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Sprint Packs HTC EVOTM 4G with Features to Give Businesses a Competitive Edge

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – June 2, 2010 – HTC EVOTM 4G, available exclusively from Sprint (NYSE: S) beginning June 4, comes packed with the potential to transform the way today’s companies do business. Stream video real-time, send and receive mega files that would have previously gnarled networks, and conduct a presentation online that would have glitched or dropped on other networks. It’s possible with HTC EVO 4G – which enables speed, reliable transmission of large amounts of data and real-time collaboration unlike any other handset ever made, all on the first and only wireless 4G network from a national carrier as well as Sprint’s second-to-none 3G network.

With its custom Web browser optimized for the 4.3-inch touchscreen display, an 8MP auto-focus camera with HD-capable video camcorder and front-facing 1.3MP camera, combined with the superfast 1GHz Qualcomm® SnapdragonTM processor, this sleek, powerhouse device marks a milestone in innovation more

Push Email a New Phenomenon for Prepaid Mobile Services

Boost Mobile’s launch of SEVEN Push-Enabled Email Service taps into a hunger for Convenient Messaging Services

Prepaid cellular services have been the industry’s fast-growth phenomenon for the last several years, but the recent debut of SEVEN Network’s push messaging services by Boost Mobile has shown that prepaid customers are hungry for the convenience and instant access of push messaging.

Research firm IDC recently reported that 65% of the new wireless subscribers in Q4 2009 used a prepaid cellular service and SEVEN is positioning itself to take hold of this fast growing market. The leading push-enabled mobile email and messaging services provider is the first to offer push-enabled email services for prepaid devices with Boost Mobile’s newly launched $50 Unlimited Plan.

SEVEN provides Boost Mobile with a sophisticated single-touch-access email solution that is simple and intuitive for customers. Boost also selected the system more

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AT&T Announces Open Call - Apps for All! Contest Winners

DALLAS, April 20 — After setting the agenda for a groundbreaking year for the AT&T Developer Program at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2010, AT&T* recently awarded top honors in its annual “Open Call – Apps for All!” developer contest.

The AT&T Developer Program, rated by Evans Data as the top carrier developer program, announced in January that it will significantly enhance the program and add Brew Mobile Platform (BMP) to its SDK for quick messaging devices. This year’s Open Call competition featured a category devoted to the BMP platform for the first time, in addition to categories for Android Java and BlackBerry and an open category. In addition, this year’s Open Call – Apps for All! contest attracted more than 295 developer applications.

Held at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas from March 23 to 24, the winners were selected for innovation, marketability, ease of use, more

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AT&T Rolls Out New Flagship Services and Spring Portfolio of Quick Messaging Devices

Group Messaging, Address Book and Video/Photo Sharing Tools Integrated Into Soon-to-Launch Devices

Latest Quick Messaging Phones Include Full Keyboard Devices from Pantech and Samsung

DALLAS, March 15 — As a growing number of consumers increasingly realize the benefits of mobile broadband and applications, AT&T is bringing smartphone-like experiences to a wider range of powerful yet affordable devices designed for the mass-market. AT&T* today announced a line-up of four new Quick Messaging Devices that will be among the first to offer a new suite of consumer data services that will significantly enhance messaging, video and photo sharing, and contacts management.

“Quick Messaging Devices are very important for us – it’s a category that we defined for the industry and that we continue to lead in value, quality and innovation,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Quick Messaging Devices are among our most more

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Alcatel-Lucent Rolls Out API Bundles to Radically Transform the Application Development Business Model

New Business Modeling and Tracking Tools Take Guess Work Out of Application Success

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST INTERACTIVE, AUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2010 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the industry’s first packaged API (Application Programming Interfaces) bundles, and an associated revenue sharing model that radically transforms application development by eliminating upfront costs for developers and opening new revenue opportunities for service providers. The announcement is part of a larger push by Alcatel-Lucent to give developers the ability to use the network as a development platform in the same way they currently build applications for mobile devices and the Web.

The company also announced a powerful new business and application modeling tool that allows developers to get the most out of their applications. This new functionality helps developers and service providers improve the potential for the success of services they are introducing and helps them more

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Bridgewater Showcases Industry Leading LTE Control Plane Interoperability

Bridgewater Showcases Industry Leading LTE Control Plane Interoperability at Global MultiService Forum Event

Interoperability testing of Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller underway with LTE ecosystem partners

OTTAWA, March 15 — Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced its participation in the Global MultiService Forum (MSF) interoperability testing event over the next two weeks at Vodafone’s Centre for Test and Innovation in Düsseldorf and the China Mobile Research Institute Lab in Beijing. The testing focuses on validating Evolved Packet Core network interfaces to enable multi-vendor deployment strategies for LTE technology.

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- The MSF event, a global first to focus on multi-vendor, multi-operator
interoperability spanning multiple sites, promotes and fosters
compatibility and interoperability with leading network equipment
vendors and operators including Vodafone, China Mobile, NEC, Starent
Networks now part of Cisco, Huawei, ZTE, Alcatel Lucent, Agilent and
Codenomicon. The event is an important more

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Agito Networks Customer Selected to Present on Enterprise Mobility at IT Roadmap Conference

CTO from Anthony Marano Company to Present on Extending Enterprise Mobility and Unified Communications Capabilities to Mobile Workers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 15, 2010 – Agito Networks, Inc., the company delivering innovative solutions in enterprise mobility, today announced that customer Anthony Marano Company has been selected to present in multiple sessions at the Network World IT Roadmap Conference and Expo being held in Chicago March 16.

Anthony Marano Company CTO Chris Nowak will present “VoIP and WiFi Make for a Winning Combo” in the conference’s Convergence and Wireless Roadmap IT Track. In addition, Mr. Nowak will lead the “Tips and Tricks for Success with VoIP and WiFi” moderated table discussion in the expo.

Located near downtown Chicago, Anthony Marano Company serves the Midwest with fine fresh produce from its state-of-the-art distribution center. The 400,000 square foot facility contains 73 docks to receive and ship more than more

IntelliNet Technologies Awarded Key Mobile Data Offload Patent

Innovation Enables Wi-Fi Connection to Multiple Mobile Operators

MELBOURNE, Fla. — IntelliNet Technologies, a leading provider of data offload solutions, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a critical technology patent for mobile data offload. The new patent augments IntelliNet’s technology portfolio and was included in the technology gained in the acquisition of Azaire Networks in 2008.

“IntelliNet’s IWLAN mobile data offload solutions have already been deployed by two major network operators, one in Europe and one in Asia and we just received another order for a South American operator, which we will install in March”
Mobile Cellular Network Selection from Wireless LAN (patent number 7,650,428) is fundamental to Wi-Fi data offload as it enables wireless subscribers to select from multiple Mobile Network Operators (MNO’s) when connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots such as hotels, airports or coffee shops. This allows the transparent more

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Leap Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009

* Adjusted OIBDA Increases 43 Percent Over Prior Year Quarter
* Adds Record 1.1 Million Net New Customers in 2009
* Note: A webcast of Leap’s conference call and accompanying presentation slides will be available at 5:00 p.m. EST today at http://investor.leapwireless.com.

SAN DIEGO, Feb 25, 2010 — Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today reported financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Service revenues for the fourth quarter increased 19.3 percent over the prior year quarter to $547.0 million. The Company reported adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of $129.5 million for the fourth quarter, up $38.6 million over the comparable period of the prior year, and fourth quarter 2009 operating income of $4.5 million, compared to $3.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. Adjusted OIBDA for more

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Clearwire Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results

Key 2009 Highlights

Key 2009 Highlights

* CLEAR 4G in 27 Markets Across the U.S. Covering 34 Million People, including: Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle and Honolulu
* Total Fourth Quarter Subscribers of 688,000 including 642,000 Retail Subscribers and 46,000 Wholesale Subscribers from Comcast, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable
* Largest Net Add Quarter in Company’s History; Fourth Quarter 2009 Retail Subscriber Growth of 87,000 Outpaced First Three Quarters Combined
* Total Subscribers in 4G Markets More than Doubled Sequentially to 438,000 at End of Fourth Quarter
* 2009 Revenue Increases 19 percent to $274.5 Million compared with Pro Forma 2008
* Raised $4.3 Billion, including $1.6 Billion of Additional Financial Support from Strategic Investors, and Refinancing of Debt which Extended Maturity to Late 2015

Additional Highlights

* Serves as 4G “Network of Networks” Through Wholesale Launches of 4G Service by Comcast, Sprint, more