Technology Press Release – Weekly Newsletter for February 15-22, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

MTS Selects Alcatel-Lucent for End-to-End LTE Trial in Ukraine

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, February 17, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
that MTS-Ukraine, one of the leading mobile operators in Ukraine and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), has selected
Alcatel-Lucent to conduct a Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, which will begin
in the second half of 2010.

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ZigBee Alliance Begins Certification for Sub-1 GHz Platforms

Growing market demand drives certification, creates more choice
SAN RAMON, California, February 17, 2010 – The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless
solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer
electronics applications, today announced it is now offering certification
for ZigBee platforms designed to operate in the regional sub-1 GHz unlicensed
frequencies. The move [...]