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GOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTERS CANADIAN MARKET

SANTA CLARA - Good Technology Inc., a developer of wireless messaging and corporate data access technology, has entered the Canadian market with the addition of three value-added resellers to its corporate Business Partner Program.

Its first Canadian customer, Money Mart, and its parent company, Dollar Financial Group, Inc., owns and operates the largest international network of retail financial services stores, with over 1,700 locations in Canada, the US, and the U.K.

Before the deal, Money Mart relied exclusively on e-mail to stay current with its customers. The new technology will be deployed on its network of palmOne Treo 600 smartphones.

Re-seller agreements were also signed with Wireless Sigma Inc., which develops fully integrated custom wireless solutions, and PensEra Knowledge Technologies, which designs systems to help lawyers more accurately track time, services, and information on cases and clients, the company said.
 
CHINA TELEPHONE USERS HIT 618 MILLION

BEIJING, China - With 85.3 million newly-added phone subscribers in the first eight months of this year, the number of Chinese telephone users reached 618 million at the end of August 2004, according to a recently released government report.

China now has 315 million cell phone users, of which, 66 million are using the prepaid service. The number of fixed-line phone users stands at 303 million, of which, 100 million are from rural areas.

The country's east coastal area continues to be the most attractive place for investment in the telecom sector, mainly because the east coastal region is the most important revenue generator for all telecom operators in China.

According to the report, Chinese telecom operators invested $ 15 billion in telecom infrastructure in the past eight months.

Regionally, the investment in China's eastern region is $7.7 billion; mid-China, $3.5 billion; and the west region $3 billion during the period.

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