Scope of Registration Includes All Business and
Support Activities Within PRA

RESTON, Va.
The scope of the registration includes all business and support segments
within PRA, including the design, development and conduct of clinical trials,
information technology, quality assurance, business development, human
resources, and finance. Companies seeking registration must demonstrate
their ability to consistently provide products or services that meet customer
and regulatory requirements to the satisfaction of an independent third party
auditor.
Sun will also host a Web site to help increase participation by using
streaming proceedings, real-time inquiry forums and tools for interaction with
other delegates and youth activists around the world.

Contact: Carolyn Rohrer of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Major brand customers include Volvo,
Sony Pictures, MSN, Citibank, Siemens, Ogilvy, Yahoo!, and Dunkin' Donuts.

Contact:
Lisa Throckmorton
On behalf of Mobile 365
Tel: 703.net

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I believe PRA's achievement furthers our aim to develop
long-term customer relationships by earning their confidence in our clinical
development services."

PRA International
PRA International is one of the world 's leading clinical development
organizations, with over 2,500 employees working from offices in North
America, Europe, South America, Africa, Australia and Asia. PRA delivers
services to its clients through a unique approach called Project
Assurance(SM), which represents the company's commitment to reliable service
delivery, program-level therapeutic expertise, global access to knowledge, and
involved senior management. Adolf Ogi, special adviser
to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace and former
president of Switzerland, the New York Office supports these activities and is
organizing the Youth Summit series as part of this effort.

Mobile 365 Opens New Market in South Africa Reaching 26 Million Subscribers

The South African market
alone has the largest growth on the continent, with a current active
subscriber base of more than 26 million.

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The energy and commitment of this
new generation of leaders are vital for efforts to achieve these and the other
Millennium Development Goals for 2015, which were endorsed by world leaders.

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Djibril Diallo, director of the UN
New York Office of Sport for Development and Peace and chair of the UN Youth
Summit series."

Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit II
The Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit II is designed to help the next
generation of Africa's leaders face the tremendous challenges outlined at the
United Nations Millennium Summit held in September 2000. To encourage wider use of sport for
development and peace, the UN proclaimed 2005 the International Year of Sport
and Physical Education.mobile365.com

Cherry Giles/Thomas Flisher
Octopus Communications (for Mobile 365)
Tel: 0845 3700 655
Email: cherry@octopuscomms.

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Hall, Lead Auditor at BVQi, called PRA a truly global company.
Sun Chief Researcher and member of the United Nations Information and
Communications Technology Taskforce John Gage will keynote at the conference
to discuss the power of information and communication technologies to connect
global youth leaders and help them to join the Participation Age.

About Sun Microsystems
A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets., +1-415-294-5084, or
carolyn. Number
portability is expected in early 2006 , and Mobile 365's Network Query Service
-- launched in September 2005 as part of its billing maximisation strategy --
will enable content providers to determine the home network of a given mobile
subscriber , resulting in improved billing rates and reduced message sending
costs.

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ISO 9001:2000 is the latest international standard for Quality Management
Systems set forth by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

CONTACT: Brian Roberts of PRA International, +1-703-464-6323 ,
RobertsBrian@PRAIntl. Sun will
also run a workshop offering delegates training on information technology
-- including how to share information, create Web sites and blogs, and use
chat groups .com.
(Logo: http://www.

TO ARRANGE A BRIEFING ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA with
CHARLES DAMEN, SENIOR DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MOBILE 365
AT 3GSM BARCELONA,
please contact Tom Flisher: 0845 3700 655; email tom@octopuscomms .

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"I am very proud of PRA International and our achievement of this
important milestone and wish to congratulate every PRA employee," said Pat
Donnelly, PRA President and Chief Executive Officer .

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South Africa is served by the three
mobile operators: Cell C, MTN, and Vodacom.

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The Participation Age
Sun believes the world is entering a new era -- a Participation Age
-- where dramatically lowered barriers to entry, plummeting device prices,
and near-universal connectivity are driving a new round of network
participation.

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(Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced
that Sun will take an active role in the second Pan-African Youth Leadership
Summit in Morocco, part of a global UN initiative to mobilize a new generation
of leaders to meet such challenges as ending extreme poverty and stemming the
spread of HIV/AIDS.
"Our Johannesburg office presents a rare opportunity for our customers to gain
early market share, establish and build their brands, and develop a
sustainable competitive advantage in a market that is rapidly expanding. Premium SMS has been available across all operators for
18 months, and the market operates on five-digit short codes.

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This growth in the
network economy is fueled by sharing and collaboration among communities
interconnected by technology and driven by purpose.

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Solaris , and The Network
Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc .

At the same time, operators such as MTN and Vodacom are expanding into the
remainder of Africa, where the GSMA -- as well as network, handset, and base
station providers -- is finding innovative ways to connect millions of people
with no other access to telephony services.
"We have accessed an entire continent's worth of business just by opening
one office," says Howard Stevens, Mobile 365 Vice President, Sales - EMEA.
Headquartered outside of Washington, D.

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, PRA International
(Nasdaq: PRAI), a leading global clinical research organization, announced
today that the company has received ISO 9001:2000 registration for its global,
integrated management system following an extensive and comprehensive audit by
Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQi).
It is recognized globally as the guideline for establishing and maintaining an
effective quality program.com or call our World Headquarters at
+1 (703) 464-6300. There, leaders from
around the world endorsed the Millennium Development Goals, committing to
reduce poverty by half, ensure universal quality education , empower women,
reduce mortality rates among mothers and their children, halt the spread of
HIV /AIDS and achieve environmental sustainability by 2015.
For more information, visit: http://www.287 .

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PRA International Receives ISO 9001:2000 Registration

"PRA has always stressed
the importance of quality and reliability of its services."
Don E. Under the guidance of Mr.5G and 3G services , as well as by the imminent enablement of Mobile
Terminated (MT) billing across all mobile operators , opening up opportunities
for local and global content providers.7803
Email: lisa@sheahedges .

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ISO 9001:2000
registration is compelling evidence of PRA's ongoing commitment to be the best
in our industry. does so."
"We are one of many technology companies who have built global
connectivity ," said Gage.com; or Richard Leonard of United Nations, +1-212-457-1254,
or richard. First International SMS Aggregator to Enter Local Market

LONDON, Mobile 365, the global leader in mobile
messaging and data services, today announced that is has opened an office in
Johannesburg , the commercial centre of South Africa, thereby extending its
reach into the booming African mobile market.
In January 2006, Mobile 365 deployed premium services across all local
operators for its first European customer to enter South Africa.net/thomas@octopuscomms.

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The BVQi audit team thoroughly examined the company's business
processes, data and records, interviewed employees and monitored the work in
process at PRA's offices throughout the world. Sun's participation is a component of its "Share the
Opportunity" global giving strategy designed to help break down barriers to
network access around the world. Sun also believes that
sharing and collaboration in the Participation Age will stimulate innovation
to help all participants from across the world grow and prosper.leonard@undp .org.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040920/DCM016LOGO )
Over the past five years, mobile communication has grown faster in sub-
Saharan Africa than in most parts of the world.

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United Nations Taps Sun Microsystems to Extend Momentum and Network Connectivity for the Second Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit Held August 18-23 in Ifran

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The United Nations and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
As the Summit's first private sector sponsor, Sun will provide the network
technology and training needed to assist the delegates to better connect with
each other and participate at the event, as well as stay in contact , monitor
progress of initiatives and plan future activities following the conference.
Mobile 365 is the only international aggregator to have connections to all
three of South Africa's local operators.

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To learn more about PRA International, please visit
http://www.
"We are looking forward to partnering with Sun since access to technology
is crucial to engaging and connecting young people, but is largely unavailable
in developing parts of the world," said Dr. in the United States and other countries.C. Major operator customers include Verizon Wireless,
Vodafone, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Telcel, Telefonica, O2, China Mobile,
China Unicom, Hutchison, and Airtel.

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The ISO 9001:2000 registration confirms the company's commitment to
quality, and serves as acknowledgement of PRA's customer-first focus. This important distinction also certifies that PRA
achieved each of the requirements of the standard in all of the company's
operations worldwide.
The Summit will use the occasion of the International Year of Sport and
Physical Education 2005 to highlight the positive role that sports can play in
promoting health, education, development and peace.
The Kingdom of Morocco is hosting the Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit
II at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, on August 18-23 , bringing together
more than 200 youth leaders from across the continent , as well as youth
representing previous summits for the Asia and the Pacific region and Latin
America and the Caribbean. From blogs to Java(TM) technology, SMS messages to Web
services, participants are forming communities to drive change, create new
businesses, new social services, and new discoveries . This gives Mobile 365's global
operator and brand customers access to more than 26 million subscribers , and
enables them to directly participate in mobile growth throughout Africa. With more than 120 Premium SMS connections, Mobile 365 offers
the largest truly global network for the deployment of Premium services.

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"The Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit is an important
channel for demonstrating how the power of sport can help accelerate progress
towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the
forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.

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About Mobile 365
Delivering two billion messages per month , Mobile 365 leads the world in
the global delivery and settlement of mobile messaging and data services ,
including SMS, MMS, and WAP. With reach to more than 500 mobile operators
around the world, Mobile 365 is at the forefront of mobile interoperability
messaging and the distribution of premium content and value-added services.

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Additional growth in South Africa is being fueled by the deployment of
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"In the over 200 companies visited and the 400
audits that I have conducted, I have also never been associated with a more
professional group. "Today, we are working to move beyond connectivity
to participation, to enable a new generation to use ubiquitous global access
to build a new future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

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"Things were so impeccably consistent , if it were not for the accents of
the people in some locations, I would have never known that I was in a
different office," he said.
Sun's support for interconnectivity can play a key role with the new
generation, since only 1 percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa and 4 percent
of those in developing countries worldwide use the Internet, while more than
half the population of the U.rohrer@sun."
Mobile 365's move into South Africa reinforces its leadership position in
global messaging and data services, and is in keeping with the company's
objective to continue to provide its customers with fresh revenue generation
opportunities.

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BVQi (NA), PRA International 's partner in the ISO 9001:2000 certification
process, has certified over 52,000 companies around the world and stresses the
need for continuous improvement as well as their commitment to adding value
throughout the process.prainternational. From Awareness to Action - Global Youth Leaders Work to Bring Stability,
Economic Advancement, Better Healthcare, Education, and Greater Equity to
Their Communities

UNITED NATIONS and SANTA CLARA, Calif . The Summit is being organized by the UN New York
Office of Sport for Development and Peace, the United Nations Development
Program, and the Global Peace Initiative of Women, with support from the
private sector, including Sun Microsystems.
The regional Youth Leadership Summits are mobilizing young leaders
worldwide and will culminate in a Global Youth Leadership Summit at United
Nations General Assembly Hall in New York in August 2006.

About the United Nations New York Office of Sport for Development and
Peace
The United Nations has long recognized the power of sport and physical
education to improve the lives of individuals and societies, especially youth,
and promote tolerance and peace.
The South African subscriber base, as in other African countries , is
roughly 80% pre-paid., Mobile 365 has offices in Beijing,
Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg , Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid,
Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore ,
Sydney, and Taipei.com.