Avaya's Proposed Acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions Receives Clearance from European Commission

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, November 20 - Avaya today announced it received clearance from the European Commission
for its proposed acquisition of Nortel's enterprise solutions business.

Official Statement by Telnic Limited on Digital Economy Bill Section 5.2.3

LONDON, November 20 - Telnic Limited (telnic.tel) is the UK-based Registry
Operator and Sponsoring Organisation for the global communications-focused
Top Level Domain (TLD) .tel. It operates as the Registry for all domain names
ending in .tel, acting under the aegis of ICANN, the body tasked with
governing the security, naming and numbering on the Internet globally. The UK
government has direct influence on ICANN, as it is a member of ICANN's
Government Advisory Council.

The Impossible Quiz(TM) for the iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) Soars Into the Top 10 of All Apps on the iTunes Store!

The original quiz game that launched a thousand clones becomes another hit for inXile's Sparkworkz(TM)!

Alcatel-Lucent Completes the World's First Data Call on a Live LTE Network in the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" Spectrum Band

PARIS, November 19 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) successfully
completed the worldwide first long term evolution (LTE) data call on the 800
MHz "European Digital Dividend" (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The
call was completed in October at Alcatel-Lucent's 4G/LTE end-to-end solutions
center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video
streaming over the air using Alcatel-Lucent's commercial infrastructure
platforms and prototype mobile devices.

Light Reading's Policy Control & Deep Packet Inspection Virtual Tradeshow Exceeds Registration & Attendee Goals

Light Reading's Policy Control & DPI Virtual Tradeshow debuted on Tuesday with the industry's leading policy control experts, more than 600 attendees, and 9 sponsors

Bucking Industry Trend, TelcoTV09 Qualified Attendance Jumps 30 Percent

Rebookings Up for 2010 Event, Nokia Siemens Networks, Motorola, Occam Networks, Adtran and others Take Leadership Positions and/or Increase Space for Next Year's Show in Vegas

MediaTek and Qualcomm Enter Into Patent Arrangement

SAN DIEGO and HSINCHU, Taiwan, November 19 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator
of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and MediaTek, Inc.,
(TPE: 2454), a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless
communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that they
have entered into a broad patent arrangement under each company's patent
portfolios, including CDMA and WCDMA essential patents, with respect to all
integrated circuit products, including CDMA and WCDMA products.

GSMA Launches Green Manifesto for the Mobile Industry

Outlines how the Mobile Industry can Lower Emissions in Other Sectors by Over 4.5 Times Mobile's own Footprint

GSMA and International Finance Corporation Partner to Support Investment in the Renewable Energy Base Station Market

HONG KONG, November 18 - The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile
communications industry, today announced that its Green Power for Mobile
(GPM) programme is working with the International Finance Corporation (IFC),
the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to support mobile operators
in exploring the use of renewable energy base stations as a means of
optimizing capital and operating expenditures. Through this collaboration,
mobile operators in developing markets can benefit from technical assistance
programmes, market research, and knowledge sharing programmes to help them
implement large scale renewable energy powered networks.

New Report Finds Four Forces Will Shape the Future of Mobile Banking

Governments, industry can make choices to increase financial inclusion in the next decade

MoadCast - The Future of Social Media Offers its Members a Share of the Advertising Revenue With the Ability to Earn up to GBP45 per Month via Their Mobile Phone

MILFORD HAVEN, Wales, November 18 - MoadCast brings the consumer and the advertiser closer together in a more
meaningful, cost-effective and targeted manner with a revolutionary
permission based mobile phone community.

Hyper Island and SJ Join Forces to get Speed on the Digital Track

Two Swedish enterprises, the Swedish Rail (SJ) and the digital media school Hyper Island have joined forces. SJ takes the next step to enhance digital communication by becoming a Hyper Island Learning Partner.

SingTel Group Selects Alcatel-Lucent for LTE Trial

Preparing for Network Transformation Projects Throughout Asia Pacific

PARIS, November 18 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
that it has been selected as one of the vendors by Singapore
Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) Group for its Long Term Evolution (LTE)
trial, which will begin in the first half of 2010. The trial will jump-start
deployment of 4G LTE networks for the SingTel Group, Asia's leading
telecommunications operator with a regional mobile-user base of more than 273
million.

GSMA Announces Six New Grant Recipients of the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Programme

HONG KONG, November 18 - The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications
industry, today revealed the details of six additional grants from the Mobile
Money for the Unbanked Fund (MMU), which is administered by the GSMA
Foundation, Inc. New grantees include AKTEL in Bangladesh, Dialog Telekom PLC
in Sri Lanka, Grameenphone Ltd in Bangladesh, MTN Cameroon, MTN Uganda and
Vodacom Tanzania. Grants are available for projects promoting the uptake of
mobile money services for the unbanked and underbanked, with funding for
projects up to a value of US$1million.

IPC Launches Shared IP Access Solution for Data and Voice Communications

Strategic upgrade delivers integrated voice and data services providing global trading firms with a scalable, resilient and cost-effective trading solution

PROGNOSIS VoIP Monitoring Solutions Receive 2009 Internet Telephony Excellence Award

WINDSOR, England, November 18 - Integrated Research, the maker of PROGNOSIS VoIP monitoring solutions,
announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has recognised
PROGNOSIS with a 2009 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by
INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

GSMA Announces Winners of Asia Mobile Awards 2009

Winners of GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Asia Tournament Also Announced in Hong Kong

DnB NOR Partners With MasterCard to Launch Mobile Payment Services Trial in Norway

Extended Functionality of the MasterCard Mobile Over-the-Air Provisioning Service Includes EMV Configuration to Support Maestro(R) PayPass(TM), Maestro Prepaid and the M/Chip(TM) Application

NTT Electronics Announces Schedule and Initiates Development of its Next Generation H.264/AVC Encoder/Decoder LSI Family

TOKYO, November 17 - NTT Electronics Corporation, headquartered in Yokohama City in Japan's
Kanagawa Prefecture (hereafter, NTT Electronics) today announced that it is
initiating the development of its next generation H.264/AVC encoder/decoder
LSI family; equipped with 10-bit encoding with a target of launch plan of at
least ten new products by 2012.

Deadline for 2010 International Dan David Prize Nominations:

Three US$1 Million Awards

TEL AVIV, Israel, November 17 - The Dan David Prize, which annually awards three prizes of US$1 million
each for outstanding achievement, will close its nomination proceedings on
November 30, 2009.

Deadline for 2010 International Dan David Prize Nominations: November 30, 2009

Three US$1 Million Awards

TEL AVIV, Israel, November 17 - The Dan David Prize, which annually awards three prizes of US$1 million
each for outstanding achievement, will close its nomination proceedings on
November 30, 2009.

Getac Announces Fully Rugged Notebooks and Tablet PCS Receive MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-461F And IP65 Military Certification

Getac Products Surpass Rigorous Test Processes for Heat/Cold, Sand/Dust and Water to Ensure Outstanding Performance in Any Environment

GSMA Completes First Phase of Smart SIM Initiative

Major Industry Players Back Initiative to Develop New SIM Technology

HONG KONG, November 18 - The GSMA today announced that it has completed the first phase of its
Smart SIM initiative and has published three white papers* outlining the
commercial implementation of the technology. Led by the GSMA, this initiative
aims to drive the development and adoption of the Smart SIM, which will
enhance the mobile user experience by providing simplified, transferable and
consistent access to services, data, applications and settings, irrespective
of device type. The first phase of the project worked to ensure that
consistent interoperability between mobile handsets and SIMs can be achieved,
aligning device requirements and analysing the various SIM business models
and sharing them with industry partners.

GSMA Announces Winners of Embedded Mobile Module Competition

HONG KONG, November 18 - The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide communications
industry, today announced the winners of the first phase of its Embedded
Mobile competition, which was created as part of the GSMA's Embedded Mobile
Initiative. The first phase of the competition aimed to identify
best-in-class embedded modules for both 3G and 2G applications that are
commercially available or will be in the near future. The winners were
announced by Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board for the GSMA, during his
keynote speech at the Mobile Asia Congress, which is taking place in Hong
Kong
this week.

Sisvel LTE Patent Pool Meeting to Advance IPR Licensing for 4G Technology

All Owners of Essential LTE/SAE Patents Invited to Participate

STUTTGART, Germany, November 16 - Sisvel today announced that it will hold a two-day meeting of LTE (Long
Term Evolution) / SAE (System Architecture Evolution) essential patent owners
beginning on February 2, 2010, to discuss the formation of an LTE/SAE patent
pool. Participants will include global technology leaders in the
telecommunications industry and major international LTE/SAE stakeholders, and
the meeting remains open to additional parties that hold an LTE essential
patent or patent application as determined by an independent patent
evaluator. All parties interested in participating in the formation of an
LTE/SAE patent pool are invited to contact Sisvel as soon as possible to
arrange an evaluation of essentiality in advance of the February meeting. To
ensure completion of the evaluation in time to join the February meeting,
patent owners should submit a patent no later than December 15, 2009.

GSMA Shines Spotlight on Asian Mobile Industry at 2009 Mobile Asia Congress

2009 Will Be a Landmark Year for Asia Pacific as It Exceeds Two Billion Connections

Mobile TeleSystems Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

MOSCOW, November 13 - Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS" - NYSE: MBT), today announces
its consolidated US GAAP financial results for the three months ended
September 30, 2009.

IVT will Demo Mobile Health System at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress and CES 2010

BEIJING, November 13 - IVT Corporation announced today that it will demonstrate its new mobile
health system at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong on Nov. 18-19, at
Booth F08, and CES 2010 in Las Vegas. This system allows medical monitoring
from home, reducing risk of diseases and assisting with emergency rescue.

Smartphones' Share of New Handsets Sales in U.S. Will Double by 2014

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, November 12 - A dramatic shake-up in the U.S. market for new handset sales will ensue
as smartphones grow to comprise roughly 60 percent of new handsets sold in
the U.S. by 2014, according to the latest forecast data from Pyramid Research
(www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications
Network (www.lightreading.com).

Weaker Economies in Foreign Markets, Currency Effects and Further Roaming Regulation Impact Results for the First Nine Months 2009

VIENNA, Austria, November 12 -

AXIS and XL Sign Indonesia's First National Roaming Agreement

Indonesian Mobile Market to Become Even More Dynamic and Competitive

JAKARTA, Indonesia, November 12 - AXIS and PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL) have today signed a
Memorandum of Understanding for national roaming, the first such agreement of
its kind in the region. The technical implementation of this agreement will
follow regulation determined by the Indonesian regulator. Similar to other
partnership formed among mobile operators, the regulator has also supported
this partnership initiative led by AXIS and XL. The agreement will give AXIS'
customers full access to XL's network in Sumatera, followed by Kalimantan and
Sulawesi. AXIS will maintain control of its own customers throughout,
regardless of whether or not they roam onto XL's network infrastructure.

BancTec and Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co. Establish Distribution Relationship

Agreement extends BancTec's growth in Middle East

LONDON, November 12 - BancTec, Inc., a global provider of advanced, high-volume, document and
payment processing solutions and services, has signed a distribution
agreement with Saudi-based Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co., a
leading IT and communications solution provider. The agreement covers
distribution in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates
of BancTec's highly acclaimed IntelliScan(R) and E-Series high-speed
document scanning and sorting transports.

Sales for the First Nine Months of 2009: EUR23.2 Billion (-3%) EUR23.4 Billion (-3%) Excluding the Sale of Finagestion

PARIS, November 12 - 1. Sales

Acision Bolsters MTN Nigeria's Messaging Business With Next-Generation Messaging Solution

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 12 - Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announces that MTN
Nigeria, the largest mobile operator in Nigeria with nearly 50 per cent
market share and serving over 27 million subscribers as of June 30 2009, has
successfully been using the Acision SMSC to significantly boost SMS traffic
in the region. MTN Nigeria has been working with Acision for the past eight
years and recently upgraded to Acision's next generation messaging
infrastructure to deliver rock solid messaging service quality as well as
extend the reach of its direct messaging capability.

GPS Navigation Comes to iPod Touch for the First Time

LONDON, November 12 -

    - Navmii Software Bring Turn-by-Turn Navigation to iPod Touch and iPhone
    - Available Now From Apple iTunes for only GBP29.99 for UK Maps
    - Itunes link: tinyurl.com/yevkbw7

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