RIM Acquires Ascendent Systems and Sprint IP Voice Connect Simplifies Business Communications

Diversified communications services industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU) Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM) today announced it has acquired Ascendent Systems, a leading provider of solutions that simplify voice mobility implementations in the enterprise. Ascendent, a member of the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program, makes the Ascendent® Voice Mobility Suite, a standards-based software solution that augments existing PBX (Private Branch Exchange) and IP-PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchange) systems and supports heterogeneous telephony environments to "push" voice calls and extend corporate desk phone functionality to mobile users on their wireless handset or any wireline phone. Ascendent will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIM. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

INFORMATION ARCHITECTS, INC. (OTCBB: IACH), a publicly traded company currently on the OTC Bulletin Board, and GLOBAL TRIAD, INC. (OTC: GBTD), a publicly traded company currently on the Over the Counter, have agreed that INFORMATION ARCHITECTS, INC. will acquire all of the assets of Global Triad, Inc, including Global TV, Inc., Global Wifi Plus, Inc. and Global Marine System, Inc. Sprint (NYSE: S) today launched a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution for enterprises that addresses the reality of modern business: dispersed workforces, multiple forms of access, the need to simplify administration and business continuity concerns. Sprint IP Voice Connect enhances user connectivity and simplifies network complexity by combining voice and data communications on a single IP network while securely supporting integrated and next generation applications.

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