MCI Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's Product of the Year Award for 2005 and Diamond I Featured in E-CommerceTimes.com

Wireless Communication industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU) MCI, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCIP) announced recently that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazine (http://www.itmag.com) has named MCI's next-generation suite of Voice over IP (VoIP) Services as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. MCI's VoIP offerings include Hosted IP Centrex, IP Integrated Access, Managed IP PBX and IP Trunking Services. The final shoe has dropped in Verizon's efforts to wrap up its buyout of MCI. Washington state regulators have approved the planned takeover, giving Verizon all the state, federal and international approvals it needs for the two companies to combine. The Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice already approved the $8.44 billion combination. Verizon (NYSE: VZ), the second-largest U.S. telephone company, is buying the country's No. 2 long-distance provider to gain access to Ashburn-based MCI's corporate clients and a 98,000-mile network for delivering Internet access in 140 countries. Diamond I, Inc. (OTC BB:DMOI), a developer of wireless gaming products, recently advised that it was featured in the December 11, 2005, edition of E-CommerceTimes.com (circulation over 1.5 million). In the feature, "Wi-Fi, You Can Bet On It!", Theodore F. di Stefano, author of "You Can Buy a Business" (available on amazon.com), discusses the exciting future of wireless gambling with products like Diamond I's WiFiCasino GS(TM). AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) won a two-year contract with Progress Software Corp. to develop a global Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (VPN) that will integrate the company's more than 20 offices in North, Central and South America. Company officials say the network will improve communication and collaboration among all of Bedford, Mass.-based Progress Software's employees spread out over the two continents. About Financial News USA Financial News USA is a Next Generation Financial Communications firm focused on the distribution of market moving news. Financial News USA has developed leading edge e-publishing tools including programming proprietary RSS feeds and enabling open source press release publishing across its network. Financial News USA has been aggressively expanding its news distribution network by targeting direct feeds to financial news and data providers such as FinancialContent, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), among others. Financial News USA offers a free news feed available online (www.financialnewsusa.com) to websites and financial services looking for content and for individual investors looking to stay informed on the financial markets. Financial News USA and its affiliates charge each client cash for news distribution and may take an equity position in the companies mentioned herein, please visit the disclaimer at www.financialnewsusa.com Contact Information: Financial News USATel: (626) 961-8041Email: info@financialnewsusa.com

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