Deutsche Telekom showcases 4G mobile communications at IFA

* Showcase unveils the performance and advantages of 4G technology for tomorrow's gigabit society
* A new dimension of the mobile Internet and efficient broadband coverage of "gaps" on the map
* Website launched for reservations for "Call & Surf Comfort via radio"

Deutsche Telekom is showing its latest mobile communications technology in action at IFA 2010: Visitors to the stand can try out the 4G technology for themselves in a showcase and discover its advantages. Among the novelties Deutsche Telekom's guests are able to experience are mobile video conferences in HD quality and extremely fast downloads and uploads of high-resolution movies and photos. Visitors can select and operate the 4G applications they wish to test at a huge multi-touch desk. Deutsche Telekom will also demonstrate the mobile communications technology for connected life in the gigabit society live via video link between the IFA stand and a moving car in Bonn. Deutsche Telekom's technology partners Huawei and Samsung are providing support in the execution of the showcase. Huawei is involved in setting up the network infrastructure, while Samsung supplies the USB sticks.

At the IFA, Germany's leading telecommunications provider is also unveiling its new product - "Call & Surf Comfort via radio" - which will provide broadband coverage in areas that currently have no broadband access. A newly developed router will be used for stationary applications of this kind.

Starting immediately, Deutsche Telekom will give customers and potential customers the opportunity to put their name down online for the new technology and the corresponding "Call & Surf Comfort via radio" offer. After registering at www.telekom.de/4g, they will receive information about the technology, its possibilities, and further plans. Over the coming weeks, additional information will be continuously provided on this website, which therefore serves as a comprehensive information portal for all things related to 4G.

By rolling out 4G technology, Deutsche Telekom is taking a quantum leap in broadband coverage, closing gaps in service in rural areas and facilitating mobile data transfer at speeds that are on a par with DSL in the fixed network. In the 4G field, Deutsche Telekom is systematically acting as an innovation driver, putting its first 4G base station into operation in Kyritz (Brandenburg) at the end of August 2010.

4G is essentially innovative LTE technology (LTE, Long Term Evolution). At a frequency auction held by the Federal Network Agency in May 2010, Deutsche Telekom purchased frequency blocks from the so-called digital dividend in the 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, and 2.6 GHz bands, thereby laying the foundations for the LTE rollout. LTE based on 800 MHz will allow efficient broadband coverage to be provided in rural areas with relatively few mobile communications base stations. What is more, in higher-frequency ranges, LTE optimally complements UMTS/HSPA, the third-generation (3G) mobile communications standard, and will further significantly increase the maximum bandwidths possible throughout the network.

All in all, by the end of 2010, Deutsche Telekom plans to bring fast Internet access to over 1,000 locations (the "gaps" on the map) that currently have no broadband access. Of those, some 500 locations will receive 4G service, while the others will receive different mobile or fixed-network technologies such as UMTS or DSL. In the fixed-network area, service is being provided predominantly via close cooperation with the relevant municipalities. In the coming years, Deutsche Telekom intends to systematically continue network expansion to bring service to areas with inadequate network coverage. In 2011, the company plans to use 4G to eliminate an additional 1,000 "gaps".

About Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 131 million mobile customers, more than 37 million fixed-network lines and approximately 16 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2010). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has more than 251,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 64.6 billion in the 2009 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2009).

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BT commits to help multi-national organisations save costs

BT Onevoice now features a committed savings offer

BT today launched a committed savings offer, which will deliver average savings of up to 25 per cent to new and existing virtual private network (VPN) customers who switch their voice communications to its converged communications platform BT Onevoice. The offer, available to multi-national organisations worldwide, means that customers who spend more than GBP700k per annum on voice communications will gain these savings by combining voice traffic and their global VPN traffic with BT Onevoice.1 The offer is aimed at multinational customers looking to consolidate, integrate and optimise their voice infrastructure.

'BT Onevoice is a truly compelling proposition, tailored to the global communications needs of multi-national organisations and we can clearly demonstrate the benefits of converged communications through the committed savings offer. This offer complements a series of recent innovative feature launches, such as the integration of Ribbit's advanced voice services, SIP trunking and a Microsoft certification for integration with MS Office Communications Server. This allows us to deliver new capability into the fixed line voice market, leveraging existing customer telephony infrastructure and making the journey to unified communications and collaboration more attractive,' says Neil Sutton, Vice President, Global Portfolio, BT Global Services.

This savings offer is announced on the same day BT announced the launch of its Microsoft accredited SIP trunking service and follows the announcement of the Onevoice Ribbit v1.0 trial which embeds Ribbit's innovative voice features into the BT Onevoice solution. These innovations confirm BT's goal to reposition telephony services as true applications and deliver high quality global solutions with predictable and flexible commercial packages.

Notes to Editors
1 Based on cost analysis modelling already done on 11 multi-national customers including detailed before and after costs. The offer is applicable to all BT MPLS and traditional voice customers – if a customer has an MPLS-based VPN it is a natural step to layer Onevoice over this.

BT's Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) solutions include a combination of traditional voice services, next generation voice services including VoIP and IPT, BT professional services and support of key vendor platforms such as Cisco Systems, Avaya and Microsoft managed services.

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Consumers rate Nokia as India’s Most Trusted Brand for third year in row

Espoo, Finland - Nokia has been ranked No.1 in The Economic Times-Brand Equity's annual 'Most Trusted Brands' survey for 2010 in India, marking Nokia's recognition as India's most trusted brand for three consecutive years. Nokia has appeared in the survey since 2005, and has held the first position in 2008, 2009 and now, 2010.

Nokia's leadership rating over the years in this survey is also an indicator of the dramatic impact mobility has on India's consumers over the years. India has been among the fastest growing telecom markets in the world with an estimated current mobile subscriber base in excess of 670 million subscribers.

"Nokia has always been a consumer-centric company and a consumer award for 'trust' is the pinnacle of all awards. This award is a testament to our team's deep focus and determined efforts to better understand the needs of the evolving Indian consumer and connect with them. Our initiatives for India - ranging from 'made in India, made for India' handsets, services such as Nokia Life Tools and extensive retail and care networks - are a proof of the fact that we are continuously striving to make a positive impact on the lives of our consumers," said D. Shivakumar, Managing Director, Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.

The award marks the celebration of 15 years of mobility and Nokia in India. The first mobile phone call was made on a Nokia phone using Nokia network on July 31, 1995.

Brand Equity's 'Most Trusted Brands' survey judges 300 brands from consumer products and services. Consumers across 13 Indian cities evaluate the brand on seven key attributes.*

About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally

*Notes to the editors:

Key brand attributes used in Brand Equity's "Most Trusted Brands" survey:

1. Always maintains a high level of trust

2. Is worth the price it commands

3. Is a brand I would surely consider if I have to buy the product

4. Has been a popular brand for many years

5. Has something that no other brand has

6. Evokes a feeling of confidence and pride among its users

7. Is very special brand with unique feelings associated to it

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BT passes 15 million broadband milestone

More than 5,000 new customers added a day since 2002
UK ahead of France, Germany and the USA for broadband take up 1

BT today revealed that fifteen million homes and small businesses now access broadband over the company's network. The milestone was passed in late August with more than five million of those connections being via BT Retail and the rest via other companies who benefit from equivalent access to the BT network.

Given BT had approximately 200,000 broadband connections in August 2002, the company has added 14.8 million connections in just eight years. This equates to more than 5,000 new broadband connections a day.

When Virgin Media customers are taken into account 2, the UK now has more than 19 million broadband premises using broadband. Those 19 million premises equate to 71 per cent of UK households, according to a recent Ofcom report 3, compared with just 35 per cent in 2005. The UK is ahead of France, Germany and the USA when it comes to broadband take up as a percentage of households 4.

The UK also boasts one of the best broadband availability figures in the world with 99 per cent of homes having access to broadband, a higher percentage than in France, Germany or Italy 5. Prices are also low thanks to a very competitive market in which BT has a retail market share of approximately 27 per cent. This compares with market shares of around 50 per cent for most major incumbents in Europe. 6

Olivia Garfield, BT strategy director said: 'Broadband Britain has been a success story with widespread availability, low prices and high take up. People were sceptical when BT backed broadband in 2002 but the figures speak for themselves with the vast majority of new customers choosing broadband over BT's network rather than alternative ones where prices are far higher.

'The story doesn't end here as BT is now investing a further £2.5 billion to roll out fibre broadband to two thirds of the UK. This will help the UK climb the league tables for speeds, one of the few areas in which we don't lead the world'.

1 Penetration measured as a percentage of households with broadband, OECD Portal 2010
2 Virgin Media reported broadband figures of 4.2m as at Q2 2010
3 Ofcom Communications Market Report 2010
4 See footnote 1
5 Relates to DSL broadband availability only (excluding cable broadband), OECD Broadband Portal 2010
6 ECTA Broadband Scorecard Q3, 2009

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Thales launches ‘Rail Planner Live’ for Android smartphones

Thales UK today launches its new 'Rail Planner Live' app for Android™ smartphones. With our busy lifestyles it is important to have access to accurate travel information, quickly and easily. Whether you are on the move or planning in advance, Rail Planner Live gives you everything you need to conveniently manage your rail travel while on the move.

Powered by National Rail Enquiries popular Online Journey Planner and Live Departure Boards, Rail Planner Live delivers accurate and up-to-the minute results. The application is presented through an intuitive and customisable user interface, designed for finger-friendly touch screen control. It provides access to everything you need to plan your train journeys using real-time information on train availability, plus additional features including access to live departure boards, incident alerts and ticket pricing. It boasts two useful features: 'Get Me Home', to navigate you home using the most direct rail route available; and 'Nearest Station', which uses your smartphone GPS and mapping software to get you to the rail network as quickly as possible.

Rail Planner Live brings all the best features of the Online Journey Planner website direct to your smartphone and is available for purchase today. Visit the Android Marketplace (http://www.android.com/market) through your Android smartphone. You will also find a useful instructional video on YouTube by searching for 'Rail Planner Live'.

This first issue of Rail Planner Live is designed for smartphones running the Android operating system. It will be released on other platforms, later in 2010.

Victor Chavez, Thales UK's Deputy CEO, says: 'This is an important development for Thales, demonstrating the diversity of our technical capabilities and our innovation. Rail Planner Live is a unique proposition for rail travellers and we are excited to offer a Thales solution at the fingertips, of literally thousands of consumers.'

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Notes to editors
Rail Planner Live was built on our long pedigree in delivering transport solutions and mobile technology to the UK and worldwide. These include the success of Online Journey Planner for National Rail Enquiries that averages more than one million hits per day; our recent achievements in delivering secure mobile phone solutions; and our considerable experience of delivering critical information systems to a wide range of customers.

About Thales and Thales UK
Thales is a global technology leader for the Defence & Security and the Aerospace & Transport markets. In 2009 the company generated revenues of £11.5 billion (€12.9 billion), with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equip¬ment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners.

Thales UK employs 8,500 staff based at 40 locations. In 2009 Thales UK's revenues were around £1.5 billion.

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TeliaSonera’s 4G services now live in Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden - Operator deployed Nokia Siemens Networks' radio equipment to deliver LTE services in Sweden's second largest city

Mobile subscribers of TeliaSonera's Swedish subsidiary, Telia are enjoying peak rates of up to 100 Mbps and multiple high end services such as streaming TV and data downloads since the commercial launch of 4G (LTE) in Gothenburg. Under a contract signed in January 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks has provided its radio equipment for the operator's LTE* roll out in the city.

During the extensive pre-launch tests performed by TeliaSonera and Nokia Siemens Networks, average downlink rates of 85-90 Mbps were measured, peaking at 100Mbps - the maximum data rate supported by the current generation of LTE devices. In the uplink, 30 Mbps were measured, which is again in the top range of the expected uplink data rates.

'Our worldwide premiere of 4G services in Stockholm and Oslo last year and today in Gothenburg, is strong testimony to TeliaSonera´s commitment to provide the fastest mobile Internet speeds to our subscribers,' said Erik Hallberg, senior vice president and head of Mobility Services Sweden in TeliaSonera. 'We enjoy the distinction of being the only operator worldwide to offer commercial 4G services. Going forward, we´re continuing the 4G network roll out during 2010 in Sweden's 25 largest cities and vacation areas.'

'TeliaSonera aims to provide its Swedish subscribers the country's fastest and most reliable network. Its recent and successful commercial LTE services launch in Gothenburg is an important step in this direction,' added Jan Lindgren, head of the TeliaSonera customer team at Nokia Siemens Networks. 'We have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with the customer, and with this, we look forward to mutually building on our market leadership in LTE technology.'

Nokia Siemens Networks is supplying its award-winning Flexi Multiradio Base Stations under the two-year radio network contract. The base stations will save up to 70% network energy consumption compared to previous generation base stations. Nokia Siemens Networks has also provided its NetAct network management system to monitor, manage and optimize the operator's multi-vendor network. The overall services offering includes network planning, integration and optimization, and a full range of care services.
About TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera provides network access and telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera is also the leading European wholesale provider of quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, with a wholly-owned international carrier network. TeliaSonera's services help people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way. TeliaSonera creates value by focusing on providing world-class customer experience, securing quality in networks and achieving a best-in-class cost structure. In 2009, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to SEK 109 billion, and at the end of December 2009 the total number of subscriptions was 148 million in 20 countries. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.teliasonera.com.
About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

Talk about Nokia Siemens Networks' news at http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com and find out if your country is exploiting the full potential of connectivity at http://connectivityscorecard.org

Notes to editors:
* Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the next-generation mobile broadband technology and the evolutionary step from GSM, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WiMAX networks. LTE efficiently delivers best user experience of broadband and smart device services due to increased data rates, reduced latency and scalable flat all-IP network architecture. Nokia Siemens Networks is at the forefront of LTE development, being the first to make an LTE call using commercial hardware and standards-compliant software in 2009.

Nokia Siemens Networks provides a complete end-to-end solution for both LTE modes – FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing for paired spectrum) and TDD (Time Division Duplexing for unpaired spectrum) – comprising its award-winning, software upgradable Flexi Multiradio Base Station and its core network offering including Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway).

The company has already been selected by 17 operators for commercial LTE deployment including Harbinger for the LightSquared network in the US, NTT DOCOMO in Japan, Zain Bahrain, Telenor Denmark, TeliaSonera in the Nordics, Mobily in Saudi Arabia, Elisa in Finland, SFR in France and Verizon in the US. Currently Nokia Siemens Networks is also running LTE trials with over 25 operators across the globe.

Nokia Siemens Networks has a long track record in demonstrating its technological leadership in LTE:
• November 2006: Nokia Siemens Networks [Siemens] conducted the world's first LTE demo with handover to HSPA at the ITU world congress in Hong Kong
• December 2007: Nokia Siemens Networks made the world's first multi-user field trial under realistic urban deployment conditions in Berlin
• February 2008: Nokia Siemens Networks was the first to launch LTE end-to-end solution on commercial base station hardware at Mobile World Congress Barcelona
• September 2008: Nokia Siemens Networks shipped the industry's first LTE base station hardware to customers
• November 2008: Nokia Siemens Networks conducted the world's first demonstration of LTE-Advanced Relaying technology
• February 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks software upgradable Flexi Multiradio Base Station for GSM, 3G and LTE - all running concurrently in a single unit
• February 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks "Fast Track VoLTE" provides a cost-efficient way to offer voice over LTE (VoLTE) in any mobile network architecture
• February 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks' Flexi Multiradio Base Station won The Best Network Technology Advance category by Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona
• April 2009: Flexi Multiradio Base Station was the winner in the Green Network Innovation at the CTIA Awards, in CTIA Wireless Las Vegas
• September 2009: Winner of 2009 InfoVision Awards for Fast Track Voice-over-Long Term Evolution (VoLTE)
• September 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks launched SON Plug and Play for GSM, 3G and LTE to simplify the configuration and optimization of networks by increasing automation. The new feature makes part of the Nokia Siemens Networks Self Organizing Networks (SON) Suite offering
• September 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks made the world's first LTE call using commercial base station and fully standard compliant software (3GPP Rel 8 March 09 baseline)
• October 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks made the world's first LTE handover test using a commercially available base station and fully standards compliant software (3GPP Rel 8 March 09 baseline)
• October 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks conducts LTE interoperability testing with four leading device vendors across several frequency bands required in different regions, including AWS, 700 MHz and 2100 MHz. The tests based on commercial LTE hardware, the Evolved Packet Core, and standard compliant software
• November 2009: Launch of the High-Performance Site Solution, 6-sector base station solution boosting GSM, 3G and LTE network coverage and capacity
• November 2009: Global telecom companies announce a standards based solution for voice and SMS services over LTE, also known as the One Voice initiative
• November 2009: Efficient, seamless TD-LTE coverage now a reality. Nokia Siemens Networks conducted the world's first TD-LTE data calls fully standard compliant LTE software (March 2009 baseline of 3GPP Rel.8 standard). in its R&D Centre in Hangzhou
• November 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks and LG complete first end-to-end interoperability testing of LTE in the 2100 MHz frequency band. The successful interoperability tests are another important milestone in the commercialization of LTE.
• December 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks rings up another first in LTE with 3GPP standardized voice calls. Successful IMS-compliant voice calls and SMS messaging using standardized LTE equipment marks an important step towards commercial voice over LTE deployments
• December 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio Base Station won the Gold Award Juniper Research's Future Mobile Green Awards 2010
• January 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks and LG Electronics achieve record LTE data speeds: First data call at maximum downlink rate of 100 Mbps for a Class 3 USB wireless modem
• February 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks reduces hardware complexity
• March 2010: World's first call between different VoLTE clients showcased at CTIA 2010
Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates standards-based Voice over LTE (VoLTE) interoperability using two different clients running on Samsung LTE devices
• April 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks sets up industry's first TD-LTE Open Lab to provide smartphone and terminal testing facility to accelerate TD-LTE ecosystem
• April 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks gears up to exploit Digital Dividend
Starts production of LTE equipment for 800 MHz spectrum, anticipating switch from analog to digital TV
• April 2010: TD-LTE ecosystem reaches maturity with landmark data call
Samsung and Nokia Siemens Networks collaborate on world's first end-to-end TD-LTE data call
• May 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks supports landmark TD-LTE video call. Collaborates with industry partners to conduct first live TD-LTE demo between Shanghai and Taipei
• June 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks drives evolution to TD-LTE. Unveils complete integration of TD-LTE into existing mobile portfolio
• June 2010: Innovator wins award for exceptional contribution to LTE
• June 2010: LTE networks self-organize. Nokia Siemens Networks takes human error, cost out of LTE with Self Organizing Networks
• June 2010: Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks LTE world-first trial achieves 100Mbps at 75km using 2.6GHz.
• July 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia conduct first LTE call at 800 MHz. Move industry closer to realizing the potential of Digital Dividend spectrum
• August 2010: Independent labs confirm Nokia Siemens Networks TD-LTE leadership. Meets full TD-LTE test specifications defined by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Conducts world's first high-definition TD-LTE video call including handover with a Samsung TD-LTE device.

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Avaya and BT Expand Global Relationship

GUILDFORD, London – Avaya, a global leader in enterprise communications systems, software and services, announced that it has expanded and extended its global relationship with BT for a further three years. The agreement will ensure customers worldwide, regardless of size, have access to BT's global networked IT and world-class professional services portfolio, complemented with the Avaya product suite to address their communications needs.

The contract will take the BT and Avaya relationship, built originally on contact centre equipment and services, into a second successful decade and will develop areas such as voice and unified communications collaboration. As part of the relationship, BT will provide world-class integration and consultancy services designed to maximise the Avaya product suite, and Avaya and BT will jointly market and sell their value proposition to businesses around the world.

"This expanded relationship with BT demonstrates our commitment to ensuring the best available experience, and maximum choice, for our Avaya customers," said Mark Mitchell, head of service providers, Avaya Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). "We're looking forward to another successful decade working together with BT."

The new agreement between the two companies covers next generation contact centres, unified communications and services, and complements BT's leading portfolio of networked IT services, ranging from CPE-based solutions to those hosted in the cloud.

Customers, including Acas, have already seen significant benefits from the BT and Avaya collaboration. Andrew Godber, director of IT, Acas, said: "Our experience is that the partnership between BT and Avaya offers considerable benefits around excellent customer service and end to end service provision. We look forward to receiving the same level of service in future."

"Our customers are asking us to look at real business issues and develop solutions that deliver not just definable benefits, but solid returns on investment. Our ongoing relationship with Avaya helps us to further grow and innovate our portfolio of networked IT services, giving us the ability to deliver solutions to our customers on the vendor platforms most suited to their business," said Neil Sutton, vice president, Global Portfolio, BT Global Services.

About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, data solutions, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

About BT
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2010, BT Group's revenue was £20,911 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

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LTE pilot network to provide high speed broadband in Halle (East Germany)

Munich, Germany - Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy one of the country's first pilot LTE* networks for Telefónica O2 Germany

* LTE pilot network in Halle (East Germany) will go into pre-commercial operation by the end of 2010
* Network will be built in 2.6 GHz and Digital Dividend (800 MHz) spectrum and will reuse existing base station sites for network upgrade
* Network deployment will start in September 2010

Telefónica O2 Germany is one of the first operators to start LTE networks in Germany. Nokia Siemens Networks will supply O2's pilot LTE network in Halle (East Germany) and will start network deployment in September 2010 in the 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz spectrum. The network will go into operation by the end of this year; it is not planned to operate the pilot LTE network commercially in the first phase.

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy the complete LTE overlay network comprising of Flexi Multiradio Base Stations and the Enhanced Packet Core (EPC) nodes Flexi NG and Flexi NS. The network will provide broadband capacity and coverage in Halle and its suburb Teutschenthal, an area where there is currently limited broadband access. Additionally Nokia Siemens Networks will manage and operate the network.

'We have always held that there is a strong link between broadband deployment, productivity and economic growth,' added Thomas Riedel, head of Nokia Siemens Networks' Telefónica business in Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. 'We are at the forefront of LTE development and have recently concluded a trial on the Digital Dividend spectrum. We have already started commercial production of related network products.'

Telefónica O2 Germany has won both Digital Dividend and 2.6 GHz spectrum licenses to launch nationwide LTE services.
LTE allows high speed mobile broadband internet connection and supports faster web browsing, online gaming, social media collaboration and video conferencing. Nokia Siemens Networks leads in commercialization of next-generation mobile broadband (LTE) and has signed 16 commercial LTE deals (including 14 radio deals) to date and conducted more than 25 trials.
About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

Talk about Nokia Siemens Networks' news at http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com and find out if your country is exploiting the full potential of connectivity at http://connectivityscorecard.org

Notes to Editor:
The operator will be offering LTE services on the complementary 800 MHz or Digital Dividend spectrum and 2.6 GHz spectrum. While the Digital Dividend spectrum is ideal for providing rapid and cost- efficient mobile broadband services, 2.6 GHz will give the operator the required capacity.

The 800 MHz frequency band, popularly known as the Digital Dividend spectrum is particularly attractive for deployment in rural areas due to its greater reach, enabling operators to meet their mobile broadband access targets cost efficiently. Ahead of most other countries in Europe, Germany has just completed auctioning the spectrum to operators.

*Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the next-generation mobile broadband technology and the evolutionary step from GSM, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WiMAX networks. It promises the delivery of broadband and smart device services, thanks to increased data rates, reduced latency and scalable flat all-IP network architecture. Nokia Siemens Networks is the frontrunner in LTE, being the first to make an LTE call using commercial hardware and standards-compliant software in September 2009.

Nokia Siemens Networks supports LTE for both FDD and TDD frequencies, and also provides a smooth evolution path to LTE for all operators. The company's Single RAN solution, which features the LTE-capable Flexi Multiradio Base Station is been shipping to almost all Nokia Siemens Networks' 3G customers since September 2008. Single RAN (Radio Access Network) provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE via a software upgrade.

Nokia Siemens Networks provides a complete end-to-end solution for both LTE modes – FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing or paired spectrum) and TDD (Time Division Duplexing or unpaired spectrum) – comprising its award-winning, software upgradable Flexi Multiradio Base Station and its Enhanced Packet Core (EPC) solution. EPC includes Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway) which has unique 4D scaling capabilities that help operators to prepare for mobile broadband growth in four dimensions: data throughput handling to accommodate data traffic explosion; signaling capacity to deal with smart devices; large number of data sessions for multiple data connections per subscriber; and service intelligence for operators' revenue and resource optimization.

The company has already been selected by 16 operators for commercial LTE deployment among those are: Harbinger for the LightSquared network in US, NTT DOCOMO in Japan, Zain Bahrain, Telenor Denmark, TeliaSonera in Nordics, Mobily in Saudi Arabia, Elisa in Finland and Verizon in US. Currently Nokia Siemens Network is also running LTE trials and pilots with over 25 operators across the globe.

Nokia Siemens Networks is the frontrunner in LTE has and has a long track record in demonstrating its technological leadership in LTE:

* November 2006: Nokia Siemens Networks conducted the world's first LTE demo with a handover to HSPA at the ITU World Congress in Hong Kong
* September 2008: Nokia Siemens Networks shipped the industry's first LTE base station hardware to customers
* November 2008: Nokia Siemens Networks conducted the world's first demonstration of LTE-Advanced Relaying technology
* September 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks made the world's first LTE call using a commercial base station and fully standards-compliant Software (3GPP Rel 8 March 09 baseline)
* October 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks made the world's first LTE handover test using a commercially available base station and fully standards-compliant software (3GPP Rel 8 March 09 baseline).
* October 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks conducts end-to-end LTE interoperability testing with four leading device vendors across several frequency bands
* November 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks is a founding member of the One Voice initiative providing a blueprint for the early deployment of IMS-based Voice over LTE service. The company's Fast Track approach is fully compliant with One Voice
* December 2009: Nokia Siemens Networks registers another first in LTE with 3GPP standardized voice over LTE calls. Successful IMS-compliant voice calls and SMS messaging using standardized LTE equipment marks an important step towards commercial voice over LTE deployments
* January 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks and LG Electronics achieve record LTE data speeds: First data call at maximum downlink rate of 100 Mbps for a Class 3 USB wireless modem.
* March 2010: World's first call between different VoLTE clients showcased at CTIA 2010. Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates standards-based Voice over LTE (VoLTE) interoperability using two different clients running on Samsung LTE devices
* April 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks sets up industry's first TD-LTE Open Lab. Provides smart phone and terminal testing facility to accelerate TD-LTE ecosystem
* April 2010: TD-LTE ecosystem reaches maturity with landmark data call. Samsung and Nokia Siemens Networks collaborate on world's first end-to-end TD-LTE data call
* April 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks commences production of Flexi Base Stations in the 800 MHz frequency band
* June 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks drives evolution to TD-LTE. Unveils complete integration of TD-LTE into existing mobile portfolio
* June 2010: Innovator wins award for exceptional contribution to LTE
* June 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks introduces Self Organizing Networks for intelligent LTE network operation
* June 2010: Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks' LTE world-first trial achieves 100 Mbps at 75 km using 2.6 GHz.
* July 2010: Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia conduct first LTE call at 800 MHz. Move industry closer to realizing the potential of Digital Dividend spectrum

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MetroPCS Connects With Netezza’s TwinFin

Wireless Provider Selects Netezza and ADRM Software for its Enterprise Date Warehouse

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., - Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse, analytic and monitoring appliances, today announced that MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the nation's leading provider of unlimited, flat-rate no annual contract wireless communications service, has selected the Netezza® TwinFin™ appliance and ADRM Software's CDMA Wireless Data Model to be the foundation for its enterprise data warehouse (EDW).

By deploying Netezza's TwinFin, MetroPCS has implemented an architecture that's scalable for years of continued growth to assist with finance, revenue assurance and product performance.

'With Netezza, we are able to quickly process data, ensuring that we have access to the timeliest information when making critical business decisions,' said John Olsen, CIO, MetroPCS. 'We researched a number of technology providers, including the tier 1 providers of enterprise data warehouse technologies, before selecting Netezza and ADRM Software. The combined solution provides the fastest time-to-value and gives us a more complete understanding of our data and overall product performance.'

'It's critical that wireless service providers like MetroPCS are able to analyze and process data in real-time,' said John Gillespie, general manager and vice president of telecommunications at Netezza. 'By gaining a broader and deeper view of its data across the organization and dramatically decreasing the time needed to process large volumes of information, MetroPCS will be able to reduce network costs, increase customer satisfaction and positively impact the bottom line.'

The Netezza data warehouse appliance is built specifically to analyze petabytes of detailed data significantly faster than other existing data warehouse options, at a much lower total cost of ownership. It stores, filters and processes terabytes of records within a single unit, analyzing only the relevant information for each query. Netezza has placed the CPU power next to the data, allowing its appliances to speed through processes that would occupy most data warehouse systems for hours, or even days, thereby enabling dramatic increases in productivity across an organization.

About ADRM Software, Inc.

ADRM Software, Inc. is the leading independent provider of large-scale industry-specific information models. ADRM's products are used by large companies worldwide as information blueprints or roadmaps for a variety of initiatives including information architecture planning, operational data store (ODS), data warehouse (DW) and business intelligence (BI) design, master data management (MDM), service oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise application integration (EAI). More information about ADRM can be found at http://www.adrm.com.

About Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ)

Netezza Corporation is the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances that dramatically simplify high-performance analytics across an extended enterprise. Netezza's technology enables organizations to process enormous amounts of captured data at exceptional speed, providing a significant competitive and operational advantage in today's data-intensive industries, including digital media, energy, financial services, government, health and life sciences, retail and telecommunications. Netezza is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts and has offices in Northern Virginia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Australia and Singapore. For more information about Netezza, please visit www.netezza.com.

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Tele2 acquires BBNed from Telecom Italia

Stockholm - Tele2 AB, (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) today announced that it will acquire the Dutch operator BBNed from Telecom Italia. Tele2 will pay in cash approximately SEK 475 million on a cash and debt free basis. Completion is expected following approval from Competition authorities in the Netherlands.

BBNed is a provider of fixed telephony and broadband telecommunication services in the Netherlands, active in retail, business and wholesale segment. BBNed operates on the business market with its brand BBeyond and on the consumer market with its brands Alice and InterNLnet.

Henrik Ringmar, Market Area Director Western Europe, comments: "I am very pleased that we were able to enter into an agreement with Telecom Italia about the acquisition of BBNed. This is a great opportunity for Tele2 to strengthen our Dutch business and benefit from bigger scale in our operations."

In 2009 BBNed had net sales of SEK 810 million and EBITDA of SEK 130 million.

Tele2 is one of Europe's leading telecom operators, always providing the best deal. We have 28 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck founded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to the former government monopolies and other established providers. Tele2 has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm since 1996. In 2009, we had net sales of SEK 39.5 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 9.4 billion.

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