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Allot Rings Up Five New Mobile Operators Since the New Year

Allot Rings Up Five New Mobile Operators Since the New Year
New Mobile Customers are situated throughout EMEA and Asia

Boston, MA – March 30, 2011 – Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leading supplier of service optimization and revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband service providers worldwide, announced today five new mobile operator customers since the start of 2011. The operators, which are located throughout EMEA and Asia, selected Allot solutions based upon the Service Gateway and its range of network and subscriber services, enabling them to leverage vital network intelligence and optimize their network, enhance and personalize their users’ experience and generate new revenue streams.

“This past year has seen the emergence of new charging and pricing models that have completely changed the traditional rules of the game,” said Shira Levine, directing analyst for next gen OSS and policy at Infonetics Research. “These new more

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PacketMotion Grows Channel Partner Program by 250 Percent; Expanding Partner Program Fuels Record Revenue Growth

Partners Including Accunet Solutions and DirSec Join Company’s Security Partner Program to Meet Growing Demand for User Activity Management Solutions in Various Vertical Markets

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – March 30, 2011 – PacketMotion™, the leading provider of User Activity Management (UAM) solutions, today announced that it grew its Security Partner Program membership by more than 250 percent over the past quarter, and continues to add security channel partners to its expanding channel partner program. PacketMotion’s focused and growing channel efforts helped the company achieve record revenue growth in 2010, increasing revenues by 115 percent over 2009 and more than tripling its customer base of Fortune 500 customers.

“There are many point solutions in the market today that address different aspects of monitoring and enforcement,” said Alan Dumas, President of Accunet Solutions. “PacketMotion is unique in that it centralizes these point solutions into one consolidated platform. In this sense, PacketMotion more

MAXROAM enables U.S. Visitors to Europe to Talk for Free, also Enables U.S. Roamers in Europe to Call the U.S. for a Single Rate of 68c per min and Access the Internet for a Single Rate of $1.10 per MB.

March 22, 2011: Cubic Telecom (www.cubictelecom.com) today, launched a unique service as part of its MAXROAM solution, which enables U.S. cell phone users to receive calls and SMS messages originating in the U.S. at no cost when they travel to Europe. U.S. roamers in Europe can continue to save when making calls and sending SMS messages with a MAXROAM SIM card. All calls back home to the U.S. are at a single fixed rate of just 68c per minute, calls to 41 European destinations are 55c a minute and SMS text messages cost 21c.

As part of the launch, Cubic Telecom has also announced that American visitors to Europe will now benefit from a flat price of just $1.10 per MB for high speed 3G data in Europe. For a list of destinations visit: http://www.maxroam.com/Info/Coverage/Europe.aspx?cur=EUR
Cubic Telecom Commercial Director, Gerry McQuaid commented: “This unique MAXROAM offering gives U.S. more

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Webcast: Service Provider Wi-Fi – Why Fi?

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Join Cisco for a virtual overview on service provider Wi-Fi. This webinar will provide specific examples of how Wi-Fi networks provide a cost-effective solution for offloading data traffic while offering many new opportunities for expanding network footprints and creating revenue-generating services.

Webinar Overview:

Have you looked at Wi-Fi lately? It’s reached a whole new level –- what we’re calling carrier-grade Wi-Fi. Attend this session to learn about the Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi solution, and how Operators globally are implementing Wi-Fi systems to augment their IP architectures and not only offload data traffic but offer new services.

Carrier-grade Wi-Fi implementations have come into their own over the last year. From sports stadiums to transportation corridors, from New York Times Square to the Olympics –- Operators are taking advantage of secure Wi-Fi systems with advanced functionality to extend the user experience from the licensed network to the unlicensed network.
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Gogobeans Wins Best Entertainment App at CTIA Wireless 2011

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Palo Alto, CA- March 29, 2011- Gogobeans today announced it has been awarded the best entertainment app at CTIA Wireless 2011 by LAPTOP Magazine for their new Shake to Bounce mobile app. The editors and writers of LAPTOP Magazine who attended the event selected the winners. Winners were chosen based on ground breaking devices, technologies and applications that help improve the consumer and business experience.

“Think of Gogobeans as Bump on steroids. Not only can you share a lot more stuff, you don’t even have to be in the same room as the other person,” noted Mark Spoonauer in his LAPTOP Magazine coverage, Gogobeans App Trumps Bump for Sharing.

Launched at CTIA, Gogobeans’ Shake to Bounce mobile application enables customers to share any content with their friends simply by shaking their mobile handset. This extends to files, photos, music, more

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Cox Launches Wireless in Oklahoma

Company to Launch Wireless in Additional Cities in 2011

ATLANTA, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Cox Communications today officially introduced its “Unbelievably Fair” mobile phone and high-speed Internet service throughout Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla. Oklahoma City and Tulsa mark the 5th wireless cities for Cox, following the company’s initial launch in Hampton Roads, Va., Omaha, Neb. and Orange County, Calif.

The addition of wireless to Cox’s existing bundle of video, Internet and landline telephone services brings an unprecedented value proposition to consumers and introduces greater ease in integrating home and mobile services. Cox, the only wireless carrier to provide MoneyBack Minutes (SM), or cash back on customers’ bills for unused minutes each month, has received a very enthusiastic response from customers of other providers who would lose unused minutes or carry them over month-to-month with no monetary benefit.

“We are very excited to bring more

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Sprint Opposes Proposed AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile USA

Transaction would reduce competition and harm consumers

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), March 28, 2011 - Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S], the nation’s third largest wireless provider and a leader in advanced wireless broadband technologies, announced today its opposition to AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA.

The transaction, which requires the approval of the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, and will likely spark a host of hearings in the U.S. Congress, would reverse nearly three decades of actions by the U.S. government and the courts that modernized and opened U.S. communications markets to competition. The wireless industry has sparked unprecedented levels of competition, innovation, job creation and investment for the American economy, all of which could be undone by this transaction.

AT&T and Verizon are already by far the largest wireless providers. If approved, the proposed acquisition would create a combined company more

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Nevion adds powerful video service management solutions

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Nevion adds powerful video service management solutions

New video-over-IP monitoring and expanded element management enhance Ventura solutions 

Sandefjord, Norway and Oxnard, California, March 28, 2011: Nevion, formerly Network/VPG, a leading video transport provider for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, will debut new video networking management solutions and enhancements to existing element management modules at the 2011 NAB Show (booth #SU7217, Las Vegas Convention Center, April 11-14). Innovations supporting best-in-class, integrated service and element management solutions are proof of Nevion’s commitment to delivering fully-managed video networking across all network infrastructures.   more

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Avenda Systems Expands Operations Into Europe Based On Demand For Trusted NAC Solution

Stricter European requirements for enterprise-class network access security drive expansion

Santa Clara, Calif. – March 28, 2011 – Avenda Systems, Inc., the innovation leader in identity-centric network access security, today announced its expansion into Europe, with new offices in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Customer and reseller prospects are driving demand for localized sales and support in the European market. In addition to providing direct sales resources, Avenda will increase its European customer base while building focused reseller relationships in Europe.

“We’ve seen a significant increase in interest from Europe for network admission control and endpoint security within the last six months, which is driving this growth,” said Ron DiBiase, Vice President of Avenda Systems sales organization. “Our expansion into Europe allows us to offer the same full-featured solution that has been successfully selling in the US market to address identity, endpoint compliance, and audit requirements.”
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NetScout Announces Intent to Acquire Psytechnics

Leading Provider of Performance Management Software for IP Voice, Video and Telepresence will Further Extend the support of the nGenius Service Assurance Solution for Unified Communications Deployments

Westford, MA. – March 28, 2011 – NetScout® Systems, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Psytechnics, Inc., a leading provider of performance management technology that enables organizations to proactively assure the user experience for unified communications services. Based in Ipswich, United Kingdom, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Psytechnics’ technology will further strengthen NetScout’s Unified Service Delivery Management strategy by providing more comprehensive management of the quality of IP voice, video and Telepresence service delivery along with all other application and data services.

“Addressing the quality and reliability of voice, video and Telepresence services continues to be a top concern for IT organizations. To proactively manage these services, the IT organization needs application-specific details as more

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