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Aylus Networks™, the leading enabler of rich communication services utilizing video, announced at the Mobile World Congress Show Aylus Video Calling offering, which enables mobile operators and OTT service providers to offer video calling as an extension of voice calls. Today, more and more smartphones and other mobile devices come with front-facing cameras designed to enable video chatting or calling. However, video calling services are still limited to calls between particular devices and communities of interest on certain networks and they offer no quality of service or user experience guarantees, issues that are limiting video calling uptake. Aylus Video Calling is changing all of that.

“We estimate that within five years 15% of all mobile voice calls will add video to their calls, representing over 150 billion minutes of video calling per year,” said Mark Edwards, CEO of Aylus Networks. “As total revenues for the mobile industry surpass more

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

From Mobile World Congress, the Cisco MOVE was introduced — a strategic framework that comprises new solutions to enable service providers to better manage, enhance and take financial advantage of the rapidly growing volume of mobile video and data traffic.

The new Cisco MOVE (Monetization, Optimization, Videoscape Experience) solutions include Cisco Mobile Videoscape, Cisco Service Provider Wi-Fi and Cisco Adaptive Intelligent Routing (AIR). Cisco MOVE solutions represent the next phase of Cisco’s Service Provider Mobility strategy, which enables service providers to better monetize and optimize their networks, while delivering personalized mobile services across wired and wireless networks.

The new Cisco MOVE solutions span the mobile network –from client to network to cloud — and are designed to address the increasing volume of mobile data traffic — particularly video. According to the recently released Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2010 to 2015, two-thirds more

Next-generation all-outdoor packet microwave system lowers cost per bit, leads industry in spectral efficiency and allows zero footprint installations

To offset the cost and capacity challenges created by today’s high-bandwidth 3G applications and the accelerating rollout of 4G, mobile operators must find ways to increase overall system capacity. DragonWave Inc.’s (TSX: DWI / NASDAQ: DRWI) introduction of Horizon Compact+ provides operators with a key tool to address lifecycle cost in three critical areas: Spectrum utilization, capacity and location leasing costs.

As the first all-outdoor system to incorporate XPIC (Cross Polarization Interference Cancellation) technology, Horizon Compact+ also becomes the first to take advantage of XPIC’s spectrum-doubling capability. Building on the capacity increases from DragonWave’s previously announced Bandwidth Accelerator technology, this spectrum-doubling capability increases the data bandwidth of Horizon Compact+ to as high as 2 Gbps.

Cost containment is another Horizon Compact+ benefit. “Leasing costs are a more

DragonWave Horizon Harmony enables a seamless transition from TDM, ATM and Frame Relay traffic to a converged packet network

The impact of smartphones, Internet appliances and 4G are combining to speed up the evolution away from legacy backhaul solutions and toward high capacity packet microwave systems. With its Horizon® Harmony platform, DragonWave Inc. (TSX: DWI; NASDAQ: DRWI) is delivering a converged, software upgradable system that will transform what could have been an expensive, problem-prone transition to all-Ethernet transport into a competitive advantage for mobile operators.

DragonWave, a leading global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, has integrated pseudowire and packet microwave technologies together into a single packet-based, high-capacity system. Horizon Harmony completely bypasses the shortcomings of “hybrid” systems that have been optimized for legacy traffic and services and therefore do not offer a clear evolutionary path to a unified flat-IP network.
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Experienced wireless professionals provide legal and financial expertise to support further company growth

FORT MYERS, FL.—February 10, 2011—Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, has added two new members to its board of directors. Fred Tannenbaum, Managing Partner of the Chicago law firm Gould & Ratner LLP, and Brian Rich, Managing Partner of New York-based Catalyst Investors LLC, will advise Interop Technologies on business strategy and operations.

Drawing on their strong backgrounds in the wireless business, Tannenbaum and Rich will provide additional legal and financial expertise to the Interop board and support the company’s plans for further growth.

Tannenbaum has been a practicing business lawyer for more than 25 years and has been involved in the telecommunications industry since the early days of cellular. He has represented wireless service more

Industry Participants Encouraged to Nominate Outstanding Individuals

AUSTIN, TX—February 9, 2011—Today the Wireless History Foundation (WHF) announced that nominations for the 2011 Wireless Hall of Fame will be due no later than March 31. Nominations will be accepted in four categories: Service Provider, Technology, Industry Associate, and Pioneer. A candidate must be recommended by one nominator and two seconders. Nomination forms and guidelines are available on the WHF website at http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/NominationForm.html.

Last year the WHF inducted four individuals at the inaugural Wireless Hall of Fame Dinner, bringing the total number of inductees to 28. The Wireless Hall of Fame program began in 2000. Current members contributed to ground-breaking achievements in all areas of technology, business, and public service. Eligibility for the Wireless Hall of Fame is based on an individual’s contributions to the advancement of wireless services, products, and programs.

“The wireless industry is more

SS7-Based Solution Provides Fast, Accurate Activations for Mobile Handsets

FORT MYERS, FL.—Feb. 8, 2011—Interop Technologies, the premier provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management, and gateway connectivity, today announced that Cox Communications, the third largest cable operator in the United States, has selected Interop’s hosted CDMA OTA solution to automate device activation at the point-of-sale.

The Interop hosted CDMA OTA provisioning offering is IS-683 compliant and provides a highly efficient, low-cost way for network operators to provision the Number Assignment Module (NAM), improving customer experience and reducing operating costs.

“Wireless operators will need a highly reliable, accurate, and cost effective OTA solution for OTASP devices for the foreseeable future,” said Fred Farrell, Vice President Sales, North America, Interop Technologies. “Interop’s hosted solution satisfies this need and provides the flexibility to migrate easily to a turnkey solution and next-generation services.”

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New features that pinpoint and control the use of personal and company-owned smart devices to be unveiled at the RSA 2011 Conference in San Francisco

Santa Clara, Calif. - Feb. 1, 2011 – Avenda Systems, the leading provider of identity-centric network access security, today announced the development of new network presence platform and visibility features that deliver a new level of user, device, topology, and access policy correlation not found in traditional NAC solutions. Today’s shift of users’ preference for tablets versus laptops, and from company-issued phones, to personal smartphones is forcing IT managers to quickly take action to ensure that corporate and personal assets can securely co-exist on an organization’s network.

These new correlation capabilities provide the easiest, most effective and accurate way for organizations to track users and their devices on the network in real-time and on a historical basis. This new approach maintains an inventory more

HICKORY, NC–Passive intermodulation (PIM) continues to be one of the top causes of quality and performance issues faced by wireless operators in their networks. In 2011, CommScope’s Andrew Solutions is targeting PIM in an all-out assault.

PIM is the result of two or more wireless signals mixing together to create additional, undesired frequencies that cause interference or degrade transmission of desired signals in wireless networks. Recognizing that conquering PIM requires a broad and comprehensive approach, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, has introduced a new five-level PIM program–“PIM Happens, Just Not on Our Watch”–for the wireless industry.

“RF engineers are aware of PIM, but may not fully appreciate the degree of damage it causes to a wireless network, lumping PIM together with other performance metrics,” said Stan Catey, senior vice president and general manager, Cable more