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Valmont Industries, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Valmont Industries, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call

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OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI), a leading global manufacturer of engineered products for infrastructure, mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture, and a provider of coating services, will hold its Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 beginning at 8:00 a.m. CST.

An audio discussion of Valmont's fourth quarter results by Mogens C. Bay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Terry J. McClain, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be available live by telephone by dialing 1-877-493-2981 and entering Conference ID#: 30187306 or via the Internet at 8:00 a.m. CST on February 15, 2012, by pointing browsers to: http://www.valmont.com/page.aspx?id=445&pid=21. After the event you may listen by accessing the above link or by telephone. Dial 1-800-642-1687 or 706-645-9291, and enter the Conference ID#: 30187306 beginning February 15, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. CST through 12:00 p.m. CST on February 22, 2012.

Valmont is a global leader in designing and manufacturing poles, towers and structures for lighting and traffic, wireless communication and utility markets, industrial access systems, road safety products and a provider of protective coating services. Valmont also leads the world in mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture, enhancing food production while conserving and protecting natural water resources.

SOURCE Valmont Industries, Inc.

Space Systems/Loral Selected to Provide Two Powerful Satellites for Australia's National Broadband Network

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:23:00 +0000

Leading Platform for Satellite Broadband Delivers Unprecedented Capacity Distribution Capability to Assure Internet Access to Rural and Remote Australia

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) (NASDAQ: LORL), the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide two high throughput communications satellites that will be used to deliver high speed broadband service to rural and remote areas of Australia. The satellites will be operated by NBN Co Limited (NBN Co), which was established to implement the Australian government policy initiative of providing access to high speed broadband to every household and business in the country via an integrated national network that will utilize fiber, wireless and satellite technologies.

"We are honored to be a part of the Australian government's initiative to provide universal broadband service to all of its citizens," said John Celli, president of Space Systems/Loral. "Today, access to the internet is crucial for education, safety, and economic development. Satellite is a highly cost-effective solution for providing high-speed connectivity over broad geographic areas and the Australian government has demonstrated visionary thinking in looking to satellite as one of the three chosen technologies to deliver service to every part of the nation."

Space Systems/Loral has built more satellites for broadband communications than any other manufacturer, and has built the world's highest capacity broadband satellites which deliver more than 100 gigabits per second throughput. The two satellites, NBN Co 1A and 1B, are both Ka-band, high-throughput broadband satellites that use multiple spot beams in an advanced design that tailors capacity to Australia's vastly distributed population. When launched in 2015, the satellites will provide service to some of the most remote places in Australia, as well as its coastal islands and external territories including Norfolk Island, Cocos Island, Christmas Island and Macquarie Island in the Antarctic.

"This announcement is a significant step towards reducing the digital divide between Australians living in urban areas and those living in the most geographically isolated regions. Rural and remote communities can now look forward to receiving enhanced broadband connectivity that will assist them in accessing the types of business, health, education and government services that people in metropolitan areas take for granted, " said Mike Quigley, chief executive officer of NBN Co. "We selected Space Systems/Loral to design and build our satellites because of its leadership in delivering the world's largest and most powerful satellites, and its long history of success in providing satellites for broadband service."

The satellites for NBN Co are based on the SS/L 1300 platform which leads the industry in reliability and has been optimized to provide enhanced performance and capacity distribution for broadband missions. The satellites are designed to provide service for 15 years or more.

The contract award also includes satellite control facilities, support for system capacity planning and optimization, systems to manage satellite operations, and end-to-end systems integration support.

About NBN Co Limited
NBN Co Limited was established in 2009 to implement the Australian Government's policy initiative to design, build, and operate a National Broadband Network to provide access to high speed broadband to all Australian premises. NBN Co is a wholly-owned Commonwealth company that has been prescribed as a Government Business Enterprise (GBE) and is represented by "Shareholder Ministers" -- the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Minister of Finance and Deregulation. The organization's goal is to deliver Australia's first national wholesale-only, open access broadband network to all Australians, regardless of where they live. For more information, visit: www.nbnco.com.au.

About Space Systems/Loral
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL), has a long history of delivering reliable satellites and spacecraft systems for commercial and government customers around the world. As the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, the company works closely with satellite operators to provide spacecraft for a broad range of services including television and radio distribution, digital audio radio, broadband Internet, and mobile communications. Billions of people around the world depend on SS/L satellites every day. For more information, visit www.ssloral.com.

About Loral Space & Communications
Loral Space & Communications is a satellite communications company. Through its Space Systems/Loral subsidiary, the company is a world-class leader in the design and manufacture of satellites and satellite systems for commercial and government applications including direct-to-home television, broadband communications, wireless telephony, weather monitoring, and air traffic management. Loral also owns 64 percent of Telesat, one of the world's largest providers of satellite services. Telesat operates a fleet of telecommunications satellites used to broadcast video entertainment programming, distribute direct-to-home video and broadband data services, and other value-added communications services. For more information, visit Loral's Web site at www.loral.com. LORL-G

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "believes," "expects," "plans," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "anticipates," "estimates," "project," "intend" or "outlook" or other variations of these words or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. In addition, Loral Space & Communications Inc., Space Systems/Loral, Inc. or their representatives have made or may make forward-looking statements, orally or in writing, which may be included in, but are not limited to, various filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and press releases or oral statements made with the approval of an authorized executive officer of the company. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results as a result of certain risks and uncertainties which are described as "Risk Factors" and in the "Commitments and Contingencies" note to the financial statements in Loral's 2010 annual report on Form 10-K filed March 15, 2011. The reader is specifically referred to this document, as well as the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to (1) risks associated with financial factors, including swings in the global financial markets, financial covenants in SS/L's credit agreement, increases in interest rates and access to capital; (2) risks associated with satellite manufacturing, including competition, cyclicality of SS/L's end-user markets, contractual risks, creditworthiness of customers, performance of suppliers and management of our factory and personnel; (3) regulatory risks, such as the effect of U.S. export control and economic sanction laws; and (4) other risks, including litigation. The foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. Furthermore, Loral and SS/L operate in an industry sector where securities values may be volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the control of Loral and SS/L.

Space Systems/Loral was selected to provide the satellites, NBN Co 1A and 1B, to NBN Co.

AirVM Launches Cloud Services Partner Portal/Program at VMware PEX 2012

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:33 +0000

AirVM, one of the fastest growing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers, is announcing the launch of it's partner program designed to enable partners to be cloud server providers in seconds.

AirVM.com, launched two years ago and developed to demonstrate the disruptive nature of AirSembly, it's core cloud-engine automation technology, has revolutionized the manner in which enterprise-class, cloud servers are configured, provisioned and billed. Contrary to many cloud services providers, AirVM customers are provided clear and transparent details for the services they purchase, the performance guarantees included and exactly what prices they will be charged, hourly and monthly.

Joshua Vautour, Founder and CEO of AirVM said: "At VMware's Partner Exchange 2012 (booth V11) conference in Las Vegas starting on February 13th, organizations whom view cloud services as a growing market opportunity, will experience first-hand, how our partner portal provides all of the functionality and control without any of the technology management challenges. Our platform is so automated and easy to deploy that we will be deploying actual cloud services businesses in seconds. The growth opportunities are staggering."

With IT budgets under constant scrutiny, the new normal continues to be "do more with less". Virtualization such as VMware's has shown us immense opportunities to manage costs, improve our ability to be more agile and increase our IT-resilience. AirVM's AirSembly-powered, cloud servers extend VMware's benefits to anyone whom needs extra compute capacity, on-demand and flexibly using economical, pay-as-you-go pricing.

Paul Fink, AirVM's VP Sales said: "Partners are going to be extremely impressed at how easy we can enable new and profitable revenue streams with high quality, differentiated services that their customers are already demanding."

About AirVM

AirVM, a leading innovator in supporting partners to be cloud hosting service providers, uses AirSembly's cloud-engine automation technology to order, bill and administer cloud servers. AirVM's success lies in taking the technology out of information technology so that partners can focus on continuing build valuable customer relationships and not be burdened with managing technology.

Paul Fink
VP Sales
1-877-552-4786
paul@airvm.com
www.airvm.com

Tennessee Schools to Enhance STEM Programs with $50,000 in Funding from the Verizon Foundation

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:15:57 +0000

Tennessee Schools to Enhance STEM Programs with $50,000 in Funding from the Verizon Foundation

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Verizon Foundation has awarded Tennessee schools grants totaling $50,000 to enhance their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs using resources at Thinkfinity.org, an award-winning educational website with tens of thousands of free, engaging materials for teachers and students. Thinkfinity.org contains resources that make learning fun, including K-12 lesson plans, in-class activities and videos that can be found quickly and searched by grade level, keyword or subject.

"Verizon Thinkfinity.org offers high-end resources to our students' educators, allowing quick and easy access to teaching and learning materials from some of the most trusted names in education," said Julie C. Smith, vice president of external affairs for Verizon's Southeast region. "Our hope is that these grants will equip teachers with the tools they need to engage students in STEM subjects and take student achievement in Tennessee even higher."

Tennessee schools that received a $5,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation include:

Brentwood High School
Funding will support science and mathematics teachers in a project focused on increasing students' ability to think, analyze, and communicate by incorporating technology into the classroom for research in the STEM disciplines.

Woodbury Grammar School
Funding will support Cub Club, a free after-school program for students in K-8th grade that provides academic enrichment through project-based learning and advanced technology tools.

Franklin County School District
Funding will allow the district to implement the use of Thinkfinity.org for professional development that will increase teacher effectiveness as measured by the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP).

Gallatin Senior High School
Funding will allow two library media specialists to attend the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference 2012 in San Diego, CA to learn ways to collaborate with teachers and students to implement technology in education programs.

Homestead Elementary
Funding will support the Going the Extra Mile for Students (GEMS) and Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) programs, before and after school learning labs that serve and support academically at-risk and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Lake City Middle School
Funding will support Lake City Middle School's initiative to use Thinkfinity.org to train faculty in the Related Arts disciplines—including physical education, teen living, music, art, reading concentration, band and technology—to integrate broader academic topics into their classes.

Rhea County Schools
Funding will allow two chemistry teachers to attend the Tennessee Science Teachers Association annual conference in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The funds will also support plans for high school chemistry and physics teachers to integrate Thinkfinity.org into their lesson plans.

Stone Elementary School
Funding will help the school implement an after school science and engineering club by enabling the school to access scientific instruments for STEM studies.

Union City Schools
Funding will support Math Attack, an event held before 2012 TCAP testing that promotes interactive math learning opportunities for fifth grade students.

William James Middle School
Funding will allow four educators in the STEM disciplines to attend the "2012 STEM Trek: Journey to the Next Generation" conference.

Verizon Thinkfinity.org resources are aligned to state and national standards and offer elementary through high school teachers resources across eight academic disciplines, from science to English to mathematics, to improve student achievement. In addition to providing standards-based resources from the nation's leading educational organizations, Thinkfinity.org also offers a comprehensive professional-development program that allows teachers to sign up for free online or face-to-face training to learn how to make the most of its tools.

Verizon Thinkfinity.org also offers a free online community teachers can join to discuss the hottest topics in education. Additionally, members can get access to exclusive content, like videos from renowned voices such as retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, entrepreneur and former NBA all-star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, educator Dr. Ben Carson, and digital communications expert Jason Falls, who provides insights into topics like the role of civics in education, digital classrooms and social media use in today's education system.

To access these videos from the Verizon Thinkfinity.org Speakers Series visit http://community.thinkfinity.org/community/speakerseries.

The Verizon Foundation aims to help people live healthy, safe and independent lives by addressing disparities in education, health care and sustainability. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than half a billion dollars to improve the communities where Verizon employees work and live, and Verizon employees have logged more than 6.2 million hours of service to make a positive difference in their communities. For more information, visit www.verizonfoundation.org.

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 109 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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UPDATE: Blancspot Media Launches Interactive Social News App for Google TV

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:35:00 +0000

Blancspot Media, LLC today announced it has extended its award winning interactive news service with its launch of Blancspot for Google TV. "We created Blancspot to offer a social news experience that would follow users from their Android phones, tablets and now to Google TV. As a result, news becomes socially relevant to young adults who are looking to engage with a more creative and positive way to consume and share media. We are thrilled Google has featured Blancspot on the Google TV Android Market," said founder and CEO Camille LeBlanc. Blancspot arrives in the living room as the first truly interactive global news service available for television viewing.

"The global reach of Blancspot has been exciting to see expand and adding large screen format brings an engaging, socially connected news experience right into the living rooms and dorm rooms of young adults. We believe this is an underserved group, one that grew up in fundamentally different ways than the average news consumer and they are seeking a fundamentally different experience when learning about the world," said LeBlanc.

Backed by Hollywood Producer Frank Marshall, Blancspot Media is a next-generation, global media company focused on engaging the fastest-growing, most media literate and technically astute generation in history. Blancspot goes beyond reporting the news to provide an engaging framework for users to connect with their communities and get involved in topics that interest them. Blancspot's news platform delivers content in a rich, cinematic and interactive experience that has captivated the youth market across the globe. "We're focused on creating a marketplace of ideas, engagement, and commerce to provide a better news option for the digital native," LeBlanc added.

Pricing and Availability
The Blancspot service is now available on Google TV Android Market (https://market.android.com/search?q=blancspot&so=1&c=apps) for a one-time fee of $1.99. The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch are available through the Apple iTunes.

About Blancspot Media, LLC
Founded in 2010, Blancspot Media, LLC is a privately held, privately financed company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Blancspot is a social news network that provides a cinematic, unbiased view of global events. The service launched in August 2010.

Press Contact:
Blancspot Media, LLC
+1.917.952.7082
press@blancspot.com
Media Kit: http://blancspot.com/press_kit.html

Blancspot Media reaches Television Audiences on Google TV

TELUS Launches Optik TV Mobile Experience With Cisco Videoscape

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000

New Platform Will Allow TELUS to Expand Optik TV Service Beyond the Home, Reinventing the Television Experience

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and TELUS today announced TELUS has deployed key components of the Cisco Videoscape™ platform in order to extend its successful Optik TV services to mobile devices through its 'Optik on the go' offering. Cisco Videoscape is a comprehensive TV platform allowing service providers and media companies to extend content across devices and networks to create a new, truly immersive home and mobile television experience. Videoscape utilizes the cloud, network, and client devices together to deliver new, high-quality video experiences over the Internet.

Through the use of Cisco Videoscape, TELUS is differentiating its consumer video experience in an increasingly competitive market, while simultaneously extending opportunities for revenue generation to its growing customer base of Optik services subscribers and TELUS wireless subscribers in Alberta and British Columbia.

"Our vision for Optik on the go is to offer customers a simple, straightforward way to view Optik TV content across any number of mobile screens or devices," said David Fuller, chief marketing officer, TELUS. "With Cisco Videoscape we can now mobile-enable content and offer customers an innovative, world-class TV experience -- at home and on the go."

With Videoscape, TELUS will offer Optik customers in Alberta and British Columbia a unique TV experience, allowing them to take their TV service with them on the go. TELUS has employed Cisco's technology and service delivery expertise in managing synergies between the cloud, network and client devices, to launch a fully hosted video content management platform to increase service velocity.

"Service providers like TELUS are well-positioned to do for the TV experience what the mobile Internet did for the cellphone -- allow anywhere, anytime access," said Pankaj Patel, senior vice president, Engineering and general manager, Cisco Service Provider Business. "Today's consumers want a personalized video experience, regardless of location or device. With Cisco Videoscape technology powering 'Optik on the go', TELUS further enhances their premium video customer experience."

Key facts:

Launched in June, 2010, Optik TV is powered by TELUS' innovative and market leading fibre-optic network. Optik TV offers innovative functionality features such as PVR Anywhere, and more than 500 channels, including more than 100 in high definition. Cisco Videoscape will allow TELUS to deliver a consistent Optik TV experience across a diverse set of mobile devices.
Videoscape elements TELUS is deploying:
- Cisco Videoscape Media Suite, a cloud-based service that offers full life-cycle content management so that service providers can efficiently and cost-effectively manage and publish content across multiple screens.
- Cisco Videoscape Clients, software clients that extend the Videoscape experiences to a wide variety of home and mobile devices.
Cisco Advanced Services provided the design and application development expertise, bringing together interdependent cloud, network and client components into a single integrated solution.

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RSS Feed for Cisco: http://newsroom.cisco.com/rss-feeds

About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T) (TSX: T.A) (NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $10.3 billion of annual revenue and 12.6 million customer connections including 7.2 million wireless subscribers, 3.6 million wireline network access lines, 1.3 million Internet subscribers and more than 450,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Eleven TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS' local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

About Cisco
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.

Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.
TELUS, the TELUS logo, and Optik are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under licence.

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For more information:

Karin Scott
Cisco Canada
416-306-7164
kariscot@cisco.com

Shawn Hall
TELUS Media Relations
(604) 697-8176
Shawn.hall@telus.com

OpenDesks Reaches 1000th Location

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:00 +0000

OpenDesks Releases Android App, Solidifying Company's Leading Role in Real-Time Workspace

OpenDesks, Inc. (www.opendesks.com), the source for discovering, managing and booking workspaces and meeting rooms in real-time, added the 1000th location to its network and released its first Android app today. The new app and expansion of its network strengthens the value of OpenDesks to both individual and corporate users.

The Android app joins the OpenDesks iPhone app, released in October 2011, and tools such as the OpenDesks Workspace Map, an interactive map that allows users to sort and pinpoint workspace based on geographic location.

"OpenDesks automates the discovery, communication and booking of resources in real-time," said founder and CEO Chris DiFonzo. "Our goal is to make discovering and booking business-class workspace and meeting rooms a seamless process for mobile professionals."

The rapidly changing global workforce -- and work culture -- bode well for OpenDesks' future. According to the IDC, the mobile workforce is expected to grow by 20 percent by 2013. In the United States alone that means nearly 120 million workers, encompassing a range of professions from software developers to lawyers.

Despite the growth in numbers, mobile workers have been widely underserved as a market. While there is plenty of workspace available for booking -- from coworking sites to full service business centers -- there has not been a solution to allow mobile professionals to book space in real-time.

"What differentiates OpenDesks," said DiFonzo, "is our commitment to reengineering how people discover and access workspace and shared resources."

About OpenDesks
OpenDesks is a social-mobile reservation system providing real-time access to workspace and meeting rooms in over 1000 locations worldwide. Its network of business class space includes full service business centers, coworking spaces and shared offices in more than 500 cities in 101 countries. OpenDesks is available on the web, iPhone and Android. For more information, visit http://www.opendesks.com.

Chris DiFonzo
Founder & CEO
chris@opendesks.com
+1.646.820.0875
@opendesks

Jenny Parker McCloskey
jenny@queenbeecommunications.com
+1.917.763.3263

Verizon Foundation Awarded More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in Pennsylvania

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:45 +0000

Verizon Foundation Awarded More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in Pennsylvania

PR Newswire

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit groups in Pennsylvania received more than $3.3 million from the Verizon Foundation in 2011. The majority of the funds went to organizations that focused on advancing health care, domestic violence prevention, education and sustainability.

In addition, Verizon employees volunteered nearly 48,000 hours to nonprofit groups throughout the state in 2011. The Verizon Foundation supports employee volunteerism by awarding a $750 grant to a nonprofit organization when a Verizon employee volunteers 50 hours or more to the organization during the year.

"Verizon has always believed that the innovative power of technology can be used to address critical social issues across the commonwealth," said Carl E. Erhart, area vice president for Verizon. "We are proud to partner with key nonprofit organizations throughout Pennsylvania to be a positive force for change in communities in greatest need."

Programs and organizations supported by the Verizon Foundation in 2011 include:

The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, for its Pathways to Independence program.
Bar Association of Lehigh County, Allentown, for its "Not Behind the Wheel" video, which addresses the dangers of texting and driving. The video received an Emmy award last year from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for The Child Advocacy Center for victims of neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
Downingtown STEM Academy for the STEM for an Equitable Future program.
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Schwenksville, to implement the conservancy's "My Water -- From Rainwater to Groundwater" youth video contest.

"Thanks to Verizon's generosity, The Child Advocacy Center will host the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Child Maltreatment, which helps a multidisciplinary team approach to intervention in cases of child physical and sexual abuse," said Rob Wittman, case management and conference coordinator, Child Advocacy Center with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. "This includes a unified, collaborative response by victims' advocates, law enforcement, the legal system, health care practitioners, attorneys, judges and advocates from across the state. Participants will then have new tools and knowledge to better respond to familial violence and maltreatment."

Trudy Phillips, director for environmental education at the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, said: "The Conservancy is excited to have this opportunity to work with the Verizon Foundation to create an informed and active youth presence in our 362-square-mile watershed community. Through the 'My Water - From Rainwater to Groundwater' video contest, the conservancy furthers its goal of preparing youth to make knowledge-based decisions regarding the importance of protecting our finite water resources."

The Verizon Foundation helps people to live healthy, safe and independent lives by addressing disparities in education, health care and sustainability. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than half a billion dollars to improve the communities where Verizon employees work and live. Verizon's employees are generous with their donations and their time, having logged more than 6.2 million hours of service to make a positive difference in their communities. For more information, visit www.verizonfoundation.org.

SOURCE Verizon

Verizon Foundation Provided More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in New Jersey

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:27:02 +0000

Verizon Foundation Provided More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in New Jersey

PR Newswire

NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit groups in New Jersey received more than $3.3 million from the Verizon Foundation in 2011.The majority of the funds went to organizations that focused on advancing health care, domestic violence prevention, education and sustainability.

In addition, Verizon employees volunteered nearly 64,800 hours to nonprofit groups throughout the Garden State in 2011. The Verizon Foundation supports employee volunteerism by awarding a $750 grant to a nonprofit organization when a Verizon employee volunteers 50 hours or more to the organization during the year.

"Through strategic grants and partnerships with nonprofit organizations across New Jersey, Verizon is using the innovative power of our technology to address critical social issues affecting our communities," said Dennis M. Bone, president of Verizon New Jersey. "We are proud to be a positive force for change for those with the greatest needs."

Programs and organizations supported by the Verizon Foundation in 2011 include:

The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2), which has raised awareness of students, educators and parents about negative, irresponsible and malicious digital behaviors and trends, and identified ways to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of a cybercrime, bullying or digital exploitation.
The Bancroft School at Voorhees Pediatric Facility, which serves children ages 3 to 21 with developmental disabilities or brain injuries. The Verizon grant supported the Distance Learning Program, which provides critical access to learning experiences otherwise not accessible to the students.
The Princeton University Preparatory Program, which provides a rigorous, academic and cultural enrichment program for high-achieving, low-income high school students from local school districts. This tuition-free program prepares participants for admission to, and ongoing success within, selective colleges and universities.
Jersey Battered Women's Services, which provides a psycho-educational program that includes group education and counseling services to help batterers identify their abusive behavior, take responsibility for it and develop new nonabusive skills. Participants in the program learn how they use power and control in their intimate relationships and learn ways to address their anger nonviolently.

"This alliance between the Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication and Verizon is making a positive impact in the lives of many across the state of New Jersey," said Richard Guerry, executive director, IROC2. "Verizon has made it possible for over 12,000 citizens of New Jersey – primarily students – to become informed and responsible digital citizens in our global village, which is a vital developmental task necessary for everyone who utilizes and relies on evolving digital tools and technologies, regardless of age, race, demo and geo-graphics."

Patty Sly, executive director of Jersey Battered Women's Services, said, "JBWS is grateful to the Verizon Foundation for partnering with us and supporting our work with batterers in our effort to break the cycle of violence."

SOURCE Verizon

Uniserve to Raise $490,000 With Private Placement

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:07:08 +0000

Uniserve Communications Corp. (TSX VENTURE:USS) (the "Company") announces that it has arranged, subject to regulatory approval, a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of up to 7,000,000 units of the Company at $0.07 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company and half a share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each full Warrant will be exercisable into an additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of six months.

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company will issue to certain eligible finders as finders' fees a number of non-transferable finder's warrants (the "Finder's Warrants") of up to the maximum allowable for the Private Placement, subject to regulatory approval. Each Finder's Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one common share in the capital of the Company at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of 6 months from the date of issuance.

The Company plans to use these funds for general working capital requirement as it continues its expansion in to the Cloud Computing market.

Uniserve Communications Corporation (TSX VENTURE:USS) is an industry leader in the integration and delivery of voice and data services over multiple IP networks directly or through wholesale partnerships to businesses and retail consumers throughout Canada. Learn more at www.uniserve.com or at www.sedar.com.

This news release was prepared on behalf of the Board of Directors, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.

Michael Schmidt, CEO

Management has prepared this release and no regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements. Such statements are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections using available information. Uniserve cautions that actual financial results could differ materially from the current expectations due to a number of factors.

Uniserve Communications Corporation
Michael Schmidt
CEO
604.395.3911
www.uniserve.com

Frost & Sullivan Applauds Velocent for Its Comprehensive Range of Solutions Designed to Meet the Requirements of Bandwidth-Extensive, Next-Generation Network Services

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +0000

Velocent's OneVu(TM) Range of Solutions Helps Mobile Operators Keep Customer Churn and Costs of Customer Care to a Minimum

Based on its recent analysis of the mobile broadband service assurance market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Velocent with the 2011 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement. The company's OneVu™ range of solutions provides an innovative approach to quality of experience (QoE), enabling mobile operators to accurately and cost-effectively monitor service quality.

Major telecom companies are providing packet monitoring solutions that collect inspection data from hundreds of sources on a network. However, this network-centric approach hinders visibility into actual user experience and gives rise to complexities in data correlation, which results in inaccurate throughput measurements.

To circumvent these issues, Velocent adopts a much simpler and more logical approach to monitoring service quality. It oversees data transfers from a single source, the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN), from which it has complete visibility across the entire network. This helps the company supervise every session as well as user behavior without disrupting the network or adding traffic to it.

"The single source method also eliminates the need to correlate multiple QoE metrics from different interfaces," said Frost & Sullivan Program Manager Olga Yashkova . "Frost & Sullivan research reveals that by utilizing this approach, Velocent helps improve accuracy and reduce resolution time by up to 30 percent."

Due to the explosive growth in data usage and the emergence of next-generation network technologies, mobile operators are struggling to keep pace with customer expectations. Velocent's OneVu™ range of solutions help mobile operators address issues of customer attrition through the provision of excellent QoE.

The OneVu™ solution comprises OneVu RESPOND, which deals with the issues of rising customer churn. It provides detailed information on individual end-user QoE by inspecting each user's actual packets to gather information on speed, latency and other issues. It also displays historical data and current session information to aid better response to customer calls. OneVu RESPOND reduces average customer call duration as well as the time to identify problem areas.

The OneVu ALERT enables proactive problem identification to improve end-user QoE. It monitors each cell path to identify failures and measure throughputs and latency. This helps isolate problem areas and thereby, resolve potential failures. Another suite component, the OneVu AWARE, provides real-time network congestion intelligence to mobile operators to improve traffic management. Using this solution, operators can improve end-user QoE by compressing data only in congested cells.

Lastly, the OneVu OPTIMIZE helps mobile operators optimize their investment decisions to drive maximum end-user QoE. By generating QoE analytics, it determines the impact of network capacity expansion on customer experience. This allows mobile operators to channelize and time their investments for enhanced customer value.

Velocent designed its OneVu solutions based on two of its products-the LexaVu and the MiraVu. The LexaVu is an end-to-end visibility engine that gathers information from the GGSN to monitor service quality. This ensures continuous packet inspection with high reliability. Each LexaVu engine can monitor more than 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) at a time.

The MiraVu is a reporting and analytics platform that collects data from multiple LexaVus and displays them in an easy-to-read format. It transforms raw data into meaningful information to facilitate critical decision making. It also sends an alarm when problems are detected or failures are indicated.

"This architecture enables mobile operators to accurately and proactively monitor customer QoE, which saves valuable customer service time and money," said Olga Yashkova "As various measurement metrics are set for different service categories, such as Web audio and video streaming, the operator is easily able to pinpoint the problem and its intensity."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that demonstrates excellence in implementing strategies that proactively create value for its customers with a focus on improving the return on the investment. This award lauds the company's focus on enhancing the value that its customers receive, beyond simply good customer service, leading to improved customer retention and ultimately, customer base expansion.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Velocent

Velocent is the market leader in advanced customer experience service assurance monitoring enabling mobile broadband operators to differentiate their wireless service from competitors by emphasizing the overall experience of their network as well as the customer experience. As mobile operators look to differentiate through guaranteed delivery speeds, quality and consistency of experience, Velocent provides the real-time insight to verify each customer is receiving the speeds & quality promised providing enhanced customer experience management and service assurance. Velocent has over 6 years of experience building high-performance high-definition advanced customer experience service assurance monitoring solutions that numerous mobile broadband operators are currently implementing to differentiate themselves by emphasizing customer experience. To view the Frost & Sullivan white paper please visit http://velocent.com

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Lauterbach Announces Support for Cavium OCTEON(R) III Multicore MIPS64(R) Processor Family

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of microprocessor development tools, today announced support for the new state-of-the art OCTEON® III MIPS64® family, 1- 48 core multicore processors, from Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home.

As a Cavium PACE (Partnership to Accelerate Customer End-solutions) member, Lauterbach offers the industry's leading and advanced JTAG style debuggers supporting OCTEON III. Lauterbach's TRACE32 debugger GUI, along with its accompanying features, provide development engineers with trusted tools, reducing product development time and cost. The TRACE32 PowerView software includes a very efficient and user-friendly HLL debugger for C and C++ and awareness for Linux RTOS, enabling seamless debug from kernel to processes and threads. The tools can be connected to either Windows or Linux hosts via USB or Ethernet 10/100/1000. Lauterbach tools help increase developer efficiency and reduce time to market. In addition to the TRACE32 product line, Lauterbach provides world-class embedded developer technical support. Existing Lauterbach customers can take advantage of TRACE32's modular design to inexpensively convert their existing TRACE32 debuggers to support the OCTEON III family.

"Lauterbach has worked closely with Cavium for many years in support of its network architectures and cores. With TRACE32, developers who are creating products around OCTEON's MIPS cores have access to a full range of debug functionality from bootstrap code, interrupt routines, drivers to application software," said Norbert Weiss, International Sales & Marketing Manager at Lauterbach. "We look forward to supporting OCTEON III family."

"Lauterbach continues to be a key partner for our OCTEON processors. We welcome Lauterbach's active support for our next generation, market-leading OCTEON III product line," said Tasha Castañeda, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager at Cavium. "With its world-wide sales and support infrastructure and precise engineering, Lauterbach will provide compelling hardware and software debug tools for OCTEON III customers."

The recently announced Cavium OCTEON III family delivers breakthrough performance and application-aware features for enterprise, data center, and access and service provider applications. Cavium OCTEON III processors are optimized for use in cloud computing, high-end core and edge routers, metro Ethernet, enterprise switches, 3G/4G/LTE base-stations, enterprise security gateways and appliances, storage networking and mobile core infrastructure equipment.

The OCTEON III family integrates 1 to 48 MIPS64 cores, at up to 2.5GHz, providing up to 120GHz of industry-leading 64 bit compute power per chip. Multiple chips can be combined into a single logical high-performance processor using Cavium's innovative new chip interconnect architecture. All OCTEON III processors also incorporate new dedicated hardware engines to speed search, protocol parsing and traffic management as well as enhanced cryptography, compression and deep packet inspection engines. For more information about OCTEON III please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com/OCTEON-III_CN7XXX.html.

About Lauterbach
Lauterbach is the leading manufacturer of complete, modular microprocessor development tools worldwide with 30 years' experience in the field of embedded designs. It is an internationally well-established company with blue chip customers from every corner of the globe and close relationship with all semiconductor manufacturers. Besides the Headquarters in Hoehenkirchen, Germany, the company has its own branch offices in United Kingdom, Italy, France, on the East and West coasts of the United States, Japan and China. Highly qualified sales and support engineers are also available in many other countries.

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Macraigor Systems Announces Support for Cavium 100Gbps+ OCTEON(R) III Multicore MIPS64(R) Processor Family

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:12:00 +0000

Macraigor Systems' Next-Generation On-Chip Debug Devices Deliver Unparalleled JTAG Support on OCTEON III Processors

Macraigor Systems LLC, a leading supplier of JTAG debug support tools, today announced support for the new state-of-the art OCTEON® III MIPS64 family of 1 - 48 core multicore processors from Cavium (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home. Macraigor Systems' hardware and software solutions are used in a broad range of markets for the development of embedded systems.

As a Cavium PACE (Partnership to Accelerate Customer End-solutions) member, Macraigor Systems offers JTAG-based solutions for all of the steps involved with product development. Low level debuggers and boundary-scan tools are available to help with basic board bring-up all the way through the Eclipse Environment with the appropriate plug-ins to enable application development. Flash memory programming and production line test tools are also offered, all supporting the OCTEON III.

"Deciding to support the OCTEON III was a simple decision. We support the other OCTEON families and have a close working relationship with Cavium and many of their customers," said Craig Haller, Managing Partner of Macraigor Systems.

"With Macraigor Systems' expanded support for OCTEON III, our joint customers will continue to get access to flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software debug tools," said Tasha Castañeda, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager at Cavium. "Macraigor Systems has a strong track record of supplying outstanding solutions and support that has helped multiple OEMs speed their OCTEON-based systems to market."

Macraigor Systems LLC is a supplier of low-cost, high quality tools for debugging embedded CPUs. Macraigor products cover the widest range of target CPUs with an array of tools to meet your budget and your debugging requirements.

Macraigor Systems LLC, usbDemon, OCDemon, OCDRemote, USB JTAG and OCD Commander are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macraigor Systems LLC in the U.S. and/or internationally. All other trademarks and products are the property of their respective owners.

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Craig Haller
Macraigor Systems
617.739.8693

Verizon Wireless Invests $95 Million in Kansas

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:15 +0000

Verizon Wireless Invests $95 Million in Kansas

2011 Network Spending Supports Growing Company & Consumer Demand

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested $95 million in 2011 to enhance its network in Kansas, which includes the expansion of 4G LTE to nine cities, one major university and two sporting venues.

The company's continuing investment to support Kansas' infrastructure required for economic development and robust business growth included:

Adding new cell sites and upgrading equipment on more existing cell sites to increase coverage and capacity of the company's voice and data network.
Installing permanent backup generators at cell sites to ensure the network remains reliable during times of crisis.
Prepping the backbone of the network to deploy 4G LTE in urban and rural locations across the state.

"The reliability of Verizon's network is a vital key for not only businesses, research parks, start-ups and entrepreneurs, but also for consumers," said Brendan Fallis, president–Kansas/Missouri region, Verizon Wireless. "As Verizon continues to cover America with the blazing fast speeds 4G LTE offers, customers will depend on our network even more, thereby changing the face of how we do business and how we rely on wireless devices."

Fallis said the strategic investment will help major urban centers as well as innovative rural broadband communities across Kansas to be front and center as they bid on new businesses and host events.

Since the company was formed in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $406 million on improvements to its network in Kansas.

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Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 108.7 million total wireless connections, including 92.2 million retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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F-Secure Announces Its Arrival Into the Content Cloud

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:55:00 +0000

F-Secure Evolves, as It Enters Into the Content Cloud Space With Its Flagship Solution for Operators, Content Anywhere

F-Secure has been protecting consumers against PC threats and more recently, mobile threats, for over 20 years with its Internet Security and Backup solutions. The Content Anywhere solution extends F-Secure's security heritage into content cloud and sync solutions, built especially for mobile and converged operators' end-users.

F-Secure's Content Anywhere synchronizes a user's files in the cloud, making it accessible on any device, including PCs, tablets, smartphones and digital TVs, from anywhere and anytime during the day. Consumer ease-of-use is paramount when accessing their content from more than one device; therefore the user interface will be uniform across all connected devices. Operators will be able to offer a personal cloud to their customers to save, sync and share their digital content.

"The content cloud opens up a tremendous opportunity for operators. Consumers don't want to compromise their cherished content by placing it online in the public space, but are instead seeking a service from their operator, which they value as trustworthy, local and safe," said Samu Konttinen, executive vice president of sales and marketing at F-Secure.

F-Secure continues to assert its leadership by providing a compelling range of solutions, beyond Internet security, that are tailored to the needs of operators. Today's evolving digital lifestyle has fueled demand for safely storing and sharing content online. A recent survey* by F-Secure showed that 93% of consumers agreed that preventing the loss of personal content was very important, and 88% would like their service provider to package the services they need.

"Security is in our DNA, but it is now so much more than just anti-virus. Our entry into the cloud business with Content Anywhere ensures we continue to meet the need of operators in an environment now characterized by uninterrupted online access and an explosion in user generated content," said Christian Fredrikson, president and CEO of F-Secure Corporation.

Content Cloud Platform

F-Secure Content Anywhere is powered by F-Secure's Content Cloud Platform, which can simultaneously serve as the foundation for a content-centric service ecosystem with further additions to be announced throughout the year. Content Anywhere will be available through selected operator partners.

*F-Secure broadband subscriber survey, April 2011 (Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, 3000 respondents in total)

About F-Secure - Protecting the irreplaceable

While you concentrate on what is important to you, we make sure you are protected and safe online whether you are using a computer or a smartphone. We also backup and enable you to share your important files. F-Secure has over 200 operator partners in more than 40 countries worldwide. This constitutes the world's largest ecosystem for providing security, storage and cloud related services through local and trusted partners. Some of our services are also available to businesses and directly to consumers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

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