MISSOULA, MT — (Marketwire) — 01/12/12 — The Blackfoot Board of Trustees announced today that William A. "Bill" Squires has been named Chief Executive Officer for Blackfoot Telecommunications Group (Blackfoot) and its subsidiaries, effective immediately. Bill has been serving as interim CEO since December 2, 2011, and replaces Joan Mandeville who served as Blackfoot-s Chief Executive Officer since 2003. Previously, Bill served as the company-s Senior Vice President & General C
MILPITAS, CA — (Marketwire) — 01/12/12 — (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) announced today that selected to help ensure the non-interrupted delivery of high-bandwidth services over its high-speed submarine, trans-Pacific cable infrastructure. The new solution is part of JDSU-s field-proven product line used by major telecommunication operators worldwide.Southern Cross Cable Network is using the JDSU T-BERD/MTS-8000 V2 to support its network upgrade from 10G to 40G — and eventually to 100G — t
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/11/12 — TransGaming Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TNG) ("TransGaming" or the "Company") announced today that it granted options to purchase 1,388,000 common shares under the Company-s stock option plan, of which 389,000 were granted to directors and officers. The granted options have an exercise price of $0.475 (being the January 10, 2012 closing price of the shares on the TSX Venture Exchange), vest 1/4 each year on June 1 from 2012-2015, and e
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/10/12 — Urban Communications Inc. (TSX VENTURE: UBN) is pleased to announce that Jack Stewart has joined Urban as director of sales and marketing effective January 3, 2012. Mr. Stewart is a telecommunications specialist with extensive practical and management experience in sales, marketing, customer service and technical operations.Mr. Stewart started his career in radio and television broadcasting where he progressed from production and progr
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/06/12 — TransGaming Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TNG), the global leader in the multiplatform deployment of interactive entertainment, today announced that it has closed its debt financing with BEST Funds as previously announced on December 23, 2011.TransGaming received an aggregate of CAD $3,500,000 in financing from The Business, Engineering, Science & Technology Discoveries Fund and three affiliate funds (the "BEST Funds"). TransGaming Inc. issued
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/06/12 — TransGaming Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TNG), the global leader in the multiplatform deployment of interactive entertainment, today announced that it has closed the acquisition of the Interactive TV (iTV) & Connected TV division of Oberon Media, Inc. (Oberon), previously announced on January 4, 2012.The aggregate purchase price of the assets is US $6,738,800, consisting of cash of US $2,200,000 and 3,780,000 million common shares of TransGaming issued
WARWICK, NY — (Marketwire) — 01/06/12 — Warwick Valley Telephone Company (NASDAQ: WWVY), referred to as , the parent company of leading cloud communications pioneers, today announced that , will present at the Sidoti & Company Semiannual Micro-Cap Conference on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 1:20 p.m. EST in the Estate 9 Imperial room of the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel, New York City. WVT Communications Group-s management will be available during the day for one-on-one meetings. To schedule
TORONTO, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 01/03/12 — Route1 Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ROI) a security and identity management company, and its board of directors, are pleased to announce the appointment of recently retired United States Navy Rear Admiral, Mark S. Boensel to its board of directors.Admiral Boensel has more than thirty-two years of experience in leading people, managing assets and maximizing the useful value of resources. He led the U.S. Navy-s two largest geographic regions; and in doing so,