CIQUAL Secures GBP1.25M Investment to Accelerate Product Development and Sales of Unrivalled Mobile Broadband Performance and Customer Experience System

September 9th, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, England - The 2009 PC Advisor Broadband Survey results have been announced, with O2 taking the 'Best Buy' award despite strong challenges from 'Recommended' internet service providers BE Broadband, PlusNet and Zen Internet. The survey, sponsored by www.broadbandgenie.co.uk and now in its fifth year, asked people to provide feedback on the reliability of their connections, the download speeds they achieve and the customer service they receive.

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.

July 12th, 2009 NEWBURY, England - Vodafone UK is the first UK network operator to offer the Samsung NC10 ultra-mobile netbook with built-in mobile broadband connectivity. Free on both a 24 month contract for GBP25 a month with 1GB of data and a 24 month contract for GBP30 a month with 3GB of data, the Samsung NC 10 netbook has a Vodafone SIM and mobile broadband software pre-installed meaning customers won't need to use a USB modem to connect to the web.

June 30th, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, England - According to independent consumer website Broadband Genie, downloading one television show via mobile broadband while abroad on holiday could cost more than the rest of the trip combined. As the summer holidays get into full swing, Broadband Genie is keen to remind travellers the cost of using mobile broadband dongles abroad can be incredibly expensive.

May 24th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Kar-Tel Uses RADWIN's Systems for Cellular Backhaul in the City RADWIN (www.radwin.com), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Kar-Tel - one of the largest mobile carriers in Kazakhstan - deployed its systems for cellular backhaul in the city of Almaty. KaR-Tel offers services in all Kazakhstan since 1999, and is a subsidiary of VimpelCom, Russia's second largest mobile operator.

April 29th, 2009 PARIS and NEW DELHI - JV Will Manage Airtel's Migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN) to Offer Advanced Services Like High-Speed Internet, Triple Play, Media-Rich VAS, MPLS, VPN for Both Retail and Business Customers - First Managed Services Partnership for Broadband and Telephone Services in India Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that they have formed a joint venture to manage Bharti Airtel's pan-India broadband and telephone services and help Airtel's transition to next generation networks. Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel's broadband and telephone network across India.

April 27th, 2009 POOLE, England - Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability Warns WDSGlobal. - Mobile Broadband Products 200% More Expensive to Support Than Mobile Handsets.

April 26th, 2009 FORNEBU, Norway - Airline will begin outfitting its fleet with in-flight Wi-Fi from Row 44 later this year Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, Europe's fifth largest low-cost carrier, announced today that it is equipping its entire fleet with high-speed in-flight broadband. The airline will use a satellite-based broadband solution from Row 44.

March 31st, 2009 LIVINGSTON, Scotland - Edinburgh based telecoms company, CIQUAL has secured investment of GBP1.25m to accelerate product development and sales to the global marketplace. The investment was financed by a consortium consisting of Par Syndicate and Scottish Enterprise's Scottish Co-investment Fund.

March 11th, 2009 CARDIFF, Wales - World's First IP-Focused Laboratory and In-Life LTE Test Solution Epitiro, the broadband communications authority, today announces the LTE Test Suite, the world's first packet-domain test solution for UMTS long term evolution (LTE) device manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNO). The suite is comprised of LTELabTM and ISP-I TM LTE.

August 6th, 2009 Telecom Italia 1H down 17 percentMILAN — Telecom Italia SpA says first-half net profit dropped 17 percent from a year earlier because of a shrinking customer base, lower handset sales and regulations limiting termination fees on mobile phones. Italy's largest telecommunication operator said Thursday that net profit in the period that ended June 30 was euro964 million ($1.38 billion), compared with a restated euro1.1 billion a year earlier.

March 19th, 2009 GURGAON - uReach Technologies announced today that it has formed a partnership with MARS Telecom Systems that is focused on delivering world-class Value Added Services to the Indian mobile, wireline and broadband service provider markets. The partnership strengthens uReach's ability to deploy and support its Converged Services Framework (CSF) and leading-edge value added services in the region with the help of MARS Telecom's team of implementation, test and technical support experts.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to improve governance at the grass roots level, the government has decide to extend broadband connectivity to all villages by 2012, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said Friday. "Out of about 2.5 lakh gram (village) panchayats across the country, 30,000 have been provided with broadband connectivity, Kamat said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citibank today announced the launch of Citi Mobile, its mobile banking solution that combines the consumer need for convenient, on-the-go banking with advanced mobile technology that is compatible with popular mobile devices across most GSM operators. Through Citi Mobile, customers can check account balances, send money, issue drafts, pay bills, make credit card payments, register for services like e-Statements, request for a cheque book, stop payments and much more.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata communications has signed an agreement with Poland-based mobile phone operator Play to route the latter's entire international call traffic, it was announced Wednesday. Play will implement Tata's voice termination product VTS Prime Solution to manage customer call quality.

January 5th, 2009 JAIPUR - Reliance Communications (R-Com), India's only telecom service provider to offer GSM and CDMA services nationwide, has launched mobile GSM services in over 1,450 towns and more than 10,000 villages in Rajasthan. The company also launched a first-of-its-kind Customer Experience Programme (CEP) for subscribers opting for its GSM services, which offers up to 100 percent savings to sub-Rs.300 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) mobile customers for a one-time subscription charge (including GSM SIM) of Rs.25.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Only five telecom operators out of 11 have met the 90 percent quality of service benchmark set by the sector's watchdog, a survey released Friday said. Interestingly, the country's largest private operator Airtel is among the firms that failed to meet the benchmark of 90 percent that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has set for quality of service.

March 25th, 2009 LAHORE - The sale of SIM cards has gone down in Pakistan since the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) implemented the new verification system for new cellular connections following the recent terror attacks. The PTA has asked all cellular service providers and their franchisees to sell SIMs (subscriber identity modules) after proper verification.

March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - When it comes to making big in the business world, being honest, kind and respectful gives an individual a real competitive advantage over his/her peers, according to a new study. Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that project managers can get much better performance from their team members by treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect.

September 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A GPS navigation-based system is expected to revolutionise advertising, for it can publicise products directly to supermarket trolleys based on a shopper's in-store behaviour and purchasing history. Media Cart trolleys can alert the store's database when a shopper moves into a particular area, triggering an appropriate ad.