ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions,today announced the company has received the prestigious “World’s Best CDMA Equipment Manufacturer 2009” award from research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The award was announced at the Enterprise Communications Summit & Award Ceremony in Shanghai, China. The awards ceremony aims to recognize excellent performance of the global CDMA equipment vendors in the areas of outstanding service, product R&D capacity and innovation.

Based on in-depth research and analysis of the global CDMA equipment market, including market share, market competitiveness and potentials of emerging markets, Frost & Sullivan finally awarded the honor to ZTE for its exceptional performance over other industry players.

Since 2006, ZTE has been a leader in global CDMA product shipments. In the first three quarters of 2009, shipment volume experienced sharp growth exceeding 85,000 units, or more than 170% of the total 2008 annual shipment. ZTE’s industry-leading SDR base stations account for the majority of this year’s product shipments.

According to Frost & Sullivan research, ZTE is forecasted to overtake Alcatel-Lucent as the top player in the global CDMA market with a share of 29.3% by 2010, according to report.

In addition to being ranked second in CDMA installations, ZTE has made impressive achievements in CDMA product innovation globally. Its independently developed the GoTa digital trunking system that has been widely applied in more than 40 countries including China, Romania, the Czech Republic, Chile, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, Ghana and Senegal, making it the most widely used and internationalized Chinese-made digital trunking system.

ZTE also successfully deployed its innovative Air-to-Ground (ATG) broadband EV-DO and solution across the United States last year, which received the “2008 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award” from the CDMA Development Group (CDG). The solution has been deployed in more than 500 airplanes across seven U.S. airlines, fully tackling the worldwide challenge of high-speed Internet access on planes. ZTE also launched the industry’s first EV-DO Rev.B + LTE dual-mode system at EXPO COMM Wireless Japan in July 2009 after it made EV-DO Rev.B calls and launched a commercial trial network. In addition, the Company also launched an integrated EV-DO Rev.B+Wi-Fi/WAPI solution at P&T/Expo Comm China 2009.

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Escape the ordinary - listen to your favourite music and receive calls without touching a button with the Motion Activated Headphones MH907.

London, September 21st, 2009 – Sony Ericsson today unveils the world’s first ever motion activated headphones that sense the user. The clever MH907 headphones mean users simply plug in two earphones to start listening to music and pause by removing one earbud. To start listening again simply plug it back in. Do exactly the same to answer and end calls – simple as 1,2,3!

Sony Ericsson’s SensMe™ Control technology responds without a single press of a button, and with a Clear Audio experience users encounter superior sound on the move and enjoy their favourite music as it’s meant to be heard.

Sony Ericsson has created a humorous quirky film to demonstrate the product’s unique technology. Partnering with internationally renowned animator Kristofer Ström, the short film debuting today shows a cartoon character riding the bus and switching effortlessly between phone calls and listening to his favourite music. To see the film visit SonyEricsson.com

“With the MH907 consumers can pocket their phone but still stay connected all day, every day by simply plugging in or removing their earbuds – there is no need for a remote control or any buttons.” said Jacob Sten, Senior Vice President, SEMC Accessories. “At Sony Ericsson we think it is very important to listen to what our customer needs and introducing the world’s first ever motion activated headphones highlights our commitment to offer our customers a complete Communications Entertainment experience. The MH907 supports our realigned brand strategy, which aims to build a fun, playful and inclusive interaction with consumers.”

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Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, announces the release of an update for Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2010. The update ensures the products are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 7.

The updated products correctly install and function under Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, due to be launched on 22 October 2009. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 were certified Compatible with Windows 7 by Microsoft after successfully completing a series of tests.

Compatibility with Microsoft Windows 7 means fully-functional and stable operation of the security solutions as well as the operating system and its built-in applications. In particular, this applies to situations that require deep integration of the antivirus applications into the operating system to ensure maximum security.

All the advanced technologies built into Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, such as the new reputation-based services, improved proactive protection and the running of applications in a secure environment, are available to users of Windows 7.

The updated Kaspersky Lab products support new Windows 7 features. For example, they can scan files in newly implemented virtual libraries as well as offer a full set of features in Windows XP Mode, which emulates an earlier version of the operating system.

The update will be available for download from Kaspersky Internet Security page and Kaspersky Anti-Virus page as of 22 October.

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The highly anticipated Samsung Jet makes its global debut, opening a new chapter in full touch mobile history

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announces the latest development in mobile handset innovation, Samsung Jet. Samsung Jet enjoys both advanced features of a smartphone and easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone.

Supporting the latest smartphone features including user-friendly menu navigations, multi-task manager and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Samsung Jet boasts world firsts in both display technology and speed of performance. Its 16M WVGA AMOLED display (3.1”) offers the most vivid and colourful full touch mobile experience available. The WVGA AMOLED screen provides a resolution four times higher than a WQVGA screen. Its 800MHz application processor makes Jet the fastest full touch handset on the market today.

Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 2.0 user interface gives an unrivalled user experience and includes iconic new features such as motion UI, smart unlock and customizable widget screen.

Samsung’s Dolfin browser is designed to let users surf the net and access websites with ease and speed. Users can view up to five web pages simultaneously and bookmark their favourite websites as widgets on the phone’s homepage. The handset features a built in ad-blocker, multiple downloading, and multi-purpose address field, while Dolfin’s unique one finger zoom enables users to zoom in and out of web pages using only one hand.

Other multimedia features include a 5 mega-pixel camera, built-in GPS, DNSe & SRS Sound Effect technology for superior sound quality, and DivX and XviD video support for video downloading and viewing.

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