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Interop Technologies Names Eddie DeCurtis as VP of Asia-Pacific Sales

Eddie DeCurtisFort Myers, FL, March 11, 2010Interop Technologies, a provider of core solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, has named Eddie DeCurtis to the newly created position of Vice President of Asia-Pacific Sales. DeCurtis brings more than 17 years of telecommunications experience to Interop, where he will focus on new business develop in the Asia-Pacific region.

DeCurtis has worked internationally for 10 years, and has spent six years focusing on technical sales solutions and business development. He is credited with helping to negotiate high-value deals with international operators and leading Asia-Pacific market development efforts resulting in long-term customer relationships. Prior to joining Interop, DeCurtis was Vice President of International Technical Sales and Global Solutions for an international wireless services provider.

For seven years, DeCurtis was with VeriSign Inc., where he served as International Technical Director. While at more

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

Sprint 4G a Perfect Match for Philadelphia Software Provider

Kayentis executives trial the new technology; see immediate benefits with customers

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Feb. 22, 2010 — Sprint’s 4G technology is making a Philadelphia-based software provider for the pharmaceutical and health care industry more efficient, responsive and valuable to its customers, and leaders at the company have taken note.

Executives at Kayentis, intrigued by the benefits of much faster download speeds and significant Web experience improvements of the technology, began experimenting with Sprint 3G/4G USB Modem U300 mobile broadband cards last year.

“Communicating by our North American executives with each other and with our pharmaceutical customers has been greatly improved with the use of the Sprint 3G/4G broadband cards,” said Guy Maestre, vice president, North American Operations, Kayentis. “The new e-mail and data exchange speeds that we see when acquiring research data, RFP information, and accessing our applications in our central servers through more

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SkyCross iMAT MIMO Device Antennas Win “Best Network Technology Advance” at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards

SkyCross_logoVIERA, FL—February 17, 2010SkyCross, a global antenna designer and manufacturer, announced today that the GSM Association named iMAT MIMO antennas winner of “Best Network Technology Advance” at the annual Global Mobile Awards 2010 on February 16 in Barcelona. Within this category, the GSMA judges were looking for products or services that deliver demonstrable improvements both for end users and network operators and are applicable to multiple markets on a global scale. SkyCross iMAT antenna technology enables enhanced MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) performance in sleek devices. With its carrier-proven ability to boost capacity, data rates, and reliability of 4G networks, iMAT convinced the judges that SkyCross deserved this prestigious award.

The judges, all highly experienced wireless professionals, had this to say about SkyCross: “Realizing the real need for high speed in the mobile device is vitally important to fully exploit the massive investment in super fast more

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Mobile Trends: the End-to-End IP NGN Architecture

Mobile infrastructure market revenues are forecast to grow over the next 5 years and reach $42 billion in 2014, according to the latest market study by Dell’Oro Group.

“We are in the midst of the mobile infrastructure market transitioning from 2G to 3G technologies,” said Scott Siegler, Senior Analyst of Mobile Infrastructure research at Dell’Oro Group. “While we expect WCDMA to drive the market in the foreseeable future, we also expect to see very strong growth in both the WiMAX and LTE markets.”

Today, Cisco announced the introduction of the Cisco ASR 5000, as a result of the Starent acquisition. The addition of the ASR 5000 gives Cisco a comprehensive end-to-end Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and offers mobile operators a platform specifically designed to accommodate the rapid growth of mobile Internet traffic and mobile multimedia applications.

Cisco’s mobile Internet network architecture increases more

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Altair Semiconductor and SkyCross Announce LTE Cooperation

Hod Hasharon, Israel, and Viera, FL USA, Feb. 2, 2010Altair Semiconductor, a 4G chip company developing the world’s most advanced mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, and SkyCross, a global antenna designer and manufacturer, today announced cooperation on high-performance, LTE product solutions. As part of the cooperation, Altair has integrated the SkyCross iMAT® MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) antenna in Altair’s recently announced FourGee™ LTE USB ExpressCard UE (User Equipment). The card has undergone extensive interoperability testing (IOT) and is currently being used in various field activities throughout the world.

The two companies initially began their cooperation with a focus on mobile WiMAX technology utilizing Altair’s FourGee™-2150/6150 chipset and have been closely working on field testing and optimizations for more than a year.

“The combination of Altair’s comprehensive and power-efficient LTE USB ExpressCard and high-performance iMAT antennas from SkyCross provides the marketplace with one of more

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Nokia Q4 2009 Net Sales EUR 12.0 Billion

Nokia Q4 2009 Net Sales EUR 12.0 Billion, Non-IFRS EPS EUR 0.25 (Reported EPS EUR 0.26)

Nokia 2009 Net Sales EUR 41.0 Billion, Non-IFRS EPS EUR 0.66 (Reported EPS EUR 0.24)
HELSINKI, January 28 — Nokia Board of Directors will propose a dividend of EUR 0.40 per share for 2009 (EUR 0.40 per share for 2008)

Nokia Corporation
Interim Report
January 28, 2010 at 13.00 (CET+1)
The complete press release with tables is available at: http://www.nokia.com/results/Nokia_results2009Q4e.pdf
Non-IFRS fourth quarter 2009 results 1

Q4/ Q4/ Q3/ QoQ
EUR million 2009 2008 YoY Change 2009 Change
Net sales 11 988 12 665 -5.3% 9 810 22.2%
Devices & Services 8 179 8 141 0.5% 6 915 18.3%
NAVTEQ 225 206 9.2% 166 35.5%
Nokia Siemens Networks 3 625 4 340 -16.5% 2 760 31.3%

Operating profit 1 473 1 239 18.9% 741 98.8%
Devices & Services 1257 983 more

Truphone brings WiFi calling to Android devices

Truphone Brings Wi-Fi Calling To Android(TM) Devices

Truphone’s new Android application enables free calls to other Truphone, Skype and Google Talk users over Wi-Fi

LONDON, Jan. 7 — Truphone, the next generation global mobile operator, today announced the immediate free availability of its new application for Android(TM) enabled mobile handsets, introducing Wi-Fi calling on this platform for the first time.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090929/LA83699LOGO)

The new Truphone for Android release 3.0 integrates a full VoIP engine allowing users to make free calls to Truphone, Google Talk and Skype users when both parties are in Wi-Fi, in addition to low cost calls to landlines and mobiles around the world whether they are in or out of Wi-Fi. This, coupled with a new, refreshed interface makes this the application of choice for the user who wants top quality user experience from their mobile VoIP application. The new release more

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Verizon Offers Mobile Broadband Backup to SMBs

Verizon Adds Mobile Broadband Backup for Dedicated Internet Service to Keep Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Online All the Time

High-Performance Internet Access Automatically Routes to Verizon Wireless 3G Network for Uninterrupted Business Operations

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 — Small and medium-sized businesses now can get Verizon (NYSE:VZ) high-performance Internet access coupled with automatic wireless broadband backup to help ensure the businesses are always available to their customers. The new solution — Verizon Internet Dedicated Access with Mobile Broadband — automatically routes business traffic to the Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO broadband wireless network in the event of a service disruption.

The new solution, which is immediately available nationwide, is ideal for businesses that have highly distributed locations and primarily use IDA for outbound critical traffic, Web research or point-of-sale transactions. more

Wavesat, 4G Chipsets Leader, Names VP Business Development

Wavesat Names Anil Barot as New Vice President – Business Development

Former Senior Executive for Motorola, with 20+ Years Wireless Industry Experience,
Will Help Company Expand Presence in 4G Markets such as LTE and WiMAX

San Mateo, CA – January 4, 2010 – Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, today announced that Anil Barot has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. In this role, Mr. Barot will oversee sales and marketing efforts with 4G service providers, end user device manufacturers and channel partners around the globe and will work closely with Wavesat’s engineering and product development teams.

At Motorola, Mr. Barot served in numerous leadership roles, including Global Product Management, Business Development and Product Strategy for Wireless Broadband Access Technologies (LTE & WiMAX). Immediately prior to joining Wavesat, he held the position of Senior Director of Motorola’s Broadband Strategy more

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