PHOENIX and DENVER (OCTOBER 7, 2009) –Telesphere, a nationwide hosted PBX business phone and Internet services provider, today announced the closing of additional financing, totaling $32 million over the past 24 months.

“This capital will be used to reinvest heavily in the company to ensure that we are continually able to provide award-winning customer service and expand capabilities for our clients as well as growing our presence across the United States,” said Telesphere Chief Executive Officer Clark Peterson.

The funding news comes on the heels of Telesphere’s July announcement that it would acquire the VoIP services business of Denver-based Unity Business Networks. The acquisition has now closed after receiving FCC approval.

“Today’s news is yet another exciting chapter in the Telesphere story as we bring Unity Business Networks and its high-quality team and exceptional customer base into the Telesphere family,” Peterson said.

“We intend more

Ciena Signs Agreements to Purchase Optical and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks Business

Proposed combination is unique opportunity to accelerate Ciena’s strategy by bringing together complementary, leading switching and transport technologies

Linthicum, MD — 10/07/2009

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that it has entered into agreements with Nortel to purchase substantially all of the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business for $390 million in cash and 10 million shares of Ciena common stock. The product and technology assets to be acquired include Nortel’s long-haul optical transport portfolio; metro optical Ethernet switching and transport solutions; Ethernet transport, aggregation and switching technology; multiservice SONET/SDH product families; and network management software products. more

INTEROP TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES SCOPEâ„¢ DEVICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WITH ONE-CLICK FIX FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

Operators’ Front-Line Employees Can Quickly Resolve Device Issues,

Improving Customer Satisfaction and Reducing Costs

FORT MYERS, FL.—Oct. 7, 2009—Interop Technologies, the premier provider of core wireless solutions for messaging, device management, and gateway connectivity, today announced availability of SCOPEâ„¢ Device Management , the company’s flexible, subscriber-focused solution for managing customer devices on wireless networks.

SCOPEâ„¢ (Subscriber Capability Originated Provisioning Environment) makes device updates simple and fast by automatically identifying a device problem and enabling a One-Click Fix. SCOPEâ„¢ enables operator customer service representatives—or customers using an optional self-care portal—to resolve device issues easily. The solution helps improve customer satisfaction and operators’ first-call resolution statistics, crucial to lowering churn. SCOPEâ„¢ also reduces costly escalations from Level I service personnel to Level II technicians.

Designed to integrate seamlessly into existing SS7-based solutions more