'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Technology Provider Quintiq and Dutch IT Rail Specialist Ab Ovo win Another Major Contract in the European Rail Industry

Quintiq and Ab Ovo today announced that Swedish national rail freight company Green Cargo will use Quintiq's Advanced Planning Scheduling technology to integrate the planning and scheduling of their 433 locomotives, 750 shunters and 950 drivers. IT rail specialist Ab Ovo will, in cooperation with RiiPlan, conduct the implementation.

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, 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.

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/ --

- 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, 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/ --

BARCELONA, Spain, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

-- The QS3200 RF Transceiver Features High Integration and Low Power Consumption and Provides 2G/2.5G/3G/3.5G Multimode Support

BARCELONA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Rapidly Creates and Delivers Personalized Mobile Applications

Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced the Subscriber Data Broker(TM).

HERZLIYA, Israel, February 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Teledata Networks, a leading global provider of innovative Multiservice Access solutions for Next Generation Networks (NGN), has signed a contract of $16.2M for the delivery of BroadAccess-1000E Multiservice Access Gateways (MSAG) to ICE, Costa Rica's National Electricity and Telecommunications Company. The award follows an international public tender issued by ICE, in which BroadAccess-1000E was selected as the exclusive solution.

Teledata Networks will supply ICE with its new BroadAccess-1000E platform, an advanced IP -MSAG for delivery of voice and broadband services. Implementing state-of-the-art technology, the BroadAccess-1000E is an industry leading platform due to its superior architecture and powerful performance.