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# Gary Pinkham appointed head of Corporate Affairs and Communications in North America
# Pinkham is presently head of global Investor and Analyst Relations

The appointment of Pinkham follows Ericsson’s significantly strengthened position in the North American market. The Nortel acquisition, along with important breakthrough contract wins for Ericsson in North America and the recently announced relocation of Ericsson’s Chief Technology Officer Håkan Eriksson from Stockholm to Silicon Valley, positions Ericsson as the leading provider of telecommunications technology and services in the United States and Canada. Ericsson has almost tripled the number of employees in North America from the beginning of 2009 and now has some 14,500 employees. In terms of sales, North America will now be Ericsson’s largest region.

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# Isolated and deprived communities to get access to internet for the first time
# M-health and m-education to 175 villages
# Connectivity to generate economic opportunity

More than 30,000 people in 175 Amazon villages will get access to e-health and e-education services through mobile broadband. Ericsson and Vivo are part of a group that will bring mobile broadband connectivity to the Amazonian state of Pará in Brazil.

With more than 5 million sq km, the Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and comprises the largest biodiversity on the planet.

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AT&T has announced a contribution of US$10,000 (VN dong 178.7 million) to the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF) to support the Social Centre for Disadvantaged Children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Founded in 1991, CNCF is an international organization dedicated to helping children in need with education, medical care, social opportunities and job placement. Since its inception, CNCF has helped more than 400,000 children through a wide variety of projects in Vietnam and Mongolia. The Social Centre for Disadvantaged Children was established to provide healthcare to underprivileged children who cannot afford treatment and therapy services. The centre has enhanced the living standards of hundreds of children over the past 19 years, and helped thousands more to be rehabilitated and recover their health.

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AT&T today announced the availability of its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network at 28 cell sites in the Shenandoah Valley, opening the door to a new era of mobile services, devices, and feature-rich audio and video content for customers throughout the region. AT&T’s customers will experience improved voice and data quality along Route 66 from Marshall to Front Royal and from there traveling either northward on I-81 to Winchester, or southward to New Market.

Communities that will see enhanced wireless coverage include, Strasburg, Toms Brook, Woodstock, Edinburg, Rileyville, Mount Jackson, Luray, Flint Hill, Linden, Markham, Chester Gap, Huntly, Hume, Fishers Hill, Cross Junction, Middletown, Star Tannery, Quicksburg, Orkney Springs, Bentonville, and Basye.

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Smartphones are at the top of many shoppers’ holiday lists this season. And so are high definition TVs. For shoppers who want the best of both, AT&T is offering new AT&T U-verse SM customers up to $200 back in promotion cards that can be used on the latest smartphone… or a choice of virtually anything else.

New customers who bundle U-verse TV (U200 or higher), U-verse Internet (Pro or higher) with Wireless 450 (or higher) or U-verse Voice Unlimited will receive $200 back — which could be put toward one of this year’s most popular devices. Additional savings are available for customers who shop online at www.att.com/u-verse.

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