Ernst & Young awards Fitzgerald for creating an innovative global mobile solutions business

Kerry Technology Park, Ireland, 23 October 2009 - Mike Fitzgerald, CEO of mobile communications company, Altobridge, was named last night as Ernst & Young’s Irish Entrepreneur of the Year 2009, in the Emerging category.

The award was presented by Irish President, Mary McAleese, who paid tribute to all the finalists’ “courage, resilience and inventiveness” and noted that they had been subjected to “the most rigorous, forensic, expert scrutiny” as part of the Award process. Accepting the award, Mike Fitzgerald was quick to emphasize the contribution of his Altobridge colleagues to his win.

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Key facts: • Sony Ericsson’s eagerly anticipated Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana mobile phone launches today in style, with an intriguing media campaign created by Dolce&Gabbana • In a twist on conventional promotion methods, the video, which was conceived by Stefano Dolce and Domenico Gabbana, will be exclusively available online. • Creative directors Stefano Dolce and Domenico Gabbana bring the exclusive limited edition clamshell handset to life, while internationally renowned film director Cyril Guyot sprinkles his film magic into the campaign.

Body: Jealousy, glamour and desire takes centre stage in the latest print and online media campaign for Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana. Creative Directors Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana bring the exclusive limited edition clamshell handset to life, while internationally renowned director Cyril Guyot sprinkles his film magic into the campaign.

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Freedom4, the joint investment between Daisy Group plc and Intel Capital, has been granted a licence variation by Ofcom that enables it to offer mobile wireless broadband services to its customers using its nationwide 3.6GHz spectrum.

Freedom4 has already achieved the world’s first seamless mobile WiMAX handover between base stations operating at two frequencies (2.5GHz and 3.6GHz) and architected a high capacity core network, capable of delivering wholesale services.  This variation gives Freedom4 the technical and regulatory flexibility to satisfy demand for fixed and mobile internet connectivity, higher bandwidth per user and the provision of broadband in areas where existing infrastructure is either weak or lacks resilience.

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Forum for disrupting status quo, promoting innovation in emerging communications

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Oct. 22, 2009 -The Emerging Communications Conference & Awards (eComm Europe 2009) brings its forum for disruptive free-thinkers in telecom, mobile and Internet communications here for its first-ever European event over three days next week.

Panel discussions, keynote addresses and presentations by individuals have been selected for their promise to provoke new ideas, new directions and new opportunities in emerging communications, said Lee S. Dryburgh, organiser and co-chair of eComm.

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Milton Keyes, 22 October 2009.

Ekofon, Mexico's first service provider to offer competitive calling services has selected the DIGITALK Multiservice Platform (MSP) to offer enhanced services in the USA and Mexico.

Since market liberation in Mexico in 2006, Ekofon have established and maintained their position as leading alternative providers in long distance calling services; including the successful ‘Saludo' brand calling card, wholesale service provision for high volume carriers worldwide and services for more than 50,000 subscribers. The introduction of the DIGITALK Multiservice Platform allows Ekofon to transfer their service operations onto a single platform for rapid new service launch and consolidated management, rating, billing and reporting.

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