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Sunday, June 5, 2011

MTS Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

RA'ANANA, Israel, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MTS - MerTelemanagement Solutions Ltd., a globalprovider of business support systems for comprehensivetelecommunication management, telecommunications expense managementsolutions and customer care & billing solutions, today announced itsfinancial results for the first quarter of 2011.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2011 were $2.8 million, compared with$2.9 million in revenues while the same quarter last year. The Company'soperating profit was $4,000 in the first quarter of 2011 compared tooperating profit of $33,000 for the first quarter of 2010. Net income for thefirst quarter was $133,000 or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with a netloss of $2,000 or $(0.00) per diluted share in the first quarter of 2010. Thenet profit in the first quarter of 2011 is including to a capital gain ofapproximately $77,000 that resulted from the Company's sale of its ownershipinterest in Silverbyte Systems Ltd.

The Company as well announced the appointment of Josef Brikman as presidentof its US operations. A seasoned executive with over 20 years of experiencein the telecommunications and research industries, Mr. Brikman bringsextensive and diverse business knowledge. "We are pleased to welcome Josef tothe MTS team," said Eytan Bar, Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brikman served as President of MERSecurity Inc. where he expanded the company from a services company to aprovider of a full portfolio of security products and services. He alsopreviously held positions of CFO, COO and General Manager of the Companywhere he was a key player in the acquisition of MTS IntegraTRAK and thedevelopment and growth of the Company in Europe and the Pacific Rim. Mr.Brikman holds a B.Sc. in Engineering and a degree in Business Administration.

Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. is a worldwide provider ofinnovative solutions for comprehensive telecommunications expense management(TEM) used by enterprises, and for business support systems used byinformation and telecommunication service providers.

Since 1984, MTS Telecommunications' expense management solutions havebeen used by thousands of enterprises and organizations to ensure that theirtelecommunication services are acquired, provisioned, and invoiced correctly.To boot, the MTS's Application Suite has provided clients with aunified view of telecommunication usage, proactive budget control, personalcall management, employee cost awareness and more.

AnchorPoint TEM solutions enable enterprises to gain visibility andcontrol of strategic assets that drive key business processes and crucialcompetitive advantage. The AnchorPoint's software, consulting and managedservices solutions -- including integrated Invoice, Asset, and UsageManagement and Business Analytics tools -- provide professionals at everylevel of the organization with rapid access to concise, actionable data.

MTS's solutions for Information and Telecommunication Service Providersare used worldwide by wireless and wireline service providers forinterconnect billing, partner revenue management and for charging andinvoicing their clients. MTS has pre-configured solutions to supportemerging carriers of focused solutions torapidly install a full-featured and scaleable solution.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS U.S. dollars in thousands March 31, December 31, 2011 2010 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,518 $ 2,124 Restricted marketable securities 151 147 Trade receivables, net 708 1,251 Other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses 250 174 Inventories 11 17 Total current assets 3,638 3,713 LONG-TERM ASSETS: Severance pay fund 860 798 Other investments 6 4 Deferred income taxes 33 33 Total long-term assets 899 835 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET 184 165 OTHER ASSETS: Goodwill 3,479 3,479 Other intangible assets, net 1,323 1,415 Total other assets 4,802 4,894 Total assets $ 9,523 $ 9,607 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS U.S. dollars in thousands March 31, December 31, 2011 2010 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Trade payables $ 278 $ 305 Accrued expenses and other liabilities 1,964 2,085 Deferred earnings 2,253 2,452 Liabilities of discontinued operations 351 351 Total current liabilities 4,846 5,193 LONG-TERM LIABILITIES - Accrued severance pay 1,133 1,051 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: Share capital 13 13 Additional paid-in capital 19,716 19,676 Treasury shares Accumulated other comprehensive income 4 23 Accumulated deficit Total shareholders' equity 3,544 3,363 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 9,523 $ 9,607 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS U.S. dollars in thousands Three months ended March 31, 2011 2010 Earnings: Product sales $ 1,013 $ 1,117 Services 1,784 1,761 Total earnings 2,797 2,878 Cost of revenues: Product sales 313 404 Services 601 648 Total cost of revenues 914 1,052 Gross profit 1,883 1,826 Operating expenses: Technology and development, net of grants from the OCS 475 325 Selling and marketing 508 633 General and administrative 896 835 Total operating expenses 1,879 1,793 Operating income 4 33 Financial income, net 59 Other income, net 77 - Income previously taxes on income 140 - Tax on income, net Net income $ 133 $ Net loss per share: Basic and diluted net income per Ordinary share $ 0.03 $ Weighted average number of Ordinary shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share 4,458,976 4,458,976 reclassified Contacts: Company: Alon Mualem CFO Tel: +972-9-7777-540 Email: Alon.Mualem@mtsint.com

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Apple, Samsung and HTC See Strongest Results in an Increasingly Smartphone-Dominated Market

­Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner. Smartphones continued to outpace the rest of the market, and a newly competitive mid-tier smartphone market will drive smartphones into mass adoption and accelerate this trend.

"Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year," said Roberta Cozza, principal innovation analyst at Gartner. "This share could have been even higher, nevertheless manufacturers announced a number of high-profile devices while the first quarter of 2011 that would not ship until the second quarter of 2011. We believe some consumers delayed their purchases to wait for these models."

Overall, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will have a smaller effect on the mobile communication devices market than at first anticipated. There is currently about six to seven weeks worth of inventory of finished products in the channel and about four weeks worth of inventory for elements. Gartner estimates that manufacturers' sales into the channel will drop in the second quarter of 2011, during sales through to consumers will be flat.

Nokia sold 107.6 million mobile devices in the first quarter of 2011. Its market share declined 5.5 percentage points year-on-year, and its share has reached its lowest since 1997. Nokia will aggressively lower average selling prices in markets where communications service providers control the sales channels, in order to maintain shipments of Symbian devices during waiting for its first Windows Phone 7 devices to reach the market. Nevertheless, Nokia will face challenges from Android competitors and from some Japan-induced supply constraints.

Samsung experienced its strongest first quarter ever. The shift to higher end smartphones, just as the Galaxy line, led to an increase in ASPs. This helped to offset an increase in materials costs. Samsung made numerous product announcements while the first quarter of 2011. These included numerous Galaxy smartphone announcements, a bada device, and new models of the Galaxy Tab tablets. These new devices, along with the effects of seasonality and expansion into emerging markets with touch and dual-SIM devices, should help improve Samsung's performance in the second quarter of 2011.

Apple sold 18.6 million units to end users worldwide, more than doubling its sales of iPhones year-on-year. This market-beating growth came from all regions: the iPhone is now available in 90 countries from 186 CSPs. "This strong performance helped Apple consolidate its position as the fourth largest brand in the mobile communication market overall," said Carolina Milanesi, technology vice president at Gartner. "Considering the higher than average price of the iPhone this is a remarkable result and highlights the impact that a strong aspirational brand can have on a product." Inventory levels at the end of the first quarter of 2011 were slightly higher than usual, as Apple not only continues to expand in markets just as China, where distribution is more fragmented, nevertheless also extends its reach with new CSPs.

HTC recorded a very strong first quarter with 9.3 million mobile communication devices sold and moved to the No. 7 position. Strong high-end products helped HTC perform then with all major US CSPs, and in the first quarter of 2011 it became the No. 2 smartphone manufacturer in the region, overtaking Innovation In Motion.

Although in mature markets the shift from feature phones to smartphones is accelerating, smartphones overall moved down-market in the first quarter of 2011. Several manufacturers, including HTC, Sony Ericsson, Alcatel and ZTE, announced a broader portfolio of mid-tier devices, mainly based on Android, which will reach the market in the second quarter of 2011.

Android and Apple's iOS continued to dominate the smartphone operating system wars. Nevertheless, the big news in the first quarter of 2011 was Nokia's strategic alliance with Microsoft on Windows Phone 7, and the retirement of Symbian. "This will precipitate a competitors' rush to capture Symbian's market share in the midtier," said Ms. Cozza.

In the first quarter of 2011, RIM announced that it would transition its Blackberry portfolio to the QNX platform in 2012. This should make its smartphones more competitive in graphics, performance and touch, and unify RIM's tablet and smartphone user experience.

Windows Phone saw only modest sales that reached 1.6 million units in the first quarter of 2011, as devices launched at the end of 2010 failed to grow in consumer preference and CSPs continued to focus on Android. In the long term, Nokia's support will accelerate Windows Phone's momentum.

Gartner analysts said that the shift toward an ecosystem focus, application and services is the critical success factor for device manufacturers. "Every time a user downloads a native app to their smartphone or puts their data into a platform's cloud service, they are committing to a particular ecosystem and reducing the chances of switching to a new platform. This is a clear advantage for the current stronger ecosystem owners Apple and Google," said Ms. Cozza. "As then as putting their devices in the context of a broader ecosystem, manufacturers must start to see their smartphones as part of a computing continuum."


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Friday, May 6, 2011

Ingram Australia's ERP troubles dampen global Q1 results

"As we look beyond the second quarter, we expect global demand to be relatively solid for the foreseeable future," he said. "We believe we have the right strategy to drive performance in our business, with a good balance of operational excellence, expansion into adjacent markets and development of new capabilities that give us a first-mover advantage.

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Ingram Australia's ERP troubles dampen global Q1 results

"As we look beyond the second quarter, we expect global demand to be relatively solid for the foreseeable future," he said. "We believe we have the right strategy to drive performance in our business, with a good balance of operational excellence, expansion into adjacent markets and development of new capabilities that give us a first-mover advantage.

Hosted vs on-premises software vs on-premises appliance - what is the effectiveness in common usage scenarios and impact on overall IT budget. This paper addresses these concerns and discusses the increasing adoption of hosted security services and summarises key reasons why many businesses are selecting hosted as a model for protecting their business from cyberthreats.


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