(Apex, N.C.) Inc. magazine today ranked Apex, N.C.-based FeatureTel no. 2,424 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. (more…)

  (Welcome, N.C.) The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), which represents the manufacturers of broadband equipment, products and services for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, announced earlier this month that it has elected Mark Walker, President of Walker and Associates, Inc. to its Board of Directors. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the U.S.-based mobile technology arm of Telit Communications (AIM:TCM), announced today that the UC864-G module has earned certification on the AT&T wireless network. The UC864-G is a 3.5G wireless data module designed for smart, embedded cellular applications requiring the global portability afforded by a radio structure comprised of quad-band support to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA. (more…)

(Cary, N.C. ) Strategic Guru, a full service marketing and communications agency, announced today the launch of their “Second Annual Worst Website Ever” contest. The purpose of the contest is to find the website of a business or organization that is most in need of a makeover. The winning entry, chosen by popular vote, will receive a prize package valued at over $9000 that includes refreshed design, copy-editing, development and search engine optimization services. (more…)

(Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C.) Windstream (NYSE: WIN) announces the expansion of its converged communications services to the Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C. markets. Windstream’s Dynamic Office and Total Office solutions combine voice, data and Internet services over the same connection for maximum value and flexibility. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) TapRoot Systems, Inc., a leading developer of software solutions for the smartphone market, announces TapRoot’s 3GPP 27.010 telephony CSY for the Symbian platform is now available as open source. TapRoot has open sourced their 3GPP 27.010 multiplexor telephony CSY under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). The CSY enables serial communications for low-level data point-to-point technology, and is used as the basis for customizing the logic for specific interprocessor communications between the applications processor and baseband devices. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced plans to launch their respective 4G mobile Internet services in additional cities in the fourth quarter of 2009. Each of the companies will offer 4G under their own 4G brand. Clearwire and Sprint will each launch 4G service in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina; Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas in November. Service will be available from both companies in Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii in early December. Consumers and businesses should expect to see additional network expansions throughout these cities, and a wide-range of independent marketing and advertising initiatives. (more…)

(Lexington, N.C.) Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lexcom, Inc., based in Lexington, N.C., for approximately $141 million in cash. (more…)

(Welcome, N.C.) Walker and Associates, Inc., a prominent, woman-owned, national distributor of telecommunications products and network deployment services based in Welcome, N.C., has agreed to purchase the non-affiliate operating assets of Windstream Supply LLC, a subsidiary of Windstream Corporation, based in Little Rock, Ark. The purchase will include the hiring of Windstream Supply’s sales and marketing staff and inventories necessary to support Windstream’s substantial non-affiliate (non-Windstream telephone company) customers. In addition to its existing operations in Welcome, N.C. and Winston-Salem, N.C., Walker will operate a satellite sales and marketing office in Alpharetta, Ga., which is the current location of the acquired Windstream functions. (more…)