3 Selects Acision’s Advanced Messaging Services for its Networks in the UK and Ireland

September 28th, 2009 NEWBURY, England - Vodafone and Apple today confirmed that they have reached agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to the UK and Ireland in early 2010. Beginning today, Vodafone UK and Vodafone Ireland customers can register their interest in iPhone shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/iphone-3gs3G and iPhone 3GS at www.vodafone.co.uk/iphone and www.vodafone.ie/iphone, respectively.

September 8th, 2009 OSLO - Rubberduck Media Lab AS, a leading provider of mobile TV and video services for network operators and broadcasters worldwide, has now launched a mobile TV and video service for Telefonica O2 Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Rubberduck Media Lab is providing a completely outsourced mobile TV service to Telefonica O2 Ireland including content acquisition and provision as well as technical support and management.

August 10th, 2009 TEL AVIV, Israel - RADWIN (www.radwin.com), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Irish Wireless of Ireland. Irish Wireless will distribute RADWIN's wireless broadband systems in Ireland and provide training and support to customers.

June 24th, 2009 JAKARTA - - Advanced Features of Acision Text Suite Provide Indonesian Mobile Subscribers With an Improved and More Personal Messaging Experience Acision, the world's leading messaging company, and Telkomsel, the leading operator of cellular telecommunications services in Indonesia, have launched an advanced SMS service to Telkomsel's 75 million customers using the award winning Acision Message Plus. Branded as SMS Pro, the service will be available to both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers of Telkomsel.

June 3rd, 2009 MUNICH, Germany - Mobile communications operator T-Mobile International has chosen the Rohde & Schwarz group as the exclusive supplier of its standard drive test systems. The contract includes the delivery of R&S ROMES software and associated mobile radio scanners to five European countries.

April 15th, 2009 LONDON - Leading International Collaboration Adds Email to Music, Gaming and Maps for the Ultimate Mobile Multimedia Experience Orange and Nokia today announced they will extend their partnership with a new, simple-to-use email service for consumers. This extension to their multi-country agreement will deliver and launch a co-branded solution, Nokia Messaging by Orange, on a range of Orange Signature devices, aiming to bring mobile email to everyone with a phone, as well as working professionals.

April 7th, 2009 MONTREAL - Messaging Architects, the global expert in email risk management and compliance, recently announced the appointment of Alain Heurtebise as Vice-President for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He will be based in Paris, France.

March 31st, 2009 CTIA - LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announced that it has joined the GSMA's Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative. As part of the RCS Initiative, Acision, along with 60 other member organisations, will be at the forefront of developing rich communication technology and services, which run across IP and multimedia-based networks, such as enhanced messaging, presence enabled contact management and in-call multimedia sharing.

March 23rd, 2009 NORRKOPING, Sweden - Dreampark, one of the leading IPTV middleware providers on the European market, today announced its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and ISP provider Magnet Networks has upgraded their existing middleware solution to Dreampark's Dreamgallery(TM), further strengthening the company's position as the leading IPTV middleware provider in Europe. Magnet Networks, the largest provider of broadband and IPTV services on the Irish market, has chosen to change their current middleware solution to Dreamgallery after an extensive selection process that tested its speed, flexibility and user-friendliness.

March 16th, 2009 MANILA, Philippines - Advanced SMS Features Provide Filipinos With Market Leading Personalisation and Flexibility Acision, the world's leading messaging company, and Sun Cellular, the fastest-growing mobile network provider in the Philippines, have partnered to come up with the world's most advanced SMS services using Acision Message Plus. As part of Acision Text Suite, the first open text architecture, Acision Message Plus provides Sun Cellular's mobile subscribers with personalised message management functionality, enabling them to block SMS spam, set up automatic replies and automatically copy or forward messages to another mobile number or email address - all from their handset.

July 3rd, 2009 TEHRAN - SMS text messaging services in Iran have been unblocked for the first time since disputed June 12 presidential elections. The BBC quoted Iranian news agencies as saying that there are still technical problems.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Tuesday issued a consultation paper on next generation networks (NGN), seeking the views of the industry stakeholders on migrating to the new platform. NGN enables telecom operators to offer a range of new services from lower tariffs to high-speed broadband and intensive services including, internet protocol television (IPTV), high definition television (HDTV), videoconferencing, voice over internet protocol (VoIP), instant messaging and e-mail.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - You may have to wait a little more longer than expected before you start paying less to access the Internet through a high speed broadband network, as the telecom watchdog is yet to come out with the guidelines on the next generation network (NGN) that will enable telecom operators to offer better services at lower rates. Telecom operators have been asked to submit their comments on NGN by March 10, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said here Wednesday.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom operator Aircel wednesday launched its GSM mobile services in Delhi, its 14th service area. Launching the services, Aircel chief operating officer Gurdeep Singh said the company would come up with attractive plans to cater to the needs of professionals, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the youth.

March 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Sunday condemned the attack on an army base in Northern Ireland that killed two British soldiers. 'The United States condemns the attack in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, last night that resulted in two deaths and injuries two others,' said a statement released by acting US State Department spokesman Robert Wood.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aircel, a joint venture between between Malaysia's Maxis Communications and Apollo Hospital Wednesday launched its GSM mobile services in Delhi and said it will invest $10 billion for rolling out services in the country's 23 telecom circles. 'We have earmarked a total of $10 billion for complete roll-out of services.

September 30th, 2009 2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in IrelandDUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

July 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Communications, a leading telecom and Internet services provider, Tuesday launched advanced ethernet services to help its customers experience high-speed, secure and cost-effective bandwidth. Ethernet is a widely installed local area network (LAN) technology.

May 3rd, 2009 DUBLIN - Ireland announced its first laboratory-confirmed case of swine flu late Saturday. Tony Holohan, chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Children, said the case was first reported Thursday.

July 24th, 2009 UK agency fines EDF Energy Networks 2 mln poundsLONDON — A British regulator said Friday that it has fined EDF Energy Networks 2 million pounds ($3.3 million) for failing to meet mandatory targets for connecting customers to its electricity network. EDF is a monopoly provider of certain connection services in London, southeast England and eastern England.