Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[TonyMcFadden]

OT: Primary reason for my infrequent visits to this board.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061102/ukth002.html?.v=89

Nokia Wins USD 230 Million Managed Services Deal With Vodafone Australia
Thursday November 2, 2:27 am ET

ESPOO, Finland, November 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News) and Vodafone Australia have signed a USD 230 million, seven-year managed services agreement that includes engineering, operations and maintenance of Vodafone's HSDPA, 3G, GPRS and GSM networks.

As part of the arrangement, Nokia will be responsible for managing Vodafone Australia's ongoing network operations covering HSDPA, 3G, GSM and core networks infrastructure including the detailed design, engineering, optimization operations as well as network management, monitoring, fieldwork and maintenance services for the networks.

I was part of the bid and negotiating team...

And since I am responsible for the detailed design and optimisation portion of it (and we went 'live' yesterday), my visits will remain infrequent...