Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne Friday, 4 July 2003 – O2 (Online) Limited, a division of mmO2 plc, has become the first company in the world to introduce subscription video services on a mobile device. This service will soon be supported on their PDA-Phone called the xda and Malaysia will be the first country to enjoy such state-of-the-art subscription service in collaboration with an Australian listed public company, GoConnect Ltd (“GCN”).

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Avaya Unveils "All-In-One" IP Telephony Solution for SMBs in Japan


TOKYO , JAPAN - Avaya Japan Ltd. (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, president Mark Uno), a subsidiary of Avaya Inc., a leading provider of communications networks to businesses, today announced that the company strengthens its business targeting for small and medium enterprise market in Japan. Avaya Japan also announced the debut of Avaya IP Office, its "all-in-one" Internet Protocol (IP) solution for small and medium businesses will be available for Japanese customers through Avaya's BusinessPartners in Japan from the middle of July. Avaya Japan also disclosed it intention to expand the distribution channel for the small and medium business market.

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From Maine to California, Hotspots Give Thousands of Kids Their First-Ever Internet Experience

ARMONK, N.Y. -- June 18, 2003 -- IBM today announced that it has built secure wireless computing environments -- known as Wi Fi -- for more than 600 Boys & Girls Clubs across the United States, providing Internet access for more than 200,000 children.

The contract represents one of IBM's largest deployments of Wi Fi systems to date, with wireless-enabled Clubs located in New York, Chicago, Oakland and other major cities as well as in small towns and rural areas.


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Transmeta Bolsters Commitment to China with Midori Linux Agreement Announces Equity Stake in Chinese 2000 Holdings Ltd.

Santa Clara, Calif. and Hong Kong; June 12, 2003…Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq: TMTA), the leader in efficient computing, today announced it has entered into an agreement to allow Chinese 2000 Holdings Ltd. to develop and market Transmeta’s Midori™ Linux version of the Linux operating system for mobile and embedded devices in China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

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By Richard McBride, Director of Strategic Futures, Intec Telecom Systems


June 13, 2003/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The telecoms industry has not openly discussed a clear business strategy for making money with Wi-Fi services - despite the creation of thousands of hotspots around the world. From pricing and bundling of services to sharing revenues with roaming and reseller partners, Wi-Fi providers will need the right billing systems in place if they expect to achieve a solid return on investment.


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Company Sees Value-Added Services Playing a Key Role in the Success of Wi-Fi Pleasanton, CA, June 11, 2003 - Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hot spot networks, today announced that Ansat Communications has selected Pronto's public WLAN infrastructure solution as its core platform for offering wireless, online games to its subscribers. The wireless gaming market is growing rapidly and, according to Jupiter Research, online game subscriptions are expected to reach $600 million worldwide in 2003 and grow to more than $1.5 billion by 2006. Over the next year, Ansat plans to rollout hundreds of Wi-Fi locations throughout North America, Europe and Australia under its C4 Game Club brand.


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10-4 on that Wi-Fi, good buddy?


By: Ben Charny
From: Cnet news

In one of the largest projects of its kind, Knoxville, Tenn.-based IdleAire Technologies, a maker of in-cab gadgets for trucks, is installing Wi-Fi hot spots in 200 truck stops in 35 states, the company announced Tuesday.

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Infonetics Research Report: VPN/Firewall Market Dips to $700M in 1st Quarter; Resumes Growth in 2Q03

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide VPN and firewall hardware and software revenue hit $700 million in 1Q03, down 4% from 4Q02, but will resume growth in the second quarter, reaching $3 billion in CY03 and $4.7 billion in CY06, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly worldwide market share and forecast service, VPN and Firewall Products.

Companies tracked in this service include Array Networks, Avaya, Aventail, Celestix Networks, Check Point, cipherOptics, Cisco, Computer Associates, Crossbeam, CyberGuard, Cylink, Enterasys, eSoft, Global Technology, Intel, Intrusion, Linksys, Lucent, Neoteris, NETASQ, NETGEAR, Netilla, NetScreen, Nokia, Nortel, SafeWeb, Secure Computing, ServGate, Siemens, SonicWALL, Stonesoft, Symantec, uRoam, WatchGuard, Whale, ZyXEL, and others.

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Broadband Central Kicks Off Reseller Program For the
Nationwide Rollout of Its Blue Zone Program Delivering Affordable,
High-Speed Wireless Internet Access to Residential Customers


DRAPER, Utah - May 29, 2003 -Broadband Central today launched a reseller program designed to support and augment the nationwide rollout of its affordable high-speed wireless Internet services targeting residential customers.

As the largest wireless Internet service provider (WISP) in the state of Utah, Broadband Central will use its reseller program to expand its affordable, high-speed Internet services nationally. The immediate focus of its reseller program is the eight Western states that have been targeted by the company in the first phase of its national rollout plan: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

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Smith Micro Awarded Video Email Patent

Technology to Benefit Wireless and Broadband Markets Such as Wi-Fi and WWAN

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wireless & Broadband Division of Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI) , a developer and marketer of a wide range of software and service solutions for the Internet market, today announced it has received U.S. Patent No. 6,564,248 for a video email system. The patent relates to techniques for generating and playing encoded video, audio and text sequences that are sent as email messages over digital communications networks such as the Internet. Products in this area of technology are generally referred to as Video Email or Video Mail applications. This patent is particularly important to the wireless wide-area network (WWAN) and Wi-Fi market and other broadband networks where bandwidth is at a premium.

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