Round to Support Continued Growth of IP Interconnection Services, Driving Adoption of Cross-Network NGN Offerings 

LONDON – Sept. 16, 2009 – XConnect, the global leader in neutral and secure next-generation interconnection and ENUM-registry services, today announced it has raised $10 million in Series B funding.

A consortium of investors, including Venrock Associates (U.S.), Accel Partners (U.K.), Grazia Equity (Germany) and Crescent Point Group (Singapore), participated.

The financing will enable London-based XConnect to continue expanding its “Interconnect 2.0” portfolio, which includes Carrier ENUM-registry and multimedia interconnection hub services.

Core Facts - GyPSii the leading mobile lifestyle and social networking application, announced today its launch on Android. 

- Owners of Android-powered mobile phones can now access GyPSii to create, share and search ‘geo-tagged’ content in real-time with friends and the GyPSii community at large.

- The Android launch represents a significant success for GyPSii (GeoSentric Oyj, NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V) as it makes the application available to a rapidly expanding segment of prospective users, many of whom fall into the target demographic for early adoption. 

- GyPSii, also available on Java-based phones, allows users to place and map Points of Interest (POIs) with their handheld devices to generate location-based content and also to access the content of their friends and other members of the GyPSii community.  GyPSii packages all the benefits of the social web, location functionality, the mobile web, multimedia and UGC (user generated content) into a comprehensive application for an active in-the-know lifestyle. 

- Still a nascent platform, Android is poised to capture market share rapidly; GyPSii management expects early availability to drive adoption and foster adaptation of the application as more people choose Android-based phones (such as the G1, G2 and T-Mobile Pulse) for their mobile communication, data and Internet requirements.

- Using GyPSii on their Android phone, the end-user can not only locate their friends and fellow GyPSii members, but most importantly connect with their surroundings in new and innovative ways, by accessing information on nearby Places. In addition, they can use their phone to create their own location-specific Places to share with other members of the GyPSii community.

- Similar to HTML-based platforms, GyPSii for Android is an innovative use of hybrid technologies. It easily integrates with a device’s native hardware capabilities (such as a camera, GPS connectivity and other input data capabilities), while being flexible enough for handset makers and mobile operators to co-brand the look and feel of the user interface, and also add supplemental third party content - quickly and efficiently, according to the operators’ own specific needs and the needs of their subscribers.

- With the addition of Android support, GyPSii now runs on all eight leading mobile operating systems – not only Android, but also Java-based phones, Symbian S60 and S40, BlackBerry, the iPhone, Windows Mobile and MID notebooks as well – and is compatible with more than 350 devices worldwide.

- GyPSii for Android is now available for download directly from the Google mobile apps store (m.google.com) and independent mobile download site GetJar (www.getjar.com).

Quotes “Android-based phones are already some of the hottest mobile devices on the market and, with our support for the platform, GyPSii is well-positioned to take advantage of consumers’ appetite for these devices - now and into the future,” said Dan Harple, GypSii’s CEO and Executive Chairman.

“Launching on Android is an important continuation of our global distribution strategy, working with partners across multiple channels to drive large-scale consumer adoption and align GyPSii with the needs of the global social networking market.”

This Social Media news release is available at: - http://blogit.realwire.com/?ReleaseID=13584  

 Milton Keynes 14th September 2009. WaveCrest, one of Europe’s largest wholesale voice carriers and a leading provider of hosted retail telephony applications, has migrated from DIGITALK’s TDM-based Intelligent Switch architecture to an NGN solution based on DIGITALK’s SIP Media Application Server.   Wavecrest is one of DIGITALK’s longest standing customers, offering hosted Prepaid Calling Card solutions, Residential and Wholesale services since 1998.   The move to the NGN solution brings immediate operational expenditure savings from lower co-location costs resulting in 80% reduced rack space, and considerable power consumption savings. This is met with increased availability, enhanced services such as Web Calling Card for WaveCrest’s prepaid calling card customers, and a future-proof solution for expanding new services on the DIGITALK Multiservice Platform.   Rhys Williams, Group CTO & Head of Strategic Development said “DIGITALK is a key partner for WaveCrest in delivering high quality, market-leading products into our user base.

Software optimised for sub-$20 devices, enables rich Internet services for India and other emerging markets   DUEBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland – 11th September 2009 – Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), a global leader in mobile technology with software in over 2 billion phones, today launched Myriad Dynamic Homescreen, a technology innovation which enables graphical web-based widgets on the world’s most affordable mobile phones, even those selling for as little as US$10 or US$15 in India, Africa and Latin America.   Widgets are small applications that display weather reports, horoscopes, sports scores and other information directly on the mobile phone’s home screen, without requiring the user to scroll through menus or search for an application. In wealthier markets such as Europe, mobile widgets have already proven popular on expensive feature phones and smart phones, and are being added to an increasing range of mass market phones.   Now mobile phone manufacturers and network operators are eager to extend this success to fast-growing mobile markets like rural India, where the simplicity of mobile widgets is ideal for consumers with little or no Internet experience and access.