Chinese New Year Could set Text Message Record Tweet

18 Billion SMSs Sent Last Chinese New Year
› Demands on Network Increasing
› Consumers Expect Perfect Performance on Network

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The short text message has become a popular way for friends and families to keep in touch during holidays. In Sweden alone, 32 million SMSs were sent on one network during Western New Year 2009-10, which corresponds to nine SMSs per subscriber. During the Chinese New Year holiday on February 14, telecoms experts predict that up to 19 billion SMSs will be sent.

Another peak record was set during the broadcast of American Idol in the US, 2009, when 178 million SMSs were sent.

SMS numbers worldwide are expected to reach 2.3 trillion in 2010, according to Gartner.

Network maintenance and support is highly important during peak times, and SMS is complicated in that a short message must cross different networks, and involves various operator billing and charging systems, and all types of mobile phones.

Ericsson supports networks that serve more than two billion people. Eva Elmstedt, head of Customer Support at Ericsson, says: "Keeping our phones, computers and other devices connected is regarded as a basic human need."

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'What Does Lunar New Year Mean to You?' Asks Verizon Wireless Tweet

Verizon Wireless opens Lunar New Year Essay Contest and supports Year of the Tiger celebrations throughout California and Seattle.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- To kickoff its festivities for the Year of the Tiger in the Asian-American community throughout California and Seattle, Verizon Wireless is calling for entries in their Lunar New Year Essay Contest.

Eligible students* must write a 500-word essay that answers two questions:

1) What does Lunar New Year mean to you and your family?

2) What would you like to accomplish in the Year of the Tiger?

*From now through March 12, students between the ages of 13 and 24 in California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Texas (City of El Paso only), Utah, Wyoming and Washington can enter for a chance to win a $5,000 cash prize, a Samsung Renown Global Phone and $75 in Verizon Wireless gift cards.

Verizon Wireless representatives also will join communities throughout the West Coast to celebrate the Lunar New Year as participants and supporters of the following festivals:

* Saturday, February 6: San Gabriel Valley Annual Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
* Saturday, February 6 – Sunday, February 7: Tet in Seattle
* Friday, February 12 – Sunday, February 14: Orange County Tet Festival
* Sunday, February 14: Portland Chinese New Year Cultural Fair
* Friday, February 19 – Sunday, February 21: San Diego Tet Festival
* Saturday, February 20 – Sunday, February 21: Los Angeles Chinatown Lunar New Year Festival and Parade
* Saturday, Feb. 27 – Sunday, February 28: San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade


"We are committed to supporting the Asian communities here in the West and across the country and are proud to join them as they celebrate one of their most significant holidays," said Kevin Zavaglia, Verizon Wireless region president. "We look forward to ushering in the Year of the Tiger along with our many Asian-American customers and employees."

Of more than 4,000 Verizon Wireless employees in California, one in every five is of Asian-American or Pacific Island heritage. Verizon Wireless is dedicated to supporting the community by sponsoring important community events – such as this year's Lunar New Year festivities – and connecting with customers through appropriate, in-language product and service information, and bilingual retail sales representatives in Asian communities.

The essay contest is Verizon Wireless' latest effort to address social issues impacting the Asian-American community – including education, literacy, safety and health. Through the Verizon Foundation, its philanthropic arm, Verizon Wireless offers support and services to address such issues that impact its employees, customers and communities.

One of its key initiatives is the Verizon Wireless' HopeLine® program, which awards cash grants to domestic violence agencies throughout the country and donates cell phones for survivors to use. Last year, the HopeLine program awarded more than $435,000 in cash grants to domestic violence agencies in California, including $50,000 to nine Asian-American agencies. Verizon Wireless also distributed 2,700 HopeLine phones in California – each equipped with 3,000 minutes of usage, for a total of 8.1 million minutes of airtime.

A full list of contest rules, entry, and award details can be found at www.verizoninsider.com/education. Verizon Wireless will announce a winner in April.

For more information on the Verizon HopeLine program, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline. To find Verizon Wireless at an event near you, visit www.verizoninsider.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (Nasdaq and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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Video Conferencing Arrives for iPhone Application Developers Tweet

Global IP Solutions 1st to Enable Video Chat/Video Conferencing with HD Voice to iPhone Developers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Global IP Solutions (Oslo Bors: GIPS), the leading provider of HD voice and video processing solutions, announced the availability of video chat technology for iPhone developers to incorporate video conferencing/video chat into their mobile applications.

With GIPS VideoEngine™ Mobile, iPhone developers can rapidly integrate high quality real-time video chat or multi-point video conferencing into iPhone applications that resolves the issues related to IP networks such as delay, jitter and echo.

"iPhone developers are at the forefront of cutting-edge mobile applications, and with such fierce competition, it's incredibly important to offer consumers a robust application that delivers a great quality experience," said Joyce Kim, GIPS' Chief Marketing Officer. "We're happy to announce that GIPS VideoEngine gives iPhone application developers the ability to maximize the value of their application with real-time video communication that features HD voice regardless of network conditions."

"GIPS VideoEngine allows application developers to support two-way video chat on a variety of IP devices," said Ira Weinstein, analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. "The addition of iPhone support to the GIPS stable of products allows solution providers and mobile carriers to provide videoconferencing, including one-way video and two-way synchronized audio, to an even larger audience."

As iPhone market share continues to grow rapidly with more than three billion application downloads in nearly 80 countries, application developers can rapidly build and deploy video chat applications that overcome typical mobile constraints such as packet loss, bandwidth constraints, background noise and lip synchronization.

About Global IP Solutions

Global IP Solutions (Oslo Bors: 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 CommuniGate, Nimbuzz, Nortel, KT Networks, Oracle, PCCW, 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 more information, visit www.gipscorp.com.

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Netflix Announces Upcoming Schedule of Events With the Financial Community Tweet

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community:

Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference


Thursday, February 25, 2010


San Francisco, CA


9:40 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:40 p.m. Eastern Time


Presenter: Barry McCarthy, Chief Financial Officer




Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference


Monday, March 1, 2010


San Francisco, CA


2:10 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:10 p.m. Eastern Time


Presenter: Barry McCarthy, Chief Financial Officer


Both the live webcasts and replays of the presentations will be available on the investor relations page of the Netflix Web site at http://ir.netflix.com.

About Netflix

With more than 12 million members, Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is the world's largest subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by mail. For $8.99 a month, Netflix members can instantly watch unlimited TV episodes and movies streamed to their TVs and computers and can receive unlimited DVDs delivered quickly to their homes. With Netflix, there are never any due dates or late fees. Members can select from a growing library of titles that can be watched instantly and a vast array of titles on DVD. Among the large and expanding base of devices that can stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix right to members' TVs are Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3 game consoles and, this spring, Nintendo's Wii console; Blu-ray disc players from Samsung, LG and Insignia; Internet TVs from LG, Sony and VIZIO; the Roku digital video player and TiVo digital video recorders. For more information, visit http://www.netflix.com.

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Frbiz Evaluates Samsung ST550 Tweet

-- Frbiz.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms, evaluates Samsung ST550.

Samsung ST550: 1,999 RMB.

Samsung ST550 is the latest Samsung 2009 digital camera, which has an innovative dual-screen liquid crystal display, so that the user can take photos by themselves with the self-timer.

Samsung's ST550 also has 1152k pixels, the world's highest resolution LCD touch screen; the screen pixel is four times that of a common camera, and it can deliver vibration in tactile feedback mode. In addition, Samsung's ST550 has a mix of 12.2 million pixels CCD, 27 mm wide-angle Schneider lens and 4.6 optical zoom technologies at the same time.

Samsung ST550 has both positive and negative screens, which always provide the most convenient way to complete the most perfect self-timed shot. In front of the camera on the LCD display, the time is displayed, so the user can easily include him/herself in the photo.

Users can also, through simple, intuitive interface, open the LCD screen, and the camera will automatically take the picture. In addition, the LCD screen can do more things. In the children's mode, the front LCD screen can be adapted for children, playing interesting animations to attract children's attention.

Samsung ST550's 27mm wide-angle lens for shooting landscapes or architectural photographs is indeed a very convenient, wide-angle lens, able to capture a broad spectrum.

Frbiz Comments: Samsung ST550's hardware configuration is great: 4.6 times the 27mm wide-angle lens, 3.5-inch touch 1.15 million-pixel high-resolution widescreen LCD, and front and rear double-screen design. Samsung only needs to improve the ST550's level of image quality.

About Frbiz.com

Frbiz.com is a promising e-commerce company and a leading vertical search engine company in China. Frbiz.com offers a variety of high quality products such as wicker baskets (http://www.frbiz.com/q-wicker_baskets/ ), car bluetooth (http://www.frbiz.com/q-car_bluetooth/ ), hands-free bluetooth (http://www.frbiz.com/q-bluetooth_hands_free/ ) and many more.

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SRS Labs Newest Member of the Symbian Foundation Tweet

Membership Provides Greater Access to Resources Which Will Help SRS Establish Itself within the Mobile Space.

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- SRS Labs (Nasdaq: SRSL) announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The source code for the Symbian platform is available to all under the Eclipse Public License.

"We welcome SRS as a member of the Symbian Foundation," said John Forsyth, Leadership Team member for Technology and Delivery at Symbian. "We know most users of Symbian devices want to carry just one mobile multimedia device, so that product needs to deliver a high-definition, high-quality audio experience. SRS Labs' technologies have been shown to help deliver that experience and we are really looking forward to their contribution and participation as members of this project."

As a member of the Symbian Foundation, SRS Labs gains the immediate right to participate in the governance of the Symbian Foundation, and the opportunity to become a package owner or earn a seat on the technology Councils that determine the evolution of the platform. Members also have access to numerous business development services. For a complete list of member benefits, please visit http://www.symbian.org/members.

About SRS Labs, Inc.

Founded in 1993, SRS Labs is the industry leader in audio signal processing for consumer electronics. Beginning with the audio technologies originally developed at Hughes Aircraft, SRS Labs holds over 150 worldwide patents and is recognized by the industry as the foremost authority in research and application of human auditory principles. Through partnerships with leading global CE companies, semiconductor manufacturers and software partners, SRS audio, surround sound and voice processing technologies have been included in over one billion electronic products sold worldwide including HDTVs, mobile phones, portable media devices, PCs and automotive entertainment. In fact, SRS Labs is the de-facto standard of HDTV audio processing with nine of the top ten name brand flat panel TVs featuring SRS technology. Additionally, SRS Labs surround sound solutions provide the professional broadcast and recording industries with high-performance production, back-haul, storage, and transmission capability. SRS Labs supports manufacturers worldwide with offices in the U.S., China, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.srslabs.com.

About The Symbian Foundation

The Symbian Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to enable an open ecosystem dedicated to creating the most innovative user experiences on mobile devices. Symbian maintains the code for an open source software platform based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces. The Symbian platform is now fully open source.

The foundation promotes collaboration, contributions and active participation, and operates as a meritocracy. Symbian's board of directors comprises: AT&T Mobility LLC, Fujitsu Limited, Nokia Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Qualcomm Innovation Center, Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, ST Microelectronics NV, Texas Instruments Inc., and Vodafone Group Services Ltd.

The Symbian Foundation has offices in the UK (London), US (Foster City), Japan (Tokyo), Finland (Helsinki), China (Beijing) and South Korea (Seoul).

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Imagination Creates The Olympic Rendezvous @ Samsung to Engage Athletes and Inspire Visitors at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver Tweet

Creative agency designs experiential destination to showcase innovation within the spirit of the Olympic Games.

NEW YORK and LONDON -- Imagination, the global brand communications agency, launched the Samsung Pavilion at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. This is the third time Imagination has created an Olympic environment for the Samsung brand. Opening today, the Olympic Rendezvous @ Samsung will remain open to the public throughout the duration of the Games until February 24th and is expecting up to 8,000 visitors a day.

Imagination and Samsung's global agency Cheil Worldwide have partnered on numerous extraordinary experiential destinations over their 10-year partnership, including previous Olympic activation programs in Salt Lake City (2002) and Beijing (2008). This year's Olympic Rendezvous once again underscores Samsung's commitment to connecting with a wider audience, and its enthusiasm for bringing the public closer to the Games in new, interactive and engaging ways.

"Recognizing that the public is seeking better and more seamless engagement in all areas of their lives, we've created an opportunity for spectators and athletes to interact organically with the Olympic Games and with each other," said Sally Crabb, Creative Director of Sports, Imagination. "Our aim was to create a center for Samsung to add value to the visitors' Olympic experience, and a home-away-from-home for athletes and their families."

Showcasing Samsung's latest product designs and innovative technologies, the Olympic Rendezvous Pavilion serves as a hub of participation, entertainment and hospitality for both visitors and athletes. The aim of the destination is to encourage visitors to spend time with the Samsung brand, enticing them to learn about the latest products through numerous fun and social interactives.

The environment has been designed to reflect the spirit of the Olympics and create lasting connections with visitors by offering experiences through unique games, athletic and design competitions, activities and displays that bring the Samsung brand and products to life.

An intrinsic part of the design solution was to create a canvas for spectators to personally leave their mark on the pavilion. Spectators will be able to upload information, text, and pictures onto the environment. They can also complement Samsung Design Studio's work via design competitions that offer the opportunity to win a snowboard everyday of the Olympics.

The space also offers a unique venue from which athletes can watch all the live stage activities, from the comfort of the Pavilion. The look and feel of the Pavilion, graphic identity, digital installations and digital film experience created by Imagination are all inspired by this year's Vancouver Olympics and express Samsung's power to unite people, inspire excellence and drive technical innovation.

"As a brand Samsung wants to engage in the lives of the Olympic spectators in an unobtrusive way. For Imagination, it's all about creating experiences that make a difference. The live crowd, athletes and press will transform this place into a living, breathing destination," Sally Crabb, Creative Director of Sports, Imagination.

About Imagination

Launched in London in 1968, Imagination is an independent communications agency whose roots lie in non-traditional, live, experiential marketing. Imagination has 12 offices around the world, and the full complement of specialists in house, from brand consultants to architects, advertising specialists to interior designers, retail specialists and event producers to direct marketers and digital experts. This unique offering enables Imagination to approach every problem from broader and more unanticipated angles, build solutions from the ground up across all channels, and deliver insights aligned with the way people wish to interact with brands – not only face-to-face but in all mediums. Imagination's clients include Aston Martin, Guinness, oneworld Alliance, Disney, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Shell and Samsung.

For more information please visit: www.imagination.com.

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Samsung Returns as a Global Sponsor for the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(R) Tweet

Samsung to provide devices and developer support to encourage innovative LBS apps powered by NAVTEQ data.

CHICAGO -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, is returning as a Global Sponsor of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. This marks the second consecutive year that Samsung is sponsoring the leading LBS developer competition.

As a Global Sponsor, Samsung will provide comprehensive support to participants throughout the competition:

* Qualifying contestants will receive the Samsung Omnia II (I8000) and software tools to enable the development of location-based services (LBS) applications. With TouchWiz 2.0 UI and 3D effects, the Samsung Omnia II (I8000) features LBS and navigation capabilities that operate on the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. The phone has a 3.7-inch AMOLED display with crystal-clear WVGA resolution and various multimedia features. It supports 3D graphics, Online Widgets and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) which can be used when creating location-aware applications.
* The Samsung Mobile Innovator Windows Mobile SDK (software development kit) 2.0 offers application programming interfaces (APIs) to access advanced features unique to Samsung phones. In addition to capabilities like GPS, Bluetooth and multimedia support through the standard Microsoft Windows Mobile APIs, you can use Samsung APIs to access phone features such as the accelerometer, notification LEDs, and haptic technology to let the user interface with the application through the sense of touch. The SDK also includes new APIs for the proximity sensor and 3D Orientation (compass).
* All contestants can receive technical assistance through the Samsung Mobile Innovator web portal (http://innovator.samsungmobile.com) which provides developers a direct channel to Samsung's developer resources.


The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a world-wide competition organized annually since 2003. Conducted by NAVTEQ Network for Developers™ (NN4D), it challenges application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ® maps. The global prize pool is valued at over $10 million US. The competition is open for pre-commercialized applications for any platform and any device. Samsung, who is interested in sourcing innovative LBS applications for its application store, will participate in the application judging process in all five regions of the competition: Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA), North America, South America, India and Asia-Pacific (APAC).

"Samsung's return as a Global Sponsor demonstrates their strong commitment to the mobile LBS market and recognition of the critical role that developers play in driving innovation," said Marc Naddell, vice president, partner & developer programs, NAVTEQ. "We are pleased with our continued collaboration with Samsung and look forward to working with them in our ongoing efforts to search for the world's most innovative LBS apps."

"We have enjoyed a strong relationship with NAVTEQ who is a pioneer in the location-based services industry, and our sponsorship of the Global LBS Challenge further underlines our mutual commitment toward driving creativity within the developer ecosystem," said Kenny Lee, vice president of Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics. "We know that our customers place a high value on location-based services and we are dedicated to fostering programs that make the user experience as rich as possible. We are pleased to once again be a part of this unique and important program."

Registration deadlines for the five regions are:

* EMEA: Closed
* North America: Closed
* India: Closed
* South America: February 12, 2010
* Asia-Pacific: March 5, 2010


The winners for the EMEA region will be announced at an awards ceremony on 14 February, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, prior to Mobile World Congress. For more information about this year's competition, please visit www.LBSChallenge.com.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

About Samsung MSC (Media Solution Center)

The Media Solution Center was established in recognition of the growing importance of content and applications. It is tasked with developing content strategy and tools across the company's business divisions.

About the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

First launched in 2003, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a world-wide competition conducted by NAVTEQ Network for Developers™ (NN4D), daring application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ® maps. Integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data and LBS content facilitates the timely evolution of the next wave of location-aware applications. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the LBS industry for shining the spotlight on global LBS innovation and opportunity. Over 32% of the finalists from the past six years have gone on to receive venture capital funding or launch commercially-distributed applications. For more information on this year's competition, go to www.LBSChallenge.com.

About NAVTEQ Network for Developers

NAVTEQ Network for Developers™ (NN4D) is a dynamic web portal and global community that provides developers and business partners with the technical and business support needed to build, showcase and launch the most innovative location-enabled solutions. The NN4D includes resources such as mapping APIs, LBS content, point of interest data, routing information as well as geospatial platforms and tools from NAVTEQ and its partners. Members can rely on NN4D when creating GPS-based applications for the web, mobile phones, GIS and portable navigation devices that employ traffic, navigation, location content and location-based advertising for enterprise and consumer use. Connect with the people, tools and resources you need to build and market your location-enabled products by joining today at www.NN4D.com/joindevelopers.

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data that enables navigation and location-based platforms around the world. NAVTEQ supplies comprehensive digital map information to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 4,400 employees located in 195 offices and in 44 countries.

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Mobily Selects Bridgewater for Multi-Access Network Tweet

Subscriber, service, and policy control solutions to manage mobile data growth across WIMAX and Wi-Fi.

BARCELONA, Spain - Mobile World Congress Hall 1 Stand 1F47 - Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, announced that Mobily (ETEL.AD), the largest provider of mobile broadband in Saudi Arabia, has selected the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller and Policy Controller to manage mobile data growth across its WiMAX, and Wi-Fi networks. The solutions are being delivered in collaboration with Samsung, Mobily's infrastructure partner.

News

- Mobily, one of the fastest growing mobile operators in the world with
over 18 million subscribers and more than 1 million active HSPA
subscribers, has selected Bridgewater's subscriber, service, and
policy control solutions to manage mobile data growth across multiple
access technologies. The company is initially deploying the solutions
in its WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks with plans to integrate with the HSPA
network.

- Bridgewater's solutions are enabling Mobily to:

- Implement smart subscriber, service, and policy controls to
manage the complexities of exponential mobile data traffic
growth, and millions of subscribers, devices, and applications;

- Centralize control and policies across multiple access networks
to optimize and seamlessly offload mobile data traffic across
different networks, as well as enable service portability;

- Deliver innovative pre-paid services including metering based on
bandwidth (Gb/month) or time (minutes of use), and casual usage
such as a roaming or application day pass; and

- Rapidly launch services through over-the-air provisioning of
subscribers and devices without having to visit a store or call
customer service.

- Mobily is deploying the Bridgewater Service Controller (AAA) to
securely authenticate and authorize subscribers and provide critical
accounting functions. The company is also deploying the market leading
Bridgewater Policy Controller (PCRF) which provides smart network,
application, and subscriber policies to manage mobile data growth and
deliver personalized services.

- Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker provides a common subscriber data
management platform that brings together rich, dynamic subscriber data
with the sophisticated tools to broker that data to multiple systems
and applications to personalize services.

Quotes

Abdulaziz Al-Tamami, COO, Mobily

"Mobily operates the largest and busiest mobile broadband network in the Middle East. We selected Bridgewater due to their unique ability to provide a highly scalable control plane solution that enables us to manage mobile data traffic growth and deliver new services across our HSPA, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi networks."

David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems

"Mobily's multi-access approach to delivering mobile broadband services is truly innovative and provides subscribers with a superior and seamless mobile data experience. Subscribers benefit from new mobile data services and Mobily can have confidence that their network will scale to meet the challenges of huge data growth. Bridgewater is delighted to be partnering with Mobily as they expand their network and service offerings."

Visit Bridgewater Systems and see the Data Offload and Smart Policy Control Demonstrations at Mobile World Congress, Hall 1 - Stand 1F47, February 15-18, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. Join Bridgewater's Russ Freen, Chief Technology Officer, at the 'Network Breaking Point' session to discuss solutions for managing mobile data growth on February 17th at 2:00 PM.

Tags / Keywords

Bridgewater Systems, Mobily, Multi-Access, Service Controller, AAA, Policy Controller, PCRF, Subscriber Data Management, WiMAX, WiFi, HSPA

Links

www.mobily.com.sa

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/telecommunication/newsView.do?
b2b_bbs_msg_id=183

http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Service-Controller.aspx

http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Policy-Controller.aspx

http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Subscriber-Data-Broker.aspx

http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/GSM-HSPA.aspx

http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/WiMAX.aspx

About Mobily

Mobily, the brand name of Etihad Etisalat, is the largest 3.75 generation mobile service provider in the Middle East and North Africa region, with 2008 net profits of over SAR 2 billion, serving 14.8 million subscribers. According to the GSM World Association, Mobily has the busiest data network on the face of the planet, with 452,000 mobile broadband subscribers by the end of 2009's first quarter, who consume over 30 terabytes of data a day. Mobily employs over 3,600 employees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was recognized by the Dale Carnegie with the Leadership Award. For more information, please visit www.mobily.com.sa.

About Bridgewater Systems

Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, enables service providers to efficiently manage and profit from mobile data services, content and commerce. The company's market leading mobile personalization portfolio provides a real-time, unified view of subscribers including entitlements, devices, networks, billing profiles, preferences and context. Anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker(TM), the portfolio of carrier-grade and standards-based products includes the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller (AAA), the Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller (PCRF) and the Bridgewater(R) Home Subscriber Server (HSS). More than 140 leading service providers including America Movil, Bell Canada, Clearwire, Cox, Hutchison Telecom, Iusacell, Scartel, SmarTone-Vodafone, Sprint, Tata Teleservices, Tatung, Telmex, Telstra, and Verizon Wireless use Bridgewater's solutions to rapidly deliver innovative mobile services to over 150 million subscribers. For more information, visit us at www.bridgewatersystems.com.

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Broadcom Delivers Navigation and Location Based Services in New Handsets From Samsung Tweet

Broadcom(R) 'Combo' Chip Solutions Enable OEMs to Add Bluetooth(R), GPS and FM Radio to Greater Numbers of Cellular Phones.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, announced that its Bluetooth®, GPS and FM radio combination ('combo') chip has been selected by Samsung to provide navigation, location based services and key connectivity functionality in a number of new handsets now available. The new Samsung handsets that integrate the Broadcom® InConcert® BCM2075 combo chip include the innovative Blue Earth (GT-S7550) handset, as well as the Corby Pro (GT-B5310).

The Broadcom BCM2075 combo chip integrates three radios (Bluetooth, GPS and FM), and in conjunction with its unique InConcert collaborative co-existence technology, allows these radios to operate simultaneously, and with minimal interference, providing a more compelling user experience. In addition, this connectivity processor offloads many of the communications functions that are usually performed by the host, saving the host's operation for more computationally-intensive applications. Broadcom will demonstrate its BCM2075 combo chip at next week's 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Highlights/Key Facts:

* Wireless connectivity and multimedia functionality such as Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi®, FM and music playback have come to define the smartphone experience, popularizing the advanced handsets among growing segments of the population. However, each of these technologies introduces complexity to the overall phone system and requires additional power, creating challenges for OEMs in delivering handsets that have long battery life and are easy to use.
* Broadcom's InConcert combo chip solutions are designed to significantly reduce the complexity of integrating and using these technologies by offloading processing functions from the host, while also reducing overall system power consumption. With mature, proven implementations of each of these technologies, Broadcom combo chip solutions deliver premium connectivity options that conform to the high performance standards of leading handset makers like Samsung.
o Combo chips have been integrated into leading handsets and other handsets that rely upon advanced wireless connectivity to enable the advanced features consumers have come to expect.
* As one of the top makers of popular smartphones and smart feature phone handsets, Samsung has demonstrated leadership in combining connectivity technologies in unique ways to deliver a range of handsets that appeal to diverse end users. From the Blue Earth phone (which includes a small solar panel to charge the battery) to the customizable Corby Pro phone, Samsung provides users with a range of handsets to choose from.
* The InConcert BCM2075 combo chip solution includes the following:
o The Bluetooth portion of the chip is Bluetooth 3.0 compliant and provides on-chip sub-band codec (SBC) support.
o The FM radio capabilities are among the most advanced in the industry, enabling the enjoyment of live programs as well as integrated MP3 recording to facilitate audio time shifting similar to digital video recorder (DVR) operations.
o The GPS core uses a host-based integration architecture that splits the processing duties between the BCM2075 and the host CPU system to offload the most computationally-intensive GPS activities and provide the lowest power consuming GPS available.
o The technology also allows wireless devices to collaboratively co-exist, providing products enabled with Broadcom wireless connectivity chips the ability to intelligently minimize radio interference issues, synchronizing transmissions to maximize throughput and performance among multiple radio technologies.
* The combo chip solution is now shipping in multiple handset devices from leading manufacturers.


Supporting Quotes:

Robert Rango, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's Wireless Connectivity Group

"Positioning technologies are introducing a new dimension to software applications on mobile phones, enabling them to deliver personalized content and services based on the user's location. We are pleased to have been chosen by Samsung to help enable these services in some of their most interesting new cellular phone products."

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About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 3,800 U.S. and 1,550 foreign patents, and has more than 7,800 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

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HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE Support the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) Widget Initiative Tweet

- Leading Handset Manufacturers Announce Support for the JIL Widget Specification, Allowing Support for Richer Applications.

The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) announces that handset manufacturers, HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE will support the new JIL 1.2 specification. Future handsets from all of these manufacturers will be capable of running JIL apps.

The support of HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE will offer developers a broader range of devices that support JIL widgets. Customers will benefit from a wide range of useful and innovative mobile applications as well as an enhanced experience with seamlessly integrated apps that can be launched from the home screen of the device.

"The decision from HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE to include the JIL widget runtime in their future devices demonstrates the strength of JIL's efforts to establish an open mobile development environment," says JIL CEO, Peters Suh. "The decision by HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE to deliver JIL compliant handsets will ensure that customers are in line for an even better experience on their devices."

JIL has developed a platform for mobile widgets centred on mobile operators' unique capabilities which enable the developer community to create applications for a growing number of handsets as well as give customers access to a range of richer mobile applications and internet services.

JIL was established in 2008 and has drawn support from other handset manufacturers such as LG, RIM, Samsung and Sharp since its inception. With HTC, Huawei Device, Lenovo and ZTE committing to deliver a range of JIL compliant handsets, developers are able to create innovative JIL widget compliant applications that will reach even more customers across the JIL member companies of China Mobile, Softbank, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. The combination of these leading companies has a customer base of more than 1 billion people across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

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Inbrics Demonstrates Continual Growth With Acquisition of Semiconductor Design Outfit, Nexilion Tweet

Momentum Takes MID and Media Convergence Developer to Mobile World Congress.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Inbrics (www.inbrics.com), a leader in media convergence solutions announces its acquisition of publically traded semiconductor design group, Nexilion (Kosdaq A098400). This strategic move will integrate proprietary mobile TV chipset and SoC (System On Chip) technology with Inbrics' cutting-edge products like MID, SoIP and Femtocell and convergence offerings of parent company Insprit (Kosdaq 073130), such as Android, DCD, IP push, 3-Screen Plus and 4G data platforms. This acquisition further solidifies the Korea-based developer's position at the forefront of the global next-generation media convergence market.

"This exciting venture pushes Inbrics further onto the world stage as a pioneer of convergence technology," said Bobby Cha, chief marketing officer at Inbrics. "Our growth strategy continues to optimize our technological capabilities and enhance our global thought leadership. We are delighted by the industry's response to our unique media convergence solutions and the international momentum for our approaching worldwide launch."

The company kicked off 2010 at International CES with the successful premiere of its MID M1, an Android-powered smartphone-like device. The MID M1 is uniquely equipped with Wi-Fi 802.11 and an AMOLED touch screen that slides to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Other features include GPS, Bluetooth, 3G or WiMAX, a 3-megapixel camera on the back, a VGA camera on the front, 16GB of internal memory and a MicroSD card slot. The device was well received by thousands of industry influencers at CES and will be further spotlighted at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona and CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas.

Inbrics' technology resolves rising consumer demand for digital solutions that efficiently push data, such as movies and photos, across multiple devices at a rapid pace. Most devices in the home or business cannot talk to each other and thus are not equipped to streamline the process of sharing and accessing data across more than one device. The Convergence One or 3-Screen Plus Android platform developed by Inbrics' parent company, Insprit, promises to make it easy for consumers to access and share digital photos, music, movies and more across multiple devices.

Both Inbrics & Insprit currently have partnerships with global carriers and manufacturers including T-Mobile, SK Telecom, Korea Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Celcom, Samsung, LG, and Kyocera. The company has plans to continue to expand aggressively in the next few years particularly in the U.S., Europe, and China.

About Inbrics

Inbrics develops IP based next generation devices such as MID, VoIP/SoIP, WiBro/WiMax devices based on Android. Since its inception in 2006, Inbrics has lead the IP based device market in Korea and accelerated its international expansion in the Americas, Europe, Asia, etc. Inbrics is a subsidiary of Insprit, a mobile convergence solutions provider, publically traded on the KOSDAQ exchange in Korea. The company is based in Seoul, Korea. For more information, visit www.inbrics.com or watch our video ad on YouTube.

About Insprit

Insprit is a media convergence solution and network infrastructure solution provider. It facilitates 3 screen services through its convergence network solutions, 3-Screen S/W platforms, multimedia solutions and embedded S/W. Leveraging years of experience with all of the major telecom carriers in Korea, Insprit continues to push the envelope in developing convergence solutions that propel wireless and fixed carriers to offer advanced communication services to their subscribers. Insprit is the parent company of Inbrics and is publically traded on the KOSDAQ exchange in Korea. For more information, visit www.insprit.com.

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British Nanotech Pioneer, Peratech, Receives GBP1.1 Million Investment by YFM Group to Fund Expansion Tweet

Ultra Thin, Quantum Effect Touch Sensors are Smart Replacements for Old Fashioned Switches in Mobile Phones, Robotics and Many Other Devices.

RICHMOND, England -- Further to its recent announcements of licensing agreements with Nissha and Samson Electro-mechanics for 3D input technology for mobile phones, Peratech Limited has announced that YFM Group managed Partnership Investment Finance has invested GBP1.1 million into the Company. This will be used for further research and development into Peratech's award-winning, patented Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) technology for touch technology solutions, as well as growing the company's highly successful sales into overseas markets.

"We are really excited by the huge potential of Peratech and its technology," says Mark Winderbank at YFM Group, which is the most active VC investor in UK SMEs. "Peratech's recently announced license deals with major international companies Nissha and Samsung Electro-mechanics demonstrate how QTC can open up exciting new ways of doing things. We are proud to be able to support a fast growing British company with a truly unique technology that has a tremendous world market. Of all the possible investments that we have looked at recently, Peratech stood out because of the strength of its innovative technology and huge growth potential."

The key to QTC's success is that it enables traditional, old fashioned switches to be replaced with ultra reliable QTC versions that offer additional features such as no contacts to wear out and no air gap to be contaminated with water or dust. Moreover, because QTC is force sensitive, it opens up a whole new range of applications where the current flowing is directly proportional to the pressure applied. This enables a new category of touch sensitive, human machine interfaces to be created with a completely new three dimensional aspect. For example, the width of a line being drawn electronically can depend on the pressure applied, which is an ideal feature for Asian and Chinese characters, or pressing harder moves faster down into a menu structure on a mobile phone. Further details at http://www.peratech.com/pr.php

"In these financially challenging times, it is a real testament to both the QTC technology and the team behind it to have received funding of this level," adds Philip Taysom, joint CEO of Peratech. "The Company has invested significant R&D efforts to understand this new class of material science that it has invented. We are now at the stage where its ability to add value and completely new innovative features, which provide significant commercial advantages, are clearly demonstrable as can be seen from the licensing deals that we are closing with Tier 1 international companies."

Further information on YFM Group is available at http://www.yfmgroup.co.uk

Further information on Peratech and illustrations are available from http://www.peratech.com

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Bitrix Strengthens SaaS Offering With Amazon EC2 Tweet

Flagship Bitrix Products are now Available for SaaS Deployment at Amazon Web Services(TM).

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -- Bitrix, Inc. (http://www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix(R) Virtual Appliance 1.5 for Amazon EC2 (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ ), a major release of the free virtual platform with that creates an optimal performance environment for Bitrix(R) Intranet Portal and Bitrix(R) Site Manager.

The software underwent a number of significant improvements to deliver customers more reliability and services while using the company's CMS/EMC solutions in Amazon Web Services. Bitrix Virtual Appliance is based on a self-updating Fedora Linux operating system, includes the latest versions of the Bitrix web environment, and features increased system performance and optimized memory usage. Following the latest Amazon development initiatives, the software now supports all three datacenter location regions (US - Standard, US - N. California, EU - Ireland).

The release also includes the beta-version of Amazon EBS (http://aws.amazon.com/ebs/) storage volume, customized especially for Bitrix Virtual Appliance. This feature allows the user to create up to 1TB of back-up copies of web projects and intranet portals, roll-back projects to a specified point in time, protect data for long-term durability and remain sure that the data is securely stored and guaranteed by Amazon.

"SaaS deployment provides a wide range of benefits connected with cost reduction and quality of service," said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc. "It reduces expenses on high-priced hardware, IT staff and the user pays only for the actual software usage time. Moreover, customers get the service provider's guarantee for solution availability, security and integrity."

Additional Resources

Bitrix Virtual Appliance / Amazon EC2 Edition: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=3394

Bitrix Virtual Appliance / Amazon EBS Edition: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=3395

Installation guide: http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/virtual_appliance/amazon_ec2.php#tab-b va_install-link

Virtual Press Office: http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/

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About Bitrix, Inc.

Bitrix is a privately-owned company developing an advanced business communications platform to bridge SMBs with their customers (Internet), partners (Extranet) and employees (Intranet). Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Alexandria, VA, Bitrix now incorporates 70+ staff, 30,000+ customers and 4,000+ partners worldwide. The customer list includes Hyundai, Volkswagen, Panasonic, Gazprom, Xerox, PricewaterhouseCoopers, DPD, VTB, Samsung and Cosmopolitan. Localized into 13 languages, the company's products are distinguished for their pioneering technology, unique security features, extreme performance capacity and unmatched ease-of-use.

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GSMA Outlines Potential for Embedded Mobile: Enabling a World of Connected Devices Tweet

BARCELONA, Spain -- The GSMA announced several important updates to its Embedded Mobile initiative, a program to accelerate the global adoption of wireless connectivity in a wide range of devices in key vertical markets such as consumer electronics, healthcare, government, automotive and utilities.

Winners of Embedded Mobile Competition Announced

The GSMA named the winners of its Embedded Mobile Competition, which recognizes new and innovative devices and services and is designed to encourage innovation and partnerships. This phase of the competition identified best-in-class devices and services that are commercially available now or will be in the near future. A panel of nine judges from organizations including ABI Research, Beecham Research, Current Analysis, Orange, TIM, Vodafone, Ventura and Yankee Group, rated entries on innovation, functionality, business models and market potential.

The winners are:

Best Embedded Mobile Device Category

* Isabella and AT&T for Vizit(TM) (two-way, fully interactive digital photo frame)


Best Embedded Mobile End-to-End Service Category (jointly awarded)

* Samsung and KT for the Convergence Service (interactive vending machine, media planner and content management platform)
* Philips and Cinterion for System One (mHealth Respironics sleep therapy service)


To learn more about the GSMA's Embedded Mobile initiative and to view demonstrations of all the devices and services that competed in the Embedded Mobile competition, visit the Embedded Mobile Zone at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week.

For more information on the Embedded Mobile initiative, please visit: http://www.gsmworld.com/embeddedmobile

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organizations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.

For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the new online portal for the mobile communications industry, at http://www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at http://www.gsmworld.com.

GSMA


Daniel Lowther


+44 7747 636 687


press@gsm.org


About Current Analysis

Current Analysis (http://www.currentanalysis.com) has been helping leading technology companies improve their market intelligence since 1997. Sales teams, product managers, and marketing professionals rely on Current Analysis for the latest competitive analysis and tactical advice. Current Analysis' structured, rapid competitive response solutions help companies improve their business performance and create a repeatable process advantage over competitors. The company serves more than 30,000 users at over 200 enterprise clients across the telecommunications, networking, and business software industries.

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RFMD(R) Expands Industry-Leading 3G Product Portfolio With TD-SCDMA Power Amplifier Tweet

RFMD Has Secured Design Wins Across Leading TD-SCDMA Reference Designs And Handset Manufacturers.

BARCELONA, Spain -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced it has expanded its industry-leading 3G front end product portfolio with the RF7234, RFMD's second-generation TD-SCDMA power amplifier (PA). The dual-mode RF7234 (TD-SCDMA and WCDMA band 1) follows RFMD's first-generation TD-SCDMA PA, the RF3266, which has secured multiple design wins across leading TD-SCDMA reference designs and is forecast to support multiple top-tier handset manufacturers headquartered in Asia and Europe.

Both the RF7234 and RF3266 deliver superior performance at peak power conditions and ample margin across spectral emissions mask requirements – meeting or exceeding the critical performance metrics of today's TD-SCDMA handsets. Accordingly, RFMD is supporting multiple TD-SCDMA reference designs, including MediaTek and T3G, and RFMD expects robust growth in TD-SCDMA handsets in calendar 2010, driven by Samsung, ZTE, BYD, LG and other leading handset manufacturers.

Eric Creviston, president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group (CPG), said, "RFMD is introducing a record number of new cellular components this year in support of our customers' new handset builds. We are particularly focused on expanding our leadership in 3G with a broad product family that is cost- and feature set-optimized for this rapidly emerging, high-growth category. In TD-SCDMA, we are forecasting strong customer adoption of our RF3266 and RF7234, and we expect robust growth in TD-SCDMA devices in calendar 2010."

The RF7234 and RF3266 expand an industry-leading 3G product portfolio that accommodates all major RF architectures, including existing mode-specific/band-specific and mode-specific/multi-band architectures as well as emerging multimode/multi-band, converged architectures. RFMD's innovative 3G products also include a broad range of GSM/GPRS and EDGE power amplifier-based and switch-based components optimized for 3G mobile internet devices, providing a comprehensive RF product portfolio covering the entire cellular front end.

RFMD's product portfolio is on display at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 15 to February 18.

Samples And Availability

Samples of the RF3266 and RF7234 are available immediately. For pricing information, please contact your local RFMD sales representative or visit www.rfmd.com/purchase.

About RFMD

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies. RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV/broadband and aerospace and defense markets. RFMD is recognized for its diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred supplier to the world's leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.

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S&J Launches the New Concept 'Eggy' and 'Bike Speaker' Through Showcase at the CeBIT 2010 Tweet

- Speaker or egg? Portable mini speaker of unique design and new concept
bike-mounted speaker released
- Plans to expand global distribution network in Europe, etc. through the
CeBIT 2010 on March this year

S&J Co., Ltd. (http://eng.snj.co.kr), the computer peripherals specialist, embarks upon market entry in full scale by showcasing the new concept 'Eggy', the super compact portable speaker, and 'Bike Speaker', the bike-mounted speaker, of original design and functionalities at the CeBIT 2010 to be held on March in Hanover, Germany.

With simple and compact design, Eggy fits into your hand perfectly. Also, while Eggy has been enhanced of portability with the micro-mini 20mm unit technology, the 2W output and digital amplifier guarantee fantastic sound quality that is close to the original sound. Especially, Eggy uses USB interface in the power supply part and therefore does not additionally require external power source.

Developed in tune with the global trend of rapid increase in the use of eco-friendly transportation means, such as bike, 'Bike Speaker', the bike- mounted speaker, not only allows users to conveniently and safely listen to music while on bikes, but also can be used for general purposes as the speaker is detachable.

Functionally, Bike Speaker uses the super compact unit applied to Eggy that produces the optimal sound quality. In addition, the additional volume control, watch, stopwatch (in some models) and FM radio functions further enhance users' convenience.

CEO Dong-jun Seo of S&J talked about the company's ambitious plan. "We expect very high demand for Bike Speaker in the advanced European countries where the rate of bike use is higher than in any other parts of the world. With our new products, S&J will expand our global distribution network to all corners of the world including Europe."

As an ODM (Original Development Manufacturing) specialist of Samsung Electronics, S&J supplies a variety of products including USB memory, keyboard, mouse, web-cam and headset as well as speakers. Recently, S&J has created the company's original brand, VITCEN. With this, the company plans to release products with differentiated design concept, unlike the ODM products for Samsung.

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EXPO Solar 2010 Offered Timely Outlook for the Global PV Market in 2010 Tweet

- EXPO Solar 2010 has been the first exhibition to provide an early
glimpse of the global photovoltaic industry this year

Over 3 bustling days, from 3 to 5 February, 2010, the photovoltaic market was all abuzz at one spot, at KINTEX, Korea. After its huge success last year, EXPO Solar (http://www.exposolar.org) came back this year to get even more enthusiastic welcome and responses from both exhibitors and visitors alike.

After a very difficult year in 2009, the PV market is witnessing some signs of recovery all over the world. As the global PV market begins its path to recovery, solar professionals headed to EXPO Solar 2010 to gauge the market sentiment.

Across three days, the event attracted an average of 10,000 visitors per day and brought over 1,000 key buyers from major PV markets including Germany, Italy and the U.S.

World-class electronics giants Samsung and LG showed their seriousness about solar by participating in EXPO Solar 2010 -- their first-ever participation in an event of its kind.

Samsung Electronics unveiled its c-Si solar cells with 18% efficiency and modules with 255Wp for the first time to the international market. LG Electronics introduced its thin-film solar cells with world's top-level efficiency of 11.1%.

More than 300 market-leading companies participated including Schmalz, Schmid, TEMPRESS, TIGO ENERGY, KLA-Tencor, Synova SA, EFD (a NORDSON company), Coherent, Jonas & Redmann Photovoltaics Production Solutions, Kaco New Energy, NPC, Vector Japan, Trina Solar, Astronergy, ET Solar, C.E.E.G, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Nexolon, SKC, LST Energy, Dyesoltimo, Jusung Engineering, SFA, AMC, EO Technics, Paru, GNR, D-Solartech and Samyang Reduction Gear.

Exhibitors reported results that exceeded expectations. "The visibility and exposure we generated at this event among key influencers has been invaluable for us as we expand our business to Asia and the world," said Jerome Mazet, APAC Marketing Manager of Trina Solar.

Commenting on the continued growth of EXPO Solar, Jeffrey Choi, Chairman of the EXPO Solar Organizing Committee, said, "More than 65% of the exhibitors of EXPO Solar 2010 have not only booked their space for the 2011 event, but doubled their booth size."

The next EXPO Solar will be held from 16 to 18 February, 2011, at KINTEX,
Korea.

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DivX Extends Leadership Position in Emerging Mobile Video Market Tweet

Company announces over 60 certified phones including Android devices; extends relationship with Qualcomm.

BARCELONA, Spain -- DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX), a leading digital media company, announced new metrics that reflect the Company's growing penetration of the global mobile video market. Over 60 mobile phones from multiple manufacturers have now achieved DivX Certification, including 15% of all Android devices. In addition, DivX announced a new licensing agreement with consumer electronics manufacturer Pantech, as well as an expanded relationship with Qualcomm to certify the leading Snapdragon IC platform.

DivX technology enables consumers to enjoy high-quality digital video on any kind of device, regardless of connectivity or manufacturer. Over 250 million DivX devices have shipped into the market worldwide, ranging from Blu-ray players to gaming consoles, digital televisions as well as a wide variety of other consumer electronic devices. Additionally, the Company has seen strong traction from both consumers and partners in the mobile phone market since the official launch of the DivX certification program in August, 2007. Key highlights of the DivX mobile program include:

* More than 60 DivX Certified phones from multiple manufacturers, such as LG and Samsung, have shipped into the global market including several DivX Mobile Theater profile models;
* 41 mobile devices were certified by DivX in 2009 alone;
* In addition to the Android device penetration, DivX also offers certified solutions for Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux;
* All DivX Certified devices support the secure playback of major Hollywood titles from studios including Warner Bros., Paramount, Sony Pictures, Starz Entertainment and Lionsgate;
* Multiple online sites now distribute Hollywood content in the DivX format including CinemaNow (United States), Film Fresh (United States), Warner Video Live (France), FilmOn (UK), Play4Film (Worldwide), INA (France), Channel Films (UK), Clic Movies (France, Belgium); Tai Seng (United States, Canada) and L'Harmattan TV (Worldwide);
* Agreements are in place from major mobile Integrated Circuits (IC) companies including Qualcomm, Renesas, MtekVision, ST Ericsson, Broadcom, and Freescale;
* DivX TV, the company's newly announced solution for streaming Internet content directly to connected devices, has been delivered on Android-based hardware platforms. Technology demonstrations will be available at the DivX and Qualcomm booths at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.


"The explosion of video capability on mobile phones clearly illustrates that consumers are seeking out new devices that will allow them to easily move and share the video content they care about across all the screens in their lifestyle," said Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, Inc. "We believe that mobile devices will play an incredibly important role in the future of video distribution and consumption, and we're pleased that multiple manufacturers recognize the importance of the DivX brand in providing their consumers a seamless, high-quality video experience."

DivX Certified phones are all tested to guarantee high-quality DivX video playback. Users can also store up to 10 DVD quality movies on their phone with 8GB of internal memory or a removable card, and watch their collection of movies anywhere they choose with no conversion necessary. With high-quality resolution DivX playback, consumers who own phones with a TV-Out feature can playback video content from their phone directly on the TV turning their device into a powerful portable media player.

For more information on the DivX in mobile devices, visit www.divx.com/mobile.

About DivX

DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's consumer media environment—the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 250 million DivX devices have shipped into the market worldwide from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

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Good Technology Signs Worldwide Licensing Agreement for Good for You with LG Electronics Tweet

BARCELONA, Spain -- Mobile World Congress — Making it even easier to connect, communicate and share with friends and family, Good Technology™ and LG Electronics announced that the two companies have signed a worldwide licensing agreement to include Good Technology's Good for You™ mobile communications offering on a broad range of LG mobile devices beginning with European, Asian, and Latin American markets in partnership with leading mobile operators.

The first LG mobile phones featuring the Good for You offering include the LG-GW520, LG-GW550, LG-GW620, LG-GD510, LG-GM730 and LG-GM750. These LG mobile phones with Good for You are available in a number of European, Asian and Latin American countries and through a number of leading operators including O2 and Bouygues Telecom and Vodafone.

"Today mobile device makers realize that a vertically integrated set of services on a robust platform is a requirement to go along with an attractive form factor in providing complete value to end users. And these mobile users want to be connected all the time in a wide variety of ways--from email to texting to social networking to sharing photos--and Good is committed to providing the solution that makes it as easy as possible for people to connect, communicate and share on the go," said Brian A. Bogosian, chairman, CEO and president of Good. "Good for You extends mobile communications beyond email with an integrated experience that spans messaging, social networking, and media sharing. Embedding Good for You on LG mobile devices enhances the user's experience by making it easy to discover and setup and by providing a single, integrated application for accessing the user's most valued communications, social networking, and media sharing tools and services."

About Good for You

Good for You delivers an exceptional, integrated user experience for mobile messaging, collaboration, and media sharing on the most popular mobile device platforms, including Android™, Symbian S60 v3.0, Windows Mobile, BREW and Java. The four components of Good for You — Good Mobile Embedded™ , Good Mobile Email™, Good Mobile Exchange Access™, and Good Mobile Social Networking™ — work together to give mobile device makers and mobile operators a flexible and extensible solution that enables truly differentiated offerings and delivers a great mobile experience to end users.

For consumers, Good for You provides a seamless, easy–to-use solution that enables them to stay connected with the people they care about in the way they choose. For mobile device makers and operators, Good for You provides significant opportunities for customer and revenue (ARPU) growth, not only because of its low cost and fast time-to-market, but because it enables device makers and operators to harness the power of mobile communications including social networking, messaging, and media sharing, to provide their customers with exciting new services that increase brand loyalty and user satisfaction.

About Good Technology

Good Technology is the mobile experience with security and control that allows organizations to connect and collaborate on their devices of choice. Good opens new possibilities for enterprises, government agencies, and consumers to maximize personal and business productivity by providing patented and secure, easy-to-use, instant mobile access to content, applications and services on hundreds of mobile devices. For more information, visit the Good web site at www.good.com.

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Sonic Solutions and DivX Bring Strategic Partnership to Mobile Devices Tweet

Premium Movie Titles Now Playing on a DivX Certified(R) Phone Near You.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Sonic Solutions® (Nasdaq: SNIC) and DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX), a leading digital media company, announced at Mobile World Congress an expanded partnership to enable the digital distribution of an extensive catalogue of premium titles on DivX Certified® mobile devices. Through the partnership, Sonic and DivX will make it easy to transfer and playback hit movies on mobile phones.*

Sonic has established a leadership position in the delivery and management of premium digital video content through its Roxio CinemaNow™ platform, which is powering digital entertainment delivery for leading retailers including Best Buy and Blockbuster. The DivX mobile program includes three of the world's top tier mobile phone manufacturers such as LG and Samsung, complementing its broader ecosystem of more than 250 million consumer electronics devices from major OEMs that playback secure, premium content in the DivX format. Together, DivX and Roxio CinemaNow can provide mobile carriers, retailers and OEMs a full solution for the end-to-end distribution of premium entertainment. For consumers, the collaboration enables them to easily enjoy entertainment beyond the PC through virtually any kind of consumer electronics product — from mobile phones to Blu-ray devices, gaming consoles, digital televisions and in-car systems.

DivX Certified phones are all tested to guarantee high-quality DivX video playback. DivX technology produces highly compressed video that requires minimal storage for the highest quality media experience on a mobile platform. In fact, a standard definition movie can be compressed into just 1GB using DivX technology; a size that can easily be stored on a mobile phone for viewing anytime, anywhere. Users can also store up to 10 DVD quality movies on their phone with 8GB of internal memory or a removable card, and watch their collection anywhere they choose. With high-quality resolution DivX playback, consumers who own phones with a TV-Out feature can playback video content from their phone directly on the TV turning their device into a powerful portable media player.

For even higher quality playback with a home theater-like experience at any resolution, DivX Mobile Theater takes advantage of improved IC capabilities to ensure compatible phones support studio requirements for premium content playback in the DivX format, provide true DVD-like quality, and offer an improved user experience.

"DivX has built a robust mobile program that makes it simple for consumers to enjoy high-quality DivX movies on their phones without having to convert the file in order to watch it," said Kevin Hell, CEO, DivX, Inc. "The combination of Roxio CinemaNow and DivX will bring instant access to an unparalleled library of premium content for easy movie viewing anytime, anywhere."

"The Roxio CinemaNow platform enables retailers and consumer electronics companies to participate in the entertainment supply chain, add value to product offerings and form ongoing relationships with customers," said Dave Habiger, President and CEO, Sonic Solutions. "Together with DivX, we look forward to broadening our mobile reach and enhancing the digital home entertainment experience for consumers."

About DivX

DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the “three screens” comprising today’s consumer media environment—the PC, the television and mobile devices. Over 250 million DivX devices have shipped into the market worldwide from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content. Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video experience to enable the digital home.

About Sonic Solutions

Sonic Solutions® (Nasdaq: SNIC) is powering the digital media ecosystem through its complete range of Hollywood to Home™ applications, services, and technologies. Sonic's Roxio® products enable consumers to easily manage and enjoy personal digital media content as well as premium Hollywood entertainment on a broad range of connected devices. A wide array of leading technology firms, professionals, and developers rely on Sonic to bring innovative digital media functionality to next-generation devices and platforms. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.

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Alcatel-Lucent Successfully Makes First 4G LTE Calls With Telefonica in Latin America Tweet

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has successfully made the first 4G calls in the framework of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) lab tests Telefonica is conducting in Latin America.

With these tests, Telefonica is analysing - in a real environment - the maturity and benefits of the LTE mobile broadband technology. The first services were delivered in Telefonica's labs, using Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, including base stations, transmission equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as professional design & integration services - in combination with devices from LG Electronics.

In a second phase when the field tests will start, the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequencies will be used to assess LTE's performance in terms of coverage and capacity - offering a new user experience and supporting the delivery of new mobile multimedia applications, such as high-definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfers and video conferencing.

"LTE deployments bring a user experience and quality of service far superior to the current 3G/3.5G networks," says Ken Wirth, president of LTE/4G Solutions for Alcatel-Lucent. "In addition, they accommodate lower costs of ownership thanks to LTE's advanced quality of service (QoS) and technical features such as self-organising networks (SON) that will be analyzed by Telefonica as well."

About Alcatel-Lucent and LTE

With 40 LTE customer trials secured to date, Alcatel-Lucent is a worldwide leader in LTE. The company is actively engaged in the majority of LTE projects being pursued by tier 1 operators around the globe. To help operators realize their potential, Alcatel-Lucent is offering a unique, pre-integrated, end-to-end LTE solution and a full set of associated professional services. Alcatel-Lucent's network architecture is based on Alcatel-Lucent unique converged radio access network (http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET= Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2010/News_Article_ 001934.xml&lu_lang_code=en) (RAN) strategy allowing scaling of W-CDMA networks and smooth evolution to LTE. The company also founded the ng Connect Program (http://www.ngconnect.org/about-us/index.htm), a global initiative to drive the development of an open and diverse ecosystem of LTE device manufacturers, content providers and application partners. Through the ng Connect program and with Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, wireless broadband operators benefit from open innovation, pre-integrated solutions, reduce time to market with LTE-enabled services, and the ability to drive new and non-traditional business models.

For more information about Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, please visit: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/lte

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About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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U.S. International Trade Commission Enters Final Decision in Favor of LG Electronics in Whirlpool Refrigerator Patent Case Tweet

WASHINGTON -- Ruling in favor of LG Electronics, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued its final decision in a long-running refrigerator patent infringement case brought by Whirlpool Corporation. In its decision, the ITC denied the final remaining patent infringement claim by Whirlpool, denying all of Whirlpool's claims for relief and resulting in a total victory for LG Electronics over all of Whirlpool's patent infringement claims.

The ITC ruled that all but one of the asserted claims of Whirlpool's U.S. Patent No. 6,082,130 for ice storage bins located in refrigerator doors are invalid. The ITC further found that the one remaining claim of the '130 patent does not cover LG's refrigerators and thus is not infringed. As a result, the Commission found no violation and terminated the investigation.

This final decision issued late Friday is the culmination of a trial before ITC Judge Theodore R. Essex, who ruled in favor of LG under his interpretation of the '130 patent and again ruled in favor of LG under the ITC's interpretation of that patent. Unless Whirlpool appeals this decision and eventually persuades the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reverse these rulings, the ITC's final decision will remain controlling.

Whirlpool originally claimed that five of its patents covered LG refrigerators. During the course of the case, Whirlpool withdrew four of those patents prior to the trial. On Feb. 26, 2009, Judge Essex ruled that that Whirlpool's U.S. Patent No. 6,082,130 does not cover any LG refrigerators; however, the ITC later revised the interpretation of the '130 patent and asked the judge to reconsider the remaining disputed issues based on its new interpretation.

On Oct. 9, 2009, Judge Essex applied the ITC's interpretation and again found that the '130 patent does not cover LG refrigerators and also concluded that all but one of the asserted claims is invalid. The Judge ruled that the ITC should not grant any relief to Whirlpool. That ruling led to the final ITC determination rejecting all of Whirlpool's claims for relief.

LG is one of the fastest growing home appliance brands in the United States. "The final ITC decision reaffirms our leadership in refrigerator technology," said Y.H. Lee, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Home Appliance Company. James Shad, president of LG Electronics USA, Inc., said, "The ITC's final determination, which eliminates a threat by a competitor to block imports of LG refrigerators, is welcome news for LG customers."

After Whirlpool filed the ITC case, LG filed its own patent infringement cases against Whirlpool, now pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. In that consolidated case, LG seeks monetary damages and an injunction against Whirlpool products that it believes are covered by LG's patents. Whirlpool, in response, has asserted patent infringement claims against LG's refrigerators, including the '130 patent that was at issue in the ITC case. In the Delaware case, LG seeks a judgment that the '130 patent is both invalid and not infringed. That case is scheduled for trial in March 2010.

On Oct. 7, 2009, LG Electronics filed another lawsuit against Whirlpool's French door refrigerators in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. "LG not only respects other companies' intellectual property (IP) but also seeks to protect its own IP. LG has a superior technology in French door refrigerators protected by its patents. LG will aggressively enforce its rights against any infringing products," said D.H. Song, executive vice president in charge of LG's refrigerator division.

About LG Electronics USA

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a global force and technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances and business solutions, all under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. For more information, please visit www.LGusa.com.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 84,000 people working in 115 operations including 84 subsidiaries around the world. With 2009 global sales of 55.5 trillion Korean Won (US$43.4 billion), LG comprises five business units– Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is one of the world's leading producers of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines.

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Texas Instruments Announces New DLP(R) Pico(TM) Chipset Enabling Mobile Devices With Stunning Images From the Thinnest, Smallest Optical Engine Yet Tweet

Manufacturers already developing consumer devices on new, thinner, smaller nHD DLP Pico(TM) chipset.

BARCELONA, Spain -- At GSMA Mobile World Congress, Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) DLP® Products announced a new chipset, nHD, as an addition to the DLP Pico™ suite. nHD will enable the thinnest, smallest DLP Pico™ engines to date. nHD production availability is expected in the second quarter of 2010. The chip expands DLP's commitment to achieving world-class performance, allowing projector technology to be embedded into smaller devices in a wider range of product categories.

"We're proud to welcome the new nHD chipset into the DLP Pico family," said Frank Moizio, manager, DLP Emerging Markets business. "We believe this new nHD chipset sets new industry-leading benchmarks in pico projection - enabling products with the highest efficiency and brightness from the industry's thinnest, smallest physical footprint. It achieves all of this with stunning picture quality. We believe nHD will provide even more opportunities for manufacturers to innovate with DLP."

Leading global manufacturers have already begun development on the nHD chipset, using its size, brightness and resolution advantages to design embedded mobile phones, cameras and products in other mobile device categories. The addition of this new chipset, along with the success of DLP's WVGA and HVGA chips for embedded applications, gives manufacturers diverse design options that allow them the flexibility to include projectors in a wide breadth of devices.

At the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, TI DLP Products showcased this breadth with more than a dozen new projection devices from leading manufacturers, representing a variety of product categories. Manufacturers such as Samsung, Optoma, LG and HP showcased new pico projection products in categories such as embedded mobile phones, gaming projectors, embedded media players, notebook accessories, standalone projectors and projector attachments for mobile phones.

With manufacturers reacting to consumer demand for DLP Pico™ projectors in ever-smaller electronic devices, the new nHD chip provides an ideal projection solution, given its tiny form factor and the stunning, clear images it enables.

The new DLP Pico™ solution delivers the following features:

* nHD (640x360) resolution
* Enables leading contrast ratio of better than 1,000:1 for the blackest blacks and most accurate whites
* Enables true RGB LED wide color gamut for rich saturated colors
* Improved power efficiency and electronic footprint
* Incorporates a new low power Pico DPP2601/2607 ASIC/Processor
* Enables a greater than 20 percent thinner optical module than WVGA chipset with full offset
* Enables a greater than 50 percent smaller optical module volume than WVGA chipset with full offset


To see DLP Pico™ technology in person at Mobile World Congress, please stop by the Texas Instruments Booth located in Hall 8-8A84. Texas Instruments will host a press conference at the booth at 12 p.m. CET. For updated information during MWC about DLP Pico™ and other products from Texas Instruments, follow DLP on Twitter at @TI_DLP or visit our press site at www.DLP.com/MWC2010.

About Texas Instruments DLP Products

DLP display technology from Texas Instruments offers clarity down to the most minute detail, delivering pictures rich with color, contrast and brightness projectors for business, home, professional venue, digital cinema (DLP Cinema®) and large-screen HDTVs. Many of the world's top projection and display manufacturers design, manufacture and market products based on DLP technology. DLP is the only imaging technology with a legacy in digital cinema where it set the industry standard demonstrated by the deployment of DLP Cinema technology in over 14,000 screens worldwide. At the heart of every DLP chip is an array of up to 2.2 million microscopic mirrors, which switch incredibly fast to create a high-resolution, highly reliable, full-color image. DLP technology's chip architecture and inherent speed advantage provides razor-sharp images and excellent reproduction of fast motion video. Since early 1996, more than 20 million DLP subsystems have been shipped. For more information, please visit www.dlp.com or follow DLP on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TI_DLP.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries. For more information, go to www.ti.com.

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Elantra Offers the Most Affordable Full-Screen Navigation System Among Comparable Models Tweet

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. -- For the mid-2010 model year, the Elantra has been upgraded with an optional in-dash LG Electronics navigation unit. This system features Bluetooth and mapping software for the continental United States and has available POIs (Points of Interest) for entertainment, shopping and dining. Route guidance is provided by audio and 2D map prompts. The easy-to-use unit is controlled via 6.5-inch high resolution touchscreen that is significantly larger than the ones found in Nissan Sentra and Mazda3. The Elantra GLS with Navigation Package is only $17,995, making it the least expensive full-screen-navigation-equipped vehicle among comparable models.

2010 COMPETITIVE MODEL MSRP WITH FULL-SCREEN NAVIGATION


Navigation Trim Available A/T MSRP w/o Freight A/T MSRP w/ Freight
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2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS
A/T Navigation $17,995 $18,715
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2010 Toyota Corolla S A/T
Navigation $18,650 $19,400
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2010 Nissan Sentra SL CVT
Navigation $19,100 $19,820
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2010 Mitsubishi Lancer ES
with Navigation System
and Install Kit $19,889 $20,634
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2010 Honda Civic Sedan EX
with Navigation $22,255 $22,965
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2010 Mazda3 Sport A/T
Navigation $22,430 $23,180
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2010 Volkswagen Jetta SE
A/T Navigation $22,440 $24,190
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2010 Chevrolet Cobalt NA NA
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2010 Ford Focus NA NA
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The system features 8GB of internal flash memory for the map data and comes matched with a 200-watt AM/FM/XM Satellite Radio/CD/MP3 audio system with internal amplifier. It can also access phone numbers employing a Bluetooth hands-free phone book and allows driver and passenger to access their personal listening devices through the iPod®/USB inputs(1). The FM/XM Satellite Radio interface is also integrated into the navigation unit and features song/artist/title information. XM Satellite Radio is complimentary for the first 90 days. The touchscreen navigation-equipped Elantras arrive in dealerships this month.

HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through almost 800 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the Hyundai Assurance program which now includes the 5-year/60,000-mile fully transferable bumper-to-bumper warranty, Hyundai's 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty and 5-year complimentary Roadside Assistance in addition to the highly acclaimed vehicle return policy introduced in early 2009. For more details on Hyundai Assurance, please visit www.HyundaiAssurance.com.

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Sequans Selects CEVA DSP Core for LTE / WiMAX Chipsets Tweet

CEVA-X1641 DSP core delivers outstanding performance and flexibility for Sequans next-generation 4G processors.

SAN JOSE, Calif., -- CEVA, Inc. ( CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, announced that Sequans Communications, a leading 4G chipmaker, has licensed the CEVA-X1641 DSP core to power its next generation LTE and WiMAX baseband processors. The CEVA-X1641 will provide further flexibility for Sequans' future generation baseband chips, while maintaining the chips' industry-leading low power rating.

"As the wireless industry continues to adopt a two-pronged approach towards 4G networks, it is critical that our next-generation product lines can support both LTE and WiMAX standards in a cost-efficient and flexible manner," said Bertrand Debray, Sequans VP of engineering. "The high-performance CEVA-X1641 DSP provides us with a programmable architecture with low cost of deployment, addressing the major challenges facing 4G chipset solutions for high-volume markets. Also, with significant legacy software, the high efficiency of the CEVA-X1641 compiler was an important criterion in our decision to adopt a new DSP architecture."

"Sequans is an industry leader in the WiMAX space and we are pleased to partner with them as they apply their expertise to LTE," said Eran Briman, VP of marketing at CEVA. "The programmable nature of the CEVA-X1641 DSP will enable Sequans to significantly reduce the overall costs and design risks associated with 4G chipsets by implementing the constantly evolving LTE and WiMAX standards in software rather than inflexible hardwired blocks."

CEVA's industry-leading DSP cores power many of the world's leading cellular baseband handset solutions. The company's broad customer base includes Infineon, ST-Ericsson, Broadcom, Samsung, Mediatek, Spreadtrum and VIA Telecom, among others. To date, more than 600 million CEVA-powered handsets have shipped. Addressing next-generation 4G terminal and infrastructure markets, the CEVA-X1641 and CEVA-XC DSPs have been specifically architected to overcome the stringent power consumption, time-to-market and cost constraints associated with developing high-performance WiMAX, LTE and software definable radio (SDR) wireless communications processors. CEVA has multiple licensees developing LTE handset and infrastructure solutions based on CEVA DSP cores.

About Sequans Communications

Sequans Communications is a 4G chipmaker, supplying LTE and WiMAX chips to equipment manufacturers and mobile operators worldwide. Founded in 2004 to address the WiMAX market where it is now a global leader, Sequans expanded in 2009 to address the LTE market. Sequans chips are inside the world's leading WiMAX networks and will soon be inside the world's leading LTE networks. Sequans is based in Paris, with additional offices throughout the world, including USA, United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. www.sequans.com

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Download Freeware Portable Podcatcher For Blackberry Tweet

The people from PodcastReady created the most convenient Podcast client. PodcastReady's MyPodder software is a podcast client that is actually portable, enabling you to directly install it to your mp3 player, in our case our Blackberry.

MyPodder is simply like having a portable version of itunes in your Blackberry that you can update whenever you plug in your Blackberry to a Windows, Mac and even a Linux machine. As long as the computer you connect to your Blackberry has mass storage support you can run MyPodder and download your latest audio and video podcasts.

To get the latest version of myPodder you need to create a free account in the Podcast Ready website and download the "All in one version(Windows,Mac,Linux)". You then need to install MyPodder to your Blackberrys media card, preferably inside the Blackberry folder so all your audio and video podcast can be recognize by your Blackberry's media player.

Creating new podcast is easy you just choose the podcast you like in the Podcast Ready website and your list will show up in your Blackberry's myPodder automatically. You can also follow any Podcast not found in Podcast Ready by just entering the RSS feed.

It can't get much easier than this, I can now download Podcasts while I'm charging my Blackberry. Just in case for some reason you don't want to create an account in Podcast Ready I've included a link to an older version of myPodder that does not require opening an account.

Download Lastest version of myPodder: Podcast Ready ( req a free account). Download Old version of myPodder: Podcast Ready Old Version (RSS links have to be manually entered).

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