SVR Syniverse Holdings

News Summary: Syniverse wins competitive bid contract to provide Wi-Fi roaming services to three leading Canadian wireless carriers in support of their national hotspot alliance. Syniverse Technologies (NYSE:SVR), a leading provider of mission-critical technology services to wireless telecommunications companies worldwide, announced today it has been awarded a multi-year, multi-carrier contract to provide Mobile Data Roaming Services for the three leading Canadian carriers: Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and TELUS Mobility. These carriers recently announced an intercarrier agreement to launch a national Wi-Fi hotspot network, including plans to develop more than 500 new hotspot locations, offering cross-Canada Wi-Fi roaming under a common brand. Syniverse will provide secure network transport and access between the carriers and connectivity to Syniverse's complete Mobile Data Roaming Service, which includes authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) capabilities, rating and reporting, clearing and settlement and virtual seamless integration with Syniverse's industry leading GSM-based GRX network to enable inter-standard data roaming. "Syniverse is the company that competing wireless carriers turn to when a trusted intermediary is needed to be the single point of technical and operational contact for a nationwide service launch," said Ed Evans, Chairman and CEO, Syniverse Technologies. "The Canadian hotspot network is the largest inter-carrier initiative of its kind in North America. We are honored to have been selected to work with the founding carriers and we look forward to the growth of this alliance." "The goal of the Canadian Wi-Fi initiative is to spur the growth of Wi-Fi across the country by providing our more than 15 million wireless customers with ubiquitous services," said Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association President and CEO Peters Barnes. "Syniverse, with its impressive history as a facilitator of intercarrier relationships, has a proven track record in enabling Wi-Fi roaming. With their suite of Mobile Data Roaming Services in place, our subscribers can be assured that roaming will be seamless and their login details and account information will remain secure." About Syniverse Syniverse is a leading provider of mission-critical technology services to wireless telecommunications companies worldwide. Syniverse solutions simplify technology complexities by integrating disparate carriers' systems and networks in order to provide seamless global voice and data communications to wireless subscribers. Carriers depend on Syniverse's integrated suite of services to solve their most complex technology challenges and to facilitate the rapid deployment of next generation wireless services. Syniverse provides services to 330 telecommunications carriers in approximately 44 countries, including the ten largest U.S. wireless carriers and six of the ten largest international wireless carriers. Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., U.S.A., Syniverse has offices in major cities throughout North America, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom and a global sales force in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Slovakia and India. For more information, visit www.syniverse.com. Cautions about Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's plans, intentions and expectations. Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Given these concerns, investors and analysts should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.