Pronto Networks Announces Two New Hires in Asia-Pacific


Expansion Fueled by Recent Closing of $11.3 Million in Series B Funding


BANGALORE, INDIA – March 11, 2004 –/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hotspot networks, announced two new additions to its management team in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Verizon In Top 20 of Training Magazine's Top 100 Training Organizations

BEDMINSTER, NJ -March 10, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless service provider and operator of the most reliable wireless network, has been ranked No. 20 in Training magazine's 2004 list of "Top 100 Training Organizations in America." 2004 marks the third consecutive year Verizon Wireless has been included in the Top 100 and has advanced in the rankings.

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Intelligent Wi-Fi Equipment Market Leader Colubris Networks Secures $13 Million



WALTHAM, Mass.-March 8, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Colubris Networks, a global provider of intelligent wireless LAN (WLAN) access equipment and management systems, today announced that it has secured $13 million in series C funding. The oversubscribed round was led by GrandBanks Capital, with participation by new investor Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds.

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Nokia to deliver GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks to TeliaSonera

March 8, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Nokia has signed a frame agreement with TeliaSonera for the modernization and upgrade of its existing GSM/GPRS/EDGE Nokia network in the Nordic countries. Deliveries have already begun and the network upgrade will serve approximately eight million TeliaSonera subscribers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

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China Ministry of Railways Selects Nortel for Wireless Communications Trial


Plans Test of GSM for Railways Digital Technology on World's Highest Rail Line

BEIJING –March 5, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- China Ministry of Railways and Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] have signed an agreement under which Nortel Networks will provide a GSM for Railways (GSM-R) digital wireless communications network for trial on the world’s highest rail line – the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

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Avaya Named as Enterprise Unified Messaging Market Leader in W. Europe


WATERLOO , BELGIUM -March 5, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, announced that according to analyst firm Gartner Dataquest it is the leading provider of enterprise unified messaging systems in Western Europe in 2002, measured by licenses shipped. Avaya also holds the number one position in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.


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Rollins Named Dell's Next Chief Executive Officer


Michael Dell to Remain Active Chairman of the Board; Changes Effective in July

Round Rock, Texas, March 5, 2004 -/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Twenty years after founding Dell, Michael Dell will transfer the title of chief executive officer to Kevin Rollins, with whom he has led the world's fastest growing, most profitable computer systems company since 1997.


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AT&T Wins Two, 5-Year Contracts To Help Manage Navy's Construction Assets

VIENNA, Va. -March 5, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- AT&T Government Solutions has won two, 5-year professional services contracts valued at a total of $13.3 million to help manage the Navy's worldwide construction assets.

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Cable & Wireless and T-Systems first GRXs to exchange MMS traffic successfully


March 4, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Cable & Wireless, the international telecommunications group, announced that it is the first GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) provider to have successfully tested the exchange of international multimedia messaging service (MMS) traffic with an interconnect partner, in this instance the wholesale division of T-Systems, International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS).

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Telefónica S.A. Affiliates in Puerto Rico Select Nortel to Build VoIP Network

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –March 3, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- TData Puerto Rico and TLD (Telefónica Larga Distancia) of Puerto Rico, affiliates of Telefónica S.A., have selected Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to converge their local, long-distance and data services onto a next generation voice over IP (Internet Protocol) network, enabling rapid delivery of advanced IP services to businesses and consumers in Puerto Rico.

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