Cisco Puts Collaboration in Context with New Application and Mobile Device Integration Capabilities

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2009 -- Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) today announced enhancements to the company's Unified Communications system that enable mobile access, improve video collaboration and extend interoperability across applications and devices such as Cisco WebEx® Connect, Cisco TelePresenceTM, Microsoft Office Communicator and the Apple iPhone. For businesses, the new Cisco® Unified Communications solutions streamline workflows, optimize collaboration and accelerate decision making. For all customers, the solutions enable collaboration anywhere, on any device and any network.

Today's news builds on the Cisco collaboration portfolio announcement in September, when Cisco entered the $34 billion collaboration market. The Cisco collaboration portfolio comprises unified communications, Cisco TelePresence and Web 2.0 applications built on an open, interoperable architecture that enables people to connect, communicate and collaborate in any workspace.

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Bebo takes full advantage of 3's leading high speed network

New York and London, March 30, 2009 -- Ireland's fastest growing mobile network, 3, has today become the first Bebo Open Mobile Partner in Ireland, launching the Bebo Open Mobile Messaging and Media toolkit, allowing customers to connect directly to friends by text and watch free video content on Bebo from their 3 mobile.

Launched in February, Bebo Open Mobile is a global programme for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and mobile software developers. The initiative offers a suite of tools to support the delivery of the Bebo social networking experience to mobile users and has achieved considerable industry adoption.

"The user response to Bebo messaging on 3 has validated the appeal of Bebo messaging as a two-way channel to connect Bebo users with the friends and content they care about," said Sean Kane, Global Head of Mobile, Bebo. "We're also breaking new ground with video. In order to reach its potential video on mobile needs to be a social experience - Bebo Open Mobile Video finally connects friends and content."    » read more »

93 Per Cent of U.K. iPhone Users Accessed Mobile Media in January

London, U.K., March 26, 2009 -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today unveiled for the first time its data describing iPhone users in the United Kingdom, finding that 93 per cent of iPhone owners accessed mobile media in January. According to comScore, mobile e-mail is used by 75 per cent of British iPhone owners, making it the most popular type of mobile content consumed on the device.

“Consumers are clearly embracing the iPhone’s touch screen keyboard,” observed Alistair Hill, analyst, comScore. “The penetration of e-mail usage on the iPhone is more than double that of the smartphone category as a whole. Over the past several quarters, the UK smartphone market has been dominated by the N95, which lacks a QWERTY keyboard. As a result, we see smartphone users favour using their device for music and photo messaging, two activities for which these Nokia devices are particularly well-suited, more than e-mail.”    » read more »

New Alliance Extends VeriSign Communications Services Presence Into Asia; Expands CITIC 1616 Portfolio of Telecom Services

OLYMPIA, WA, March 13, 2009 -- VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) Communications Services, a leading provider of mobile roaming services in North America, and CITIC 1616, a leading telecom services hub in Asia, announced an alliance that enables both companies to jointly deliver valuable roaming and clearing services to Asian operators. Prior to today's agreement, service provider choice for specialized roaming services was extremely limited. The formation of this alliance will also provide mobile operators in the region with greater selection for services functionality.

The agreement includes the roaming and clearing portfolio of VeriSign including services such as: Cellular Intercarrier Billing Exchange Roamer (CIBER) and Transferred Account Procedure (TAP) Clearing - Settlement and Exchange Service; and Intelligent Message Processing for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signaling interoperability.    » read more »

Handset manufacturers Motorola, Nokia, RIM and Sony Ericsson collaborate to simplify mobile development

OTTAWA – March 10, 2009 -- The Eclipse Foundation today announced Pulsar, a new industry initiative to define and create a standard mobile application development tools platform. The initiative is led by Motorola, Nokia and Genuitec. Participating members also include IBM, RIM and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

The Pulsar initiative will focus on four areas:
* The creation of the packaged distribution called Eclipse Pulsar Platform;
* A technical roadmap to advance the capabilities of the platform;
* A set of best practices which includes documentation and test suites; and
* Education and outreach to drive adoption of Pulsar with mobile application developers.

As part of the roadmap, Pulsar will support major mobile development environments such as JavaME, mobile Web technologies, and native mobile platforms.    » read more »