CB Richard Ellis and Pitney Bowes MapInfo host exclusive seminar on latest National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns for out-of-town shopping

Dedicated executive retail seminar in London, 4th April, pinpoints locational opportunities of latest NSLSP findings for out-of-town shopping

London, 5 March 2008 - Pitney Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, is co-hosting a half-day seminar with retail estate services leaders CB Richard Ellis, on Friday 4th April at St Martin's Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London, EC4M to provide detailed insight on the opportunities of the new National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns for out-of-town shopping retailers.

The National Survey of Local Shopping Patterns (NSLSP) is the largest household survey of shopping preferences in Great Britain: over 9.5 million households have provided details of their shopping destination preferences to the programme.  The NSLSP provides a potent platform for analysing non-food, grocery or retail park catchment areas and for measuring the competition for trade in any given catchment.

This exclusive seminar presents a unique opportunity for decision makers in the out-of-town shopping market to learn about the unparalleled range of catchment analysis tools and applications the NSLSP programme supports.  The session will also demonstrate how the results can be combined with other data, such as demographic, income, lifestyle and expenditure to provide catchment and shopping population profiles for any individual location or group of locations.

“NSLSP results derive exclusively from household surveys, quite different from modelled catchment analysis solutions,” says CB Richard Ellis Head of Retail Research Mark Teale.

“No modelling of any kind whatsoever is used in creating NSLSP catchment data-sets.  Unlike models, which provide a representation of what catchments might be, NSLSP results identify what they are. As the NSLSP is measuring real markets, it is an unprecedented intelligence tool whilst providing the most accurate information available on local retail economies.”

“This location intelligence is critical to retail decision makers,” comments Jonathan Clark, Strategic Industry Manager, Retail, EMEA, Pitney Bowes MapInfo.

“For example, the NSLSP time-series results reveal huge market share shifts between grocery retailers and between convenience goods and comparison goods markets; the trading impact of the market share shifts that are occurring at shopping location level continue to dwarf the impact of internet sales growth.

“Contrary to popular industry perception, internet penetration of comparison goods markets varies significantly by scale and quality of local shopping offer, with penetration rates falling markedly in areas well provided with shopping. NSLSP results also reveal that there is a strong inverse correlation between propensity to shop on the internet and household income.”

The half-day agenda includes results from the NSLSP on consumer shopping destination preferences out-of-town, the measuring of out-of-town market potential, leveraging local press advertising expenditure via SCMP and using NSLSP with AnySite for screening and network-planning purposes.

The seminar runs from 08.45 (registration) to 12.40 (lunch) on Friday 4th April 2008 at: CB Richard Ellis, St Martin's Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London, EC4M 7HP.

Places at this select event are limited.  To register and for more information, please visit: www.mapinfo.co.uk/xxx

Mobile expert continues growth with new non-executive appointment

Dialogue Communications, a leading international mobile specialist, has appointed Peter Button, a former telecoms industry CEO as non-executive director. Peter will provide strategic assistance and expertise to the board, and help to further facilitate the growth of the company following a record year in 2007. 

Peter, 51, from Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK, joins Dialogue following a year long career break. Prior to this, he spent five years as CEO of mobile and data service provider WIN plc during which the company’s turnover grew tenfold. Peter is no stranger to the role of non executive director, as it was a position he held for five years at Corporate Services Group plc from 1999 to 2004.

Peter is also a qualified chartered accountant and has 27 years of business experience, which includes 17 years in investment banking. In his 27 years of business, Peter has worked as head of corporate finance for NW Brown Group Limited and as a director in the corporate finance department of Kleinwort Benson Limited.

“Following a short career break, I am very pleased to be returning to the telecoms industry especially with a company as forward thinking as Dialogue,” said Peter.

“I am looking forward to contributing to an industry that is ever evolving and I hope to use my experience in high level management, product development and finance to advise the board on its strategy and structure going forward. 

“I feel that my experience as a CEO will put me in a perfect position to be a genuine source of advice and guidance to Dialogue as we move forward through 2008 and beyond.”

Hugh Spear, Dialogue’s CEO is excited to have Peter on board: “We are very pleased to be welcoming Peter to the Dialogue team. 2007 was an exceptional year for the company and the most successful financial year to date, with year end turnover and profit the highest in the company’s 13 year history. We feel that with Peter’s strategic assistance and phenomenal expertise in the telecoms and financial industries, he will be a valuable source to the Dialogue board and will help us take the company into a new phase of growth in 2008, both in terms of products and services and expansion into new vertical and horizontal market sectors.”

Ingres Global Partner Summit 2008 Brings Together Key Players In The Open Source Community

First Annual Ingres Partner Summit to be Held in Prague on April 8-9, 2008

Slough, UK — 4th March 2008 — Ingres Corporation, a leading open source information management company for enterprise applications, today announced that its first annual Global Partner Summit will be held April 8 – 9, 2008, at the Hilton Prague, in Prague, Czech Republic. The summit will enable Ingres and its partners to come together to share experiences, strategies, and discuss ways for organisations to benefit using Ingres solutions.  For detailed information and to register, please go to http://www.delegateselect.com/ingres.html.

“The 2008 Ingres Partner Summit is an excellent opportunity to learn first hand how organisations can apply open source practices to win in the competitive global marketplace,” said Roger Burkhardt, president and CEO of Ingres. “Partnerships are essential to our success and critical for delivering value to our customers. This is why long-term strategic business partnerships are central to our company strategy.”

“The Ingres Partner Summit will be a great opportunity for the companies participating in the Ingres Involve program to meet and share insights,” said Roy Hann, Technical Director, Rational Commerce Ltd. “It will be a chance to exchange ideas and opinions about how our customers are using Ingres to exploit new opportunities and to overcome obstacles, and how we can continue to assist them in doing that.  It is always useful to hear about ideas that have succeeded in other regions that could be applied to our own, so we benefit from the experiences and creativity of one another.  I am really looking forward to attending.

The Involve Program is excellent and we are delighted to be part of it.”

This year’s conference will address a variety of topics including how to use Ingres products to improve productivity, the role of open source solutions as a whole in a competitive marketplace, and the latest developments and innovations around Ingres software. The summit affords an opportunity for partners from all over the world to meet and exchange ideas and experiences about open source technologies, as well expand their network of colleagues.

Steve Shine, senior vice president of world wide sales and support at Ingres will open the conference with a presentation entitled, “Why Partners Are Key” which outlines the reciprocal benefits generated by an Ingres partnership. Partners such as Infor, Wipro, Alfresco, JasperSoft, and others will also take the stage on a variety of subjects, including how they made their businesses more efficient using the Ingres database and the future of open source solutions as a way to increase revenue and compete more efficiently in a global economy.

Day two of the summit breaks into track sessions around commercial, server, and application interests. Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering at Ingres, will present a session entitled “Embedding Ingres, Easy Peasy” which will outline how to do a silent, unattended install that can be configured and tuned to an application.

Register Today

To register for the 2008 Ingres Partner Summit and find out more about this year's speakers, and see what else the conference agenda has to offer, please visit http://www.delegateselect.com/ingres.html.

Citrix Online Develops New Remote Support Solution to Solve Unique Needs of Small Businesses

Citrix Online Invites Small Businesses and Individual Professionals to Participate in Final Development of Citrix® GoToAssist® Express Remote Support Tool

Amersham, UK: Citrix Online is inviting small businesses and individual consultants to participate in the final development of Citrix® GoToAssist® Express, its new remote support solution designed specifically to enable small businesses and professionals to provide instant, Web-based support to their customers. Beta testers can receive unlimited, free use of GoToAssist Express Beta by signing up at https://express.gotoassist.com and will be able to provide real-time feedback on their experience, ensuring the service will ultimately meet user requirements.

GoToAssist Express is customer-designed to provide an affordable, easy-to-use remote-support tool that will enable users to instantly and securely view and control their customers’ PCs, reducing support costs by eliminating travel time for desk-side visits, and ultimately increasing customer satisfaction.

Citrix Online developed the first online instant remote support tool, Citrix GoToAssist, which revolutionised the way support could be delivered. With the development of GoToAssist Express, the GoToAssist product line will deliver the only purpose-built remote support portfolio that can address the needs of organisations of any size – from the smallest business to the largest corporate enterprise.

“There are many individuals and small businesses that can benefit from having an instant, easy way to provide one-to-one remote support to their clients,” said Bernardo de Albergaria, vice president and general manager, Global Marketing and eCommerce , for Citrix Online. “We’ve leveraged our GoToAssist expertise and our customers’ real-time input into the creation of GoToAssist Express to develop a streamlined tool purpose-built for ease of use, reliability, speed and security. By opening the GoToAssist Express Beta to future users and existing users we will ensure the tool is the best it can be.”

The final version of GoToAssist Express will be released during the first half of 2008. GoToAssist Express Beta will be demonstrated at Stand B04, Hall 4 at this year’s CeBIT, Hanover, Germany, from 4th – 9th March, 2008 and at Stand 530 at this year’s Service Desk and IT Support Show, London, Olympia, from 22nd – 23rd April 2008. To join the GoToAssist Express Beta community, visit http://express.gotoassist.com.

MUSING Executive Workshop “Turning data into risk knowledge: Implementation of semantic-based risk management processes in the financial services industry”.

Location: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Bankside House, 24 Sumner Street, London SE1 9JA on 21 May 2008.

3 March 2008 - Presenting the latest in business technology, MUSING delivers next-generation knowledge management solutions and services to enable perceptive business intelligence activities, directly at the end-users premises. By applying innovative technological solutions, MUSING provides exclusive services for three business intelligence application areas:

•   Financial Risk Management
•   Internationalisation
•   IT operational Risk & Business Community

This one day event will provide an insight into some of the latest technologies being developed by MUSING.  Also, the event will include presentations from internationally recognised experts who will be discussing the following topics:
•   Data become knowledge: Modelling knowledge for risk governance
•   Innovative solutions for valuing data in risk management in the financial industry in Basel II age
•   Emerging standards in the financial industry: XBRL at work
•   How ontologies can help financial organisations in improving their risk management processes
•   Integration of unstructured data into risk management for the financial industry
•   Web-based services for SMEs’ risk self-assessment in the web2.0 era
•   Alignment with European Commission's policies

Furthermore, there will be a networking panel session that will provide the chance to discuss, make contacts and also cooperation opportunities. Participants are also encouraged to propose presentations.

The workshop is a fantastic opportunity to see what MUSING will have to offer. It is co-financed by the European Commission; participation is free of charge; however, please note that places are limited and reserved on a first come, first served basis.
Please register online at http://www.musing.eu/londonevent

For further information regarding the event please do not hesitate to contact the MUSING team at [email protected].

3 March 2008, London:  With the excitement of the current 6 Nations Rugby championship many people are keen to get away to see the games live for themselves. The online car hire website, by-car.co.uk can provide help for rugby fans who need to hire a car to get to one of the forthcoming fixtures in Italy or France. 

On Sunday 9 March, France plays Italy at the Stade de France.  This stadium is located on the outskirts of Paris.  By-car.co.uk can help people travelling to this match with its information on car hiring in France.  On Saturday 15 March, Scotland plays Italy at the Stade Flaminio, which is situated near Rome.  The by-car.co.uk guide to getting around Italy  will prove useful for fans who will be hiring a car in order to attend this event.

By-car.co.uk lets people book their hire car online, and at the same time they can review information about their destination.  The website also provides advice about driving abroad, including reminders about drink-driving policies and other tips specific to each country.

Therefore, those who are planning on going to any 6 Nations games will find it useful to go to by-car.co.uk for their car hire needs.

Flash Networks partners with F5 to provide faster and smoother browsing on the Mobile Internet

Herzlia, Israel, February 7, 2008– Flash Networks, a leading provider of mobile Internet quality-of-experience (QoE) solutions, today announced integration of F5 Networks’ (NASDAQ: FFIV), VIPRION application delivery controller with its mobile Internet platforms to provide faster and smoother browsing using mobile devices.  VIPRION’s traffic management and load balancing capabilities enable more mobile Internet traffic to be processed in the same amount of time and for all users to have a faster response time.   With a scalable chassis and blade architecture, and a top-end performance of 36G of L7 throughput and 200,000 SSL transactions per second, VIPRION provides the performance needed today as well as the ability to scale in the future. 

F5’s VIPRION routes all mobile Internet data traffic to Flash Networks’ quality-of-experience platforms for optimization while preventing bottlenecks and service delays by evenly allocating network load between several network servers. Flash Networks carrier grade QoE platforms run data acceleration, multi-media adaptation, video streaming shaping and content control solutions providing a superior user experience.

“The recent boost in mobile Internet traffic is putting tremendous pressure on network resources”, commented Eli Mahal, Vice President of Marketing at Flash Networks. “Response time is the number one factor for customer satisfaction for web browsing.  F5’s VIPRION application delivery controller provides the extra speed and high availability that gives our Mobile Internet solutions a competitive edge.”

“The Mobile Internet is at an inflection point with tremendous potential for fast market growth,” commented Jim Ritchings, Vice President of Business Development at F5. “Consumer demand for media rich web content and the wide variety of web applications is burning up available bandwidth fast. The VIPRION application delivery controller integrated with Flash Networks’ mobile Internet platform can handle high volumes of traffic--driving up customer satisfaction, mobile Internet adoption and data revenues.”

•   Industry leader has completed over 300 million interviews in six years
•   99.94% uptime achieved alongside 32% growth in activity level on On-Demand platform
•   Third-party testing confirms secure environment

February 5, 2008 New York, NY and Oslo, Norway: Confirmit (OSE: CONF), the world’s leading provider of software for Market Research (MR) and Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM), announced today that it delivered respondent uptime of 99.94% during 2007, outperforming its own guaranteed Service Level Agreement (SLA) for availability. It also reported a 32% growth in activity on the Confirmit On-Demand platform for 2007. Confirmit’s On-Demand and On-Premise platforms led to the completion of  97 million interviews in 2007.

Over the last six years, over 308 million surveys have been completed on the platform, with the company passing the 300 million milestone in Q4, 2007.  Confirmit’s uptime level on its US and European Confirmit On-Demand or Software as a Service (SaaS) environments is a key benefit for clients, demonstrating a premier level of availability and reliability for their market research and feedback activities.

“These numbers affirm Confirmit’s place as the leading player for MR and EFM technology, not only for 2007 but also since the initial product launch,” said Henning Hansen, President and CEO of Confirmit. “This performance reflects our customers’ confidence that the platform can drive their businesses and rewards our investment in robust software and a stable and secure On-Demand environment.”

Foundstone, a McAfee division, performed Penetration Testing on both the US and European On-Demand environments in Q4 2007, and rated security to a straight A, the highest grade. Similarly, Foundstone performed an Application Testing (ethical hacking) on Confirmit 12, which similarly returned a straight A..

“As a leading vendor in the SaaS industry, as well as one of the only on-demand providers in the EFM and MR markets to provide a guaranteed SLA availability, this level of performance reinforces our commitment to drive innovation and exceed expectations for our clients and for the industry as a whole,” said Arnt Feruglio, Chief Operating Officer at Confirmit.

“Confirmit’s ability to support a 32% growth in activity on its environments, while delivering respondent uptime of 99.94% translates to a direct benefit for customers and important stakeholders,” explained Henning Hansen. “In particular, our Market Research clients can take advantage of market-leading technology, scalability, reliability and security for maximized respondent engagement and utilization, increasing their response rates and return on investment. These benefits are realized by our customers and their clients.”

Confirmit’s existing SLA guarantees its customers a 99.7% uptime for survey respondents. The company’s On-Demand environments are Safe Harbor compliant, which is of great significance for global companies who survey European residents, where the EU Data Protection Act is otherwise a critical factor.

In 1999, Confirmit launched its first On-Demand environment, and since that time, there have been significant and ongoing investments and improvements in the hosted service. Confirmit partners with Rackspace for a highly sophisticated Managed Hosting solution, which provides substantial benefits with regards to security, stability, scalability and reliability.

Confirmit’s hosted On-Demand environments are located in Dallas, Texas in the US and in London, UK. The world-class EFM and MR platform can be licensed as Confirmit On-Demand or Confirmit On-Premise and can be implemented in both online or offline locations bringing critical live insight into the world’s board rooms.

Birmingham 29 January 2008 – “The UK Contact Centre Operational Review (5th edition)”, a recent major study of over 200 contact centres, carried out by ContactBabel, has found that legislation curtailing outbound telemarketing has as yet made little impression on the overall volume of outbound calls being made.

Findings within the ‘Outbound and Call Blending’ chapter of the report, sponsored by Infinity CCS, show that proactive customer service - such as informing of delays and arranging deliveries - accounts for one-third of all outbound activity. Sales calls to existing customers make up 20% of outbound calls, with cold calling still accounting for 14% of activity.

“Legislation against outbound calling is cutting more deeply in the US, probably because the UK has a stronger service ethic. Only 4% of survey respondents said that they had reduced their outbound activity a great deal, with a further 17% saying that it had reduced slightly since legislation. These figures are less than half of their US counterparts,” said Carl Adkins, CEO, Infinity CCS.

The report’s author, respected call centre analyst Steve Morrell, said:  “The relatively low impact of legislation on outbound activity can be attributed in large part to the considerable amount of service and sales related calls made to the existing customer base, which generally do not fall under legislation against outbound calling.“

Proactive outbound calling, especially for reasons of customer service, is a powerful and effective branding technique, as well as having the added benefit of avoiding unnecessary calls. For example, a business that calls its customers to let them know the time of a delivery is providing a useful service to its customers, reducing inbound calls on the same subject, and saving the wasted cost of making deliveries to addresses when no-one is in.”

- Mobile and web users can now easily mix video, music, imaging and text to create personalized messages -
 
Netanya, ISRAEL, January 29th, 2008 – Clip in Touch Ltd., the developer and marketer of personalized content solutions for web and mobile messaging, today announced the launch of its latest family of personalized messaging solutions. Designed with an easy to use interface, the solutions allow mobile phone and web users to create individualized video messages with that extra personal touch. With just a few simple clicks, users can mix video, music, text and images to make the personal appear professional. The completed message can be sent either over the web, mobile phone network or both.

Clip In Touch developed its solutions to address consumers’ ever increasing demand for more personalized content. Using Clip In Touch’s services, users can express their true thoughts and not feel restricted by standardized messages. The new solutions allow users to convey their true expressions more easily, using a range of images, voice and text. Users can either create messages from their own unique video, music and text content, or choose from a large pool of ready made templates that can be used or edited to give a personal look and feel.

As part of an operator’s service offering, Clip In Touch’s technology can provide the perfect solution to meet today’s exponential growth in personalized content. Operators will also have access to Clip In Touch’s high-quality ready made content repository. As the new service is inter-operable between different networks (including J2ME, BREW, WAP, Windows Mobile®) platforms, service providers can enable users to create and send personalized messages at any time, from anywhere.

“We have always believed that truly personal content in mobile communications will prevail,” said Rami Reshef, Clip in Touch co-founder and CEO. “Current industry initiatives have enabled web and personalized content to enter the world of mobile communications. The time has now come to offer users innovative and creative solutions that truly address their need for unique personal expression. At Clip In Touch we offer a comprehensive line of products that is able to address these needs exactly.”

The Clip in Touch family of solutions includes:
Clip in Touch Mobile Solutions:
Users are able to choose from a selection of video clip templates and add a personal image, voice recording and text.  This easy to use and attractive solution allows even the most inexperienced users to create and send individualized messages.
•   Clip in Touch J2ME
•   Clip in Touch BREW
•   Clip in Touch Windows Mobile®
•   Clip in Touch WAP
Clip in Touch Web Solutions:
Clip in Touch Lite™
•   Users are able to choose from a selection of video clips template and add a personal image, voice recording and text.
•   This easy to use and attractive solution allows even the most inexperienced users to create and send individualized messages.
Clip in Touch Pro™ - for advanced users
•   Users can mix video, music, images and text of their own and choose from a selection of ready made materials.
•   Designed for the more tech savvy user, but also allows beginners to add more creativeness, special effects and personal touches.
Clip in Touch Partners Solutions
Clip in Touch Content Management™ (CMS) Solution
•   Enables partners to manage content efficiently, track users’ demand and analyze statistically
•   Independently manage content, change or replace categories or temporarily enable or disable certain features
Clip in Touch Stats and Data Manager™ Solution
•   Receive user behavior reports and content use reports, and adapt them to the users’ needs and preferences.
•   View Top 10 most used video, images or audio materials

Availability
Clip in Touch solutions are already commercially available to end users in Europe and Israel through the company’s existing partners. The solutions are compliant with nearly all mobile standards including J2ME, BREW, WAP, Windows Mobile® and soon to come Flashlight.
Clip in Touch at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 11-14, 2008 Clip in Touch will present its line of solutions at the company’s stand, at this year Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, in Hall 7, stand F50.
Potential partners and members of the media are more than welcomed to enjoy a moment of personal touch with Clip in Touch’s live demo at the company’s booth or at Israel’s Mobile Association (IMA) booth in Hall 4, level 1.
For a VIP demo, please contact us at: [email protected]

Company continues steady growth with addition to senior management team

Herzlia, Israel, January 23, 2008 – Flash Networks, a leading provider of mobile Internet Quality of Experience (QoE) solutions, today announced the appointment of Norman Tutnauer as the company’s new Vice President of Worldwide Sales.

Another step in Flash Networks’ expanding worldwide market presence, Tutnauer brings over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry after working for leading OSS/BSS companies such as TTI (Team Telecom International Ltd.) (NASDAQ:TTIL), and FTS, formerly Formula Telecom Solutions Limited (LSE: FTS).

A seasoned professional, Tutnauer brings to Flash Networks extensive expertise in expanding sales forces internationally, formulating of sales and marketing initiatives and fostering and managing long term global customer relationships.

“The addition of Norman Tutnauer to our senior management team adds the kind of leadership that will bring our growing company to the next level,” says Liam Galin, President and CEO of Flash Networks. “His career illustrates a proven ability to expand global presence while driving sustained profitable growth.  We’re thrilled to have Norman on board.”

(Berlin, 17th December 2007): Ojom has today announced their win at the 2007 German Developer Awards for the highly successful game adaptation of the animated series, Starship Troopers - Roughnecks. The supercharged game won the award for Best Mobile Action Game in the People’s Choice category.

The German Developer Award winners were announced on 12th December 2007 in Essen, Germany, giving recognition to games developed in Germany in 2007.  Attendees at the event included a jury of industry leading journalists, game consultants and leading game websites and of course the gamers themselves. 

Thomas Brockhage, General Manager of Ojom GmbH, said: “Starship Troopers has been an incredibly popular game with our customers and Elocom did a great job developing the game. We are delighted to have been nominated and to receive such a prestigious award.”

Published earlier in the year, Starship Troopers- Roughnecks takes you on an adventure into an unknown alien world fighting against an army of giant and extremely hostile bugs. Thrown into battle your mission objective is clear - blast the alien arachnids before they erase all of mankind.

Ojom’s Elocom were also nominated for Best Mobile Game for the hit game Cubes and Best Casual Game in the People’s Choice category. Cubes has a novel block style format, with sets of 3D coloured cubes dropped into the sea to form a set of colours. This simple and addictive game appealed to a cross section of gamers, illustrated by its chart topping success.

Starship Troopers and Cubes are available on both Java and BREW-enabled handsets through major mobile operators and leading consumer content portals worldwide.
www.ojom.com.

Exclusive news and content is now available

14 December 2007: Enede, a leader in mobile applications for motorsport and entertainment events, will become the first mobile media company to broadcast The Race of Champions direct to your mobile phone.

Enede.com will deliver The Race of Champions to mobile phones across Europe and globally with live content and downloads from the event. In addition, exclusive pre-event news, interviews and other mobile content is launched today, prior to the big event at Wembley on 16 December.

The Race of Champions pits the world's best circuit and off-road drivers against each other in head-to-head races on a parallel track. Fans can look forward to seeing superstars from the world of Formula One, NASCAR, World Rally, touring cars and Le Mans battle it out in the race to crown the Champion of Champions.

For the first time in its 20-year history, The Race of Champions will be held in London, with the new Wembley Stadium being transformed into a tarmac race track.

Donald Leahy, founder of Enede.com commented: “The Race of Champions is a unique event in the motorsport calendar and Enede are extremely excited to be providing access to all the action from Wembley on your mobile phone.

Enede's coverage will bring all the racing direct to you where ever you are.”

For just £5 (€7.50), Enede will be providing access to all the action.  The latest pit lane news on the build-up to the event can be accessed by texting “ROC” to 80225 from UK networks (57500 from Irish networks).

All the action from Wembley is available on 16 December by texting “ENEDE” to 80225 from UK networks (57500 from Irish networks).

Motorsport fans across the world can also access the action and pre-event news broadcasts by texting “ENEDE” to +447786209140. Alternatively, you can go to http://msend.mobi/enede on your mobile phone browser and access via WAP for your currency equivalent of £5.

The Enede.com mobile platform is available via up to 150 carriers in more than 65 countries and The Race of Champions will be available worldwide to over 750 million mobile phones.

For further information please visit www.enede.com/roc

Flash Networks Expands Presence in Asia Pacific in response to increased demand for Mobile Internet

Hong Kong, 4th December 2007 – Flash Networks, a leading provider of mobile Internet Quality of Experience (QoE) solutions, today announced that that its business and revenues from Asia-Pacific are poised to grow as a result of adding six new distributors covering seven countries to support its growing installed base and over a dozen trials in the region since January 2007.
   
As a result of the recent expansion Flash Networks is now able to provide local sales and support services throughout Asia Pacific for mobile Internet solutions that enable fast, smooth, and easy navigation while browsing the Internet using laptops and handheld mobile devices.  Flash Networks’ customers in Asia include Huawei in China (TBC),  Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, Optus (TBC) and Telering in Australia and Telkomsel in Indonesia.

According to Frost & Sullivan, data revenues for mobile operators in Asia Pacific between 2003 and 2006 have increased by 219% percent and are estimated to reach US$22.45 billion at the end of 2007. This has been primarily driven by greater 3G coverage and deployment, a focus on the expanding regional subscriber base, the declining cost of advanced multimedia handsets, and the competition to secure a continuous stream of content through partnerships.

In October, Flash Networks received the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product of the Year in the European mobile Internet platform and services market. The Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award is presented each year to the company demonstrating excellence in new product and technologies within their industry.
 
"We are committed to the Asia Pacific market and we are proud to collaborate with such an impressive network of partners to respond to the growing demand for the mobile data in this region,” commented Liam Galin President and CEO of Flash Networks.  “We have succeeded in integrating our new selling channels quickly while enabling our customers to receive consistent standards of service and support wherever they are located."

As part of their expanded activities in Asia Pacific, Flash Networks is sponsoring the Mobility World Congress & Exhibition taking place from 4-6 December, 2007 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.  Flash Networks will be presenting on December 6th, their future vision for Mobile TV designed to suit the mobile lifestyle.  In its 12th year, The Mobility World Congress, previously 3G World Congress, is Asia's largest industry gathering of the world's leading telecom companies in the high growth and dynamic mobile communications market.