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September 29th, 2009 TAIPEI, Taiwan - SPB Software, a leading mobile software developer and a holder of numerous globally recognized mobile application awards, officially announced the release of SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 for Windows Mobile today at a press event in Taipei, Taiwan. SPB Mobile Shell has been publicly recognized as the best-selling mobile application across all smartphone platforms for three consecutive years: 2007, 2008 and 2009.

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - - Completely new user interface that is more intuitive than ever before - Better account management matches Truphone for the iPhone - Native application makes it faster than ever before Truphone, the next generation global mobile operator, today announces a significant upgrade to its Android application with the launch of Truphone for Android v2.0. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090929/LA83699LOGO) With a native interface and a completely reworked end-to-end user experience, the new Truphone for Android application is faster, more responsive and easier to use, making it the best ever Android application from Truphone.

September 15th, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, England - - Symposium Offers Unique Opportunity to Meet Peers and Leading Scientists; Discuss Hands-On Summer Research Projects This week, 59 undergraduates with diverse cultural and educational backgrounds will meet at the University of Cambridge for the first Amgen Scholars European Symposium with the common goal of discussing their potential as the future generation of leading scientists. The first Amgen Scholars Europe class represents 35 different colleges and universities from across 15 countries: Bosnia, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK.

August 27th, 2009 ST PETERSBURG, Russia - SPB Software, a leading maker of mobile applications, announces the release of SPB TV for Android phones. SPB TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer, designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world.

August 24th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline Webinar: What: NXP Semiconductors Webinar When: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 11:00am EDT (8:00am PDT, 15:00 GMT) Where: seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1414&d=2958 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Rebecca Samuel, Media Relations, NXP Semiconductors, +1-408-474-8769 Wireless applications such as microwave communications, broadcast, and ISM band communications abound, there is a greater need for solutions that offer higher performance with lower power consumption.

June 24th, 2009 LONDON - - Mobile Advertising is Demonstrating Strong Growth Which is Outstripping the Rest of the Economy. Big Brands are Beginning to see Mobile as an Increasingly Effective way to Reach Consumers.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Top Asian universities have been evaluated in the first regional ranking from QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, the compilers of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings. Five countries dominate the top 10 places in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 1 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 3 University of Tokyo Japan 4 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 5 Kyoto University Japan 6 Osaka University Japan 7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & South Korea Technology 8 Seoul National University South Korea 9 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 10= Peking University China Top Asian universities in the remaining six countries featured in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 22 National Taiwan University Taiwan 30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India 30= Mahidol University Thailand 39 Universiti Malaya Malaysia 50 University of Indonesia Indonesia 63= University of the Philippines Philippines Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS explains: "The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers." Ben Sowter, Head of Research at QS adds, "The advantage of these regional rankings is in the richer picture we can create when comparing universities at a regional rather than global level, through the inclusion of additional factors.

April 20th, 2009 ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Spb Software, a leading maker of mobile software, releases Spb Mobile Shell 3.0, the next-generation user interface for Windows phones. According to Handango Yardstick, Spb Mobile Shell was the world's number one bestselling application of 2008 among all mobile platforms.

March 24th, 2009 PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced that Egyptian Universities Libraries (EUL) has selected Thomson Reuters to provide research solutions to their consortium of university libraries. EUL signed a multi-year contract with Thomson Reuters to provide Egypt's researcher's access to ISI Web of Knowledge(SM).

March 24th, 2009 REDWOOD CITY, California - Global leader's support represents mobile payments milestone Obopay, Inc., the pioneering service provider for payments via mobile phones, today announced an investment from Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications. This investment is a resounding endorsement for Obopay's ongoing innovation in mobile money technology.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In an endeavour to ease property search and to make the site device agnostic, 99acres.com, has introduced property search on mobile. Launched in partnership with Mobisoc Technology, 99acres.com offers a WAP application for property search that allows users to search properties via mobile.

June 5th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR J - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) secretary-general Dr. S. Subramaniam has said that the MIC will monitor the intake of students in local public universities this year to ensure a fair selection process.

September 9th, 2009 Kolkata, Sept 8 (IBNS) Hyderabad-based 160by2.com, one of India’s largest free SMS service providers, for the first time in the country enables its consumers send free SMS from mobile phone. This service is available to mobile phones with Internet connectivity across India and to UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines.

September 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Telecom operator Aircel has launched a new product in Kolkata and West Bengal that allows subscribers to pay per second, instead of the present tariff of charging by the minute. Under this plan, the base tariff for any Aircel subscriber will be one paisa per second both on local and long distance national calls, said Vipul Saurabh, the company's national head of operations and customer support, Thursday.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The government will soon come out with a policy on Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), a senior official of the Department Of Telecommunications (DoT) said here Tuesday. 'MVNO policy is under consideration and we are hoping to come out with the policy by January 5, 2009, that is the last application date,' DoT Joint Secretary J.S.

March 11th, 2009 DUSHANBE - The Tajik parliament Tuesday banned the use of mobile telephones in all educational facilities in the country. 'These measures were taken following multiple requests from the country's president and are intended to raise quality of teaching in educational institutions,' a Tajik lawmaker said.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 15 more central universities, in addition to the existing 20, will be set up and start functioning from next year, the government said Thursday. The decision was taken at a two-day conference here during which vice-chancellors of the 15 new central universities presented their plans before the University Grants Commission (UGC) - the regulator of these institutions.

January 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Reliance Communications (R-Com), the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company that recently launched a GSM mobile service to complement its existing CDMA network, Thursday announced it will provide free video content to subscribers in collaboration with a British company. In a statement, R-Com said the Britain-based value added services (VAS) provider Swanbaymtech will broadcast free content on Reliance handsets in an advertisement-supported model.

September 9th, 2009 CHICAGO - C-Sam, a technology company founded by Sam Pitroda, and Germany-based Giesecke and Devrient, have signed an agreement to integrate and leverage their respective expertise in the area of transactions over mobile phones. The pact allows them to offer customers a comprehensive secure transaction platform for mobile payments and other value added services such as mobile banking, money-transfers, ticketing, bill and premium payments and advertising.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Text messages, listening to music and surfing the Internet are the most popular activities of the Indian mobile user, while work-related tasks such as checking emails and managing meetings take a backseat, according to a report by a leading IT publication group. "SMS was one of the most popular mobile application with an overwhelming 92 percent respondents using it," said the report by specialist IT media house Cybermedia.