BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

ATLANTA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Maggie Bellville, a partner at CarterBaldwin, an Atlanta-based executive search firm, and highly respected senior executive in the cable and telecommunications industry, has accepted an invitation to chair the American Israeli Chamber of Commerce Telecommunications Committee. Bellville's term of service begins immediately.

We are extremely fortunate to have recruited this capable leader with such outstanding knowledge and contacts to head this important sector for the Chamber, said AICC Board Chairman Laurence Olivier (and partner at Veritas Venture Partners).

BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- SDXC Helps Smart Phones Get Smarter, Ready for More Mobile Services

Mobile World Congress Booth Hall 7, #7C62 -- Today approximately 78 percent of all slotted mobile phones are equipped with an SD memory card slot and the forthcoming next-generation SDXC (eXtended Capacity) memory card specification, featuring a 2 terabyte maximum capacity and speeds up to 300 megabytes per second speed, will expand opportunities exponentially for smart mobile handsets and carrier services. Additional storage capability turns smart phone promise into smart phone reality, freeing consumers to do more with their data anywhere and at anytime.

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BARCELONA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- LifeVibes(TM) QuickStart Improves Watching TV on Mobile Handsets Through Faster Start up, Quicker and Easier Channel Zapping, and Reduced Re-Buffering

NXP Software today unveiled its innovative LifeVibes(TM) QuickStart software at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009. QuickStart is designed to boost the quality of the user experience of mobile TV. It can cut times needed to buffer video streams by up to a factor of 3, so viewing starts more quickly. This reduced start-up latency also makes channel zapping much quicker and easier. Plus the software smoothes viewing by reducing picture freeze and re-buffering caused by momentary deteriorations in network conditions.

Mobile World Congress, BARCELONA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ -- ALK Technologies today announced that its CoPilot Live navigation software has been selected by HTC (TAIEX: 2498; HTC), a global designer of mobile devices to provide turn-by-turn voice guidance on the new GPS-enabled Touch Cruise smartphone in selected European and Worldwide regions.

HTC's new Touch Cruise with CoPilot Live provides a breakthrough navigation experience on a phone, combining HTC's latest touch screen innovation with sophisticated voice-guided navigation. The fully integrated solution also provides useful navigation-based services such as live local search and weather information via the phone's mobile Internet connection that can make every journey easier, when travelling in-car or on foot.

BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- VAIO PCs to Feature Wireless, High-speed Internet Connectivity via 3G Cellular Network

Sony Electronics Inc. and Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that Sony has selected Qualcomm's Gobi(TM) mobile Internet technology for use in its VAIO(R) notebook PC lines.

The embedded Gobi solution enables notebook users to expand beyond Wi-Fi hotspots so they can experience a high-speed connection to the Internet via 3G cellular connectivity. Sony is the first notebook manufacturer to make Gobi technology a standard feature in several of its PC models.

BARCELONA, Mobile World Congress, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Initial Members in the Multi-Industry ng Connect Program, Founded by Alcatel-Lucent, Include Industry Leaders HP, Samsung, and 4DK, Buzznet, chumby, Connect2Media, dimedis, FISHLABS, QNX, SIGNEXX, Total Immersion, TuneWiki and Words Numbers

BARCELONA, Mobile World Congress, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Goal to Accelerate Broad Interoperability for Embedded and non-Embedded Devices, With Upcoming 3.5GHz Band as First Target

Intel and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced WiMAX Ensure, a joint end-to-end interoperability testing (IOT) program for the WiMAX Rev-e standard (802.16e-2005) that aims to establish common, commercially validated, global profiles for data-centric mobile WiMAX devices. This collaboration between leading silicon and infrastructure players in the WiMAX space aims to strengthen the technology's device ecosystem by marking out a safe path to market for both embedded and non- embedded devices.

BARCELONA, Mobile World Congress, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Key Milestone - Achieved in Cooperation With Signalion and UTStarcom Highlights Alcatel-Lucent's Commitment to Supporting the Smooth Evolution to 4G for Service Providers Worldwide

BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- New LTE Software Module is a Significant Step in Alcatel-Lucent's Strategy to Deliver the Ultimate Wireless Broadband Experience

BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --