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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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Ericsson is to provide Al-Madar Al-Jadid, Libya’s leading mobile operator with a convergent charging and billing solution that will enable its mobile subscribers to enjoy benefits such as flexible tariffs and full control of costs, bonuses and rewards. Ericsson will also supply related systems integration services.

Abdulkhalek Ashuor, General Manager of Al-Madar Al-Jadid, says: “We’ve worked with Ericsson since 1995 and we trust that their competence in the revenue-management area and experience of delivering complex convergent charging and billing projects will allow us to enhance our service offering to our customers at an efficient cost and with faster time to market. We are looking forward to introducing this new and flexible platform”.

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Telekom Austria Group gears up for the next generation of mobile services

18,5 million users in eight countries to get higher speed and improved services

Microwave solution increases capacity and reduces costs

Mobile phone subscribers are doing an increasing amount with their handsets, and Telekom Austria Group is expecting a significant increase in capacity demands; data traffic in Austria alone has increased fivefold over the past two years. To meet these demands, all Telekom Austria Group companies in eight European countries are, besides other innovative technologies, upgrading their mobile networks with Ericsson’s latest, microwave solution, which enables increased capacity while reducing costs for mobile operators.

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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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