LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Footbo - the Fastest-Growing Online Community for Worldwide Football Fans with 200,000 Members Since its June Launch - Announces Section Devoted to Amateur Football Players Teams

Footbo.com, (http://footbo.com) the fastest-growing online community for football (soccer) fans around the world, now has a user-generated section devoted to amateur football players. This new section of the social network enables amateur teams and players to create and manage their own player and team profiles.

This new feature will allow users to make their own mark on football history, providing them with the tools to manage their own amateur teams while connecting with other fans and community members, said Mani Honigstein, CEO of Footbo.

WALTHAM, Massachusetts and LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- MetraTech Corp., the innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider announced that its MetraNet product has been deployed by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as the billing and partner settlement solution for Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft's new cloud computing services. Microsoft Online Services remove the burden of managing and maintaining business systems and frees IT departments to focus on initiatives that can help deliver true competitive advantage. With MetraNet, Microsoft is able to reliably bill subscribers and automatically compensate partners for their customers' subscriptions to Microsoft Online Services.

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Runcom Technologies Ltd., the leading supplier and developer of fixed and mobile WiMAX(TM) solutions, and Rohde Schwarz, a global leader in wireless communications test and measurement, announced the completion of a scalable turnkey solution for a mass production line for mobile stations, based on Runcom's OFDMA technology.

The Rohde Schwarz RS(R)CMW270 WiMAX communication tester simultaneously calibrates Runcom's mobile stations over both the Tx and Rx paths, and verifies the mobile stations' compliance with the WiMAX(TM) standard IEEE802.16e-2005, so that the device is ready to market.

RIO DE JANEIRO, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/home.jspx?cc=USlc=engcmpid=4533) (NYSE: A) today announced that, with Alcatel-Lucent and Runcom Technologies Ltd., it will demonstrate MIMO WiMAX transmission at the European Nanoelectronics Forum 2008 in Paris, Dec. 2-3.

LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The search is on for the extraordinary business woman who will win the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.

Now in its 36th year, this unique award recognises the inspiring role played by successful business women. This prize will be awarded on April 28th 2009.

The type of business in not important, but achievement, motivational ability, innovation, creativity, business acumen, entrepreneurship, dynamism, charisma and, most critically, a profound concern for the sustainable growth of her business and the development of her team, will certainly be amongst the qualities the judges will be looking for.

HELSINKI, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comptel Solution to Improve Fulfillment Processes for Mobile Services at Orascom Sister Company

Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading vendor of dynamic Operations Support System (OSS) software, announced today that Greek operator WIND Hellas has selected Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution.

WIND Hellas is owned by Weather Investments, which also owns a 50% plus one share of Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. This deal follows the announcements in 2007 of Comptel being chosen as preferred supplier by Orascom Telecom.

LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- 25 Percent of the Total U.K. population accesses the Internet via a Mobile Device

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today made available its U.K. PC Mobile Internet Usage White Paper, providing for the first time, a comparative insight into Internet behavior across the country's mobile and PC Internet screens.

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The U.K. paper, which is comScore's first dual-screen publication in any of the global markets it currently tracks, aims to address the key concerns of marketers and content providers operating in this rapidly developing industry, providing:

KIEL, Germany, December 3 /PRNewswire/ -- LaserSoft Imaging(R) releases SilverFast(R) 6.6.0r4, a powerful update for Canon scanner users. The new release features a significant quality boost while delivering much faster scans. In contrast to the Canon's own software, SilverFast(R) comes with famous highlights such as SilverFast Multi Exposure(R), special Kodachrome profiles and Multi-Processor capability. Outstanding productivity comes from the implementation of SilverFast's iSRD(R) for optimum infrared-based dust and scratch removal.

LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Frost Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on CEE Conferencing Services Markets on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 at 15.00 GMT

Frost Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on Wednesday, 10 December 2008 at 15.00 GMT, to provide industry participants with an overview of CEE Conferencing Services Markets.

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LONDON, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Konetica and Teliris announce joint partnership

Managed IT service provider to the legal sector, Konetica today announced a new partnership with Teliris, the leading provider of immersive telepresence solutions, to help law firms cut travel costs and increase efficiencies through the use of the most advanced telepresence technology available on the market today.