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Avis Will Have Florida Travelers Beaming With AT&T Cruisecast In-Car TV

Dallas and Parsippany, N.J., July 6, 2009 – Avis Rent A Car and RaySat Broadcasting (RBC) today announced that Avis renters at select locations can now enjoy the ride with AT&T CruiseCast service, a new satellite TV technology that delivers 22 video satellite channels as well as 20 audio channels to a mobile unit in automobiles. Beginning today, Avis renters at airport locations in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach can rent AT&T CruiseCast for $8.95 per day or $62.65 per week.

“AT&T CruiseCast arrives just in time for family summer travel,” said Michael Caron, vice president of product and program development at Avis Budget Group, parent company of Avis. “The service provides hours of entertainment for adults and kids which is sure to enhance any summer vacation.” 

The AT&T CruiseCast service offers a variety of channels, including Cartoon Network Mobile, Disney Channel, DisneyXD, Discovery Kids, USA Network, Discovery, Animal Planet, SCI FI, Lifetime Television, Adult Swim Mobile, ESPN Mobile, NFL Network, CBS College Sports Network, FOX News, CNN Mobile, MSNBC and AccuWeather.

The portable unit provides TV screens that attach to the back of the vehicle’s headrests, and come with headphones, for easy viewing and listening by passengers. A 12-volt jack plugs into the car’s power outlets and the unit’s receiver is housed inside a small bag attached to the seatback.

Outside the vehicle, a compact antenna is mounted to the roof. The antenna, installed by an Avis representative prior to rental pickup, receives the satellite TV signals, provides them to the receiver and displays the program on the TV screen. The AT&T CruiseCast service utilizes video buffering technology to automatically store two minutes of content so viewing is not interrupted by satellite obstructions such as overpasses or tall buildings.

“What better way to entertain travelers than with live TV in a rental vehicle,” said Winston Guillory, Jr., president of RBC. “AT&T CruiseCast service offers something for everyone and we know that Avis customers will really enjoy it.”

Advance rental reservations are required for AT&T CruiseCast service. For more information, visit www.avis.com/cruisecast.  To reserve the service, contact Avis Reservations at 800-331-1212.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. as well as third party licensees under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About RaySat Broadcasting Corporation
RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) is a privately held U.S. company that was created to introduce In-Car Entertainment to the U.S. market under the licensed name “AT&T CruiseCast.”  Headquartered in Dallas, Tex., RBC capitalizes on pioneering technology that has enabled the creation of a small compact antenna for use on cars, trucks and SUV’s that also provides continual coverage on-the-go thanks to an advancement that helps overcome line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels.  The AT&T CruiseCast service is available in the 48 contiguous states and will offer 42 channels of entertainment programming. RBC will distribute the AT&T CruiseCast service via a network of automotive dealers, consumer electronics retailers, and other businesses that specialize in automotive accessories. For dealer/retail locations and additional information on RBC and AT&T CruiseCast, please visit www.cruisecast.com.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet access and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T │DIRECTVSM brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

Ifbyphone Unveils Virtual Call Center Service

Hosted offering provides alternative to busy signals, call waiting and voicemail for time-sensitive customer calls

CHICAGO —June 29, 2009— Ifbyphone today introduced Call Distributor, a service that enables small and mid-size businesses (SMB) to create virtual call centers, complete with advanced automated call handling that enables customers to instantly route inbound calls to any phone, anywhere.

With the new Call Distributor service, SMBs pay only for the minutes consumed, avoid long term agreements and will not incur any capital expense as the Ifbyphone service eliminates the need to purchase expensive new business telephone equipment and software.

Ifbyphone’s Call Distributor also provides call center operators an array of additional call routing options, including the ability to expand their workforce to tap into the growing home-based agent segment by sending inbound calls to any phone.

“The days of SMBs missing customer calls and losing business because they don’t have access to an expensive PBX or a call center, like Fortune 500 companies have, are over,” said Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro. “With Call Distributor, any business can now have a flexible call center service option that provides advanced call handling capabilities with central management to workers anywhere, using any existing phone.”

Call Distributor also includes several capabilities beyond advanced call routing, including interactive voice response and call queuing, both of which save time, reduce costs and create efficiencies and have been designed into Call Distributor to help SMBs thrive in today’s economy. All Call Distributor capabilities are instantly available to anyone on any phone eliminating the need for agents to use phones physically connected to dedicated systems, or a specific type of phone such as a traditional landline, VoIP phone or software client-based endpoint such as a PC or smartphone.

Call Distributor includes the following capabilities:

• Agents are defined as available based on a schedule, a web interface or via a  phone call from any phone;
• Complete queue size and wait time control;
• Support for customer-supplied audio prompts, queue messages and music on hold;
• Callers may choose to leave a queue at any time and are routed to voice mail or an IVR application according to a web-based configuration;
• A complete web-based agent dashboard with call notification which includes reverse lookups, integration with Salesforce.com and customer data options;
• A sophisticated, web-based management dashboard, which displays agent status, call statistics, calls in queue and supports the transmission of messages to agents.

Consistent with Ifbyphone’s innovative service and feature model, SMBs pay only for actual minutes used as opposed to the expensive, commonplace practices of charging per-agent or per-seat license and/or fees for agent idle time. The virtual approach is in stark contrast to traditional call centers which use expensive PBX/ACD or key telephone systems to distribute calls to onsite agents in a central facility.

“Whether they’re considered big regional companies with multiple locations, or the popular sandwich shop around the corner at lunchtime, businesses of all sizes need high-power, low-cost, web-based and configurable tools for optimally managing their call volume,” explained Shapiro. “This is an essential business function because lost calls mean lost revenue.”

Call Distributor is just one component of a family of advanced telephone applications which all work with any phone.  These applications include: virtual phone numbers with advanced routing, Hosted IVR, Voice Broadcasting, Call Tracking, Find Me, Click-to-Call, Google Analytics® Integration and more.  To see the complete family of Ifbyphone’s services, please visit http://www.ifbyphone.com.

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About Ifbyphone

Ifbyphone provides businesses a suite of phone automation services to enhance customer conversations, drive sales and lower costs. Leveraging Ifbyphone's easy-to-use services, business users, marketers and developers can quickly create solutions ranging from simple call routing solutions to advanced interactive voice response systems. For more information, visit www.ifbyphone.com.

Magician David Blaine Teams up with Partners 1993 to Bring His Favorite Close-up Card Magic, See-A-Card, to Apple’s App Store

Now iPhone and iPod touch Users Can Amaze Everyone with Easily Downloaded App

LOS ANGELES – June 29, 2009 – The coolest new app for the Apple® iPhone™ and iPod touch lets users perform famed magician David Blaine’s amazing card effect that astounds audiences everywhere, thanks to the skills of software engineering firm Partners 1993.

The user-friendly app -- “Street Magic: See A Card” -- works on supported iPhones, including the new 3G S, and iPod touch devices, and allows users to become a magician, like Blaine, in boggling the minds of those who see the effect performed.  The app became available for downloads at Apple’s iTunes app store for $1.99 on Friday, June 26, 2009.

“This is my favorite piece of magic; it was pivotal in gaining my first TV special. Now, for the first time, I am making it available to magic fans as a download from the Apple app store,” said Blaine, who continually strives to amaze audiences with magic and public feats of endurance that include levitation and remaining under water longer than any other human being.

“Turning the iPhone into a virtual deck of cards is no small feat,” he added.  “This is one of the hardest card effects to get right, and Partners 1993 has really demonstrated its technical skills.  This application makes every owner of a supported iPhone and iPod touch a magician.”

David Blaine’s software firm, Mindboggling LLC, chose Partners 1993 to develop Street Magic for the iPhone and iPod touch because of its track record of innovatively solving complex mobile-application problems.

“Partners 1993 is pleased to have collaborated with David Blaine in adapting the physical effect to one that works in the iPhone and iPod touch formats,” said Lew Roth, Partners 1993 vice president of business development.  “We’re proud that we could apply our out-of-the-box thinking and implementation skills to Street Magic and deliver an app that allows any performer to duplicate what David Blaine does best – leave audiences of all ages amazed by what they have just seen.”

Roth said building Street Magic to replicate Blaine’s legerdemain presented many challenges, including:

• Developing the full size, composite animated imagery and sequencing needed for the iPhone to be perceived as a three-dimensional full deck of cards.
• Getting the iPhone 3-D deck to behave the same as the physical deck of cards when David Blaine performs the effect.
• Getting the card seen by the viewer to be the same card that is revealed on the iPhone screen.

“Street Magic was one of the most fun yet challenging iPhone projects we’ve undertaken at Partners 1993.  We were inspired by David Blaine’s initial vision and driven by the extraordinary responses that this card trick evokes,” said Roth.

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About David Blaine
David Blaine has redefined magic around the world with his unique brand of intimate, close-up magic and his challenges that have set new boundaries of human endurance.  These include being buried alive in Manhattan for seven days and seven nights, being encased in a six-ton block of ice for three days and nights, also in Manhattan, and surviving on pure water alone for 44 days and 44 nights while dangling in a plexiglas box over River Thames in London.  Born in Brooklyn, New York, David discovered his passion of magic at the age of five.  He began performing professionally for private parties when he turned 13.  At 19, he did his first television appearance and immediately afterward began doing private parties and traveling around the world with his magic.  By the age of 23, David had created, directed and produced an original television program titled Street Magic, which was broadcast as a one-hour primetime special by the American Broadcasting Company.  Street Magic revolutionized the way magic is portrayed on television around the world and garnered rave reviews by critics.  Blaine has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Charlie Rose, The Carson Daly Show, Larry King Live, 20/20, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and Howard Stern, among others.  South Park devoted an entire episode to spoofing David Blaine. http://www.davidblaine.com

About Partners 1993
Partners 1993 Inc., based in the Los Angeles suburb of Tujunga, Calif., is a software development and services company focused on mobile applications.  It is a spinoff of the award-winning mobile product company, WebMessenger Inc., which was acquired in 2008.  Since 1993, the company has delivered custom mobile, desktop, client/server, multimedia and scalable distributed web systems to both startup and public companies in the United States and in Europe.  To learn more, click on http://www.partners1993.com

Vringo and Innova Group Providing Video Ringtone Platform For Armenia’s Leading Mobile Operator VivaCell-MTS

Partnership Deal with Leading International Carrier Includes Fourth In-Language Platform Developed by Vringo

NEW YORK–June 29, 2009—Vringo^TM  and its partner, Innova Group, have announced a partnership with Armenia’s leading mobile operator VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT). Through the partnership, Vringo’s video ringtone service will be available to more than 2,000,000 mobile subscribers of VivaCell-MTS in Armenia through a co-branded VivaCell-MTS-Vringo online platform and will constitute the first deployment of such innovative and stimulative technology in CIS countries.

The VivaCell-MTS-Vringo service, to be rolled out on a subscription basis, will provide access to Vringo’s video ringtone application and its library of 4,000-and-counting video ringtone clips. For a fee, subscribers may download this premium content. 

“Through this arrangement with Vringo and Innova Group, VivaCell-MTS is now able to offer our subscribers more multimedia content and more stimulating ways to use that content than ever before,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian. “We believe Vringo’s fun and captivating video ringtones will be an extra tool in our efforts to keep our subscribers updated with the latest technologies.”

“Vringo is thrilled that VivaCell-MTS is joining our growing family of carrier partners,” said Vringo CEO Jon Medved. “This exclusive agreement will enable VivaCell-MTS to use Vringo’s suite of customizable tools to engage its customers through the most important pivot on the mobile device: the ringtone.”

“Armenia is a fast evolving country in the mobile area and working with VivaCell-MTS is an important project for Innova. We truly believe in Vringo’s Video Ringtone solution and our cooperation with Vringo and VivaCell-MTS initiates an important project for Innova.”, said Innova’s CEO Mr. Vassilakis Manos.

This is the fourth custom-built in-language carrier platform Vringo has created for an international mobile partner. Others include platforms in Vietnamese for Viettel, in French for Bouygues Telecom and in Turkish for mobile provider Avea.

In addition to carrier partners, the company also maintains relationships with content providers (including Turner, Discovery Mobile and Agence France Presse) and handset manufacturers, such as Sony Ericsson, which is including a direct online link to Vringo on its new Sony Ericsson Walkman™ phones.

Vringo is also partnering with Innova Group to provide billing services for the partnership with MTS Group.

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About Vringo
Founded in 2006, Vringo is bringing about the evolution of ringtones. With its award-winning video ringtone application, Vringo takes a sledgehammer to the traditional call signature, transforming the basic act of making and receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience.

By installing Vringo’s application, which is compatible with more than 200 handsets, users can create or take video, images and slideshows from virtually anywhere, including Vringo’s library of 4,000-and-counting video ringtone clips or the Web, and make it into their personal call signature. In a first for the mobile industry, Vringo has introduced VringForward™, a technology that lets its users select which video ringtone their friends will see when they call.

Vringo is backed by Warburg Pincus and by private investors. The company has been heralded by The New York Times as “the next big thing in ringtones” and by USA Today as having “to be seen to be believed.” To witness the next generation of ringtones and see a list of supported handsets, please visit www.vringo.com.

About Innova Group
Innova Group, headquartered in Athens-Greece, with local presence in five more countries (Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Romania) operates within the Telecommunications and IT ecosystem, providing complete solutions for VAS, Information and network Security, next Generation networking and OSS & IT. Innova Group has built an extensive set of professional services to complement the solutions to its partners and has heavily invested on integration and customization expertise on its business lines.

Innova Group with its affiliate M-Sensis offers FLEXY, a multipurpose Services platform, aiming at delivering a range of innovative services that increase ARPU and minimize CAPEX, while constantly remaining adaptable to customers’ sole needs. FLEXY platform constitutes a rapid services’ and applications’ creation and deployment framework. Additional information can be found at Innova’s Group Web site: www.innova-sa.gr

About VivaCell-MTS
VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is the leading Armenian mobile operator, providing a wide range of Voice and Data services. Since its launch on 1st July 2005, in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives the development and offering of innovative mobile communications products, services and features in the Armenian mobile communications market. For more information, visit www.vivacell.am.
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Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 93.98 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of more than 230 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about MTS can be found at www.mts.ru.

Truphone Adds 11 New Nokia Devices To Its Portfolio

26 Nokia Devices Now Truphone Compatible


London, 25 June 2009 – Truphone has added 11 additional Nokia handsets to the list of devices compatible with Truphone and whose owners can now ring up big savings by taking advantage of Truphone’s broad range of calling plans and services.

“We first introduced Truphone on a Nokia device so we are pleased to be able to increase the range of compatible Nokia devices and extend our loyal Nokia customer base further,” said Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson. “Nokia is still the largest mobile handset manufacturer in the world so ensuring that we’re on as many of these devices as possible means more and more people can take advantage of Truphone’s fantastic rates to make international calls.”

With the addition of the 11 new handsets, Truphone is now compatible on 26* Nokia devices. Of those, software for 14 of the Truphone-compatible devices can now be downloaded from Nokia’s new Ovi store, with the software for 11 of the remaining 12 new devices to be added to the Ovi store soon.

In addition to the Ovi Store the Truphone application is also available for all 26 Nokia devices as an SMS over the air (OTA) download from the Truphone Web site, www.truphone.com, and will always parallel the applications available via the Ovi store.  The Truphone Web site will also include applications for other Nokia devices not currently available via Ovi, as well as the other supported mobile platforms.

The new Truphone-enabled Nokia devices are:

•    N96
•    N78
•    N85 (also VoIP enabled)
•    N79 (also VoIP enabled)
•    5630 (also VoIP enabled)
•    5800
•    5320
•    6210
•    6220
•    6650
•    E63

After downloading and installing the Truphone application to their handsets, Nokia device owners will be able to take advantage of two calling plan options:

•    Truphone Anywhere:  Calls made when customers are connected to local wireless networks are handled as local calls and then passed on to the Truphone network, from where they are routed at Truphone’s fantastic rates to landline and mobile phones worldwide. This service is intended for use in the user’s home country as savings cannot be guaranteed abroad.

•    Truphone Wi-Fi calling:  Calls made when customers are in accessible Wi-Fi hotspots anywhere in the world, can be made for free to other Truphone users and at Truphone’s fantastic rates to landline and mobile phones worldwide.

All of the new handsets are Truphone Anywhere capable, and in addition, three of the handsets, the N85, N79 and 5630, are also compatible with the original Truphone Wi-Fi calling service, hailing back to Truphone’s origin as the first Mobile VoIP service available on Nokia N- and E-series devices.

This means that when customers are connected to a Wi-Fi network, a call to another Truphone customer is completely free and also means they can use a Nokia handset as an alternative, inexpensive roaming solution if they choose to only make calls when connected to a Wi-Fi network when abroad or anywhere.

With Truphone Anywhere, everyone can save money when making international calls.  It’s simple:  International calls dialled on a Truphone Anywhere enabled handset are connected as local calls to the Truphone network, then routed to their destinations at Truphone’s low rates. This means that for the price of local calls, which are often bundled in an operator’s monthly package,  customers can make calls to other Truphone users for free or to landlines and mobiles around the world for as little as 1.5p per minute.

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* The following is the full list of Nokia devices that are Truphone compatible:

•    E51
•    E60
•    E61
•    E61i
•    E63
•    E65
•    E66
•    E70
•    E71
•    E90
•    N80ie
•    N81
•    N81 8GB
•    N82
•    N95
•    N95 8GB
•    N96
•    N78
•    N85
•    N79
•    5630
•    5800
•    5320
•    6210
•    6220
•    6650

About Truphone
Founded in 2006, Truphone is a global mobile communications provider in the business of innovating how people converse in our globally connected world.  As the industry’s first mobile Internet operator, the company makes it easy and affordable for users all over the world to keep in touch with friends, family and business contacts overseas or whilst roaming.  Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network (SCN). SCN is privately owned, funded by both venture capital investment and angel investors.

Important information
Truphone is not a replacement for an ordinary telephone service and emergency calls cannot be made using Truphone. However Truphone does not prevent emergency calls being made via a handset’s normal cellular service provider. Truphone cannot advise on the legality of VoIP services in specific territories or jurisdictions. It is the user's responsibility to confirm that use of the Truphone VoIP software and service is permitted in the location in which they use it.

Nokia, E50-E99, Eseries and N70-N99 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Truphone is a trademark of Software Cellular Network Ltd. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

Media contact
UK / Europe:
Rose Ross
Both Barrels Communications
+44 208 255 5225
rose@bbcomms.co.uk
Truphone Media Centre

North America:
Sue Huss
Comunicano Inc.
+1 619 379 4396
sue.huss@comunicano.com

Emerging Communications Conference Europe (eComm Fall 2009) To Be Held October 28 – 30, 2009, at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek

Event Aimed at Visionaries, Executives, Developers and Entrepreneurs Spanning Telecom,  Mobile and Internet Communications

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – June 25, 2009—The huge success of two annual industry events in the U.S. in identifying opportunities, promoting genuine innovation and spreading a vision of the future of communications has spawned the first Emerging Communications Conference Europe (eComm Fall 2009) to be held here October 28-30.

The conference will be held in Amsterdam’s unique Westergasfabriek cultural zone to provide the special context and space for the open and free flow of ideas, vision and debate over what’s next in telecom, mobile and Internet communications.

Lee S. Dryburgh, organiser and co-chair of eComm Fall 2009, said he expects the event here to attract Europe’s leading visionaries, influencers and entrepreneurs to push telecom, mobile and Internet communications toward new frontiers in seizing the immense new opportunities on offer.

Dryburgh said he is accepting suggestions for topics and speakers, as well as various levels of sponsorships, for the three-day event, which promises to be a tightly packed programme that stimulates, inspires and informs delegates.

“With the amazing success of our second consecutive eComm in the United States last March, it had became evident that the global community of communications professionals wished to keep growing and expanding. With that in mind, eComm Europe was born,” said Dryburgh.  “I look forward to seeing many familiar faces and new faces in Amsterdam. Together we’re shaping the future of communications at the most exciting period in telecommunications history.”

Attendees may register online at http://eComm.ec, with discounts available for early registration.

Dryburgh said developments causing waves of change across the global landscape include:
•    Telecom is becoming a software business.
•    “Phones” are becoming general-purpose computers.
•    Applications innovation is being democratised.
•    The cash cows of telephony and text messaging will dry up long term.
•    Application downloads; media content and even communication streams are increasingly routing around operators’ billing systems.
•    Search engines and computer manufacturers are encroaching into the space.
•    The traditional telecom kingdom is becoming increasingly fragmented.

He said particular topics of interest for eComm Fall 2009 so far include:
•    Voice and messaging 2.0+.
•    Operator futures: bit-pipes, platforms or supermarkets?
•    Improving efficiency thru communications innovation.
•    The fusion of media, informational and conversational worlds.
•    Open communication platforms.

Although sponsorship only opened two days ago, all Platinum positions have been snapped up by visionary sponsors Voxbone, Voxeo, Global IP Solutions and VoiceSage.

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Boingo Wi-Fi Mobile Snapshot

New Data Shows iPhones Outweigh Other Devices When It Comes to Wi-Fi Access

See attached file for full report: Download Boingo Wi-Fi Mobile Snapshot June 23_2009[1]

Boingo Wireless Awarded First Patent

First Patent Covers Method for Accessing Networks by a Mobile Device

LOS ANGELES – June 23, 2009 – Boingo Wireless, the world’s largest Wi-Fi network, announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. 7,483,984, covering the method and apparatus for accessing networks by a mobile device. The patent advances the company’s client technology for detection, association and logging into wireless networks, on any device.

The methods covered by the patent include accessing wireless carrier networks by mobile computing devices, where a client software application hosted by the device accesses carrier networks using wireless access points. For example, when a computer – or netbook, smartphone or any other Wi-Fi-enabled device – is in a location where there are multiple signals, the patented technology looks at each signal and alerts the user which signal will work, showing the signal as an understandable name and ID for the user.

The patent covers all wireless technologies and spectrums, as well as any mobile device that access wireless hotspots.

“This patent represents a huge addition to Boingo’s intellectual property,” said David Hagan, CEO and President, Boingo Wireless, Inc. “As the leader in Wi-Fi networks, Boingo is absolutely committed to making it easy for our customers to get online with one simple click. This patent highlights our commitment.”

“The technology covered by the patent is used in the Boingo client software for both laptop and a wide array of mobile platforms, including Android, iPhone, Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile,” said Niels Jonker, chief technology officer, Boingo Wireless, Inc. and a co-author of the patent. “With this patent, Boingo cements its position as a leader in authentication and verification of various wireless technologies, making it easier for a user to find the right network and connect with it, in a seamless presentation and user experience.”

Currently, Boingo Wireless has other patents pending that also involve automatic network selection and authentication, as well as client technology for the detection, association and logging on to networks.

About Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can log on to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American airports, as well as the WSDOT Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.

GIPS Announces Integration of Scalable Video Coding H.264 SVC for Desktop Video Conferencing

GIPS Continues to Enable Superior Video Conferencing, as Real-Time HD Video Applications Set to Become Pervasive

SAN FRANCISCO — June 23, 2009 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, today announced support for a Scalable Video Coding (SVC) implementation of H.264.  With H.264 SVC integrated inside GIPS video engines, video conferencing providers can offer incredible video quality using the minimal bandwidth by adapting to each user’s available capacity.

Using GIPS VideoEngine products with H.264 SVC, multi-party video conferencing can now allow different users to take part according to their bandwidth without downgrading any other participant’s experience. In addition peer-to-peer video calls have greatly improved error resilience.

“Visual communications and collaboration are set to become pervasive, from the desktop to the boardroom and it’s a positive move to see GIPS continuing to support standards such as H.264 SVC,” said Roopam Jain, Principal Analyst with Frost & Sullivan North America Information & Communications Technologies Practice. “GIPS is continuing to offer their customers an HD video experience with H.264 SVC now enabling less-intensive bandwidth requirement capabilities without affecting the other participant’s video experience,” added Jain.

“GIPS’ video products deliver industry leading compression efficiency and superior video quality for both peer-to-peer video and multiparty video conferencing,” said Joyce Kim, Chief Marketing Officer at GIPS. “By adding H.264 SVC to our list of standard and proprietary video codecs that we support, we continue to offer an exceptional real-time video experience. On top of the benefits of H.264 being a worldwide standard, GIPS enables customers to design video conferencing products that can interoperate with one another and deliver outstanding video to greater numbers of participants.”

GIPS VideoEngine™ and Video ConferenceEngine™ offers a complete solution of high-level APIs that enable the best video experience possible. GIPS’ video engines automatically overcome the ubiquitous problems of IP communications, such as synchronized voice and video, jitter, packet-loss, lip synchronization along with device and bandwidth constraints. With GIPS, service providers, application developers, telco equipment and mobile device manufacturers are able to offer the finest video capabilities with a fast market entry.

About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment vendors. Its customer list includes Citrix, CommuniGate, Nimbuzz, Nortel, Oracle, Samsung, Tencent, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video over IP markets. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Stockholm, Boston and Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.gipscorp.com.

Livestream Partners with GigaOM to Stream Upcoming Technology Conferences

Milestone Deal Begins with Online Extension of Structure 09, Validates Live Streaming for Event Producers

NEW YORK (June 22, 2009)—Livestream today announced that event producer GigaOM will use its Web video service to broadcast a live, Internet extension of its upcoming conference series starting with Structure 09, (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/) on June 25 in San Francisco.

The innovative partnership underscores the value of extending the reach of events by using live streaming to enable those that can’t attend to tune into the conference proceedings remotely. The official streaming partner deal also includes GigaOM’s Mobilize, NewTeeVee Live and Green:Net conferences, all held in San Francisco, all scheduled between September and March 2010.

In this milestone event streaming partnership, Structure 09: Put Cloud Computing to Work, will be available online in real-time. The focused one-day event features keynote speakers Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, and Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai Technologies. Featured speakers include Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon, Russ Daniels, VP and CTO at Hewlett-Packard, and Raj Patel, VP of Global Networks for Yahoo!.

 “It’s easy to get the feed online and thereby greatly extend the audience that can be part of our events,” Surj Patel, VP of Development at GigaOM, said of the exclusive partnership. “We also chose Livestream because they have all the tools and the necessary services to provide the highest quality streaming.”

GigaOM will use Livestream Procaster for encoding, 3D effects and showing images and video on the Web to the live audience. Livestream will also provide unlimited bandwidth and storage for the four events, along with bandwidth and equipment, set up, and testing. This obviates the need for an onsite producer and camera man, along with associated costs, at the conference.

“Our partnership with GigaOM is clear proof that savvy producers recognize the ability to broaden the reach of their events well beyond the walls of the convention center and other venues without the staggering associated technology and production costs,” said Max Haot, CEO and co-founder of Livestream. “The events are easily livestreamed out to the online world.”

Just last week, Livestream announced that media powerhouse FOX 5 (New York) is using its Web video service to broadcast a live, Internet extension of its flagship Good Day New York, hour-long morning show (http://www.livestream.com/myfoxny) online. They joined media giant Gannett Co., which is also livestreaming content from its various regional newspapers and USA Today to the Web world using the online broadcasting destination’s simple and fully featured services. Other content company customers include C-Span.

Livestream Procaster is a free software download available at www.livestream.com/procaster that allows digital media creators and producers to create the highest quality, live streaming video content. The one-click streaming service also lets presenters include whatever is on their computer screens live, including presentations, images, and even video and graphics-intensive video games.

With Livestream, anybody on the Internet who can connect a video camera to a computer can instantly stream live video worldwide, 24x7, via their own Livestream.com channels or to video players embedded on their own web sites or social networks. To date, more than 300,000 people have registered and launched live video channels using Livestream (formerly Mogulus) since its introduction in 2007.

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About Livestream
Founded in 2007 as Mogulus, Livestream is based in New York and has already received a combined $12.7 million in funding from angel investors and Gannett Co. The company employs 40 and has an additional office in Bangalore, India.

About The GigaOM Network
The GigaOM Network is a leading provider of publications and events for the technology and entrepreneurial markets worldwide. Founded by award-winning journalist Om Malik, The GigaOM Network is an online publishing company whose network of news sites reaches more than 2 million readers worldwide and provides news and insight on the developments disrupting the world of technology. The GigaOM Network includes seven award-winning sites: GigaOM covers the business of broadband, VoIP, infrastructure, mobile and wireless; WebWorkerDaily covers the future of work in a web world; NewTeeVee covers the business of online video; Earth2Tech covers the business of green technology; OStatic is a web application, news site and community looking at open-source solutions for business; jkOnTheRun offers news and insight on mobile devices; and TheAppleBlog is a leading source of information for Apple users. The GigaOM Network also produces industry-leading events, including annual conferences: Structure, Mobilize, NewTeeVee Live and Green:Net.

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Nimbuzz Selects Voxbone to Provide Mobile VoIP Function Without Wi-Fi

Popular All-in-One Mobile IP Communications Service Makes VoIP Calls When Handset is out of Wi-Fi Range, Automatically Dialing Nearest Voxbone Access Number

BRUSSELS, Belgium – June 23, 2009 – Voxbone, provider of worldwide telephone numbers and origination services for voice carriers, today announced that it has been chosen by Nimbuzz, the fast-growing, all-in-one mobile voice/chat/messaging service, to provide local access numbers. Nimbuzz is using Voxbone to enable its users to make voice calls – without benefit of 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity – to their contacts on any of all popular IM and VoIP services, including Gizmo5 and Skype. 

Nimbuzz, running on all Internet-capable mobile phones, detects when the handset is out of Wi-Fi or 3G range and conveniently steps in, requesting permission to automatically dial a local access number and route the call over the Internet. Such calls are free except for the low charge (if any) to the local access number. The Nimbuzz software client determines the correct access number to dial from the user’s Nimbuzz profile.

Currently growing at a rate of over 750,000 sign-ups per month and operating in 200 countries, Nimbuzz combines the services of mobile VoIP, chat, location, file sharing and MMS under one application. Equally important, it works across popular communities and social networks, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, Facebook and MySpace. Nimbuzz VoIP also reaches PSTN phones through Skype-Out, using any of 10 VoIP third-party VoIP services (including Skype). A full phone keypad is part of its interface, along with the multi-service buddy list.

“We wanted Nimbuzz to be a truly mass-market application,” said Tobias Kemper, Nimbuzz head of communications. “Not one limited to this mobile platform, or that chat/calling network, or a particular click sequence. By adding the DID numbers supplied by Voxbone, we can provide reliable mobile VoIP outside of Internet range and over 2G networks in over 50 countries, with any Internet-enabled handset and no change in user behavior.”

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About Voxbone
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Voxbone provides worldwide local and toll-free phone numbers over its own private intercontinental VoIP network. The all-IP architecture of the Voxbone core network enables customers to rapidly deploy new communications services with local presence, while simultaneously reducing costs. It delivers high-quality call origination from 47 countries and 4,000 cities, as well as “iNum” numbers that are billed as local calls when dialed through participating carriers anywhere in the world. Through its number inventory, network, self-administered provisioning and comprehensive SIP adherence, Voxbone’s global infrastructure enables its customers to expand to international markets quickly and efficiently. Founded in 2002 and privately held, Voxbone is the only carrier to be licensed in all 27 countries of the European Union. For more information, visit www.voxbone.com.

About Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger combining Instant Messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP. The free application lets users connect and interact with their buddies across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace.

A feature-rich, mass-market product for the hyper-connected, Nimbus enables users to call, chat, message and more, with all their friends, from one contact list and one place. All that’s required is an Internet-enabled mobile phone.

Launched in May 2008, Nimbuzz was awarded the prestigious Red Herring Global 100 award as well as Best Mobile Startup in its category at Mobile 2.0 Europe. Nimbuzz is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices in Argentina and Brazil. For more information please see www.nimbuzz.com.

ShoZu Leverages App Stores to Bring Award-Winning Social Media Hub to Mobile Users Worldwide

BARCELONA (June 22, 2009) – ShoZu Ltd., the award-winning social media hub, announced details about its corporate strategy at the Mobile 2.0 Europe 2009 show in Barcelona last week. The announcement, which was made on the heels of ShoZu’s new CEO announcement earlier this month, included details about the company’s plan to leverage the rapidly growing selection of mobile application stores to distribute and charge for the ShoZu application, which is currently available through Apple’s iTunes app store.

Distribution through additional stores such as Nokia’s Ovi, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry App World and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Marketplace will be announced at a later date. The application also continues to be available from London-based ShoZu at www.shozu.com and its mobile site at m.shozu.com.

Although mobile application stores have been available for years, the sector is in the midst of a rapid expansion, with new or forthcoming app stores from China Mobile, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and many other wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and operating system (OS) vendors.

The new stores – along with existing ones such as Apple’s App Store, which to date has more than 1 billion downloads – all share a common goal: to provide a central location that makes it convenient for companies such as ShoZu to display and distribute innovative apps and for consumers to find and pay for them.

“From our perspective, the app store model is the best way to assure that our consumers have a satisfying social media experience,” said ShoZu Chairman and CEO Chris Wade.  “It’s easier for us to distribute and for users to obtain new apps and updates more frequently, as opposed to a once-a-year purchase of a handset.  App stores provide the same benefit as offering a product at retail, with built-in promotion and a commerce engine to get paid.”

ShoZu’s new strategy also reflects the company’s decision not to sell ad space in order to support the rapidly expanding demand for its service. Instead, ShoZu’s financial model will include a modest, one-time download charge for new users of the application.

The ShoZu application currently is available from Apple’s App Store for $4.99. The app also is available directly from ShoZu at no charge for smartphones running the Symbian Series 60, Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6, as well as on select BlackBerry models. As ShoZu begins or resumes distributing the app through BlackBerry App World, Ovi and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the download charge will apply to those applications.

The ShoZu mobile application is part of the ShoZu media hub service. The ShoZu media hub service will remain free for both existing and new users through the recent introduction of new ways to access the ShoZu service, including through picture messaging/(MMS), mobile e-mail, desktop e-mail and ShoZu Desktop, based on the Adobe Air platform, that works on both Macs and Windows PCs.

“App stores are where customers are and where they’re headed,” said Wade.  “Mobile users who aren’t aware of ShoZu now are much more likely to discover it in popular app stores, increasing the global ShoZu user community. At the same time, ShoZu benefits from a steady revenue stream, providing stability for the company and helping fund next-generation features for the ShoZu service.

“We’re working hard to keep ShoZu in the lead,” he said.  “We offer consumers more. We’re proven by many thousands of users. We work on more handsets and deliver our users’ photos, videos and content to more popular destinations more easily.”


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About ShoZu
ShoZu is an intelligent social media hub currently used by people worldwide to enrich connections with the people in their lives by effortlessly exchanging video, pictures and commentary between mobile devices and favorite social networks, photo sharing sites and information resources. The company’s patented technology provides fast, easy, one-click uploads of photos and video clips from the mobile to the Web, full-resolution photo and video delivery without compression, an emerging suite of services that push content to the phone, the ability to work in the background even if a connection is dropped, and other unique features that simplify and enhance the user experience.  The company was founded in 2000 and has formed partnerships with some of the leading players in the mobile ecosystem, including Motorola and Samsung. For more information, visit www.ShoZu.com/AboutUs.

XConnect Wins Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award For Korean NGN/VoIP-Peering Federation

Company Honored Second Year in a Row

LONDON – June 17, 2009 – XConnect, the leader in Voice over IP (VoIP) and Next Generation Network (NGN) peering, today announced that it has received a 2009 Innovation Award from Global Telecoms Business magazine.

The award was presented to XConnect and the Korea Internet Neutral eXchange (KINX) in the IP Services Innovation category, for creating a national Korean NGN/VoIP-peering federation, which was announced in December and began operating in March.                                         

“We are honored to receive a Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for the second consecutive year,” said Eli Katz, XConnect CEO and founder, whose company received a 2008 award with the Netherlands Joint Cable Consortium for establishing the SIPExchange in the Netherlands, the world’s first peering federation for cable operators. 

“These awards demonstrate growing industry recognition of neutral, secure, federation-based Carrier ENUM registry services as key to service providers’ transition to all-IP communications. We view the accolades as evidence of the importance of national federations for efficient, scalable, multi-protocol advanced interconnection that enables service providers to reduce costs, increase service quality, and offer multimedia services across networks.”  

The Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards are designed to honor innovative projects involving telecoms operators and service providers around the world, in association with their vendors and suppliers.

“We were impressed by the quality and number of nominations this year – the most we have ever had – so it was a special triumph to be one of the winners this year,” said Alan Burkitt-Gray, editor of Global Telecoms Business. “The industry is seeing a wave of innovation which is making a huge difference – to the companies working in the industry and to all of us in business and as consumers.”

The 2009 awards were presented at a dinner ceremony June 16 in London, attended by about 350 industry leaders from around the world.

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About XConnect
London-based XConnect offers a comprehensive suite of peering, interconnect and registry services that enable IP communications operators to connect and exchange voice and multimedia traffic within secure, ENUM-based peering federations. XConnect’s services enable telecom service providers to reduce interconnection costs, improve service quality, simplify operations, and offer rich multimedia IP communications on a cross-network basis. Backed by Tier 1 venture capital firms, including Accel Partners and Venrock Associates, XConnect was selected by the cable industry in the Netherlands to operate the first national VoIP peering solution. XConnect has lead industry consolidation via the acquisition of the European carrier ENUM exchange e164.info and US-based peering service IPeerX Inc. For more information, please visit www.xconnect.net.

About Global Telecoms Business
Global Telecoms Business magazine, which is read by the industry leaders in the telecommunications industry worldwide, was founded 15 years ago. The magazine is part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group. For more information, please visit www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com.

Avea And Vringo Win Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award For Video Ringtone Service

Award-Winning Service Expands to Reach Millions of New Avea Subscribers 

NEW YORK–June 16, 2009— Video ringtone pioneer Vringo^TM and Avea, Turkey’s youngest mobile operator, have won the Global Telecoms Business Wireless network infrastructure innovation award for their launch of world’s first paid video ringtone service. The announcement was made last night at the 2009 Global  Telecoms Business Awards in London.

Vringo and Avea’s service, which launched in November, 2008, brings video and social ringtones to members of the carrier’s popular youth platform, Patlican. Using the service, Patlican customers have access to Vringo’s critically acclaimed mobile application, WAP platform and library of more than 4,000 video clips. These users are among the first in the world to experience Vringo’s VringForward™ technology, which lets one send a selected video ringtone to a friend just by calling—a first for the mobile industry.

Building on the success of its Patlican trial, Avea and Vringo are rolling the service out to all Avea subscribers in summer 2009.

“Working with Avea to launch our video ringtone service has been a partner’s dream,” said Vringo CEO Jon Medved. “From giving consumers free data to encourage usage to marketing Vringo’s service via a full-blooded media campaign, Avea has been a true believer in our innovative platform. We’re excited to take our partnership to the next level, rolling Vringo out to millions of new subscribers.”

“Launching innovative services and business models is a large part of our vision of bringing innovation to our subscribers” said Avea VAS Director A.Ceyda Yıldırım.

“Being recognized with a Global Telecoms Business award for our work with Vringo is a wonderful thing, as it signals what we knew all along:  that we’re launching a powerful new platform.

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About Vringo
Founded in 2006, Vringo is bringing about the evolution of ringtones. With its award-winning video ringtone platform, Vringo takes a sledgehammer to the traditional call signature, transforming the basic act of making and receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience.

By installing Vringo’s application, which is compatible with more than 200 handsets, users can create or take video, images and slideshows from virtually anywhere, including Vringo’s 4,000-clips-and-counting video ringtone library or the Web, and make it into their personal call signature. In a first for the mobile industry, Vringo also lets its users select which video ringtone their friends will see when they call.

Vringo is backed by Warburg Pincus and by private investors. The company has been heralded by The New York Times as “the next big thing in ringtone” and by USA Today as having “to be seen to be believed.” To witness the next generation of ringtones and see a list of supported handsets, please visit www.vringo.com.

About Avea
Avea is the youngest and most innovative operator of Turkey with its more than 12 million subscribers. Offering services to 95.2% of Turkey’s population through its next generation network, the company is growing fast both in the corporate and individual services with the brand "Avea" and constantly investing in technology and infrastructure as well as in its management and employees. Avea has over 2.515 employees and roaming agreements with 533 operators in 191 countries. Avea prioritizes customer needs and renders innovative and quality services with the latest technology accompanied by its vision of being the leading company offering the customers the best quality services.

Boingo Wireless Now Available For Android Smartphones

Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder Expands Its List of Supported Mobile Operating Systems, Also Including Apple iPhone, Symbian Series 60 and Windows Mobile

LOS ANGELES – June 16, 2009 – Boingo Wireless, the world’s largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, introduces the availability of its first Wi-Fi hotspot finder and connection manager for Android, the mobile operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. With the addition of Android, Boingo continues to increase the number of supported mobile platforms and phones.

With the open platform on Android, Boingo is able to produce a very user-friendly and easy-to-use Wi-Fi experience for the Android platform; Android is one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile operating systems (OSs) in terms of available applications and support by wireless carriers, handset vendors and developers.

Boingo Mobile currently is available for all Android smartphones, including models running the latest version of the OS, Android 1.5. Android smartphones available today include the G1 from T-Mobile USA, the HTC Magic from Vodafone and the HTC Dream from Orange France, with additional models from vendors and wireless carriers such as China Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Motorola and Samsung scheduled for release later this year.

Most Android smartphones include Wi-Fi, which the Boingo application enhances by providing a convenient, automated way to connect. The application automatically notifies users when they are in a Boingo hotspot without needing to open the application, and connects to the Boingo network with one-click. When in a hotspot, the Boingo application will appear in the notification bar, and depending on phone settings, will either vibrate or play a sound.

Leveraging the successful Android public beta testing from the Boingo Labs site (http://labs.boingo.com) and by incorporating user feedback, Boingo will continue to foster innovation and update its application to provide new features providing users even more benefits from the Boingo network and its locations, such as hotspot location mapping.

“For the Android phones – and the entire growing smartphone market – Wi-Fi is a key part of the user experience,” said Jonathan Mendelson, general manager of mobile and product management, Boingo Wireless. “With the fast Boingo network, you can now do more on your Android phone with faster uploads to YouTube and Picasa, quicker email downloads and a better Web experience with Wi-Fi speeds, wherever you are in the world.”

With the addition of the Android platform, Boingo adds to its continuously growing list of supported mobile platforms and devices that also includes Windows Mobile, Nokia/Symbian Series 60 and the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The Boingo Android application works on current Android phones and soon to be released Android smartphones. The Boingo application is available in the Android Market, and at http://www.boingo.com/download.

About Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American airports, as well as the WSDOT Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.

Boingo, Boingo Wireless, Boingo Mobile, the Boingo Wireless Logo and Don’t Just Go. Boingo! are registered trademarks of Boingo Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Hong Kong’s Premier Telecom Provider PCCW Launches PC Video Calls with GIPS Technology

GIPS Video and Voice Technology to Deliver Best-in-Class Voice and Video Call Quality

HONG KONG (June 15, 2009) — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) announced today that PCCW, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications provider, has implemented GIPS VideoEngine™ technology to power its new PC softphone, 0060 Everywhere. PCCW’s Internet service commands the largest share of the territory’s broadband market with more than one million retail and business customers who can now enjoy the best voice and video quality calls.

GIPS is the recognized leader in world-class voice and video processing technology for IP networks and offers Telcos the ability to broaden their offering with proven quality. PCCW trialed a number of alternative solutions before selecting and implementing GIPS VideoEngine.

“It is imperative for PCCW to provide our customers with a superior level of quality for both voice and video in our 0060 Everywhere application,” said Dr. Allen Wong, PCCW Director of Product Development & Management (Consumer Group). “GIPS media processing technology and the technical support provided by them were clearly superior to the other offerings we considered and enable us to design a product targeting the needs of our discerning customers.”

“PCCW is the only operator in Hong Kong able to deliver fixed-line, broadband Internet, mobile and TV services,” said GIPS’ CEO, Emerick Woods. “With the rapid growth of its cutting-edge 0060 Everywhere service in one of the largest markets in the world, GIPS is committed to delivering the best possible quality and technical expertise in support of PCCW.”

Woods added, “Having GIPS’ technology selected by a premier telecom provider such as PCCW validates our achievement of delivering carrier-class quality. We look forward to continuing our ongoing innovation and differentiation for world-class embedded software and support to more Telco customers.”

For more information visit www.gipscorp.com/ve

About PCCW
Employing approximately 16,200 staff worldwide, PCCW Limited is the premier telecommunications provider in Hong Kong and a world-class player in Information & Communications Technologies (ICT). PCCW offers comprehensive telecoms and infotainment services to Hong Kong consumers and businesses, as well as a full range of integrated ICT solutions for the private and public sectors locally and abroad. With its headquarters in Hong Kong, PCCW has a presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and mainland China, as well as other parts of Asia.

About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment vendors. Its customer list includes Nortel, Oracle, Samsung, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video over IP markets. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Stockholm, Boston and Hong Kong. For information, visit www.gipscorp.com.

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ShoZu Names Chris Wade CEO

Chairman Adds Additional Duties Succeeding Mark Bole

LONDON -- June 12, 2009 --Veteran technology executive and entrepreneur Chris Wade, who has served as Chairman of the leading social media hub ShoZu Inc. since 2008, is assuming the additional role of ShoZu’s CEO, succeeding Mark Bole. 

“Mark has done a great job of leading ShoZu for almost 5 years and was instrumental in guiding the company to our new app store centric model, realizing early on that the Smartphone market was going to become a driver for consumer adoption of our service,” said Chris Wade.

Wade, who has served on the Shozu board since 2002, is also a private investor in the London-based company. He also serves as Chairman of another startup in the mobility applications space – Mobile Acuity.

Wade formerly served as CEO of Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited for nine years and before that held senior leadership positions for 15 years at Canada’s Nortel Networks.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and chemistry from Leeds University.

Bole, who served as ShoZu CEO since October 2004, led the company from its earliest beginnings.  His accomplishments at ShoZu include:

1. Creating and launching the multiple award- winning ShoZu service, which is now used by consumers in more than 130 countries across the world. 

2. Successfully negotiating deals with several global mobile device manufacturers to have ShoZu pre-installed on millions of handsets shipped each month. 

3. Forging the commercial strategy and key relationships within the mobile, music and web 2.0 industries that grew the company from zero revenue to multi-million-dollar revenues annually.
4. Building the ShoZu brand, which is now widely recognized within the mobile industry and beyond.
5. Building and leading a strong, innovative team to extend ShoZu’s intellectual property portfolio and to win multiple global industry awards, including those from the mobile industry, the advertising industry and the online media industry.

Wade, who resides in the UK, is based in ShoZu’s London office.

About ShoZu
ShoZu is the leading provider of mobile social media services that connect mobile consumers with their online social networks, personal blogs, photo storage sites and other Web 2.0 properties from the handset. The company’s patented technology provides fast, easy, one-click uploads of photos and video clips from the mobile to the Web, full-resolution photo and video delivery without compression, an emerging suite of services that push content to the phone, the ability to work in the background even if a connection is dropped, and other unique features that simplify and enhance the user experience, plus a mobile advertising service that provides non-intrusive and behaviorally targeted ad delivery. The company was founded in 2000 and has formed partnerships with some of the leading players in the mobile ecosystem, including Motorola and Samsung.

For more information, visit www.ShoZu.com/AboutUs.


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Livestream Partners with WNYW/Fox 5 NY

 

Launches Online Extension to Flagship Morning Show “Good Day Live Online” and Streams Live Breaking News and Weather





NEW YORK (June 10, 2009)—Livestream today announced that FOX 5 (New York) is using its Web video service to broadcast a live, Internet extension of its flagship Good Day New York, hour-long morning show (http://www.livestream.com/myfoxny) online.

The innovative undertaking represents the latest in an emerging trend where large, traditional news organizations implement Livestream to extend the reach, interactivity and relevance of their broadcast programming to online audiences, without boosting production costs.

In this latest marriage of traditional broadcasting and the Internet, FOX 5 streams Good Day Live, Online! every morning from 9 to 10 a.m. EDT. The show is hosted by FOX 5 technology and environmental reporter Brett Larson who also produces the online edition of the morning show using Livestream Procaster for encoding, 3D effects and showing images and video on the Web to the live audience. Livestream Studio is used for graphics and to play clips. Remote interviews are conducted using Skype and captured live using Livestream Procaster.

“This shows that Livestream is being adopted by one of the most progressive media companies who are looking to increase visibility via live channels on the Web,” explained Livestream CEO and co-founder Max Haot. “The presenter can do it all.”

Media power Gannett Inc. is also “livestreaming” content from their various regional newspapers and USA Today to the Web world using the online broadcasting destination’s simple and fully featured services. Other content company customers include C-Span.

Procaster is a free software download available at www.livestream.com/procaster that allows digital media creators and producers to create the highest quality, live streaming video content. The one-click streaming service also lets presenters include whatever is on their computer screens live, including presentations, images, and even video and graphics-intensive video games.

With Livestream, anybody on the Internet who can connect a video camera to a computer can instantly stream live video worldwide, 24x7, via their own Livestream.com channels or to video players embedded on their own websites or social networks. To date, more than 300,000 people have registered and launched live video channels using Livestream (formerly Mogulus) since its introduction in 2007.

Livestream recently announced that more than 1,000 producers and media companies are now using Livestream Pro since its first introduction just five months ago. Well known Pro users include the World Economic Forum and "The Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan.

The Good Day Live Online show (http://www.myfoxny.com/) has featured such celebrity guests as Busta Rhymes and Matthew Modine. Fox 5 in NY is also using Livestream to provide breaking news and weather broadcasts.

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About Livestream
Founded in 2007 as Mogulus, Livestream is based in New York and has already received a combined $12.7 million in funding from angel investors and Gannett Co. The company employs 40 and has an additional office in Bangalore, India.

Media Contact:
Sue Huss, for Livestream
sue.huss@comunicano.com
619-379-4396

Boingo Wireless Comments on Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

Boingo Media Advisory—June 8, 2009

To media covering the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference this week, Boingo Wireless is sharing data points and statistics from its owned and operated Wi-Fi network:

• iPhones and iPod Touches represented almost 23% of all devices accessing Wi-Fi in all Boingo owned and operated airports, ferries and convention centers during May 2009, second only to Windows XP and ahead of Windows Vista and Macintosh laptops.
• iPhone unique visitors were up nearly 380% from May 2008 to May 2009, making it the fastest growing platform just ahead of the Nokia eSeries smartphones (372% growth).
• The average number of minutes used by a Boingo iPhone or iPod Touch account is 292 per month; that figure is on the rise, up 28 percent since January 2009. Broken down into hours, people spend nearly five hours per month using Wi-Fi on their iPhone or iPod Touch.

Boingo Wireless is the global market leader in Wi-Fi, with products for both laptop and mobile users. With Boingo Mobile, people get high-speed Internet at close to 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspot locations around the world, and use their iPhone or iPod Touch to get online.

More information on Boingo Mobile can be found at http://mobile.boingo.com; Boingo Mobile costs $7.95/month for easy connectivity to Wi-Fi hotspots around the world with one login and password. The Boingo iPhone and iPod Touch application can be downloaded from the iTunes store.

About Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless, Inc., the global market leader in Wi-Fi, makes it simple and easy for people to enjoy Wi-Fi access on their laptop or mobile device at more than 100,000 hotspots worldwide. With a single account, Boingo users can logon to the Boingo Network locations that include the top airports around the world, major hotel chains, cafés and coffee shops, restaurants, and metropolitan hot zones. Boingo, and its Concourse Communications Group subsidiary, operate wired and wireless networks at 55 airports worldwide, including 29 of the top 100 North American airports, as well as the WSDOT Ferries Division Wi-Fi network. For more information about Boingo, please visit http://www.boingo.com.

Media Contact:
Jeremy Pepper
Boingo Wireless
310-309-5984
jpepper@boingo.com

KT Networks Smartphone Adds Mobile VoIP from GIPS

VoIP enhanced Mobile Phone Provides Greater Clarity and Enables HD Voice Capabilities

SAN FRANCISCO — Jun 8, 2009 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of IP multimedia processing solutions, announced that KT Networks will be adding a powerful new VoIP feature to its Windows® Mobile smartphone, which includes HD voice capabilities from GIPS.

KT Networks is part of KT, formerly Korea Telecom, a leading integrated wired and wireless telecommunications service provider and the market leader in South Korea’s telephone and high speed Internet business.

“We knew it was necessary to use a VoIP product for KT Networks’ smartphone that would provide our customers with superior voice quality, especially under challenged network conditions. GIPS was able to handle all the complex voice processing tasks that met KT Networks exacting standards,” said Mr. Kim Young-Joo, Vice President, KT Networks.  “KT Networks is a company that creates value for our customers and we are committed to developing high-quality products that exceed our customers' expectations,” added Mr. Kim.

KT Networks’ sleek, feature-rich smartphone was developed to address the growth in consumer demand, which continues to outpace the rest of the mobile phone market.

“KT Networks is a company with a reputation for excellence. By selecting GIPS VoiceEngine technology, KT Networks has validated the quality of GIPS’ products above all our competitors,” said GIPS Chief Executive Officer, Emerick Woods. “Here at GIPS our customers are the first priority and we always strive to deliver the best products and services to them. Our technology and skills will enable KT Networks to clearly differentiate themselves from the competition by providing HD voice capabilities on a mobile phone,” added Woods.

GIPS VoiceEngine can provide HD voice quality on mobile phones enabling clear, consistent conversation in addition to optimizing bandwidth on congested networks.  GIPS has set the standard for the industry’s highest level of voice quality over IP networks. The Company’s cutting-edge technology for processing real-time voice and video over IP is used globally by hundreds of millions of users every day.

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AT&T CruiseCastSM Service Launches Nationwide In-Vehicle Entertainment Package

Channels Deliver Kids Content, News, Sports, Weather and Lifestyle Real-Time Programming

DALLAS–June 2, 2009—AT&T Services Inc. and RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) announced today that AT&T CruiseCastsm   service is now available across the continental United States with a robust lineup of content. Whether driving around town or on vacation, consumers can now enjoy 42 channels of satellite TV and radio on their existing rear-seat entertainment systems.

Programming includes the following video channels:
USA Network      SCI FI      Discovery      Animal Planet
CNN mobile      Adult Swim Mobile      Lifetime Channel 
NFL Network       MSNBC      FOX News      AccuWeather
ESPN Mobile          Disney    Disney XD      Discovery Kids 
Cartoon Network Mobile       CBS College Sports Network 

The programming lineup also includes five additional video channels that are favorites among young children, “tweens” and teen-agers. 

To learn more about the AT&T CruiseCast service, to view the complete channel lineup and to find a local installer, visit www.cruisecast.com/launch.

“We are very pleased to bring this fantastic lineup of channels to our AT&T CruiseCast customers nationwide,” said Winston Guillory Jr., president of RBC. “In-vehicle satellite entertainment is the next major trend in consumer electronics. We are proud to deliver a robust live-TV experience to vehicles.”

The AT&T CruiseCast service is made consumer-friendly by the unique scaling down of satellite technology into the small pod-like antenna that affixes to the roof of vehicles. The antenna is paired with a receiver that is mounted in the vehicle and provides all video and audio connections to the appropriate vehicle systems, such as rear seat entertainment, vehicle audio system, etc. The antenna is secured to a roof-rack on sedans, SUVs and mini-vans and via a magnetic mount on all other vehicles. The AT&T CruiseCast service utilizes breakthrough technology that overcomes line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels to deliver television programming to cars, non-commercial trucks and SUVs.

AT&T CruiseCast service is available through a nationwide network of authorized installers and aftermarket-car retail outlets. Once the system is installed, consumers can sign up online for service at http://www.cruisecast.com or call 866-800-9030.  Customers will create a personal profile, select a payment method and choose programming features. Once a profile is on record, and the installer has completed the equipment installation, the service will be activated over the air. The manufacturer’s adjusted price  (MAP) of the equipment (antenna and receiver) is $1,299 and the monthly subscription fee is $28.

This groundbreaking AT&T CruiseCast service was created through the collaboration of RBC and AT&T*, the world’s premier telecommunications company. RBC, a privately held U.S. company, has worked with AT&T Business Development to introduce the new product to the marketplace. 

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. as well as third party licensees under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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About RaySat Broadcasting Corporation
RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) is a privately held U.S. company that was created to introduce In-Car Entertainment to the U.S. market under the licensed name “AT&T CruiseCast.” Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, RBC capitalizes on pioneering technology that has enabled the creation of a small compact antenna for use on cars, trucks and SUVs that also provides continual coverage on-the-go thanks to an advancement that overcomes line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels. The AT&T CruiseCast service is available in the 48 contiguous states and will offer 42 channels of entertainment programming. RBC will distribute AT&T CruiseCast service via a network of automotive dealers, consumer electronics retailers and other businesses that specialize in automotive accessories. For dealer/retail locations and additional information on RBC and AT&T CruiseCast, please visit www.cruisecast.com.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet access and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T │DIRECTVSM brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

© 2009 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Contacts:

Marcia Barnett
RaySat Broadcasting, Inc.
214-673-4781
Marcia.barnett@cruisecast.com 

Jim Llewellyn
Comunicano, Inc.
323-810-7685
jiml@comunicano.com

Crutchfield to Carry AT&T CruiseCastSM Service Offering

Dallas and Charlottesville, Va.–June 2, 2009—Crutchfield, one of the nation's leading do-it-yourself catalog and Internet retailers of consumer electronics, will feature AT&T CruiseCast^SM service in its popular catalogs and online sites. Now, car enthusiasts can easily purchase the in-car entertainment service from RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC).

AT&T CruiseCast service delivers real-time programming via its rear-seat entertainment technology. Consumers can enjoy 42 channels of satellite TV and radio, including sports, weather, news, cartoons and entertainment programming. For more information on the AT&T CruiseCast service, go to www.cruisecast.com/crutchfield.
 
“Millions of customers count on Crutchfield to introduce them to the latest in-car technology,” said Jeffery Fay, Mobile Audio Merchandiser with Crutchfield. “The AT&T CruiseCast service fits perfectly with our savvy customer base. We are excited about offering this terrific new in-car entertainment option.”

Crutchfield is one of only two retailers to have won BizRate's coveted “Circle of Excellence” award nine straight times. The people who staff Crutchfield's Customer Care Center are noted for their high integrity, product knowledge and technical expertise. They are available by phone seven days a week, 18 hours a day.

“Delivering the latest in-car technology and the best programming to viewers of all ages is what AT&T CruiseCast service strives to provide,” said Winston Guillory, Jr., president of RBC. “Our relationship with Crutchfield touches key target markets, and we are eager to add them to our distribution channel.”

Featuring 22 satellite TV networks and 20 satellite radio channels, AT&T CruiseCast service  delivers real-time programming to automobiles via its innovative rear-seat entertainment technology. The service surpasses the simple headrest-mounted DVD displays by providing a broad selection of mobile video including a variety of family, documentary, music, comedy, news, sports and children’s programming. 

AT&T CruiseCast service utilizes breakthrough technology that helps overcome line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels to deliver television programming to cars, non-commercial trucks and SUVs. This groundbreaking AT&T CruiseCast service was created through the collaboration of RBC and AT&T*, the world’s premier telecommunications company.  RBC, a privately held U.S. company, is working with the business development group at AT&T to introduce the new product to the marketplace. 

The AT&T CruiseCast service is consumer-friendly and does not include cumbersome equipment. The service is transmitted through a small pod-like antenna that affixes to the vehicle roof. The antenna is paired with a receiver, which is installed in the vehicle, providing all video and audio connections to the appropriate vehicle systems, such as rear-seat entertainment, vehicle audio system, etc. 

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. as well as third party licensees under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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About RaySat Broadcasting Corporation
RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) is a privately held U.S. company that was created to introduce In-Car Entertainment to the U.S. market under the licensed name “AT&T CruiseCast.”  Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, RBC capitalizes on pioneering technology that has enabled the creation of a small compact antenna for use on cars, trucks and SUV’s that also provides continual coverage on-the-go thanks to an advancement that helps overcome line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels.  The AT&T CruiseCast service is available in the 48 contiguous states and will offer 42 channels of entertainment programming. RBC will distribute the AT&T CruiseCast service via a network of automotive dealers, consumer electronics retailers, and other businesses that specialize in automotive accessories. For dealer/retail locations and additional information on RBC and AT&T CruiseCast, please visit www.cruisecast.com.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates — AT&T operating companies — are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet access and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T │DIRECTVSM brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

© 2009 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

About Crutchfield Corporation
Crutchfield Corporation, which celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2009, is the nation's oldest direct integrated marketer (catalog, customer care center and Internet) of consumer electronics products. Since its introduction in 1974, the Crutchfield catalog has been a respected authority on car and home entertainment products, winning several awards for quality, design, and usefulness. Crutchfield.com offers a convenient, full-service shopping destination to buyers of car and home audio/video products.

Contacts:
Marcia Barnett
RaySat Broadcasting, Inc.
214-673-4781                     
Marcia.barnett@cruisecast.com 

Jim Llewellyn
Comunicano, Inc.
323-810-7685
jiml@comunicano.com

Jeff Fay
Crutchfield  Corp.
434-817-1000
ext. 2412
jfay@crutchfield.com

Lifetime Television Signs Agreement Providing Top-Rated Women’s Network to New In-Car Entertainment Service, AT&T CruiseCastSM

DALLAS and LOS ANGELES–June 2, 2009—Lifetime Television, the number one-rated women’s television network for nine consecutive years, has signed a carriage agreement with RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) to provide Lifetime programming on AT&T CruiseCast^SM, the innovative in-car entertainment service.  

Under the terms of the agreement, the AT&T CruiseCast service will immediately include Lifetime, which features a robust slate of programming that spans original movies, dramas, comedies and unscripted series. 

Boasting 22 satellite TV networks and 20 satellite radio channels, AT&T CruiseCast service  delivers real-time programming to automobiles via its innovative rear-seat entertainment technology. The service surpasses the simple headrest-mounted DVD displays by providing a broad selection of mobile video that, in addition to Lifetime, includes a variety of family, documentary, music, comedy, news, sports and children’s programming. 

“With AT&T CruiseCast carrying Lifetime Television, automobile passengers who have this groundbreaking service will now be able to watch our top-rated shows and movies while they are on the go,” said Lori Conkling, executive vice president, distribution, Lifetime Networks. “Women’s household buying power is a key selling point in the automotive industry. This deal perfectly complements our corporate strategy to make Lifetime Television available to our targeted audience across all platforms.”

“Delivering the best programs to in-vehicle viewers of all ages is what the AT&T CruiseCast service strives to provide,” said Steve Symonds, co-founder and executive vice president of RBC. “The content we have licensed from Lifetime includes some of the most popular programs for women, and we’re thrilled to deliver them to our subscribers.”

Lifetime Television features programming that celebrates, entertains and supports women. The number one cable network among women in original movies, the Network is home to Army Wives, cable’s top-rated drama for women that will launch its third season on June 7; and Project Runway, the highest-rated unscripted competition series that will return to television on August 20. It will be joined by the all-new companion series Models of the Runway, also debuting on August 20. Other original programs on the Network include the new comedic drama Drop Dead Diva, premiering on July 12; the weekly culinary program Cook Yourself Thin; Rita Rocks, Lifetime’s first original comedy series in ten years; and the reality program DietTribe. Lifetime Television also boasts a diverse slate of original movies, including Acceptance, starring Joan Cusack; Sorority Wars, featuring Courtney Thorne-Smith; and Georgia O’Keeffe, with Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons.

AT&T CruiseCast service utilizes breakthrough technology that helps to overcome line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels to deliver television programming to cars, non-commercial trucks and SUVs. This groundbreaking AT&T CruiseCast service was created through the collaboration of RBC and AT&T*, the world’s premier telecommunications company. RBC, a privately held U.S. company, is working with the business development group at AT&T to introduce the new product to the marketplace. 

The AT&T CruiseCast service is consumer-friendly and does not include cumbersome equipment. The service is transmitted through a small pod-like antenna that affixes to the vehicle roof. The antenna is paired with a receiver, which is installed in the vehicle, providing all video and audio connections to the appropriate vehicle systems, such as rear-seat entertainment, vehicle audio system, etc. Consumers can enjoy Lifetime plus 41 other channels by purchasing the service at a local after-market car accessory retail outlet.  

For more information on the AT&T CruiseCast service, go to www.cruisecast.com/lifetime.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. as well as third party licensees under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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About RaySat Broadcasting Corporation

RaySat Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) is a privately held U.S. company that was created to introduce in-car entertainment to the U.S. market under the licensed name “AT&T CruiseCast.” Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, RBC capitalizes on pioneering technology that has enabled the creation of a small compact antenna for use on cars, trucks and SUVs that also provides continual coverage on-the-go thanks to an advancement that overcomes line-of-sight obstacles such as overpasses, buildings, trees or tunnels. The AT&T CruiseCast service is available in the 48 contiguous states and will offer 42 channels of entertainment programming. RBC will distribute the AT&T CruiseCast service via a network of automotive dealers, consumer electronics retailers and other businesses that specialize in automotive accessories. For dealer/retail locations and additional information on RBC and AT&T CruiseCast, please visit www.cruisecast.com.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T │DIRECTVSM brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

© 2009 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

About Lifetime Television

Lifetime is a diverse, multi-media company, committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming that celebrates, entertains and supports women. Through its award-winning public affairs initiatives, the Company also advocates a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital (which includes myLifetime.com, Lifetime Games, Roiworld.com, DressUpChallenge.com and MothersClick.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company. Photography is available at www.lifetimepress.com. 

Contacts:

Marcia Barnett
RaySat Broadcasting, Inc.
214-673-4781                     
Marcia.barnett@cruisecast.com 

Jim Llewellyn
Comunicano, Inc.
323-810-7685
jiml@comunicano.com

Cindy Ronzoni 
Lifetime Television
310-407-8525
cronzoni@lifetimetv.com

Truphone Launches 3.0 for the iPod touch

New Architecture Delivers Improved User Experience, Simplified Management and Performance Boost

•    User experience now slicker and more intuitive than ever before
•    Account management outpaces anything else now on the market
•    Application faster than ever before—now native on the handset
•    Radically improved call quality to make it what we believe is the best in the market

LONDON–June 1, 2009—Following hot on the heels of the launch of Truphone 3.0 for the Apple® iPhone™, Truphone today launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile VoIP application for the Apple® iPod™ touch.

The new version dramatically builds upon the success of previous versions of the VoIP application for the iPod, enhancing users’ instant messaging and account management experience, making it faster than ever before, and delivering a new standard for call quality. 

Among the many improvements in Truphone 3.0 are increased ease of use, speed of function response, intuitiveness and simplicity—all designed to enhance the users’ experience. Further, Truphone has improved voice quality, making the app for the iPod better than it has ever been before.

Using Truphone’s integrated messaging tool that unifies all IM communities in a single place, users can now simply manage all their IM communications from a single page within the application, eliminating the need to constantly jockey between different applications or even different pages within an application. IM services currently supported include Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk. 

“Following the successful launch of Truphone 3.0 for the iPhone, we were keen to follow up as quickly as possible for all our iPod touch customers,” said Geraldine Wilson, CEO Truphone. “That’s what we’ve done to ensure that they can take advantage of all our new improvements: improved UI, account management and call quality. We believe Truphone 3.0 sets a new benchmark in terms of quality and performance.

“With these improvements, we believe Truphone 3.0 is the best application to turn your iPod touch into a Wi-Fi phone and to stay in touch with all of your IM communities.”

What Truphone already does:
Free calls when within a Wi-Fi network to:
•    other Truphone users;
•    Skype and Google Talk users.

Free instant messages when within a Wi-Fi network to:
•    Skype;
•    MSN Messenger;
•    Google Talk;
•    Yahoo! Messenger;
•    AIM.

Incredible savings on calls to:
•    Landlines and mobile phones around the world at cheap rates.

Account Management:
•    See rates for calls before initiating a call.
•    Display recent call history, showing the Truphone customer exactly how much a just-ended call has cost and how long it lasted, with the ability to see a summary of calls made month by month.
•    Top up from within the application, without the need for Web windows to open separately.
•    Top up in a variety of ways, including credit card or PayPal.
•    Change calling tariffs within the application.

Screen shots can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/truphone/sets/72157618869473025/

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High-Definition Voice: Survey Shows Opportunities Aplenty

High-Definition Voice to Benefit Conference Calls, Enrich
Call Centers and Boost Worker Productivity

San Francisco — May 20, 2009 — In an innovative effort to gauge the current state of the fast-emerging, high-definition voice market, technology pioneer Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), took advantage of its recent webinar on HD voice to poll its most likely applications.

The GIPS-initiated poll, taken by 186 of the webinar’s attendees, revealed that a third of respondents thought HD voice quality would benefit overall productivity in the workplace, while 57 percent considered conference calling would benefit the most.  Sixteen percent believed HD’s greatest impact would be felt in call centers.

Eleven percent of respondents said that they use High-Def voice service “all the time or whenever they can,” and an additional 30 percent reported having used it once or twice.  A surprising 47 percent of respondents had yet to experience a high-definition phone call. Sales calls and international calls were each named by 5.2 percent for getting the most benefit out of HD calling, and videoconferencing was favored by 32.8 percent to gain the biggest impact. 

“The results validate our belief that there are many opportunities in corporate

America

that can greatly benefit from high definition voice,” said Joyce Kim, chief marketing officer at GIPS. “As a leader in providing the core technology for HD voice, a growing importance for call center operations, conferencing and overall employee productivity; these results demonstrate the value GIPS continues to deliver to its customers worldwide.”

As voice technology continues to migrate from circuit-switched services to modern IP-based network foundations, call quality has yet to receive straight “A”s in business and consumer use. Enter HD voice technology, and its leading driver: GIPS. Its advanced wideband CODECs and VoiceEngines, which solve the issues related to IP networks such as delay, jitter and echo, is capable of delivering high quality IP voice regardless of network conditions.

GIPS is building on the momentum of market interest in high-definition voice by sponsoring the HD Communications Summit on Thursday, May 21. Produced by VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver, the conference is being held at New World Stages in

New York City

and will explore the issues and benefits associated with the widespread deployment of HD VoIP.

For more details on the May 21 conference and the results of GIPS’ poll, please visit the GIPS blog at http://gipscorp.com/blog.  

About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS) provides best-in-class voice and video processing in IP communications. GIPS enables its customers to deliver unmatched quality, with a faster time-to-market and with less risk than alternative solutions. GIPS serves application developers, wired and wireless service providers and network and telecommunications equipment vendors. Its customer list includes Citrix, CommuniGate, Nimbuzz, Nortel, Oracle, Samsung, Tencent, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL and other key players in the voice and video over IP markets. The company is headquartered in

San Francisco

with offices in

Stockholm

,

Boston

and

Hong Kong

. For more information, visit www.gipscorp.com

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