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3R E G I O N A L U P D A T EAt Syniverse, wemake mobile workin every way,everywhere inthe world. FromTampa to HongKong, MexicoCity to Dubai, wemaintain officesin every region ofthe globe to ensurewe have expertstaff located onthe ground whereour customers dobusiness.Asia PacificWe are gaining significanttraction with data andfinancial clearing, andSCCP signaling serviceswith GSM operatorsacross Asia Pacific (AP),having recently signedmulti-year data clearingdeals with leadingoperators in India, Chinaand Taiwan. We’ve longprovided similar servicesto CDMA operators inAP, and now we’re seeingmore GSM operatorselecting to move to Syniverseaway from otherproviders. We also havestrengthened our AP salesteam, with Veni Folta nowleading sales in the northernpart of the region,including China, Korea,Japan and Guam. MahganZand Farid also has joinedSyniverse to lead our salesteams in Oceania, includingAustralia and NewZealand.Caribbean &Latin AmericaOne of our newest roamingsolutions, SyniverseGAIN Roaming BusinessManagement Services,recently was selected byTelefónica for 11 of itsproperties across LatinAmerica. GAIN providesoperators of all sizesand types with roamingspecialists and resourcesto help accelerate andenhance operators’ roamingrevenue and speedtime to market to meetsubscriber demand. Wealso have seen significantmessaging success inthe Caribbean and LatinAmerica (CALA), wherewe’ve signed almost 20messaging contractsthis year. One is OpenMobile of Puerto Rico,a long-time networkcustomer that now relieson us for both in-countryand international SMSinteroperability.Europe, MiddleEast & AfricaA number of operatorsacross Europe, theMiddle East and Africa(EMEA) are migratingto Syniverse from otherproviders for both dataand financial clearing,driven partially by ourrecently upgraded FinancialClearing Services.You can read more aboutthese upgrades on page 8.Solidifying our in-regionsales support function,Mike Furey has relocatedto London to lead our solutionsengineering teamin EMEA. Additionally,Giorgio Miano, based inRome, has transitionedinto a new role as VicePresident of Sales and isfocused on delivering thesolutions operators inthis region need to meetsubscriber demands andremain competitive inthe marketplace.North AmericaSyniverse continues togrow in the enterprisemessaging space in NorthAmerica (NA), havingrecently added a numberof significant MobileEnterprise Services contracts,including anotherleading global financialservices company plusone of the world’slargest internationallogistics companies.Our momentum alsocontinues to grow withnew entrants to the mobilespace. M2M leaderNumerex recently signedmulti-year agreementsfor Syniverse network,roaming and messagingsolutions that expand itsreach globally. Finally, asthe leading IPX gatewayinto NA, we’ve won morethan 20 IPX contractsin the region, includingfour of the largest mobileoperators.