PARIS, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Viaccess, a France Telecom company, leader in conditional access announced, today that it has been selected by GlobeCast, a leading content management and delivery company for broadcast, to provide its Viaccess Mobile Broadcast service protection solution based on the OMA BCAST Smartcard profile for use in a key trial platform to faciliate the commercial launch of this technology in Europe.

The objective of this platform is to demonstrate both the viability of DVB-H as a mobile television standard as well as the expertise of GlobeCast as a technology integrator and end-to-end service provider for television bouquet operators, regardless of standard or networks used.

PARIS, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- StreamWIDE (FR0010528059 - ALSTW), a specialist in next-generation value-added telephony solutions for telecoms operators, is collaborating with SFR in the launch of its My Visual Voicemail service.

By relying on StreamWIDE's software solutions, SFR enables its subscribers, at a single glance, to check their voicemail messages directly on the screen of their mobile phone and to choose the messages they want to listen to first, thanks to the contact name display; all without having to go through the traditional voicemail service.

GENEVA, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will launch its Connected Home Gateway software at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, giving consumers the freedom to access and interact with their home multimedia devices, services and media, wherever they are. The gateway also enables one single entry point for IPTV and multimedia telephony services into the home.

Installed in the home, Ericsson Connected Home Gateway achieves all of this by providing a secure connection between consumers' digital home networks and the telecommunications network, and a single point of entry for IPTV and communication services, such as multimedia telephony.

BARCELONA, Spain and STUTTGART, Germany, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/74445

Symbian specialist Liquid Air Lab today launched adtronic, the first purely ad-enabled mobile application store. The application store is available today and can be freely downloaded for NOKIA Smartphones from http://www.adtronic.mobi.

GENEVA, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the Millennium Villages project, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and pan-African operator Zain have built a green-powered site in a remote village in northeastern Kenya. With the reliable and affordable mobile communication the site provides, the villagers of Dertu can make calls, access health services and education and improve their economic future.

Using a combination of wind and solar power addresses the two key deterrents to building telecommunication infrastructure in remote areas: operating costs and power supply reliability.

HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Smarter Driving Techniques Can Save Drivers up to GBP250 Per Year on Fuel

Research by the Energy Saving Trust has found businesses are losing 8 days of every company driver's time per month due to the journeys they undertake for their business. For companies with a large number of drivers this will result in a significant loss of time throughout a year.

It also found that company car drivers are using their cars on average six times a week (some as many as 23 journeys per week) to travel as short a journey as under two miles.

LONDON, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

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New research released by the American Heart Association* reveals that Hibiscus Sabdariffa has a beneficial effect on reducing high blood pressure.

Daily consumption of three cups of hibiscus tea, (made from 1.25g of hibiscus), an amount readily incorporated into the diet, lowers blood pressure in pre- and mildly hypertensive adults and may prove an effective component of the dietary changes recommended for people at risk of developing hypertension, comments Diane L. McKay, PhD, FACN from the Antioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre.

READING, England, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Verizon Mobility Solutions Seamlessly Integrated With Verizon Private IP to Optimize Workers' Productivity, Regardless of Location

BEST (Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology) has chosen solutions from Verizon Business to optimize the productivity of the company's mobile workers -- whether they are on the road, in the office or at home. Verizon Mobility Solutions offer secure, reliable and efficient access to business-critical applications, while Verizon Private IP links the company's global office sites.

COPENHAGEN - FTTH Council Europe Conference, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today highlighted its leading role in bringing to the market innovative technologies that have a proven, positive impact on green house gas emissions.

Two existing technologies - Alcatel-Lucent's distributed digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) concept, as well as a series of passively cooled fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) DSLAMs - are now complemented by a whole new range of eco-sustainable indoor optical network terminals (ONTs), which are located at the customer's premise and convert optical signals back into electrical voice, video or data.

TEL AVIV, Israel, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- RADWIN (http://www.radwin.com), a leading global provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, today announced the latest addition to its RADWIN 2000 product portfolio. The new RADWIN 2000 solution provides up to 16 E1s/T1s native TDM service and native Ethernet, with aggregate throughput of 100 Mbps. RADWIN will showcase RADWIN 2000 at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 16-19, in Hall 3.1 in hospitality suite 1HS84.