More Than 95 Percent of Verizon Wireless Customers Have Emergency Location Capability and VimpelCom to Release First Quarter 2006 Financial and Operat

Wireless Communication industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), said recently that more than 95 percent of the handsets being used by customers on the nation's most reliable wireless network are able to be located by 911 operators, when those local emergency systems have upgraded their technology to receive the location information transmitted by phones, PDAs, smartphones and other wireless devices. Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) recently announced that Chairman and CEO Patricia Russo will present at the Sanford Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on June 1, 2006, at 10 a.m. Eastern time (EDT). Investors and others can listen to these remarks via a live webcast at http://www.lucent.com/investor.

Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") (NYSE: VIP) announced recently that it will webcast its conference call on its first quarter 2006 financial and operating results on Thursday, June 1, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. Moscow time (10:30 a.m. ET). The conference call will be hosted by Alexander Izosimov, Chief Executive Officer. VimpelCom is a leading international provider of mobile telecommunications services. Diamond I, Inc. (OTC BB:DMOI), a developer of wireless gaming products, including the WifiCasino GS(TM) wireless hand-held gaming system, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Touchdev Limited. The acquisition is being made solely for Diamond I stock and is expected to close in the very near future.

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