TA Associates (www.ta.com), a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has made a significant investment in Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com), a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions to telecom network operators worldwide. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

With over 180 telecom operator customers in more than 120 countries, Aicent provides a platform for cross-border and cross-network data delivery solutions to mobile network operators serving more than three billion mobile users worldwide. Its services enable mobile phone users to easily download data and send and receive SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Services) messages across different mobile networks globally. Aicent is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D and support operations in Beijing, China.

Aicent’s client base includes nine of the world’s ten largest operators, with customers such as AT&T, Verizon, DoCoMo, Deutsche Telecom, Telefonica O2, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. The company has a strong foothold in the rapidly growing Asian markets, with over 90 percent operator coverage in Asia and 100 percent coverage in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

“We are delighted to partner with a company that has achieved such strong growth since its inception,” said Jason P. Werlin, a Senior Vice President at TA Associates. “Aicent launched one of the world’s first GRX networks in 2001, and has established itself as a global hub for mobile operators. The rise of the smartphone and the increasing demand for mobile broadband services has provided the right backdrop for Aicent to roll out a number of groundbreaking products.”

“The new partnership with TA Associates will help strengthen Aicent’s market position and allow us to continue to bring innovative solutions to our customers,” said Lynn Liu, Founder, President and CEO of Aicent. “TA has a proven track record when it comes to backing fast-growing profitable telecom businesses and importantly, as an investor, it has a truly global outlook.”

The markets served by Aicent are set to enjoy continued rapid growth. “The explosive growth in mobile data traffic will undoubtedly require mobile network operators to ramp up capacity,” said Hythem T. El-Nazer, a Principal at TA Associates. Mobile data traffic is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 92 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to the Cisco Virtual Networking Index. By 2015, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to account for the largest percentage of monthly mobile data usage.

“Aicent’s existing product range and exciting new services in development will mean that the company remains a key player in connecting mobile networks and their customers across the globe,” said Kurt R. Jaggers, a Managing Director at TA Associates.

TA Associates has more than four decades of investing experience, focusing on profitable growth companies. TA’s prior investments in the communications sector include AboveNet Communications, Aurora Networks, FreeWave Technologies, Idea Cellular, MetroPCS Communications, Micromax Informatics Limited, SBA Communications, TARGUSinfo, TEOCO and WIND Telecom S.p.A.

Goodwin Procter provided legal counsel to TA Associates. Morgan Keegan served as financial advisor and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provided legal counsel to Aicent.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than three billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network exchanges, connecting to over 180 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. The company also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging exchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. For more information, visit www.aicent.com.

About TA Associates
Founded in 1968, TA Associates is one of the largest and most experienced middle-market growth private equity firms. The firm has invested in over 400 companies globally and has raised more than $16 billion in capital. With offices in Boston, Menlo Park, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong, TA Associates leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies in the technology, financial services, business services, healthcare and consumer industries. More information about TA Associates can be found at www.ta.com.

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Aicent (www.aicent.com) announced today that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Solution Developer within the wireless technology category. In addition, Aicent’s Mobile Wi-Fi Roaming eXchange Service (http://www.aicent.com/wifi_cisco.html) has successfully completed interoperability testing with Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot (http://www.cisco.com/go/spwifi).

Aicent and Cisco showcased interoperability between the Mobile Wi-Fi Roaming eXchange Service and Next Generation Hotspot at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011 using SIM cards from Aicent’s mobile operators customers.

“Cisco’s Next Generation Hotspot technology provides a way to enhance roaming and facilitate mobile data offloading to WiFi networks in a seamless and automatic way” said Lynn Liu, President and CEO, Aicent Inc, ”Working together, we can provide a standard platform to allow seamless and secure authentication, to enhance international data roaming, improving customer experience and form the basis for the delivery of new products and services”

The Cisco Developer Network unites Cisco with third-party developers of hardware and software to deliver tested interoperable solutions to joint customers. As a Solution Developer, Aicent shares Cisco’s strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction, has completed interoperability verification testing based on criteria set forth by Cisco, and can provide their customers 24 hour, 7 days a week customer support. With offerings such as Mobile Wi-Fi Roaming eXchange Service, customers can more quickly deploy a broad range of Cisco Compatible business applications, devices, or services that can enhance the capabilities, performance, and management of their Cisco network. For more information on Mobile Wi-Fi Roaming eXchange Service interoperability with Next Generation Hotspot go to: (http://www.aicent.com/wifi_cisco.html).

About Aicent
Serving more than 3 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, connecting to over 160 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. For more information, visit www.aicent.com.

* Interoperability testing is designed to simulate typical customer configurations, and does not replace the need for on-site testing in conjunction with actual implementation.

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PCCW will showcase the Next Generation Hotspot technology during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain next week. More than 50,000 senior mobile industry leaders from 200 countries who attend the Congress may witness the power of the technology which enables seamless roaming between 3G and Wi-Fi networks.

The demonstration will be held at the Cisco exhibition booth at the Congress (Hall 8, Booth No. A70) between February 14 and 17. The Next Generation Hotspot technology rides on IEEE 802.11u and 802.1x specifications in conjunction with Cisco’s Wi-Fi  equipment technology, Aicent’s Wi-Fi roaming connectivity and PCCW’s state-of-the-art EAP-SIM authentication infrastructure that is showcased on an 802.11u enabled Samsung Galaxy S smartphone.

Mr. Richard Midgett, PCCW’s Managing Director of Wireless Business, said, “PCCW is pleased to have partnered with Cisco for more than three years on successful commercial operations of Wi-Fi network offloading using their advanced Mobile IP, EAP-SIM authentication and authorization solution. This has enabled PCCW to provide seamless roaming between our 3G and Wi-Fi networks and offer customers an unparalleled data network access experience. This long-term partnership has been instrumental in the development of one of the first data-offloading infrastructures in the world and has evolved into a powerful pioneering force in the development and application of the most advanced Wi-Fi technology in the market.” He added, “The advanced Next Generation Hotspot technology is the first of its kind in the industry which enables our 3G mobile customers to enjoy seamless international roaming on partnered Wi-Fi networks in overseas countries. Equally, this technology also opens up our Wi-Fi services more effectively for ease of use by inbound visitors. It provides faster Wi-Fi network discovery and selection, enables the device to logon automatically and provides secure access to partnered Wi-Fi networks.”

PCCW has been operating its Wi-Fi offloading solution in its Hong Kong networks for more than three years. This seamless connectivity between its 3G and Wi-Fi networks enables customers to enjoy the Company’s innovative multimedia services, including live streaming of video and music which demand substantial network capacity, anytime anywhere. With its leadership and experience, PCCW is eminently placed to serve the needs of fast expanding customers using smartphones and tablets.

About PCCW Limited
PCCW Limited (SEHK:0008) is the holding company of HKT Group Holdings Limited (HKT), Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications provider and a world-class player in Information and Communications Technologies. PCCW also holds a majority interest in Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited, and overseas investments including the wholly-owned UK Broadband Limited.

As the provider of Hong Kong’s first quadruple-play experience, PCCW/HKT offers a range of innovative media content and services across four platforms – fixed-line, broadband Internet access, TV and mobile. In addition, the Group meets the sophisticated needs of the local and international business community, while supporting network operators with cutting-edge technical services and handling large-scale IT outsourcing projects for public and private sector organizations. To learn more about PCCW and HKT, please visit www.pccw.com.

About Aicent
Serving more than 3 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, connecting to over 160 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. For more information, visit www.aicent.com.

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Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com), a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators has partnered with HarborLink Network Ltd (www.harborlink.net) to enable seamless Wi-Fi access at HarborLink’s hotspot locations throughout the United States, including participating Buffalo Wild Wings and Skyline Chili restaurants, BP fuel and convenience stores, and several other major restaurant chains, retail locations, universities, municipal Wi-Fi locations and convention centers across the United States.

“As a leading provider of mobile data solutions and interworking solutions for over 160 mobile operator customers globally, Wi-Fi roaming is a very important component of Aicent’s mobile solution set,” said Lynn Liu, CEO of Aicent. “Wi-Fi roaming has become especially critical to mobile operators as a data offloading and affordable roaming strategy. With this new partnership with HarborLink, Aicent continues to grow its carrier class Wi-Fi network making it possible for our customers to offer subscribers a widespread Wi-Fi roaming footprint throughout the North and South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.”

“HarborLink wants to lead global efforts for 3G/4G offload onto Wi-Fi Networks, and by partnering with Aicent, we seek to drive the value of Wi-Fi roaming for mobile operators as an effective and affordable alternative to 3G/4G roaming,” said Robert Brown, HarborLink’s global vice president of sales and marketing. “Aicent has extensive relationships in the mobility space worldwide and we are excited to be working with them to extend our network to their many partners through their Wi-Fi Roaming eXchange platform.”

Aicent mobility partners will be able to access the Wi-Fi network at HarborLink Locations within the next 30 days, which includes participating Buffalo Wild Wings and Skyline Chili restaurants, BP fuel and convenience stores, and several other venues across the U.S. For more information regarding Aicent’s products and services, please visit www.aicent.com.

About Aicent
Serving two billion mobile users in 114 countries through more than 160 mobile operators, Aicent Inc. is a leading provider of data network solutions for mobile operators, including 9 of the world’s largest 10. With its network reaching nearly every GPRS/3G operator around the world, Aicent operates one of the industry’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges. Aicent provides integrated mobile messaging services, including MMS and SMS, and operates one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges. Aicent’s award-winning mBridge service easily enables global delivery of MMS messages to any phone. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information visit: www.aicent.com.

About HarborLink Network
HarborLink Network, Ltd. is a leading provider of Internet hotspot access, integration and network management services in North America. HarborLink’s extensive Wi-Fi network is deployed in some of the most well-known, heavily frequented venues in North America, providing more places than ever for customers to get online when away from their home or office. For more information about HarborLink Network, please visit www.harborlink.net.

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Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com) announced today that Telcel, Mexico’s leading wireless services provider, has selected the Aicent MMS Gateway Service to provision their global multimedia message service (MMS) capabilities. Now Telcel is able to send and receive MMS messages with the more than 300 mobile operators in Aicent’s MMS network.

Telcel is employing Aicent’s MMS Gateway Service to provide advanced MMS services to its 60 million subscribers. The MMS Gateway Service enables Telcel to rapidly establish global MMS interoperability with reliable, cost-effective commercial MMS delivery and termination capabilities, enabling Telcel subscribers to easily send and receive pictures and videos to friends and family anywhere in the world through Aicent’s MMS network reach.

Telcel is Mexico’s leading wireless provider and also the largest member of the America Movil group which serves over 216.8 million wireless subscribers in Latin America. The growing popularity of MMS messaging has rapidly made it an in-demand service for global mobile subscribers, especially in Latin America. Aicent’s MMS Gateway Service allows carriers like Telcel to upgrade their messaging infrastructure to enable their subscribers to interwork with global MMS delivery, enabling global MMS message delivery with a single connection.

“As one of the region’s largest and most important telecom providers, Telcel sets a course that many of the other Caribbean and Latin America carriers will follow,” said Louie Abonador, Aicent’s general manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. “We look forward to the future as other operators follow Telcel’s lead by delivering the most cutting-edge services the mobile market has to offer.”

Aicent’s MMS Gateway Service delivers carrier-grade seamless MMS interoperability by working with the broadest number of wireless operators on the industry’s largest MMS eXchange. With a single connection to Aicent MMS Gateway Service, mobile operators can access international destinations with 2-way message exchanges without worry of Mobile Number Portability, or contractual and billing relationships with operators in foreign countries. One of the first MMS Gateway Service providers, Aicent is today the leading provider of MMS eXchange services with the widest international coverage and strongest technical know-how with full compliance with industry standards.

About Telcel
Telcel is the leading wireless services provider in Mexico with more than 62.4 million subscribers and about 71% of the Mexican wireless market at the end of October 2010. In operation since 1989, Telcel offers a wide array of voice and data services in the largest wireless network in Mexico using GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA technologies. Telcel is a subsidiary of America Movil (NYSE: AMX) (Nasdaq: AMOV) (BMV: AMX), the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America. As of October 27, 2010 it had over 216.8 million wireless subscribers. For more information about Telcel, visit www.telcel.com.

About Aicent
Serving two billion mobile users in 114 countries through more than 160 mobile operators, Aicent Inc. is a leading provider of data network solutions for mobile operators, including 9 of the world’s largest 10. With its network reaching nearly every GPRS/3G operator around the world, Aicent operates one of the industry’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges. Aicent provides integrated mobile messaging services, including MMS and SMS, and operates one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges. Aicent’s award-winning mBridge service easily enables global delivery of MMS messages to any phone. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information visit: www.aicent.com.

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NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today a Wi-Fi roaming relationship with China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom) via Aicent, Inc. (www.aicent.net) to enable NTT Com customers travelling in China to use China Telecom’s wireless local area network (WLAN) access points for data roaming, beginning November 22.

Subscribers of NTT Com’s HOTSPOT™ WLAN service in Japan, including Course 1-3, Biz Remote Access Internet Type, OPEN Plan or OPEN Plan Light, will have access to more than 100,000 access points in 31 provinces, government-ruled municipalities and autonomous regions.

Subscribers will be able to use the roaming service without application and there will be no startup fee. Access will cost 25 yen (tax free) per minute.

China Telecom is a major state-owned telecom operator in China providing fixed-line and mobile services, Internet connection and applications services. As of the end of 2009, China Telecom had 194 million fixed-line subscribers, 62.36 million mobile (CDMA) subscribers and 61.75 million broadband subscribers.

About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Communications provides a broad range of global networks, management solutions and IT services to customers worldwide. The company is renowned for reliable, high-quality security, hosting, voice, data and IP services, as well as expertise in managed networks and leadership in IPv6 transit technology. NTT Communications’ extensive infrastructure includes Arcstar™ Global IP-VPN and Global e-VLAN, as well as a Tier-1 IP backbone reaching more than 150 countries in partnership with major Internet service providers, and secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Communications is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit www.ntt.com/index-e.html.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent Inc. is a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions for mobile operators globally. Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, directly connecting to over 100 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Aicent operates one of world’s largest MMS and SMS eXchanges interconnecting with over 150 mobile operators around the world. On any given day, Aicent’s network facilitates over 100 million roaming transactions generated on 150 mobile networks in 114 countries. For more information visit www.aicent.com.

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (“WBA”), a pioneer in global wireless broadband roaming for public Wi-Fi networks, has announced that its membership numbers are swelling as 10 more influential organisations join the Alliance.

At the 18th WBA Roundtable Conference & WBA Partners’ Day in Auckland 2010, new technology members joining the alliance will include global giants such as Intel and Google, leading Wi-Fi network vendors such as Aruba Networks, Meru Networks and Ruckus Wireless, as well as the specialist roaming solution providers Accuris Networks and Aicent Inc. New operator members include NTT DOCOMO, one of the world’s largest mobile communications operators and TTNet a leading broadband operator from Türk Telekom group. These additions bring the total number of new members joining the group in 2010 alone to 16.

The Alliance now includes a unique mix of leading technology providers and ecosystem partners in addition to the leading Wi-Fi, mobile and broadband network operators from across Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Chris Bruce, CEO of BT Openzone and chair of the WBA said, “All of the WBA Partners have always been united by two common objectives. Firstly, these organisations want to work together to make the Wi-Fi experience easier for the customers. Secondly, there is a real focus on creating new opportunities for 3G Wi-Fi roaming. We are excited about welcoming new partners because, with their own new perspective and expertise, they can only help us make these objectives a reality.”

Lynn Liu, president and CEO of Aicent Inc. said, “Because of its ubiquitous use around the world, Wi-Fi is evolving into an important mobile access technology for Aicent’s mobile operator customers. As one of the most important global Wi-Fi specification bodies, the WBA is instrumental in the creation of Wi-Fi roaming standards. Aicent is working with WBA members as partners in the creation of the framework for global Wi-Fi roaming. What’s more, the WBA provides Aicent an essential forum to engage in strategic industry and commercial discussions with important industry peers.”

Gilbert Little, Chairman of Accuris Networks said, “Seamless integration and roaming between 3G and Wi-Fi networks has become critical for many mobile operators. We have been working with our customer base to make data offload and Wi-Fi roaming a reality and we feel the best way to realize this in the wider marketplace is to work with Alliance. We look forward to help accelerate the adoption of the required elements within the mobile and Wi-Fi networks and in the devices to enable Mobile operators to leverage the many benefits of integrated Wi-Fi access.”

Cedric Gonin, Orange Wi-Fi Director and Co-Chair of the WBA said, “The key challenge faced by Wi-Fi ecosystem is to provide a homogeneous customer experience. This can be addressed only if the operators, device and networks manufacturers and roaming service providers all share a common objective and work together to build it. We are happy that by extending the WBA community to different kind of ecosystem players, we are now well positioned to make it happen shortly.”

The Alliance’s efforts to make Wi-Fi services easier and more secure for customers are ongoing. The most recent example has been the WISPr 2.0 trial which was launched at the last WBA event in June 2010. The trial has aimed to demonstrate how mobile, cable, WiMAX and broadband service providers can seamlessly connect to Wi-Fi networks by taking advantage of WISPr 2.0 specification. This WBA trial now includes 20 industry participants including Wi-Fi, Mobile and WiMAX operators along with roaming hub providers, network infrastructure and technology vendors. At the Auckland event, the early adopters of WISPr 2.0 specifications from the WBA membership are expected to share initial results. A number of mobile operators are participating in the next stage of the trial to show how WISPr 2.0 can help support seamless Wi-Fi connectivity and 3G-Wi-Fi offload opportunities from mobile devices using EAP-SIM authentication.

The 18th WBA Roundtable Conference is being co-hosted by WBA member Tomizone Limited from New Zealand, one of the largest providers of Wi-Fi Hotspot services in Australasia and the Pacific. At the conference, the WBA members will also discuss the roadmap for further enhancing Wi-Fi user experience, inter-operability and service delivery. The work-areas are expected to include new developments to support a seamless Wi-Fi experience, 3G-Wi-Fi offload and roaming interoperability and compliancy requirements.

The WBA’s goal is to drive wireless broadband adoption globally by developing common commercial and technical frameworks for Wi-Fi interoperability across networks, technologies and devices. Members jointly develop specifications to deliver reliable, trustworthy and seamless wireless services.

About the Wireless Broadband Alliance
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (“WBA”) was founded in 2003 by leading telecoms operators. Its goal is to drive wireless broadband adoption globally by developing common commercial and technical frameworks for interoperability across networks, technologies and devices. It helps its members to deliver quality services with consistent customer experience and reliability to the users worldwide.

The WBA members have successfully implemented commercial Wi-Fi roaming globally using WBA WRIX (Wireless Roaming Intermediary Exchange), an award winning modularised standard service specification developed by WBA. The WBA WRIX makes it easier to implement roaming between WBA members and reduces times to market for new operators interested in expanding the global roaming footprint. The WBA is also collaborating with other industry forums to further enhance WRIX and help harmonise wireless broadband roaming standards including support for Dual Mode devices and WIMAX roaming.

The WBA includes pioneers in the wireless broadband field and its 46 members include leading operators and technology providers with a strategic focus on enabling seamless Wi-Fi services across devices, technologies and networks. The current Board members of WBA are AT&T, BT, Boingo, Deutsche Telekom, Orange France, Portugal Telecom/TMN, True Corporation & Tata Communications Internet Services. Collectively, the WBA members operate over 180,000 Wi-Fi hotpots worldwide and have a pool of more than 350 million subscribers across Europe, Asia Pacific and Americas. For more information, visit www.wballiance.net.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, connecting to over 150 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, visit www.aicent.net.

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A cumulative audience of nearly 400,000 visiting soccer fans from all over the world came to South Africa in June to watch 32 countries compete in the 19th FIFA World Cup tournament. As they attended games and enjoyed the festivities they sent home pictures, videos and messages using email and messaging services, all over wireless data networks. As one of the largest eXchange service providers to enable inter-network roaming, Aicent, Inc. (www.aicent.com), recorded huge surges in network traffic during the competition, as much as 300 percent over the weeks just prior.

“As the data from our network shows, the World Cup is truly a social event where fans want to share the revelry with friends and family,” said Lynn Liu, president & CEO at Aicent. “Wireless data networks made sharing the action better than ever before as fans sent back millions of pictures, videos, tweets, emails and text messages from games in South Africa to their friends back home. Subscribers from a great number of international wireless networks were all able to use their mobile phones from South Africa due to roaming eXchanges like Aicent.”

Aicent is a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions for mobile operators globally serving more than 2.5 billion mobile subscribers around the world. Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, directly connecting to over 100 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Aicent’s MMS and SMS eXchanges is one of industry’s largest, interconnecting with over 150 mobile operators around the world.

Aicent observed that traffic correlated directly with the number of matches taking place on a specific day; the more matches in a day, the higher traffic would spike. The day with the highest volume of data traffic was Wednesday, June 23, the day that Nigeria and South Korea played to a tie, Argentina defeated Greece, England defeated Slovenia, and the United States defeated Algeria. The day with the next highest volume was Tuesday, June 15, when three matches between Italy and Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia, and Cote d’Ivoire and Portugal all ended in ties.

Aicent’s data shows that Americans were among the largest group of people visiting South Africa, with more than 60 percent of Aicent’s data traffic coming from customers of GSM operators in the United States. On days when the US National Team played, these operators experienced their largest spikes in traffic, with traffic leaving South Africa far and away exceeding traffic coming to South Africa by a ratio exceeding 4:1.

Soccer fans in South Africa relied on their mobile phones to share pictures, videos, live game updates and other messages with friends back home. In fact, according to Mayan Mathen, CTO of Dimension Data, during the World Cup, South Africa became one of the highest “tweet” sources in the world, referring to the Twitter social network phenomenon. World Cup fans in South Africa averaged 750 tweets per second, with some 3,500 going out every second during World Cup matches.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent Inc. is a leading provider of data network, messaging and roaming solutions for mobile operators globally. Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, directly connecting to over 100 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Aicent operates one of world’s largest MMS and SMS eXchanges interconnecting with over 150 mobile operators around the world. On any given day, Aicent’s network facilitates over 100 million roaming transactions generated on 150 mobile networks in 114 countries. For more information visit www.aicent.com.

Trustive, Europe’s number one Wi-Fi internet access provider and a leading provider of international mobile broadband internet services, is very pleased to be able to announce a new partnership with Aicent Inc, a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. In a first instance, this bilateral partnership will give Trustive customers access to a number of important Wi-Fi networks, including a network of 70,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in China and Narita International Airport (Japan).

Narita Airport is Japan’s second largest airport, with an average of 84,000 international passengers per day in 2009 and this year it comes in at number 28 in the list of busiest airports in the world. Christian VanGhelder, managing director of Trustive said “Trustive is very pleased to be able to offer its customers, most of whom are frequent travellers, seamless, low-cost Wi-Fi access at this premium location. Narita Airport is an important addition to Trustive’s Asian footprint, which along with this significant addition to our Chinese coverage and our recent network expansion in Australasia last month, all combine to reinforce Trustive’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region and our role as a truly global Wi-Fi access provider.”

“As a leading provider of mobile data solutions and interworking solutions for over 150 mobile operator customers globally, Wi-Fi roaming is a very important component of Aicent’s mobile solution set. Wi-Fi has become especially critical to mobile operators as a data offloading and affordable roaming strategy. ”, said Lynn Liu, President & CEO Aicent Inc. “We are pleased to welcome Trustive into our carrier class Wi-Fi network, spanning the Asia-Pacific region including tier 1 operators in countries like China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Macau and USA .”

Trustive customers can access these new premium locations effective immediately. For more information regarding Trustive’s entire network of 140,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in 110+ countries, please consult Trustive’s online Wi-Fi hotspot directory: www.trustive.com/hotspots/

About Trustive
Trustive is Europe’s No1 Wi-Fi access provider, giving travellers extensive Wi-Fi coverage by combining the hotspot locations of 70+ leading Wi-Fi operators into one unified, global network of more than 140,000 hotspots and allowing Trustive customers access to these locations through a single click (single username and password plus a range of Wi-Fi clients for both computers and smartphones that automate the log in process). From May 2010, Trustive also offers travellers the flexibility of a mobile broadband internet service that combines the benefits of Wi-Fi with international 3G data roaming coverage. Please visit www.trustive.com for more information.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, connecting to over 150 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, visit www.aicent.net.

Aicent, Inc. (www.aicent.net) today announced the availability of Aicent IPX Service, a comprehensive, next-generation interconnection solution for mobile network operators (MNOs), fixed-line network operators (FNOs), Internet service providers (ISPs) and application service providers (ASPs). Aicent’s IPX, which stands for Internet protocol eXchange, allows network operators and service providers to offer their customers IP-based voice, data and video services on 3G and 4G networks spanning multiple operators in a highly controlled, secure and profitable manner, all with guaranteed quality of service (QoS).

“The telecommunications industry is again poised for great change as more powerful smartphones drive demand for faster networks,” said Mun-Kein Chang, vice president of product management at Aicent. “The combination of all these technology advances means that consumers will have innovative new voice, messaging, data and video services delivered to them via network providers. To make the most of these potentially lucrative services and to avoid competing on price alone, Aicent IPX Service gives operators an important quality of service element – vital for delivering advanced services with optimal quality – without adversely impacting service delivery margins. Aicent has integrated all IP services onto a single network, making Aicent a one-stop shop for all mobile operators.”

As mobile subscribers are increasingly adopting powerful new devices such as Android, BlackBerry and iPhone smartphones, as well as the emerging category of media tablets, operators are experiencing explosive traffic growth on their data networks. As an evolution of the company’s industry-leading and award-winning eXchange, messaging and signaling services, Aicent IPX Service gives operators a comprehensive service delivery framework for converged network services that enables interworking and roaming between operators, as well as provides guarantees for quality and service level. Existing customers migrating to Aicent IPX will find the service is the easiest way to enable roaming of converged network services.

Aicent IPX Service features existing Aicent services including:

• GPRS, CDMA, 3G and 4G roaming eXchange services
• SMS and MMS interworking services
• Content delivery services
• Wi-Fi and WiMAX Roaming services

Aicent IPX Service is also coupled with:

• Packet voice such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP, SIP-I and gateways)
• Instant Messaging with presence, Enhanced Messaging and Rich Communications Services (RCS)
• Video sharing, image sharing, PoC and whiteboarding

The Aicent IPX Service is a private network for mobile operators, FNOs, ISPs and ASPs delivering managed QoS and Class of Service (CoS) backed by an industry-leading service level agreement. The Aicent IPX Service is built to comply with the GSMA IP Interworking initiative, providing interoperability for the widest array of IP-based services within a commercial framework that benefits all parties of the ecosystem.

The Aicent IPX Service is easily managed through an online portal that gives network operators and service providers Web-based tools for managing IPX routes, enabling communication between other Aicent IPX Service provider operators, comprehensive traffic reporting and troubleshooting capabilities.

For more information visit www.aicent.net.

About Aicent, Inc.
Serving more than 2.5 billion mobile users around the world, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for global mobile operators. To enable interoperability between Aicent customers and other networks, Aicent operates one of the world’s largest GPRS and 3G network eXchanges, connecting to over 150 operators, including nine of the world’s ten largest. Through extensive peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world’s first and largest multimedia messaging eXchanges, and offers other value-added services to help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, visit www.aicent.net.