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Planned 4Q launch of Sprint Direct Connect will offer increased push-to-talk coverage, more broadband data capabilities, new features – and more enhancements to come as Sprint Network Vision deploys

Overland Park, Kan., March 16, 2011 – Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced plans to expand its gold-standard push-to-talk leadership, unveiling fourth-quarter launch plans for next-generation push-to-talk capabilities powered by Sprint’s broadband CDMA network. As part of the launch, Sprint will offer an initial set of handsets packed with features designed for workgroups that rely on push-to-talk and establish a new push-to-talk brand – Sprint® Direct Connect®.

Sprint Direct Connect service is being built to deliver higher bandwidth capacity to keep up with customers’ demand for data. Sprint also is working to deliver enhanced applications on Sprint Direct Connect, best-ever in-building coverage and is planning to provide triple the square-mile reach of Sprint’s current push-to-talk service.

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Now Generally Available, Service Offers Hosted PBX / IVR / CRM Combo
with Full Functionality via Desktop and Mobile Interfaces

MIAMI, March 16, 2011 – To enhance collaboration and communications for small and medium-sized businesses, InPhonex today announced the general availability of Televate, a cloud-based telephony system that combines the business-communications capabilities of a hosted PBX, hosted IVR and hosted CRM.

Televate, to be sold through channel partners, is designed to help SMBs appear larger than they actually are and ramp up productivity to compete more effectively.

The service works anywhere inside or outside the office, enabling SMBs to support global operations and customer bases. Unlike other cloud-based telephony solutions, Televate empowers every employee with full call-center functionality, including CRM integration, content-rich screen pops, and caller and customer history.

Features of Televate include:

• A cloud-based core application – a business phone more

With one simple connection, network operators can deliver public safety alerts to customers, avoiding CAPEX and complex deployments

FORT MYERS, FL.—March 16, 2011—Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, now offers a hosted Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), enabling wireless operators to deliver alert messages originating from the Federal Alert Gateway to their subscribers without deploying cost-prohibitive systems on their networks.

Since Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations stipulate that operators cannot generate revenue from the delivery of Presidential, Imminent Threat, and AMBER public-safety alerts, operators often find it difficult to justify the up-front investment required to implement a commercially available on-network CMAS system. However, operators that do not comply with the mandate risk losing subscribers to competitors that offer the valuable alert service.

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DALLAS, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T* today introduced convenient new postpaid billing options for tablets. Beginning today, customers can choose between AT&T’s existing prepaid billing options or the new postpaid plans. The new plans can be added to customers’ existing monthly wireless statements, offering the simplicity of a single monthly bill. For a limited time, customers who activate a new postpaid $25/2 GB plan will receive the first month free(1).

The new postpaid billing option will be available across AT&T retail locations, as well as att.com, Best Buy, Fry’s, select Nexcom locations, and Walmart stores nationwide.

“Tablets offer the convenience of mobile broadband virtually anywhere and our new billing options give customers the flexibility to choose how they prefer to be billed,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets.

Customers may choose from the following options.

* Postpaid: $14.99 for 250 more

Avenda’s Customer Care Team Gains the Highest Trust of Customers Worldwide

Santa Clara, Calif. – March 1, 2011 – Avenda Systems, the innovation leader in identity-centric network access security, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Avenda’s Customer Care Team the winner of the 2011 Global Excellence Award for the Best Support Team of the Year.

More than 50 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated in the evaluation, and their average scores determined the 2011 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners. Winners were announced during the awards dinner and presentation on Feb. 16 in San Francisco during the RSA 2011 Conference.

“Working with Avenda’s sales engineering team to deploy our Identity-aware NAC platform has been great,” said Chris Ford, network administrator, Brescia University. “They always have answers for me, more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ooyala, Inc., www.ooyala.com, the leader in online video technology, today announced the industry’s most comprehensive set of mobile video publishing tools, giving publishers the ability to deliver live streaming video and secure video-on-demand to iOS devices. The release dramatically expands the reach and monetization capabilities of publishers and broadcasters. Additionally, the company introduced a broad set of cross-device analytics that reveal actionable insights into device usage, viewer preferences and overall video effectiveness over days, weeks or months.

“iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices are critical targets for video—and delivery must be secure, simple and easy to analyze for publishers,” said Bismarck Lepe, President of Products at Ooyala. “We are the first to deliver secure video on demand to iOS devices, allowing our customers to confidently deliver and monetize video. Live streaming to iOS devices gives publishers access to vast mobile audiences on the most popular mobile more

Anne Brogan brings extensive telecom experience and customer focus to new role
CHICAGO – Nitel, Inc., a nationally recognized provider of telecommunications network services, is pleased to announce that Anne Brogan has joined the company as Agent Program Manager.
Additional Resource for Agents
Brogan serves as an added level of support to the sales team and channel managers. She is responsible for training Nitel agents around the country, improving communication to the agent base, managing promotions, and raising awareness of Nitel resources available to the agents, such as Nitel’s recently launched mobile application.
“Our sales force already is second to none in the industry,” said Tim Basa, Nitel vice president of sales and marketing. “Anne’s role is designed to enhance support to our agents, making them even stronger partners in serving Nitel customers and continually growing our business. We are fortunate to add a telecom professional with the energy and insights of Anne Brogan to our team.”
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Viaero Wireless differentiates its service and strengthens its brand by implementing the Interop Technologies Common Short Code Gateway

FORT MYERS, FL.—February 17, 2011—Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that Viaero Wireless, a cellular provider serving residents and businesses in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming, will utilize the Interop Technologies Hosted Common Short Code (CSC) Gateway as its one-point connection to multiple Tier 1-level aggregators, giving Viaero subscribers access to the most popular short-code content.

The Interop Technologies highly scalable CSC Gateway provides direct subscriber access to hundreds of national short-code campaigns and eliminates the need for operators to negotiate and manage relationships with individual aggregators and providers, saving operators time and money.

In addition, Interop’s unified billing feed integrates easily with operators’ existing billing systems. more

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The GSMA is welcoming a new version of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) that will enable mobile phone customers to use instant messaging (IM), live video sharing and file transfer across any device on any network operator. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Vodafone intend to commercially launch RCS across several European markets from late 2011, and additional operators are expected to launch later in 2012.

Once adopted, Rich Communication Suite - e* (RCS-e) will enable customers to use these enhanced communication services across mobile networks in a simpler and more intuitive way. It is based on a specification put forward by Bharti, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Orascom Telecom, SK Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor and Vodafone which aims to lower the hurdle and speed up the market introduction and adoption of these services.

With RCS-e, customers will be able to use more

To Include all European Mobile Operators and Unique User Activation Licensing Model

At the Mobile World Congress (14-17 February, Barcelona), mobile applications specialist Communology (Stand 2B68 in Hall 2) announced a new agreement with the US patent and technology company Klausner Technologies, Inc. The two companies have now extended their European Visual Voicemail (VVM) patent licensing arrangement from 2nd and 3rd tier mobile operators to all European mobile operators and have instituted a new license fee structure based on operator activated VVM users.

Klausner Technologies holds the U.S., European and Asian patents for VVM - the new standard in voice mail - and has 33 current international VVM licensees. The popular VVM mobile application provides a graphic user interface to manage voicemails just as easily as SMS or emails. Communology is a leading VVM provider of mobile client software for a broad variety of platforms such as Android, Blackberry, more