanted Wireless Innovations” List

6. Strengthen the Forum’s Brand

7. Improve Regional Support

8. Grow Participation

Through these eight objectives, the members of the Forum will develop multiple Reports, Recommendations and Specifications over the coming year more

Customers in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Among Those Throughout the Nation Moving “Fiber Forward” With VDSL2 and C7 Software Release 7.0, Pushing Fiber Deeper Into Their Networks to Deliver Advanced Broadband Services

PETALUMA, Calif.–Calix, Inc (NYSE:CALX) today announced that customers across the Midwest are rapidly deploying very high-speed digital subscriber line 2 (VDSL2) services on the Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) to evolve their networks simply and quickly to meet demand for advanced services. VDSL2 on the C7, available and being widely deployed today in conjunction with software Release 7.0, leverages the copper that already exists in the access network to deliver broadband speeds that can be up to twice as fast as traditional asymmetrical digital subscriber line 2 plus (ADSL2+) services at distances up to nearly a mile from the central office (CO) or remote terminal (RT).

“ADSL2+ wasn’t providing us with the bandwidth we more

Atlanta, August 10, 2010

flexible workplace solutions boost employee satisfaction and help reduce carbon footprint

Orange Business Services has been designated one of the Best Workplaces for CommutersSM for offering a premium level of commuter benefits via its telework program.

As a global communications operator for multinational enterprises, Orange Business Services leads the way in offering a comprehensive telework program covering 1,200 U.S. employees in 30 major metropolitan cities. The program, based on the company’s own Business Everywhere package of service for mobile employees, has successfully contributed to a 50 percent reduction in commuter trips and improved overall productivity and job satisfaction for its mobile workers.

Best Workplaces for CommutersSM is a voluntary partnership program designed to cut traffic congestion and traffic-related air pollution. It honors companies that provide environmentally friendly commuter benefits to employees. With the Best Workplace more

Microsoft UC Partner of the Year Will Exclusively Resell IntelePeer’s SIP Trunking and Registry Services for On-Premise Installations
of Microsoft Office Communications Server

SAN MATEO, Calif. – August 10, 2010 – IntelePeer Inc., a leader in the delivery of communications via cloud-based infrastructure, today announced an agreement to serve as an exclusive provider of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking for Enabling Technologies Corp.’s Unified Communications (UC) deployments. Enabling Technologies, Microsoft UC Partner of the Year for the past two years, will exclusively resell IntelePeer’s SIP trunking services to provide business-class voice connections for its Microsoft Office Communications Server deployments across the United States.

“Our tremendous growth is driven by both the dramatic cost savings and streamlined communications experience made possible by Microsoft-based Unified Communications solutions,” said Bill Vollerthum, president, Enabling Technologies. “We are excited to partner with IntelePeer to offer their premium quality SIP trunking connections combined more