Full-Length Comedy, Action, Drama, And Sci-Fi Movies From Crackle Movies Now Available On V CAST Video

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and CULVER CITY, CA — August 31, 2010 —Verizon Wireless announced today that a new premium subscription movie service from Crackle, the multi-platform video entertainment network from Sony Pictures Television, is now offered on V CAST Video. Available on the largest, most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network in the United States, Crackle Movies provide Verizon Wireless customers an unparalleled lineup of movie hits from the Sony Pictures library, including “Cable Guy,” “Finding Graceland,” “Blind Date,” “The China Syndrome,” “Easy Rider,” “Gattaca,” “La Bamba,” and more to watch on their phones.

“We’re excited to bring Crackle’s selection of great movies to Verizon Wireless,” said Eric Berger, senior vice president, digital networks, Sony Pictures Television. “Together, we are enhancing the mobile entertainment experience for Verizon Wireless customers with highly engaging full-length features.”

“This new option for V CAST Video customers will let them watch movies on demand on their phones. Crackle Movies’ catalog rounds out the choices for our customers,” said Terry Denson, vice president of content acquisition and strategy at Verizon.

Crackle Movies’ content on V CAST Video features a wide array of genres, including comedy, action, drama, sci-fi and popular feature films. More than 19 movies are available to subscribers at launch, with a refresh of two movies per week, allowing customers to access at least 25 different movies per month. Crackle Movies can be found on V CAST-capable phones in the Media Center/Get It Now® under V CAST Video/Pop Culture/Crackle Movies. Customers with select BlackBerry® smartphones can find content on their handsets under Menu/V CAST Video/Pop Culture/Crackle Movies, and customers with Android smartphones can find the V CAST Video app in Android Market™ by searching for V CAST Video. Customers can also access other premium Crackle content, including Crackle Originals, a highly acclaimed Web series ranging from comedy to suspense, and Minisodes, shorter versions of classic television shows, under the “Cutting Edge” category.

A Crackle Movies premium subscription is available to customers for $5.99 per month in addition to the $10 monthly subscription for V CAST Video on Demand. There are no megabyte charges to download, stream or watch V CAST content with any V CAST subscription; however, customers must subscribe to a data package for a data usage allowance. For more information about V CAST Video, including how to subscribe, visit www.verizonwireless.com/vcast.

Media Contact Info

Debra Lewis, 
Debra.Lewis@VerizonWireless.com
, 908-559-7512

Paula Askanas
, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 
Paula_Askanas@spe.sony.com
, 310-244-3790

SAN DIEGO & DALLAS, Aug 31, 2010 -- Cricket Communications Inc.,a leading provider of affordable wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the United States1, today announced the launch of the Samsung Messager Touch(TM) (SCH-r631). The slender touch screen device joins Cricket's feature phone line-up and offers a choice of service plans with unlimited messaging and nationwide talk options at highly competitive prices.

This latest addition follows two previous Samsung Messager devices launched by the value-driven wireless carrier. "Both the Samsung Messager(TM) and Samsung Messager II(TM) have been incredibly popular additions to our device offerings over the years, and we expect that this new touch screen version will be no different," stated Al Moschner, Cricket's chief operating officer. "The Samsung Messager devices allow our customers to take advantage of the unlimited multimedia messaging offered in our all-inclusive service plans, in a modern and stylish package."

At a value-conscious price of $159.99, the Samsung Messager Touch is available in Cricket branded retail stores, dealers and at www.mycricket.com in either black or white color schemes. Providing room for movement between price plans each month, the no-contract wireless company will be offering an affordable, all-inclusive $45 unlimited nationwide talk, text and picture/video message plan with this device, which also includes unlimited web browsing on Cricket's all 3G network and an even more value-friendly plan of $35 for simple unlimited talk and text capabilities.

The user-friendly Messager Touch comes equipped with a 2.6-inch QVGA touch-screen display, full QWERTY slide-out keypad, easy access to pre-loaded widgets, intuitive navigation through the Samsung Touchwiz Lite(TM) interface and MyHomeScreen customizing features allowing users the ability to place links of their favorite apps, web pages, or live web info; like horoscopes, news and weather, on any of their 3 homescreens. A full variety of multimedia options are also available on this light-weight device, including real web browsing at 3G speeds, a music player with optional microSD(TM) memory card support, a 2.0 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth(TM) and 100 MB of storage for image, video and music files, which will compliment the unlimited picture and video messaging options available with the Cricket all-inclusive $45 service plan. Additional Cricket services supported by the Messager Touch include Cricket Navigator, Mobile Email, and mybackup, providing the user the security they need knowing their contacts are safely backed up.

"The highly affordable Samsung Messager Touch is a great full multimedia solution for our versatile handset line-up," stated Matt Stoiber, Cricket's vice president and general manager of devices. "With this new device, our customers have the widely-popular touch screen capabilities at a realistic price, with real-life rate plans they can afford. Cricket now offers everything from basic to Smartphone, and everything in between on our wide-reaching array of devices."

For more information about the dynamic handset lineup, please visit www.mycricket.com or www.samsung.com.

Contact:

Cricket Communications, Inc. Greg Lund, Media Relations 858-882-9105 glund@cricketcommunications.com or Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations 858-882-9876 awakeham@leapwireless.com or MWW Group for Samsung Mobile Makenzie Blythe, 214-414-3331 mblythe@mww.com

SAN DIEGO, Aug 26, 2010 -- Cricket Communications Inc.,a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., and Kyocera Communications Inc., provider of Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless devices, today announced the immediate availability of the Sanyo ZIO (pronounced Zi -O) by Kyocera, the highly-anticipated first Android phone launched by the innovative leader in no-contract, nationwide mobile wireless. ZIO blends an elegant design with an ultra-intuitive user interface to unlock the vast array of content and applications in Android Market(TM).

The all-new Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera is immediately available online at www.mycricket.com, at Cricket-branded retail stores and at dealers nationwide without a contract for $249.99. The sleek new device comes equipped with a vivid, 3.5inch WVGA touchscreen and runs on Cricket's all-3G network, providing users with access to the tens of thousands of Android Market applications, GPS capabilities and much more. In addition, the ZIO features real web browsing at 3G speeds and Wi-Fi connectivity.

"Launching ZIO as our inaugural Android device is the first big step of many that Cricket is taking to provide elite, yet affordable devices and service plans to customers on any type of budget," stated Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. "Not only are we offering Smartphones at extremely competitive prices, but our rate plans truly reflect the needs of our customers and a respect that we have for their wallets."

ZIO uses CDMA2000 1xEV-DO rev. A and Wi-Fi network technologies and features an impressive, high-resolution 3.5-inch WVGA motion-enhanced, touchscreen display as a backdrop for a fully customizable mobile multimedia experience. Along with the touchscreen, an intuitive, effortless trackball helps users navigate features such as the 3.2 MP camera with video record/playback, media player, full HTML web browser, Google Maps(TM) and countless widgets and applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Open Table and more available in Android Market. ZIO offers substantial user-available internal memory (512MB) and supports an additional 32GB through its microSD memory slot. ZIO also comes equipped with an ambient light sensor and accelerometer for easy viewing virtually any way, anywhere.

"This is an important milestone for Kyocera, as we launch the highly anticipated ZIO and bring the power of Android to Cricket consumers," said Eric Anderson, vice president of sales at Kyocera Communications Inc. "ZIO is the first in a series of Android devices Kyocera will bring to market and we're excited to partner with Cricket to set the standard by offering a Smartphone device that encourages individuality for the customer who desires unlimited expression."

Cricket is launching a special, all-inclusive $55 Android service plan to accompany the device, which offers customers unlimited talk, text, picture mail, web browsing, email, international text and more - all without telecom taxes and fees - at nearly half the price of Smartphone service plans at other major carriers. The $55 Android service plan is one of a number of new, all-inclusive voice service plans that the company has recently begun to offer to consumers.

Cricket is the first carrier to offer the new, feature-packed ZIO. ZIO is the second of three Smartphones expected to be launched by Cricket in 2010. Cricket launched the Blackberry Curve 8530 earlier this month. For more information about the new, all-inclusive Cricket service plans or to check out the dynamic handset lineup, please visit www.mycricket.com.

For more information about the Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera, visit www.ziobykyocera.com. Kyocera's full line of Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded devices can be seen at www.kyocera-wireless.com.

Contact:

Cricket Communications, Inc.Greg Lund, Media Relations858-882-9105glund@cricketcommunications.comorKyocera Communications, Inc.John Chier, Corp. Communications858-882-3543john.chier@kyocera.com

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug 25, 2010 -- If you could make a mobile phone and an NFL stadium scoreboard talk to each other, what would you do with them? (Read on for one company's eye-opening answer.) Entrepreneurial companies are beginning to consider a flood of questions like this, and coming up with a growing stream of innovative, money-making ideas in response. Now Sprint (NYSE:S) is helping to quickly turn their best ideas into up-and-running competitive business operations through its newly launched online resource, www.sprint.com/m2m.

Designed for companies of all sizes, www.sprint.com/m2m offers in-depth guidance on the tools and processes businesses need to implement their ideas for device connectivity using emerging wireless and wireline solutions. The site also covers Sprint's unique qualifications to assist companies with its solutions expertise and the company's diverse networks backed by innovative Service Level Agreements (SLA), including Sprint's Global IP network, highly dependable 3G network and the only ultra-fast 4G capability from a national wireless carrier.

A big part of this expanding world of device-to-device connectivity is known as M2M (machine-to-machine) - which is all about taking wireless beyond the mobile phone to interconnect a rapidly proliferating variety of other electronic devices. These include laptops, signboards, cameras, appliances, remote sensors, utility meters and a host of other devices. M2M solutions are a source of opportunity for businesses with new ideas for connecting people, devices and systems in ways that make work more productive and lifestyles more interesting.

Take, for example, the mobile phone and the NFL stadium mentioned above. In partnership with Sprint, Internet Connectivity Group, Inc. (I.C.G.) brings a whole new experience to fans at Washington Redskins Fed Ex Field. They've made it possible for fan tweets, photos and fantasy football stats to be displayed in real time on digital displays throughout the FedEx Field Club Level, using I.C.G.'s ICtweedia(TM) interactive application.

That's one successful idea. Companies with their own connected device ideas will discover many valuable features and tools on www.sprint.com/m2m including:

• An introduction to Sprint's differentiated solutions capabilities - including Sprint's multiple network assets, open architecture, technical support and extensive partner ecosystem.

• A click-by-click look at Sprint's four-step process for bringing entrepreneurial device-to-device ideas to life - from design and prototype support, to testing and accelerated device certification, to customer approval and launch, to ongoing best-in-class support such as provisioning, operational support and training.

• Solution-by-solution descriptions of Sprint's offerings in many different M2M categories - with links to Sprint partners that provide specialized, leading-edge technology and expertise in asset and people tracking, digital signage, fleet and telematics, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing and logistics, mobile computing, point-of-sale, public safety, remote monitoring and control, SmartGrid, and wireless routers and modems.

• Special news updates on M2M developments - including Sprint product, service and partner announcements, along with key industry events related to M2M.

"M2M is developing very rapidly as a market opportunity for businesses, and Sprint is making it easier to get acquainted with its potential through our new online resource," said Danny Bowman, president-Sprint Integrated Solutions Group. "We invite small, medium and large businesses to discover how M2M can be a springboard for innovative products and services. The site shows how M2M business plans can be conceived, developed and implemented on an accelerated schedule, including easy, straightforward ways to engage Sprint as a trusted partner."

With the launch of its Emerging Solutions Group in October 2009, Sprint established an industry standard for M2M services, featuring Sprint's unique combination of 3G and 4G capabilities, more than 10 years experience in providing connectivity for non-Sprint-branded devices, and an open and expanding ecosystem of M2M partners, including device manufacturers, aggregators and OEMs.

Sprint has added numerous M2M partners and customers in 2010. In March, Sprint announced partnerships with Axeda, Lenovo, Walsh Wireless and Top Global. Those companies joined such high-profile Sprint partners as Drive.Cam, Ford Motor Company (Ford Work Solutions), M2M DataSmart, Numerex, and XATA. And in a June announcement, the company cited several customers for their innovative M2M solutions, including the Alzheimer's Association, Amtrak, Continental Airlines, Dominican Hospital, RedBull and 504 Restaurant, Washington Redskins Fed Ex Field, and the 2010 Maloof Money Cup.

"Sprint's open approach to M2M solutions is embodied in our networks and our readiness to partner with customers across a wide range of needs, including billing, branding, distribution and customer care. We designed our M2M website so customers and developers can see for themselves the variety of options available, along with the collaborative support Sprint provides in building customized solutions," said Wayne Ward, vice president-Sprint Emerging Solutions Group. "Visitors to the site will also find a wealth of case studies describing how companies have successfully engaged with Sprint to produce M2M business models in both retail and wholesale."

Sprint was recently ranked a top-100 company by M2M Magazine (recently re-branded Connected World Magazine). Sprint also received the highest ranking among telecom providers, and the No. 3 ranking among all industry sectors, on the Everything Channel's VAR500 list of North America's top technology integrators for 2010. Earlier this year, Sprint received top honors in a survey by Yankee Group and Mobile Enterprise Magazine for best overall wireless voice and data satisfaction among enterprise customers.

Contact:

Sprint, Mary Kunkel, 703-930-5290, mary.kunkel@sprint.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug 24, 2010 -Today, the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and Sprint announced that they are leading the nation in deploying the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) technology - a powerful public safety tool that allows emergency management officials to rapidly disseminate warnings and safety information via text alerts to wireless phones based on their specified locations.

As government officials and Sprint spearhead deployment of CMAS, they will create new opportunities to save lives and protect property on a local, state or national scale during natural disasters or emergency situations, such as terrorist attacks, wildfires, hurricanes and school shootings.

"California is proud to lead the country in having the ability to instantly alert residents via their mobile phones to an emergency or disaster specific to their current location," said California Emergency Management Agency Secretary Matthew Bettenhausen. "This technology, along with Sprint's seasoned record of providing reliable wireless and network support during the state's wildfires, floods and earthquakes, will prove a tremendous resource to the country's public safety and emergency management community."

The nation's first CMAS pilot program will be conducted in San Diego County beginning in fall 2010 in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services. The technology will be tested across urban, suburban and rural areas, and includes the involvement of law enforcement agencies, local jurisdictions and other regional partners.

"Our agency was able to notify thousands of residents about evacuations during the 2007 wildfires," said Ron Lane, director of the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services. "The new technology will expand our reach, allowing us to immediately and easily contact everyone in an impacted area, even if they are not residents of our county."

Federal agencies and wireless leaders make CMAS a reality

Today's announcement marks a milestone in the implementation of the CMAS, a national program established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the Warning, Alert and Response Act passed by Congress in 2006.

• The CMAS network will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to accept and aggregate alerts from the President of the United States, the National Weather Service (NWS) and state and local emergency operations centers.

• The alerts will be sent over a secure interface to Sprint and other participating wireless providers, and then sent to cell phones as text messages using the CMAS technology.

• In addition to imminent threats from state and local agencies, CMAS technology will enable alerts to Americans related to national emergencies, such as terrorist attacks and child abduction alerts.

CMAS technology is similar to emergency alerts currently broadcast on cable television or disseminated to citizens through calls to their wired phones. This new technology, however, will send emergency text messages to mobile phones with the added advantage of reaching any cell phone within a defined geographic area. That area could be as large as a county or city, or targeted to a smaller area in some instances. This enables flexible targeting of messages so they quickly reach the right people in well-defined areas. Text-based CMAS alerts will include a dedicated vibration cadence and audio attention signal for wireless customers with hearing or vision disabilities.

"Sprint is honored to apply our dependable network technology and extensive communications experience to this groundbreaking program," said Kevin Kunkel, regional vice president of Sales at Sprint. "This public-private partnership further validates Sprint's priority of supporting the public safety community and offering a leading-edge technology that alerts residents of nearby dangers."

The CMAS technology in Sprint's network is enabled by Alcatel-Lucent's Broadcast Message Center (BMC), which serves as the secure interface between CMAS and Sprint's network to meet the mission critical needs of delivering emergency alert messages. BMC receives the CMAS alerts from state and federal agencies and broadcasts them to cell sites serving mobile customers within a targeted geographic area.

"The ability to widely, efficiently and immediately communicate emergency information across mobile devices is a critical factor in ensuring the safety and well being of our citizens," said Morgan Wright, Vice President Global Public Safety Solutions for Alcatel-Lucent. "We applaud Sprint and the state of California for undertaking this important trial and look forward to contributing the unique capabilities of our Broadcast Message Center solution to this program."

CMAS could potentially save lives during an emergency

CMAS will provide emergency management professionals with expanded options in the face of a variety of situations involving imminent danger to lives and property. Some potential examples include:

• An emergency message could be targeted to cell phones at a stadium event, informing attendees of where to go or what direction to drive following a nearby highway accident or chemical spill.

• Emergency information related to wildfires, mudslides, floods or other localized events could be targeted to residents in specific neighborhoods or along routes where the danger is greatest.

• Students and faculty across a campus could be quickly informed when lockdown conditions are necessary due to a threat.

• If a suspicious package were reported in an airport, shopping mall or office complex, thousands could be sent messages to move to a certain area until the threat was removed.

Sprint's commitment to supporting the public's safety

Sprint brings a wealth of experience in public safety and crisis communications to the CMAS pilot program, including:

• Providing wireless infrastructure and devices to aid with the relief efforts following the 2010 earthquake in the Republic of Haiti;

• Deploying portable generators and increasing network capacity along key highways and evacuations routes in southern California during the 2009 Station Fire;

• Enhancing network capacity and coverage in around the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area to support residents, visitors and law enforcement officials at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration;

• Hardening the networks and working closely with local public safety agencies in hurricane-prone areas so that critical communications are available to Sprint customers before, during and after a storm.

To learn more about Sprint's public safety solutions, visit www.sprint.com/slg. To learn more about CMAS and download a fact sheet, visit www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cmas.html.

Contact:

SprintCrystal Davis, 571-288-6806crystal.davis@sprint.comorCaroline Semerdjian, 415-684-7314caroline.semerdijan@sprint.com

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and MINNEAPOLIS — August 23, 2010 — Verizon Wireless and XATA Turnpike, a division of XATA Corporation, today announced the availability of XATA Turnpike’s RouteTracker fleet performance management solution to Verizon Wireless enterprise customers. Customers can streamline business processes with simplified billing as XATA Turnpike subscription fees are added directly to their Verizon Wireless bills.

“Enterprises across the board are looking to streamline fleet operations, both in the truck and in the office, to reduce costs and increase efficiency,” said Benigno Gonzalez, vice president-sales operations for Verizon Wireless. “XATA Turnpike’s solution on the nation’s most reliable wireless network provides our enterprise customers with a robust fleet performance management tool that optimizes operations plus the benefit of a single bill.”

XATA Turnpike’s RouteTracker device transmits Global Positioning System (GPS) and other important vehicle data to a wireless phone and sends the data back to a hosted website. Verizon Wireless customers can easily access XATA Turnpike on their Verizon Wireless handsets, providing fleet efficiencies such as Hours of Service (HOS) tracking and logging. XATA Turnpike offers a flexible computing platform that enables Verizon Wireless customers to integrate fleet and driver data with other third-party applications they are using so the data can be easily collected and analyzed for maximum fleet optimization.

“In today’s economic environment, efficiency is everything,” said Brendan Staub, senior vice president of sales, XATA Turnpike. “Verizon Wireless customers can now take advantage of XATA Turnpike’s low-cost solution to improve fleet operations and remain HOS compliant, all without adding an additional step to their accounting processes.”

For more information about Verizon Wireless’ products and services for business, visit www.verizonwireless.com or call a Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representative at 1-800-VZW-4BIZ.

For more information about XATA Turnpike, visit www.xataturnpike.com or call 1-800-790-9018.

Media Contact Info

Brenda Raney, 
Brenda.Raney@VerizonWireless.com
, 908-559-7518

Karl Nilsson, 
XATA Corporation
karl.nilsson@xata.com
, 952-707-5650

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and RICHARDSON, TX — August 19, 2010 — Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless 3G network, and ZTE USA, Inc., introduce the Verizon Wireless Salute™. Available today, the lightweight, slim slider phone offers up to 240 minutes of talk time and up to 220 hours of standby time on a single charge. It is a reliable handset with the most important features customers need in a single device, including a 1.3-megapixel camera, speakerphone and Bluetooth® headset support.

Key features:

• Stylish slider design

• Large 2.4-inch screen

• 1.3-megapixel camera

• Mobile Web capable

• Messaging options include: text, picture and voice messaging; Mobile Email; Mobile Web Email; and Chat capable

• Bilingual interface: English/Español

• Micro USB 2.0 compatible

Lifestyle features:

• Bluetooth® technology with support for the following Bluetooth profiles: headset, hands-free, phonebook access, and object push for vCard and vCalendar

• Media Center provides access to downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location-based services and more

• Social Beat application – offers a single point for accessing social networking sites, allowing customers to stay connected to Facebook®, Twitter™ and MySpace®, plus more than 50 news, sports and entertainment feeds

• Backup Assistant(SM) application – saves and updates a copy of the phone’s address book to a secure website

• VZ Navigator® capabilities for customers to receive audible turn-by-turn directions to millions of points of interest and share the directions with others

• Preloaded with Bing Search

Price and availability:

• The Salute is available today at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores for $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

• For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

Media Contact Info

Albert Aydin, 
Albert.Aydin@VerizonWireless.com
, 908-559-7513

John Kang, 
ZTE USA, Inc., 
John.Kang@zteusa.com, 
972-671-8885 x164

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — August 18, 2010 —Verizon Wireless customers should add their wireless phones to the packing check list for their next international getaway.

All Verizon Wireless contract customers can use their existing phones and smartphones to make calls while visiting 40 countries, including Mexico, Canada, China and India.

Verizon Wireless also offers a wide selection of global devices that enable customers to make phone calls and send and receive text messages in more than 220 countries and destinations and access data services in more than 200 countries and destinations worldwide.

In addition, occasional travelers who do not have global-capable devices can use the Global Travel Program, which allows customers to borrow global-capable devices for the duration of their travels.

All international travelers can access U.S.-based customer support 24 hours a day. Learn more at www.verizonwireless.com/global.

With the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network, a wide variety of smartphones and other wireless devices, and award-winning customer service, Verizon Wireless is a leader in customer satisfaction. In 21 of the last 23 quarters, Verizon Wireless has led the industry with the lowest customer turnover rate among major U.S. wireless companies. Learn more at http://aboutus.vzw.com/customersatisfaction/index.html.

Media Contact Info

Tom Pica
, Thomas.Pica@VerizonWireless.com, 
908-559-7516

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — August 18, 2010 — As college students hunker down for the fall semester, Verizon Wireless now offers Skype mobile™ on many 3G Multimedia phones, making it easy to affordably stay connected with friends and family. The LG enV® TOUCH, LG Chocolate Touch™ and Samsung Reality™ join Verizon Wireless’ strong lineup of 3G Smartphones that already feature Skype mobile.

Skype mobile helps students on a budget stay in touch, whether they’re starting at a new school or returning as upperclassmen. Skype mobile also offers a simple, convenient and cost-effective way for parents to keep up with their kids who venture overseas for a term abroad, eliminating the need to set a time to be at a computer to receive the Skype call from junior.

• Bon Voyage – If students need help preparing for their time abroad before they go, they can use Skype mobile to talk with professors about how to balance studies and travel. Skype mobile also offers language support in Spanish, Korean and simple Chinese, helping students keep in touch with new international friends after they return home.

• Close Quarters – Living in a dorm room with a stranger can be nerve-racking, but students can use Skype mobile to get to know future roommates, making the transition to dorm life easier. Whether they want to plan the dorm room décor or bond over favorite movies, Skype mobile lets them chat for hours and become fast friends.

• Dark or White? – Calculus class? Check. Biochemistry test? Aced it. How to separate dark and white loads? For some students laundry is stressful. When a terrible stain hits a favorite shirt, students can use Skype mobile to call home for laundry expertise until the spot is only a memory.

• Don’t Let Summer Love Fade Away – Maintaining a relationship while apart is tough, but with an “always on” capability, Skype mobile means students never have to miss a call while away from their computers.

• B.F.F. – Making friends at a new school is important, but staying in touch with friends from home is too. Best friends can send and receive unlimited instant messages with other Skype users to stay close no matter how far away from each other they may be.

• Wisdom of Age – Students living away from home for the first time may need some survival tips from older siblings. Knowledge from a big brother or sister is easy with unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls via Skype mobile.

Skype-to-Skype calls and chats are unlimited when initiated with Skype mobile from a Verizon Wireless phone with a data plan to any of the hundreds of millions of Skype users anywhere in the world. The calls run on the United States’ largest and most reliable wireless voice network, providing outstanding call quality and allowing the app to work with traditional voice products, including Bluetooth® headsets. Skype mobile calls made to domestic landline and wireless numbers use minutes from customers’ voice plans. Skype mobile calls to international numbers do not use customers’ voice plans and are paid for by Skype Credit and charged at Skype’s low international rates.

Customers with Android smartphones can download the highly rated app from the Verizon Channel in Android Market™, and customers with select BlackBerry® smartphones can download it from www.skype.com/vzw through their smartphones’ browser. For 3G Multimedia phones, customers can download the app from Media Center/Get It Now® or the online media store at www.verizonwireless.com/mp3. Customers can also text “SKYPE” to 2255 to get a message with the link to download Skype mobile.

For more information on Skype mobile, visit www.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile. For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

Media Contact Info

Debra Lewis
, Debra.Lewis@VerizonWireless.com
, 908-559-7512

CHICAGO (August 17, 2010) – U.S. Cellular today announced that the BlackBerry® Bold™9650 smartphone will be available online and in U.S. Cellular stores beginning Aug. 18. This much-anticipated smartphone is stylish and feature-rich, satisfying customers' needs to stay connected with their business and personal email, Internet and social networks, all on U.S. Cellular's nationwide 3G network. The BlackBerry Bold 9650 can be used around the world; it supports high-speed EV-DO Rev. A networks in North America, as well as UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad.

"When you combine the BlackBerry Bold with our industry-first programs such as Overage Protection and Battery Swap, our customers can have a powerful smartphone with a unique wireless experience," said Edward Perez, vice president of sales and marketing operations for U.S. Cellular. "The international voice and data capabilities of the BlackBerry Bold give our customers options while traveling for business or with their friends and families."

With its combination of quality, performance, functionality and entertainment features, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 appeals to both professionals and consumers. Customers can view videos and pictures on the brilliant 2.4-inch HVGA+ display and browse the Web at fast 3G speeds. The 3.2 MP camera features auto-focus and takes high-quality pictures that can easily be shared on popular social networking sites. Plus with a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB cards, customers have plenty of storage to take their music, pictures and videos with them wherever they go. And of course, customers get the convenience and reliability of BlackBerry email and access to instant messaging services like BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™).

Customers can use the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone's built-in Wi-Fi® to connect to the Internet over wireless hotspots at home or on the road, and the built-in GPS along with BlackBerry® Maps offers step by step directions and easy searches for local points of interest. The full-QWERTY keyboard makes typing fast and comfortable and the optical trackpad allows fluid scrolling through menus and icons.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 includes easy access to a range of U.S. Cellular applications such as My Contacts Backup, Tone Room Deluxe and Your Navigator Deluxe. Thousands more applications are available on BlackBerry App World™, making it easy for customers to personalize their phone to suit their style.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 ships with BlackBerry® 5 and is BlackBerry® 6 ready. BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system for BlackBerry smartphones that was announced earlier this month. It retains the trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh and engaging experience that is both powerful and easy to use. BlackBerry 6 is expected to be available for the BlackBerry Bold 9650, subject to certification by U.S. Cellular, in the coming months. For more information about the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone, visit www.blackberry.com/bold.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug 16, 2010 - Whether you're standing on the sidelines at your child's weekend afternoon soccer game or need to keep up with your fantasy team while sitting in the stadium watching your favorite team, with Sprint Football Live it's no problem. Football fans can follow their favorite college and pro football teams, manage their fantasy drafts, and keep up with fantasy updates with the new Sprint Football Live app. Unlike some other wireless carriers, which charge extra for data and up to $10 a month additional for video, the new Sprint Football Live app and all content is free to Sprint (NYSE: S) customers with an Everything Data plan. With Sprint's 4G network, fans will experience live game viewing similar to what they see on a TV - without the lag.

Sprint Football Live is a comprehensive mobile football application across both pro and college football including:

• Live game telecasts of college football games from ESPN Mobile TV and all seven Notre Dame Fighting Irish home games on NBC Sports Mobile within the app. Some other carriers charge a fee to watch live TV.

• Exclusive behind-the-scenes Sprint Football Live video blogs from first-year Detroit defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh titled "The Life of a Rookie," NBC game analyst Cris Collinsworth, and former NFL general manager and current CBS analyst Charley Casserly.

• Real-time "Game Center" for every pro and college game, with live game stats, scoring summaries, play-by-play and other updates.

• Easy, one-click access inside the application to the following:

• My Team - users can customize the app to their favorite pro and college teams so those teams' information appears first each time a user opens the app.

• Scores and Schedules - for all 32 pro teams and all 120 major college teams.

• News & Analysis - breaking news from the Associated Press, ProFootballTalk.com, and CollegeFootballTalk.com, and analysis from Yahoo Sports, Rivals.com and SB Nation.

• Team Pages - specific to all 32 professional teams and 120 college teams.

• Standings - for specific teams and conferences.

• Fantasy - live Sunday morning fantasy football TV show from ESPN, insights from Yahoo!, CBS Sports.com and Fantasy Sports Ventures (KFFL and Real Time Fantasy Sports), including breaking news, current stats, alerts customizable for specific players, and the ability to manage your team with trades and lineup changes on ESPN.com, Yahoo.com, CBSSports.com and FoxSports.com.

• Statistics - season and game stats for all players and teams, both college and pro.

• Video & Photos - analysis from Yahoo!, CBSSports.com, ESPN and ProFootballTalk.com; exclusive videos from the Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins; college football highlights for specific teams from ESPN Mobile TV; and game photos from the Associated Press.

• Twitter - delivers the latest tweets from pro football players, pro and college teams, college coaches, and well-known media who cover football.

• Odds - know the spread and over/under for the football games each week.

• Alerts - customizable for specific team when they score, enter the red zone or updates at quarter, half and end of game. Also can get scoring updates for individual players helpful for fantasy player tracking.

• Application will be customizable to a fan's favorite team(s) and players to deliver more in-depth information.

"College and pro football fans have an insatiable appetite for instant information," said Steve Gaffney, vice president of Corporate Marketing for Sprint. "The Sprint Football Live app is a one-stop location where fans can easily keep up with the latest news, scores and fantasy information from their phone. We've made it easy to use and it's included with our data plans. With Sprint 4G, watching live football games on a phone is unparalleled by any other national carrier."

Sprint is the first national wireless carrier to launch wireless 4G technology in cities across the country. Sprint boasts 48 metropolitan areas that are enabled with Sprint 4G, which allows for Internet traffic at super-fast speeds.

With 4G, Sprint customers experience fast mobile downloads, streaming video, and turbo-charged Web browsing. This new wireless technology boasts download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.1 Users can video chat with friends and family via the popular HTC EVO(TM) 4G, America's first 3G/4G wireless smartphone. Starting Aug. 31, Sprint customers will be able to purchase Samsung Epic(TM) 4G, the company's second 4G-enabled smartphone.

Sprint Football Live is available on most Sprint handsets, and all Sprint video-enabled phones that offer Sprint TV. Both are included at no additional charge with Sprint Everything Data plans, which include Any Mobile, Anytime for unlimited calling to any mobile phone in America, unlimited text, unlimited Web and unlimited GPS navigation starting at $69.99 - the same price AT&T and Verizon charge for unlimited talk only.

More information is available at www.Sprint.com/football.

Media:

Sprint Dave Mellin, 720-840-4788, dave.mellin@sprint.com

Islamabad - August 15, 2010 - On this Independence day Pakistan becomes the first country in the world of telecommunication as Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) launches EVO 3G Nitro, the fastest EV-DO Rev. B wireless broadband with speeds up to 9.3mbps. With this launch Pakistan becomes the first country in the world to provide this service commercially.

EVO 3G Nitro has revolutionized the three simple steps to High speed On-the-Go connectivity, Just Plug in—Click—Connect with its unprecedented speed of 9.3 Mbps on the downlink and up to 5.4MBPS on the uplink based on 3G CDMA REV B technology.

EVO 3G Nitro is Pakistan’s fastest and most cutting edge wireless mobile broadband product, first of its kind, which would enable customers to experience fastest web browsing, high quality video streaming, unlimited downloads, faster uploads, backward compatibility and seamless roaming in 99 cities across the country.

SEVP Commercial Naveed Saeed marked this launch as a giant leap ahead for PTCL and said this reinforces PTCL’s superiority and technological command. He said the service has been launched with aim behind had been to give our customers a far more enhanced user experience of instant connectivity. He further added “Working in a market where technology changes every minute; we at PTCL always strive to introduce products and services that add more value to our customer’s life and PTCL ‘EVO 3G Nitro’ is one such product that will completely revolutionized the way our customers communicate.

Syed Asim Ali, EVP commercial planning said, Through EVO 3G Nitro experience we let our customers spend less time waiting and more time working and accessing media rich applications from downloading songs to live video streaming, at home on your desktop or on the move on your laptop. In future PTCL plans to introduce a variety of innovative services that can enhance our customer’s life, which is our ultimate goal.

SAN DIEGO, Aug 13, 2010 -- Cricket Communications Inc.,a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., today announced the immediate availability of the new Cricket EC1705 modem from Huawei. Weighing in at less than an ounce, the innovative new compact device brings connection ease for any laptop or desktop computer user on Cricket's all 3G network.

Starting today, Cricket will offer the EC1705 device at a suggested MSRP of $64.99. It will be paired with a variety of unlimited, all-inclusive broadband service plan options. At launch, the device will be available in Cricket branded retail stores and dealers in select cities including Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, San Antonio, South Texas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Pittsburgh and www.mycricket.com. The device will be available in all Cricket retail outlets soon. The sleek modem is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7, as well as Mac OS X10.4.11 to 10.6.3 (both 32 and 64 bit), and will come equipped with 32 MB of hard disk space and 128 MB of memory.

"This convenient broadband device is one of many that we will be introducing before the end of this year," said Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. "Our growing lineup of broadband devices perfectly complements the new data plans with no hidden fees or overage charges announced last week, which provide our customers with high-speed internet access on our all-3G network."

Ranging from $40 to $60 per month per plan, all users on the new device will be able to access Cricket's reliable 3G network which provides download speeds up to 1.4 Mbps. In addition, customers will be receiving the newly announced "true rate" plans, which offer a flat-rate monthly service charge that includes all taxes and fees, except applicable local sales tax.

For more information about Cricket's dynamic broadband device lineup, please visit www.mycricket.com.

Contact:

Cricket Communications, Inc. Greg Lund, Media Relations 858-882-9105 glund@cricketcommunications.com or Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations 858-882-9876 awakeham@leapwireless.com

CHICAGO (August 11, 2010) – HTC Desire™, U.S. Cellular's much-anticipated second Android-powered phone, launches August 27 to offer customers another engaging way to connect with their favorite people, entertainment and applications on the wireless company's nationwide 3G network. HTC Desire, one of five Android-powered phones that the company is introducing this year, will be available in stores and at uscellular.com just weeks after U.S. Cellular customers welcomed the Samsung Acclaim™. The Samsung Galaxy S™ will join the smartphone lineup in October, with two LG Android-powered phones following closely behind.

"With 160,000 Android-powered phones activated each day, there's no question that they are among the hottest phones on the market right now," said Edward Perez, vice president of sales and marketing operations for U.S. Cellular. "For us, it's not just about delivering this array of cutting-edge phones that our customers want and deserve. We also have their backs with industry-first, customer-focused programs, like Overage Protection and Battery Swap. We love making our customers' lives easier."

The allure of HTC Desire is apparent at first glance, with its slim, stylish design and vibrant 3.7-inch touchscreen that shows streaming video and graphics in vivid detail. The phone also delivers a five megapixel, autofocus camera with flash and integrated GPS. Its Wi-Fi capabilities allow users to connect to the Internet via wireless hotspots at home or on the road. Customers can upload pictures and videos to a variety of social networking and sharing sites including Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. With a tethered modem data plan, the HTC Desire can be connected directly to a laptop for yet another way to access the Internet on the go.

HTC Desire is preloaded with U.S. Cellular applications such as My Contacts Backup, City ID, Tone Room Deluxe and Your Navigator Deluxe. Customers can also easily access Google services like Gmail, Google Maps and Google Talk instant messaging, and synch their Google calendars and contacts.

Combining the Android platform with a blazing-fast 1GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor offers a true mobile computing experience. HTC Desire delivers a fast wireless experience on U.S. Cellular's 3G network, allowing customers to quickly download applications and music, browse the Internet and share pictures and videos.

The Android™ 2.1 platform offers many of the same familiar Google services found on the desktop, and a growing Android Marketplace™ of more than 70,000 applications for customers to personalize their phones. The market recently crossed the one billion download mark, according to analytics provider AndroLib.com. More than 60 percent of the applications are free. To personalize the entire experience, customers can customize HTC Desire by arranging the content in the seven-panel homepage anyway they want, whether it's for building unique scenes for work, travel or play.

"We believe that it's okay to expect more from your wireless company and with Android, you can expect much more from your phone than ever before," Perez said.

Paris, August 10, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent today announced it has been selected by China Telecom to upgrade the service provider’s CDMA network in 56 cities across nine provinces. The contract will help China Telecom expand the capacity and coverage of its wireless network and address the increasing demand for 3G mobile services.The deployment - which was secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent’s Chinese flagship company - will be completed by the end of 2010.

Alcatel-Lucent will provide its industry-leading converged radio access network (RAN) solution, including its newly-designed, ultra-compact, indoor 9916 Macro Base Station. The base station’s green design reduces energy consumption by up to 24%, which is a weighted average of the expected OPEX savings of the Alcatel-Lucent 9916 thanks to the use of an innovative new integrated radio and amplifier multi-sector transmit/receive unit (MS-TRU) that is optimized to minimize power consumption. It helps to protect wireless service providers’ investments when transitioning to next-generation LTE technology - through maximum equipment re-use. Alcatel-Lucent also provides an Ethernet backhaul capable RAN solution to cost-effectively meet the ever-increasing bandwidth demands of 3G mobile services delivery.

“This contract further confirms Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership in the CDMA market – both in China and in the rest of the world. Alcatel-Lucent’s solution not only supports China Telecom’s daily business goals – but also helps it reduce the power consumption of its network, thus contributing to a ‘greener’ society,” said Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell and head of Alcatel-Lucent’s China regional business unit.

Alcatel-Lucent is a key provider of China Telecom’s CDMA network and has actively participated in its previous two expansion projects. According to industry analyst firm Dell’Oro[1], Alcatel-Lucent leads in terms of worldwide CDMA revenues with a market share of more than 40 % (2Q’10). Alcatel-Lucent has more than 70 CDMA customers in 40 countries – and supports five of the top six global CDMA operators.

Contact the Alcatel-Lucent Press Office: press@alcatel-lucent.com

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and LIBERTYVILLE, IL — August 10, 2010 — Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless 3G network, and Motorola, Inc., a pioneer in the mobile industry, today announced that DROID™ 2 by Motorola will be available for pre-sale on August 11. Hitting all the right keys, DROID 2 is a feature-packed device that helps manage work and social life with an enhanced QWERTY keyboard, ultra high-speed Web browsing, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, full push corporate e-mail, intuitive social messaging and Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 for access to the full web – all built on Android 2.2.

“When we announced DROID X last month, we reaffirmed our commitment to continue to bring unique Android experiences to the Verizon Wireless network,” said Jeffrey Dietel, vice president – wireless device, marketing and development for Verizon Wireless. “The DROID by Motorola was our first Android device, so it is important for us to include the successor to that phone in our portfolio. DROID 2 is not only a continuation of our commitment to Android but offers customers the features and form-factor they crave on the Verizon Wireless network.”

“With the new DROID 2, we’ve taken a big leap forward from the original DROID,” said Bill Ogle, chief marketing officer of Motorola Mobile Devices and Home Business. “We listened to consumers and are providing an even more robust experience built on Android 2.2 that includes a new keyboard, increased processing power, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities to send, access and share information even quicker than before.”

DROID 2’s super-slim design helps customers e-mail, text and tweet with ease. DROID 2 offers a redesigned symmetrical keyboard with raised keys for more responsive typing to push out notes and status updates. Speech-to-text input and the virtual multi-touch keyboard allow for quick messaging; or customers can also use Swype for even easier text input. In addition, full push corporate e-mail delivers enhanced features such as remote wipe and password enforcement so that information remains secure.

DROID 2 packs power and speed. Customers can enjoy the freedom of wireless with the 3G Mobile HotSpot and the ability to connect up to five compatible Wi-Fi® devices, and watch content on the full multi-touch 3.7-inch brilliant display, or share content captured on the 5-megapixel camera with enhanced functionality and DVD-quality video capture with DLNA connectivity to share on compatible devices.

Customers can also download favorite apps from Android Market™, which has more than 70,000 applications, and store them on 8 GB of preloaded on-board memory and the 8 GB microSD™ card, which can be upgraded to a 32 GB SD card for a total cargo capacity of 40 GB. Popular apps available on DROID 2 include NFL Mobile (downloadable), Skype mobile(™) and BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® presented by V CAST Video. Customers can even manage their wireless accounts or their contacts from their phones with My Verizon and with Backup Assistant(SM).

“It’s great to see amazing new smartphones like the DROID 2 come pre-installed with Flash Player 10.1,” said David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager, Creative and Interactive Solution Business Unit at Adobe. “With the completely redesigned and hardware accelerated Flash Player 10.1, DROID 2 users will be able to experience the full Web on the go.”

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 lets mobile users experience millions of websites the way they were meant to be seen – with rich Internet applications (RIAs), content inside the browser, including games, animations, data presentations and visualizations, e-commerce, music, video, audio and more.

R2-D2 DROID 2 
In honor of the iconic Astromech Droid from the Star Wars™ Saga, Verizon Wireless will offer a limited-edition R2-D2 version of the DROID 2, available only online in September. The special version of the phone will feature exclusive Star Wars content and external hardware designed to look like the trusty Droid from the film saga. Visitors to the upcoming Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Fla., can see a preview of the limited edition phone and sign up to receive alerts when the phone is ready for sale.

Pricing and Availability 
DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com on August 11, and it will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. In addition to subscribing to a Nationwide Talk plan or a Nationwide Talk & Text plan, customers will also need to subscribe to an Email and Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access. Email and Web for Smartphone plans start at $29.99 for unlimited monthly access.

Customers can add the optional 3G Mobile HotSpot service to their DROID 2 smartphones for $20 per month. The 3G Mobile HotSpot allows customers to turn their phones into a wireless modem for up to five compatible Wi-Fi® devices. In addition, current Verizon Wireless customers who have contracts ending by December 31, 2010, can upgrade to any smartphone, including DROID 2, without penalty.

For more information on DROID 2 by Motorola, go to www.droiddoes.com. For information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com.

Media Contact Info

Brenda Raney
, Brenda.Raney@VerizonWireless.com, 
908-559-7518

Danielle McNally, 
danielle.mcnally@motorola.com
, 312-613-7021

SAN DIEGO, Aug 06, 2010 -- Cricket Communications Inc.,a leading provider of unlimited 
wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless 
International, Inc., today announced the immediate 
availability of the BlackBerry(R) Curve 8530 Smartphone 
from Research In Motion (RIM). This popular BlackBerry model, featuring 
RIM's signature email and keyboard combination, as well as full HTML Web 
browsing and access to BlackBerry App World, is the first Smartphone to 
join the diverse handset line-up at Cricket and will come with a 
low-priced 3G BlackBerry plan.

Starting today, Cricket branded retail stores, dealers nationwide and www.mycricket.com 
will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $299.99. The device will be 
accompanied by Cricket's true rate $60 BlackBerry Plan, offering 
unlimited nationwide talk, text, email, web browsing, picture mail, and 
international text capabilities on Cricket's all-3G network, and the 
convenience and ease of a flat-rate monthly service plan that includes 
all taxes and fees, except applicable sales tax.

"By offering industry-leading Smartphones, like the BlackBerry Curve 
8530, Cricket is delivering the products people want at the prices they 
can afford," stated Al Moschner, Cricket's chief operating officer. "Add 
that to our new all-inclusive, true rate BlackBerry Plan that offers 3G 
service at nearly half the cost of other 3G Smartphone plans in the 
market, and Cricket is solidifying its position as the cost-conscious 
provider, respecting the budgets and real-life needs of our customers 
every step of the way."

The sleek BlackBerry Curve 8530 Smartphone comes equipped with numerous 
advanced features including the industry's leading email and messaging 
solution, a comfortable full-QWERTY keyboard, high-resolution 320 x 240 
pixel color display, BlackBerry Messenger, and access to thousands of 
applications via BlackBerry App World. It also features a powerful media 
player with dedicated media keys integrated into the top of the handset, 
a 2 MP camera with video recording*, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) 
as well as Bluetooth support, plus, of course, unlimited talk, text, 
video and picture messaging capabilities offered on Cricket's BlackBerry 
service plan.

For more information about Cricket's dynamic handset lineup, please 
visit www.mycricket.com.

The BlackBerry and RIM Families of related marks, images and symbols are 
the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

*Video recording requires a microSD card, which may be sold separately.

Contacts:

Cricket Communications, Inc., Greg Lund, Media Relations, 858-882-9105, glund@cricketcommunications.com

or

Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations, 858-882-9876, awakeham@leapwireless.com

Luxembourg, 5th August 2010 - MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communications exchange solutions, together with Accuris Networks, the leading provider of inter-standard and converged solutions, announced today that the world's first ever pre-paid inter-standard roaming call was made while roaming on to an international GSM network. The call was made possible by MACH's Inter-Standard Roaming (ISR) Solution, which uses Accuris Networks' AccuROAM inter-working platform, and as the result of an agreement signed with Starcomms Plc Nigeria to deploy MACH's ISR solutions which is a first in Africa.

Tushar Maheshwari, Chief Commercial Officer at Starcomms, commented: "We shortlisted MACH/Accuris Networks from various other vendors and are extremely happy that this partnership has resulted in making the world's first pre-paid inter-standard CDMA/GSM roaming call in a record time of 45 days."

"More than 90% of mobile subscriptions in the CDMA world today are pre-paid and typically these subscribers cannot and do not normally roam," said Guy Dubois, President and CEO of MACH. "By successfully demonstrating the first pre-paid roaming call across two wholly disparate technologies, CDMA and GSM, using MACH's ISR solution, we have taken the first step towards opening up this vast untapped market for mobile operators. This achievement is a first in the industry and firmly positions MACH as a leader in the ISR pre-paid roaming market."

The agreement between MACH and Starcomms Plc Nigeria will provide Starcomms' more than three million pre-paid CDMA customers with seamless access to international mobile roaming on GSM networks and other wireless technologies. It will also greatly expand Starcomms' international network coverage compared to its competitors.

Dubois added: "Until now, CDMA operators have been faced with a stark choice. Either they made the large capital investments in "Box in a network" solutions and committed the high operational expenditure necessary to open up inter-standard access for their customers, or they lost revenue to local providers of GSM and WiFi services and delivered a service that fell short of customer expectations. MACH ISR managed service solutions offer a far more efficient and value added approach to delivering seamless extension of operators' home networks, without the capital and operational costs - unlocking new revenue opportunities for operators, and providing cost-effective convenience for their customers."

The ISR solution from MACH uses the Accuris Networks AccuROAM inter-working platform for voice and SMS, and MACH's own patented Mobile IP Proxy for seamless data roaming. It is delivered through a proven managed services infrastructure, and offers turnkey inter-operability between wireless technologies, including CDMA, 1X/EVDO, GSM, GPRS/UMTS, WiFi, WiMax and, soon, LTE. The solution, which can be implemented using existing connections, offers end-users all of the services that are available on their home network, even when they are travelling. With end-to-end, one number inter-operability, operators can provide complete voice and messaging services without the time and investment required to build their own platform.

"Accuris Networks has consistently led the way in providing inter-standard and inter-technology roaming solutions," said Gilbert Little, Chairman, Accuris Networks. "This latest move in conjunction with our partner MACH is the latest in a line of successful firsts. We are fully committed to continuing that trend and, in addition to supporting pre-paid inter-standard roaming, we also provide support for integrated cellular and IP networks to enable IP Offload and seamless Wi-Fi based roaming."

By adopting MACH's ISR solution, Starcomms is able to enhance customer satisfaction and increase revenues in two ways. Firstly, by providing seamless pre-paid international roaming access to customers, the operator will command a greater share of revenues that would otherwise be spent on technologies like local prepaid GSM SIM cards or hotel and airport WiFi. Secondly, the operator will further enhance customer satisfaction and increase customers' mobile usage by delivering a full portfolio of voice services and applications to customers wherever they are in the world, through one device and with one bill.

"Starcomms is dedicated to providing innovative products and services that continuously simplify and enhance the lives of our customers," said Maher Qubain, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Starcomms Plc Nigeria. "The addition of inter-standard roaming capabilities to our portfolio will provide even greater choice and deliver even higher levels of service to our customers, which will open up new and profitable revenue streams for Starcomms. Once again, Starcomms changes the CDMA landscape in Nigeria as it opens up roaming to its customers.'

Starcomms will protect its existing technology investments by leveraging the MACH ISR solution's out-of-the-box compatibility with the technologies operated by roaming partners, using a single point of connectivity that provides a cost-effective extension of network coverage. The need for network installation is eliminated, shortening time-to-market and reducing capital investment. Simplified, zone-based pricing and access to GSM, CDMA and WiMAX networks through one single agreement significantly reduce operating costs so that operators can offer lower end-user prices.

Enquiries

MACHEileen Preston, Global PR ManagerEipr@mach.comTel: +44 (0)20 7959 8119

Accuris NetworksAidan Dillon, Chief Technology OfficerAidon.dillon@accuris-networks.comTel: +353 1 8818700

Starcomms NigeriaTushar Maheshwari, Chief Commercial Officertusharm@starcomms.comTel: +234 702 8000 002

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — August 4, 2010 — When Verizon Wireless customers arrive at international destinations, they are greeted by more than just the local sights and sounds. They also receive a welcome message from Verizon Wireless.

Customers receive a “welcome” text message from Verizon Wireless upon arrival at most of the 220 international destinations covered by the company’s global services. The welcome text lists important global support information, dialing instructions, and data rate details.

Customers using Verizon Wireless global-capable phones and smartphones can enjoy wireless voice service in more than 220 countries and data in more than 200 countries, with more than 115 offering 3G speeds. In addition, contract customers heading to 40 countries outside of the United States can use any Verizon Wireless phone to stay connected. All international travelers can access U.S.-based customer support 24 hours a day using a dedicated global roaming support number. Learn more at www.verizonwireless.com/global.

With the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network, a wide variety of smartphones and other wireless devices, and award-winning customer service, Verizon Wireless is a leader in customer satisfaction. In 21 of the last 23 quarters, Verizon Wireless has led the industry with the lowest customer turnover rate among major U.S. wireless companies. Learn more at http://aboutus.vzw.com/customersatisfaction/index.html.

Media Contact Info

Tom Pica, 
Thomas.Pica@VerizonWireless.com
, 908-559-7516

August 2, 2010 - Starcomms Plc has once again demonstrated its determination to render superior and world-class service to its teeming customers. For the first time in the world, a CDMA telecommunication operator is providing its customers the opportunity to enjoy international roaming. This new development is sequel to an agreement signed on March 23, 2010 by Starcomms with MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile applications exchange solutions and Accuris Network, the leading provider of Inter-standard and converged solutions.

Consequently, the over 3.2 million and still growing customers of Starcomms now have the rare opportunity of seamless access to international mobile roaming on all wireless technology networks. This will greatly expand Starcomms network coverage outside Nigeria and simplify the roaming experience of the customer who may have cause to travel outside the country. Already Starcomms has coverage in 31 major Cities covering 175 towns in Nigeria.

Commenting on the new deal that will boost the Starcomms network, the company's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Maher Qubain said "The commitment of Starcomms to providing innovative products and services that simplify lives and enhance living for our customers is a tradition we hold dear. We know that many customers yearn for the high quality services of Starcomms everywhere they go. So, the pioneering step of adding inter-standard roaming capabilities to our portfolio as a CDMA network in this country is just more evidence of our practice of always being the first to give the customer the best."

The ISR solutions from MACH and Accuris Networks is delivered through a proven services infrastructure and offers turnkey inter-operability between wireless technologies, including CDMA, 1xEVDO, GSM, GPRS/UMTS, WIFI, WiMax and soon, LTE.

The solution, which can be implemented using existing connections, offers end-users all of the services that are available on their home network, even when they are travelling. With end-to-end one-number interoperability, operators can provide complete voice and messaging services easily.The seamless interoperability roaming access that MACH provides for over 600 networks all over the world is in line with the high quality services that Starcomms has been providing its customers in Nigeria.

Tushar Maheshwari, the Chief Commercial Officer of Starcomms, while speaking about the new possibilities said, "Starcomms will never trade high standard for any thing. Our focus in providing international roaming opportunities for our customers is not just about the service but about the quality of their experience while roaming with the Starcomms service. We have continued to make sure that our customers who have cause to travel outside Nigeria feel at home anywhere with all their contacts having access to them seamlessly."