WIRELESS SURGE IN THE U.S. MARKET CONTINUES.

In a breaking report from RCR Wireless News, the surge for wireless in the US market continued in the fourth quarter.

T-Mobile USA reported a "company record" 1.4 million net customer additions while Verizon Wireless claimed an "industry-record" 2 million net customer additions. Cingular reported a "company record" 1.8 million subscribers during the fourth quarter.

Even more interesting? Verizon Wireless' data services revenue for the year totaled $2.2 billion. More than double its 2004 figure. This spells a turn in a marketplace that was largely biased towards voice service revenue. With data service revenue on the rise, expect more data infrastructure investments to support this trend.

Verizon Wireless reported 23.7 million data customers at the end of 2005, up 43% from 2004 and even touted that 3.5 million customers were using their higher-speed 3G network.

To read the full story, please click here:
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25452

SPRINT USA RELEASES WIRELESS CONSUMER USAGE REPORT

According to a ground-breaking study of its customer base, U.S. mobile carrier Sprint has confirmed that a nationwide sampling of 676 consumers use their mobile devices as a makeshift torch in the dark! :-)

In addition, one third of respondents expressed a desire to play games on their phone. What was even more interesting were the places and locations where they played games. The results show that:

• 57% played games while in the doctor's office
• 52% played games while commuting
• 37% played games while waiting in airport terminals
• 32% played games while using the toilet (!)

We thank Sprint USA for sharing these findings with the wireless community. We've learned a lot today. :-)

For the full article, please click here:

http://www.mobileindustry.biz/article.php?article_id=1015

MOBILE GAMES MEAN BUSINESS

According to an Emarketer.com intelligence report, mobile games have grown into a multi-billion dollar market.

James Belcher, Senior Analyst at Emarketer.com states that current worldwide mobile gaming revenue at $2.5 billion has confirmed that mobile gaming is not a fad.

He further concludes that markets with GSM as the dominant protocol allow developers to support the greatest number of handsets. According to www.GSMworld.com, there are over 1.6 billion subscriber's on the GSM network standard alone. Our wireless platform currently supports over 1000 mobile devices worldwide.

How do we do it? Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform is network-agnostic and allows mobile gaming applications to work with two global standards: CDMA2000 (1Xrtt -- also marketed with some wireless providers as "1X ready") and GSM/GPRS (GPRS representing the data wireless portion of the network standard). To the game player, this network support is transparent. They only require a data wireless plan with their local wireless provider and any games powered by Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform will simply work when they play.

Players can take advantage of play for fun and play for real money casino games from many gaming operators powered by Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform.

Perhaps the most interesting and obvious statement from Mr. Belcher: "Powerful branding opportunities arise with the potential to reach a highly-targeted audience wherever they happen to be, including, for the first time, places outside of home and work." Gaming operators realize that reaching the customer beyond the PC is the next channel strategy to help widen their brand reach and improve customer experience and relationships. As a result, gaining a foothold on mobile phones and devices TODAY helps gaming operators extend and build their brand directly in the hands of players.

For the full www.Emarketer.com article, please visit:
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003770 (this January 10th article becomes inaccessible after a certain period of time).

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Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform supports over 1000 mobiles devices powered by Windows Mobile for PocketPC and Smartphone, Palm, Java phones, WAP browser phones, RIM Blackberry 7000 series devices and even the i-Mode network. For additional information regarding Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform, please contact our sales team at sales@phantomfiber.com.

About Phantom Fiber Coporation

Phantom Fiber Corporation (OTCBB: PHFB - News) is the leading developer of wireless platform software that enables our customers to deliver high-performance applications across global communications networks to mobile users. Our wireless platform extends the rich multimedia content and user experience of existing Internet web sites securely and instantly to a wide array of wireless devices including PDAs and programmable cellphones. This platform is already deployed to most segments of the global gaming industry and can be used by enterprises seeking to implement high performance mobile applications in such markets as: remote medical record access by physicians; securities research and trading; and, remote monitoring and the management of logistics and distribution. Phantom Fiber's Advanced Wireless Platform supports over 1000 mobile devices worldwide and includes a host of new features of benefit to gaming operators serving a global audience.

REALITY CHECK: ARE THESE "10 Tech Trends for 2006" on Target?

In the December 19/26 issue of eWeek, the "Innovations Supplement" lists 10 predictions for the New Year. These predictions are provided by Nucleus Research with feedback by the eWeek staff.

In the #10 position for 2006 Tech Trends, their prediction is:
WIRELESS FINALLY WORKS

Nucleus says:
Wireless access continues to increase as competition continues to drive down costs

Ziff Davis observes:
We've already cut many of our cords

Phantom Fiber says:
We could not have said it better ourselves.

GAMBLINGONLINEMAGAZINE.COM RELEASES 2005 READERS AWARDS POLL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR READERS!

We would like to extend our best wishes for 2006!

And now onto business. The votes are in and the ballots have been counted. Not only do we have winners but we also have honorable mentions. And guess what? Some of Phantom Fiber's leading client brands and partners have been selected by the readers from www.GamblingOnlineMagazine.com in a variety of award categories.

Below you will find current crop of winners and honorable mentions who work with Phantom Fiber to extend their exciting brand of gaming entertainment to the mobile universe.

It comes as no surprise that sportsbook powerhouse and leading sportsbook brand www.BetWWTS.com has raked in awards and honorable mentions. The www.BetWWTS.com windfall includes:

1. Winner for Top Sportsbook Sign-Up Bonus
2. Honorable Mention for Top Sportsbook Rewards Program, Top Sportsbook Software, Top Sportsbook

In the sofware provider category, gaming partner www.RealTimeGaming.com receives honorable mention for Top Casino Software. In the Best Payouts category, www.WinwardCasino.com also receives honorable mention.

Congratulations to our partners and client operators for getting noticed by the readers at www.GamblingOnlineMagazine.com!

To keep on top of special mentions and awards, visit our growing list of clients at http://www.phantomfiber.com/clients.php and gaming partners at http://www.phantomfiber.com/gaming_technology.php

For a full review of http://www.GamblingOnlineMagazine.com reader poll awards, click here.