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Good little girls and boys who may get the gift of a shiny new laptop or tech gadget this holiday are in luck. Beginning today, AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T High Speed Internet customers can receive a $50 rebate on installation of their wireless home network by an AT&T ConnecTech® expert — including connecting and setting up their new devices — when they subscribe to AT&T ConnecTech Support Plus monthly tech support service.

AT&T ConnecTech offers reliable technology assistance from a trusted source, so that customers can fully enjoy their choice of products and services. AT&T ConnecTech’s Home Network Installation includes installation of a wireless home network, connecting up to three devices, and security software setup to prevent intruders and is available for new AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet customers for $50 and AT&T High Speed Internet customers for $149. A subscription to AT&T ConnecTech Support Plus is available for $15 a month and offers virtually unlimited help over the phone and Internet from our expert technicians for computer software, hardware and networking issues.

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Sprint is giving the gift of savings this holiday with five stunning devices on America’s most dependable 3G network1 offered for free with a new two-year service agreement for a limited time only exclusively through www.sprint.com. According to a recent independent network test conducted by PC World, Sprint tested as the most reliable network overall among US carriers in a 13-city performance test2.

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Alcatel-Lucent has formally appointed Sean O’Halloran as the vice president of its Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) team. Previously, Sean was vice president of Alcatel-Lucent’s Enterprise Group in Australia.

In this new role, Sean will be responsible for leading the organisation’s activities on Australia’s NBN, including the sales, technical, services and marketing focus, as the NBN moves into a new and exciting phase.

Andrew Butterworth, managing director Alcatel-Lucent Australia said the appointment reflected the organisation’s strong commitment to Australia’s digital future and the development of broadband locally. “The National Broadband Network represents an exciting opportunity for Alcatel-Lucent and for Australia. As the leader in deploying broadband networks around the world, this is certainly a significant project for our organisation both locally and globally. We have built a strong and extensive team internally, for which Sean is the ideal person to lead. Sean has extensive leadership credentials across the enterprise and carrier markets and brings key sales, market and technical knowledge to the role.”

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Alcatel-Lucent today announced that, according to Q3 2009 data from Dell’Oro, it gained market share in the Service Provider Router segment for the fifth consecutive quarter. According to Dell’Oro, Alcatel-Lucent increased its worldwide market share by four percentage points year-over-year (3Q09 vs 3Q08). In addition, it gained 4.8 percentage points year-over-year (Y/Y) in the fastest growing sub-segment – Edge Routers – growing its number two position in the quarter to 20.5% of the global market.

In external linkDell’Oro Group’s Routers Report 3Q09, the firm stated: “Alcatel-Lucent reported strong performance in 3Q09. It was the only SP Edge Router vendor to record Q/Q and Y/Y increases. Despite the global recession, Alcatel-Lucent performed well during the first three quarters of 2009, increasing its year-to-date revenue share to 20%, well above its 15% share for full-year 2008. We attribute Alcatel-Lucent’s success to the following factors: expanding customer base, regional balance and broad product line.”

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AT&T today announced the appointment of John Schinter as AT&T’s first director of energy. Schinter, who has twenty-five years’ experience in environmental sustainability and integrated energy services, will oversee AT&T’s company-wide energy management efforts across all energy-consuming business units, drive comprehensive programs to reduce energy consumption and direct AT&T’s energy purchasing strategies. Schinter will join AT&T’s Corporate Real Estate Property Management team.

“We know that responsible energy management and improved efficiencies can positively impact both the environment and our bottom line,” said Mark Schleyer, senior vice president, corporate real estate, AT&T Operations, Inc. “Through the appointment of John Schinter, we are reorganizing the way AT&T optimizes our energy use, while maintaining — and improving — the quality, reliability and competitiveness of our services.”

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