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ISCO INTL INSTALLS 200 “PROTEUS” 3G SPECTRUM CONDITIONING UNITS IN FLORIDA AND PUERTO RICO IN Q3 2011

3G Network “Reverse Link” Spectrum Conditioning Eliminates Capacity Sapping Intermittent Interference

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – October 17, 2011 – ISCO International, the leader in flexible spectrum conditioning solutions for 3G and soon 4G network operators, announced today it has installed 200 Proteus™ spectrum conditioning units at 3G base stations in Florida and Puerto Rico in the third quarter of 2011. These units have been deployed by Tier-1 wireless network operators to counteract the many types of interference that degrade signal quality, capacity and network performance.

The deployments of ISCO’s Proteus solution in Florida and Puerto Rico cover a combined 20 million people. Installations in these areas began in July 2011. Across the United States, ISCO has now shipped and installed more than 2000 spectrum conditioning units.

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Today from BroadSoft Connections in AZ, LogiSense broke the news that it has been selected by Momentum, a leading provider of cloud-based communications solutions, as its new billing provider.

Momentum selected LogiSense because of its proven track record of successful deployments and cost-effective IP billing solution.

Momentum currently offers wholesale digital voice services to more than 350 cable operators, municipalities, value-added resellers (VAR) and managed services provider (MSP) partners throughout the United States. By leveraging its fully redundant telecommunications infrastructure and back-office capabilities, Momentum is able to provide turnkey residential and business solutions that give operators the ability to incorporate high-quality telephony services into their service portfolio.

“In delivering exceptional digital voice service to providers across the country, it is imperative that we have trusted partners who deliver a significant value-add in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace,” said Kelly Windham, director of billing, Momentum. “Working with LogiSense more

AMSTERDAM, October 14, 2011 – RAD Data Communications has won the award for Best Mobile Backhaul Product at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress here, with its ETX-205A Carrier Ethernet demarcation device.

The award was presented by IIR Telecoms & Technology, organizer of the event, and the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), and was determined by a panel of judges from leading industry analyst firms.

A member of RAD’s EtherAccess portfolio, RAD’s ETX-205A is an advanced Carrier Ethernet demarcation device designed for mobile backhaul and business and wholesale service applications. For mobile backhaul, it combines a cell-site gateway or a small hub device with Ethernet demarcation functionalities. Placed at cellular tower and controller sites, it helps backhaul and transport providers, as well as fixed-mobile carriers, guarantee differentiated service levels for 3G, HSPA and LTE mobile operators.

The ETX-205A provides distributed intelligence with powerful, multi-class of service more

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, October 12, 2011—Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions that is accelerating everything for communications and IT service providers, today announced at Carrier Ethernet World Congress (Stand 31-33) that it has shipped its one millionth Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) port to Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform.

Colt started to strengthen its European presence by deploying EFM access capabilities with Actelis’ built-in EFMplus™ technology in 2007. Colt was one of the pioneering providers in Europe to support business needs through integrated computing and network services delivered over EFM access. By leveraging Actelis’ Ethernet access devices, central office aggregation switches and EFM Repeaters, Colt’s European EFM deployments have enabled high-speed and scalable bandwidth over copper. This helps Colt to deliver a wide range of its computing and network services for its large base of small to medium-sized businesses more

PARIS, October 12, 2011 – Ekinops, a leading supplier of next-generation optical equipment, today announced two key products that enable telecommunications service providers to transport traffic at 100 gigabits per second and keep up with the ever-increasing bandwidth needs of their customers.

The 100G transponder and muxponder will provide for both native transport of 100GbE as well as aggregation of lower rates into 100GbE network connections. They share the same hardware and highly-programmable architecture delivering maximum flexibility for deployment and network evolution. These capabilities allow service providers to both address their customers’ needs for high speed Ethernet services and to increase their networks’ overall capacity for lower rate connections. Ekinops’ newest products will be commercially available by the end of 2011.

The new products are part of the Ekinops 360 product line and can be utilized in new deployments, to upgrade existing Ekinops 360 deployments, or to more

Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2011 – Siklu Communication Ltd., provider of innovative millimeter wave wireless backhaul solutions, successfully participated in the Carrier Ethernet World Congress Public Multi-Vendor Interoperability Test 2011.

The Carrier Ethernet interoperability event at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 is organized by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), with the participation of 18 leading telecom vendors. The EtherHaul E-band wireless system effectively demonstrated, amongst others, standard G.8032 Ethernet ring protection, Synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E) compatibility and QoS over microwave during the EANTC’s Interoperability two-week hot staging in Berlin.

The advanced Carrier Ethernet features that Siklu demonstrated at the hot staging are supported in an unprecedented low-cost all-outdoor radio, featuring a low form factor and low power consumption.

“Including these advanced features in an all-outdoor radio has a significant cost advantage, “says Gaby Junowicz, VP marketing and business development at Siklu. “By doing more

High-Performance Global Telecommunications Provider
Shares Fifth Birthday Milestone with Customers via Sweepstakes

Copenhagen, Oct. 10, 2011 – Vopium (MLVOP: EN Paris), a leading innovator in mobile global communications, is celebrating its fifth birthday with a “Vopium Birthday Blowout” – a sweepstakes that runs from today through Oct. 31. The grand prize is five years of free international calls for five people, one on each of five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

In addition to the grand prize, other prizes will be given away each week during October. These prizes include call credits, iPods, T-shirts, and other prizes shown on the company’s Facebook page. The winners of the weekly prizes will be drawn from the grand-prize entrants and remain eligible for the grand prize. Winners of the five grand prizes will be announced Nov. 1.

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Petah-Tikva, Israel, October 5, 2011 – Siklu, a pioneer in the wireless backhaul market, has signed a distribution agreement with Connectronics, a leading wireless product distributor, for Siklu’s millimeter wave radio systems, which deliver unparalleled price-performance value.

The agreement is the latest for Siklu, which recently established a presence in North America and has begun offering in that market its carrier-grade millimeter wave Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions.

Under the agreement, Connectronics will offer Siklu’s EtherHaul millimeter wave E-band system to its network of value added resellers, system integrators, and Internet service providers.

The EtherHaul radio operates in the licensed E-Band spectrum, which is ideal for shorter-distance high-bandwidth connections. The truly innovative all-silicon design of EtherHaul enables a price point that is as low as one-third that of competitive systems.

Siklu’s systems are installed in numerous operator and enterprise networks across Europe and will more

Auburn University, University of Alaska, University of Miami, Towson University Provide Secure Charging Stations to Provide Students With an
“Always Charged” Connected Campus Experience

NV3 Technologies (NV3) announced that Auburn University, the University of Alaska, the University of Miami and Towson University have deploy its state-of-the-art cellphone and tablet charging Kiosks on their respective campuses.

NV3’s innovative charging kiosks provide a very specific answer to the problem that many people in need of battery power face while outside of their home, dorm or office. In fact, according to a research study conducted by Ball State University, cellphones are almost ubiquitous on college campuses, with 99.8 percent of students owning at least one. Results from a national survey of approximately 500 students—which has been conducted twice a year since 2005—49 percent now have smartphones, compared with 38 percent from October 2010, and 27 percent in February more

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Cavium Unveils OCTEON Fusion™: Industry’s Most Powerful “Base Station-on-a-Chip” Family

Single Chip SoCs with up to 6x MIPS64 Cores and up to 8x LTE/3G Baseband DSP Cores Enable Macro Base Station Class Features for Small Cell Base Stations

San Jose, Calif., October 3, 2011 - Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today unveiled the OCTEON Fusion(tm) Family, the industry’s most powerful, small cell “Base Station-on-a-chip” family specifically designed for LTE & 3G small cell base stations, including picocell and micro base stations. OCTEON Fusion processors combine OCTEON’s widely successful MIPS64 based multi-core architecture along with purpose-built Baseband DSP cores, extensive LTE/3G hardware accelerators and digital front end (DFE) functionality into a single chip, slashing the BOM cost and power envelope of small cell base stations. This product more