Press Releases by Category Media & Telecommunications
Image Source Receives Second Fast Growth Award Nomination
Image Source, the world\'s leading independent producer of royalty free stock photography, has been named as one of four finalists at the Fast Growth Business Awards 2008 in the International Business of the Year category, for the second year running.
“To be nominated the first time in 2007 was a great achievement but to repeat it in 2008 is fantastic recognition of our continued success”, said Duncan Grossart, Image Source CEO.…
Reliable Telecom Supply, Inc Receives TL9000 Certification
Reliable Telecom Supply, a telecommunications equipment provider and services company, recently received TL 9000 Certification from Quality Systems Registrars, Inc (QSR). This standard represents quality management system requirements for the design, development, production, delivery, installation, and maintenance of products and services within the telecom industry.
The certification process at Reliable Telecom Supply was a top priority coming into 2008. “The fact that we received this certification allows us to continue…
Launched new interactive online information service in Croatia
Croportal.net is Croatian internet portal that functiones as online information service which offers big number of current and interesting news form leading media sources in Croatia. On this portal, visitors can find all relevant information from differerent online media sources in Croatia.
Idea of Croportal is to present all the current news and information from contetly different and relevant media sources in Croatia and give users opportunity to share their own…
snom technology and Worldwide Partners Present VoIP Showcase at CeBIT 2008
Exhibition demonstrates significance of VoIP beyond making phone calls
BERLIN, GERMANY – February 15, 2008– snom technology AG, developer and manufacturer of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephones, will be exhibiting at the upcoming CeBIT 2008 Conference in Hannover, March 4th-9th. For the first time, snom will host a bi-level exhibit, with two floors showcasing a multi-faceted spectrum of complete VoIP solutions and scenarios with partner products. This showcase will include field-tested…
Speech Design exhibits at CeBIT 2008
Fixed-Mobile-Convergence for business customers and Call Completion / Visual Voice Mail Solutions for wireless operators are the highlights of this year´s show
Speech Design welcomes CeBIT visitors between March 4th and 9th to its Booth C14 in the Telecoms Hall 13. Innovations such as Business FMC (Fixed-Mobile-Convergence) and Call Completion / Visual Voice Mail for mobile networks are on display and real-life experiences can be discussed with experts.
Business FMC
Communicating via different…
GfM World: Social Community and eGame Marketing rocks
Strategies and Visions Concerning the Future of Brands, the Media and Entertainment World
Representatives of the advertising, media and games industries from Europe and the USA meet on 12th and 13th March in Berlin to exchange ideas and talk about the latest trends in e-game marketing and digital marketing entertainment. The 5th international GfM World and Digital Marketing Entertainment Congress provide detailed answers to all questions concerning TV browser gaming, e-game…
Appia Communications welcomes new Regional Manager for Northeastern US
Appia Communications, a leading provider of managed IT and telecommunications services, announced today that Richard Pellichero has been appointed Regional Manager for the northeastern United States.
“Rich brings extensive experience in developing and supporting channel partners. We are excited to have him on our team,” said Jason Ulm, Vice President of Sales.
Rich has been in the telecommunications industry for over 30 years. His responsibilities have included channel development and…
The Victoria and Albert Museum goes mobile with Museum On The Go
V&A Images presents a collection of digitised museum objects on the first multimedia museum portal for mobile phones.
Museum On The Go, the first portal for the download of digital museum objects to mobile devices, has dedicated a new section of its website to the leading collection of the V&A. The digital gallery comprises more than 100 images from a variety of periods and topics and is available for download to…
Comverse at Mobile World Congress with Innovative Solution Showcase
Comverse at Mobile World Congress (Hall 8, Booth 8B 83) with Innovative Solution Showcase Displaying a Portfolio of Value for all Operators
New Delhi 14th February 2008 --Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that it will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress on February 11–14, 2008 with an innovative solution portfolio reflecting the Comverse vision for a world…
Alcatel-Lucent announces plans to develop and distribute a prepaid solution for …
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced plans to develop and distribute a prepaid option to operators in the wireless market for use with the BlackBerry® platform.
Customized for BlackBerry® smartphones, the real-time, volume-based charging solution will be hosted by Alcatel-Lucent and will seamlessly integrate with operators’ existing networks. This option will enable BlackBerry smartphone users to track the minutes and data they have used against the prepaid amount remaining…
Accedian Networks(TM) Completes $7.5 Million in Series B Financing
Montreal, Canada, February 14, 2008 – Accedian NetworksTM, a leading provider of Packet Performance AssuranceTM solutions for telecom, cable and wireless operators, announced today it has raised $CAD 7.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing. Funds were provided by RHO Canada Ventures in addition to follow-on investments from Skypoint Capital and Solidarity Fund QFL.
The new financing builds on Accedian Networks’ continued success, driven by innovative, market-leading…
Alcatel-Lucent to deploy new submarine cable network linking India to Western Eu …
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has signed a turnkey contract with a consortium composed of nine operators to deploy a new submarine cable network linking Mumbai in India to Marseilles in France, over approximately 13,000 km. Named India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE), this new submarine cable network meets the need for enhanced, backhaul communications capabilities along the India-Western Europe route, as well as for increased capacity to support high-bandwidth broadband…
Hodge Podge magazine latest acquisition for MetaNetwork Media
Feb. 11, 2008 – The chairman of MetaNetwork Media, Jamar Freeze (Jaison Spad in Second Life), announced today that MNM has acquired the in-world magazine Hodge Podge for 30,000 shares of MNM common stock.
“As a popular lifestyle magazine for residents of Second Life, acquiring Hodge Podge magazine is another important step for our strategic plan,” Freeze said. “Their coverage of the lifestyle sector will dovetail very well with MNM…
Fax Solution for Dialogic 4000 Media Gateways
serVonic UM-software supports Microsoft Unified Communications-platform
Olching, 11th February 2008: With serVonic’s IXI-UMS Unified Messaging Server, a fax solution for the Dialogic 4000 Media Gateways is available now. The media gateways especially designed for IP-applications such as the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 allow the connection of the platform with available PBX’s or directly with the PSTN-network. “As module of the Microsoft Unified Communications-strategy, the OCS is mainly deployed in combination…
Varengold Bank invests in German social networking company Flobbi
Hamburg, February 7th, 2008 – Since the beginning of this year, the International Bank Varengold is investing in the German social networking company, Flobbi. Yasin Qureshi, chairman of the investment bank says: “Flobbi has a strong growth potential and is the only company, that connects networking, matching and crossing into the real world. This is a great benefit for the customers”
The investment is spent in development of the Flobbi…
Bharti Airtel strengthens focus on partnerships with international carriers
Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading integrated telecom conglomerate today announced the launch of the ‘India with Airtel’ – a strategic partnership program at the PTC ’08 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The program focuses on providing leading international carriers an opportunity to partner with Airtel for providing a variety of telecom services in India like managed data & Internet services, domestic connectivity, International Circuits, managed customized integrated solutions and satellite services etc.…
Voice Actors Can Take Virtual Tours of Home Studios on VoiceOverXtra.com
Voice actors who want to know what voice-over equipment their colleagues are using can now peek into those studios, in a new series of articles and photos on VoiceOverXtra.com - the online news and resource center for voice actors.
Located in the web site’s Home Studio section, these virtual Home Studio Tours reveal the equipment, studio layouts, soundproofing and other factors that are crucial to providing clients with quality voice-overs.
The articles…
itsmy.com Launches 100,000 Personal Mobile TV Channels
February 7, 2008 (Munich/Barcelona) - US and EU hottest and award winning mobile social network itsmy.com launches 100,000 personal mobile TV channels, which represent one broadcasting channel for each of its top 10% content uploading customers.
For live demos:
GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008, Barcelona (Spain), February 11-14, Hall 7, Stand 7G32
The idea behind the itsmy.com mobile community TV is to combine all key elements of mobile social networking…
Aerotel and Mobile Tornado Unveils Innovative Personal Wireless Safety Service a …
Barcelona, Spain, February 7, 2008 -- Mobile Tornado, world’s leading provider of universal mobile applications such Push to Talk and Push to Video and Aerotel Medical Systems, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of advanced telemedicine and telecare solutions jointly present SKeeper™ - a compact wearable mobile communication and safety device designed by Aerotel and integrated with Mobile Tornado’s services platform. The new device promises to make life safer and…
New idate study on reports-research.com: Enterprise mobile offering - a 33 billi …
This report "Enterprise mobile offering" takes stock of the current state of enterprise mobile voice and data services. By conducting a detailed analysis of the catalogue of business services marketed by eleven European operators in the five largest European countries, it picks out the underlying market trends in network strategy: 3G+, Wi-Fi, handsets, wVoIP… and range of services: segmentation, content, formats, billing modes… It then presents a number of indicators…
3 Italia win Gold at this years Future Mobile Awards
HAMPSHIRE, UK February 6th, 2008 – Mobile TV innovators, 3 ITALIA, have been selected by Juniper Research as the top award winner in the mobile TV category at this years, Future Mobile awards.
The Future Mobile Awards are given to companies that we believe have made significant progress within their sector during the previous year, and are now poised to make considerable market impact in the future. The gold award…
snom integra il software Camrivox e facilita l’integrazione tra CRM e telefonia …
Per la prima volta un software scaricabile dal web consente di integrare telefonia e CRM a prezzi competitivi senza rendere necessari server aggiuntivi o nuove PBX!
Berlino/Cambridge, 6 febbraio 2008 – snom technology AG, produttore di telefoni VoIP professionali di alta qualità e Camrivox Ltd, produttrice di software per l'integrazione di computer e sistemi telefonici (CTI – Computer Telephony Integration) e di applicazioni per la gestione dei rapporti con la…
CellAdmin Will Showcase its Groundbreaking Mobile Site Creator Tool Jagango at M …
Barcelona, Spain, February 5, 2008 -- CellAdmin, a developer of mobile content management solutions for operators and digital media providers, will showcase its groundbreaking mobile site creator tool, Jagango, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008, 11-14 February 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. Jagango enables literally anyone to create and share content and applications through personalized mobile internet sites.
Following the successful launch of the Jagango portal and the great interest…
Accedian Networks Appoints Marketing VP
Leadership team continues to strengthen, reflecting solid growth across all products
Montreal, Canada, February 5th, 2008 – Accedian NetworksTM, a leading provider of Packet Performance AssuranceTM solutions for telecom, cable and wireless operators, announced today that Scott Sumner has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing. In this role he will be responsible for the company’s marketing communications, public relations, eMarketing, advertising and brand.
“Scott brings extensive experience in marketing, advertising…
Musictrax Media Service to be Bundled with all TwinMask MP3, MP4 and GPS Devices
(February 4th, 2008) – Musictrax, a leader in Asia’s digital content delivery platform industry, announces today that the company has reached an agreement with Megastek Technologies, owner of the TwinMask™ brand, to embed the Musictrax media service directly into 2 Million MP3 / MP4 and GPS Devices to be sold throughout the 2008 year. Megastek Technologies is a leading supplier of Personal Media Players and Soundcards for the…
Speech Design exhibit at the annual TMIA Conference (Orlando/USA, February 24 – …
T-Systems and Vodafone D2 present case studies of joint projects with Speech Design
The 2008 conference of The Messaging Industry Association (TMIA) takes place in Orlando/USA, between February 24th and 28th. The non-profit organization´s annual meeting is a common platform for leading messaging industry experts. As a new TMIA member, Speech Design participates in the event for the first time with a solutions exhibit. “It is a great opportunity to exchange…
Mox recruits former Sales Director of Rival USA based competitor
Addition to the Mox management team facilitates increased focus on international markets
Ratingen, February 4th 2008 - Since the 1st January, Mr Eddie Last, who is based in London, England, joins the Mox Telecom Sales Team in the capacity of European Sales Director. In his role, Mr Last will be faced with the challenge of co-ordinating and expanding Mox’s presence within the European Telecommunications markets. The board’s intended and successful appointment…
Indian Business News 24/7 with NDTV Profit Now on WatchIndia.TV
New York & Mumbai: Since February 1st, WatchIndia.TV, the premier internet TV company for Indian programming, now broadcasts NDTV Profit - the first Indian business news channel - online. India’s booming economy, global conglomerates, and vast foreign investment has inspired WatchIndia.TV to offer the 30 million Non-Resident Indians worldwide, outside of India, a 24/7 financial and business news channel.
NDTV Convergence, which aims to leverage new media, considers this alliance…
For Voice-Overs, ISDN and Source-Connect Are Explained in New VoiceOverXtra.com …
Newcomers to the voice-over career field have lots of lingo to learn. Two technical items they’ll come across are ISDN and Source-Connect.
As explained in a new article at VoiceOverXtra.com (VoiceOverXtra.com), ISDN - or Integrated Services Digital Network - and Source-Connect are tools that allow two-way, high fidelity, real time communication and recording from a home studio to high-end studios, stations and networks elsewhere, all over the world.
“With…
BDMO and the Simpsons
20th Century Fox entrusts BDMO with the Manufacturing of the Simpson's Packaging.
Once again, BDMO could provide evidence for its international competitiveness and expertise: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment charged BDMO with the manufacturing of the outer packaging of “Simpsons – The Film”.
Therewith, the next blockbuster of a major Hollywood studio found its way to the premises of the Belgium-French BDMO Group, which considers this step as a further confirmation…
AirRadio upgrades London Heathrow Network with Xfin Technology from Team Simoco
31 January 2008 - AirRadio Ltd today announces the completion of the upgrade to their London Heathrow Trunk Network, deploying Xfin technology from Team Simoco Limited (TSL). The network upgrade is the latest investment by AirRadio, the UK’s largest provider of operational radios to the UK Air Transport Industry, confirming their commitment to providing innovative services to their customers who include airlines, ground handlers and airport service companies.
Customers…
Johann Pohany Joins ND SatCom as CTO
Dr. Gerhard Bommas Retires after 33 Years with the Company
Friedrichshafen, January 30, 2008 – ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, recently appointed Johann Pohany to the position of CTO. Mr. Pohany replaces Dr. Gerhard Bommas, who has retired after 33 years with the company. Mr. Pohany will oversee ND SatCom’s product lifecycle from product management, R&D, verification, supply chain management, production, training and support. His responsibilities also include group wide…
Pixelmetrix Danny Wilson to present ‘IPTV Standardization at ITU-T’ at TVoDSL 20 …
TVoDSL, Paris, January 29, 2008 – Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix President & CEO, is scheduled to present on Day 2, Session 4, of the TVoDSL Conference during this Triple Play Showcase to be held at the Hotel Marriott, Paris Rive Gauche, this week.
Session 4, focused on Standardization, is planned for Thursday, January 31. Danny Wilson is the first speaker for the day, and will discuss ‘IPTV Standardization at ITU-T’,…
Blueslice Wins VimpelCom 3G Tender for ngHLR
Best of breed solution and increased demand from top tier carriers highlight Blueslice’s rising share of subscriber management market
Moscow, Russia & Montreal, Canada, January 30, 2008 -- Blueslice Networks, the leading provider of subscriber management solutions for Mobile, VoIP, FMC, and M2M networks, announced today that VimpelCom has selected Blueslice as its new ngHLR and HSS vendor of choice for its subscriber base of over 50 million subscribers.
VimpelCom, which operates…
Speech Design announced as Business Partner of the Year 2007 by Hewlett Packard
Second year in a row Speech Design Carrier Systems was announced as a Business Partner of the Year 2007 by HP. Jan and Robert Martens, who received the award during the HP Communications World Conference in Barcelona, are very pleased. “We esteem the partnership with HP a lot and are therefore very happy about the award. It was a successful year and we are looking forward to more collaborative projects…
Mobile Entertainment Service Market to Increase threefold to $64bn by 2012
HAMPSHIRE, UK: 23rd January, 2007 - Music, games and mobile TV will be the major contributors to the global mobile entertainment market which will rise from just over $20 billion in 2007 to more than $64 billion by 2012, according to a new report by Juniper Research. Other mobile entertainment sectors include User-generated Content, Gambling, Adult and Infotainment.
The report says that mobile music will remain the largest single sector…
The Amanda Company Announces Availability of Vdex-40
San Diego, California, USA, 15 January 2008 -- The Amanda Company announced the commercial release of TechnoCo’s Vdex-40 embedded Asterisk* IP-PBX appliance in North America. Stock will be available at the end of January 2008.
Teams of engineers have been working over the past 24 months hardening the Asterisk code base and porting it to TechnoCo’s architecture. TechnoCo claim Vdex to be the first Asterisk Appliance to maximize voice quality by…
Fromdistance Reporter wins MobileMonday Helsinki Peer Award
Reporter service developed by Fromdistance has been nominated as Finland’s and Estonia’s joint representative to run for the MobileMonday Global Peer Award 2008. A jury of influential mobile market trend-setters chose Reporter as the most potential application to represent MobileMonday Helsinki Chapter at the next rounds of the competition.
“While all competitors showed international potential, Fromdistance's Reporter was unanimously picked by the jury. It combines trendy concept - user-generated content…
New distribution cooperation enables increase in turnover
Mox ensures unique access to Greek distribution channel network
- Exclusive contract enables distribution network of 48.000 point-of-sales
Ratingen, 2008-01-22 - From January on, Mox Telecom AG will supply kiosks and supermarkets in Greece with calling cards in collaboration with its reseller Better & Better. Better & Better and the Greek top-wholesaler for tobacco goods Stoumbos O.E. (a general partnership according to Greek law) agreed upon beginning of this year in…
Omnifone’s MusicStation wins Gold at this year’s Future Mobile Awards for contri …
HAMPSHIRE, UK January 22nd, 2008 – Mobile music innovators, Omnifone, have been selected as this year’s top award winner in the mobile music category at this year’s Future Mobile Awards, presented by Juniper Research.
The Future Mobile Awards are given to companies that have made significant progress within their particular sector during the previous year, and who are now poised to make a considerable market impact in the year ahead. …
Bettye Zoller Publishes New Podcast for Aspiring Voice Actors
Bettye Zoller, voice instructor and award-winning Simon & Schuster author and recording artist, was featured in episode 30 of the hit voice acting podcast, Voice Over Experts, podcasts.voices.com, the most downloaded and subscribed to voice over podcast for beginner and professional voice actors. This is Ms. Zoller’s third contribution to the podcast.
In Bettye Zoller’s "Learning Voice Over as a Whole”, she reveals that a career in voice over starts not…
Play an adventurer's part on the mobile
To struggle through life and take up a challenge to home on a target. That seems to be like real life in the new role playing game Nuclear Collapse on the mobile phone. The player feels like an element of an exciting adventure story that is steered by the player himself.
In the dark future of Nuclear Collapse the humanity has shady prospects. Enslaved by alien overlords men carve out a…
Virtual Assistant Organization Honors Member with ‘VAccolade’ Award
(VANCOUVER, BC) January 7, 2008 – Tawnya Sutherland, founder of VANetworking.com honored one of her forum’s members last month with the title of “VAccolade Business Entrepreneur of the Year”.
The VAccolade Business Entrepreneur Award is presented to a different member of VANetworking.com, (‘VANA’ to its members) each week. To qualify for this distinction, a VA must be nominated by a peer and meet the following criteria: the VA must be…
U.S. Cellular awards Alcatel-Lucent contract for ongoing network expansion
U.S. Cellular (AMEX: USM) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced a five-year agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to supply a wide variety of network equipment, software and services supporting U.S. Cellular’s ongoing network expansion.
The equipment, software and services from Alcatel-Lucent will make it possible for U.S. Cellular to improve their customers’ experience through increased coverage and capacity of its network based on CDMA2000® technology. This platform will enable U.S.…
AVS 707 1/2 inch CCD Analog Camera
San Diego, CA, January 17, 2008 - Audio Video Supply, Inc, a San Diego distributor first in CCTV Security, has introduced the new AVS-707 Analog Camera from its new product line.
The small, rugged AVS 707 has a high resolution interline transfer 1/2" CCD imager. There is not a need for a remote imager camera except in the most confined spaces with the 707 because of its miniature size.
All of…
Logia Group introduces Vidmo-first Platform to Enable Synchronized Launch of WEB …
By uniting WEB and WAP environments, Vidmo permits parallel sharing of a wide range of content from user generated video clips and photographs to music video clips and social voting contests.
Herzliya, Israel – January 17, 2008 – Logia Group, the leading global provider of innovative mobile internet services, has announced today the international launch of Vidmo, the first video multi-platform for the content sharing community. Vidmo is the first tool…
Intex Brings “Scratch Karo Ek Irada” Offer for its Mobile Phones
Mobile phone buyers in Haryana & Uttaranchal have an appropriate opportunity to continue their new year celebrations with Intex\'s “Scratch Karo Ek Irada” offer – an attractive end-consumer scheme launched by the company for its range of GSM mobile phones.
Assuring free gifts on each purchase, the scheme is all about purchasing any Intex mobile phone from an authorised retailer in the above mentioned regions which in turn will lead to…
Informa India brings Hollywood’s Greatest Film School to India
Informa India is delighted to bring the Hollywood Film Institute’s famed 2-Day Film School to India for the very first time. This is the premiere film school of its kind in the world, and is conducted by Dov S-S Simens. Simens – voted America’s #1 Film Instructor - condenses four years of film school theory and education into two days of essential and practical facts and information. It's a no-hold…
PostWorks and Orbit Digital Ready Narrative and Documentary Feature Selections f …
Company Executives Also Hosting Two Fireside Chats at Park City's New York Lounge, on Controlling Post-Production Costs
NEW YORK and HOLLYWOOD--Digital motion picture and post-production companies PostWorks and Orbit Digital today announced their support of numerous feature films selected for the annual Sundance Film Festival, which kicks-off this week in Park City, Utah.
Staff members from PostWorks and Orbit have made significant lab, picture and/or sound post-production contributions to the narrative…
Asia to dominate Mobile WiMAX market with over 50% of subscribers by 2013
Hampshire, UK – 16th January 2008: Juniper Research forecasts that Asia will account for over 50% of Mobile WiMAX 802.16e subscribers by 2013, exceeding 40 million mobile subscribers.
A country by country analysis by Juniper Research found that countries such as India, Korea, Pakistan, Taiwan and Australia will drive the growth of Mobile WiMAX 802.16e. The study explored how WiMAX will be well suited to rapid deployment…
