Plano, TX, March 31, 2009 - GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of IP infrastructure solutions, today announced the  S9™ IP gateway, uniquely integrating session, security, and deep packet inspection in an efficient design that provides unmatched scale and flexibility, as well as energy and space efficiency. The 14-slot S9 Multimedia IP platform complements the company’s existing two-slot, ATCA-based S2™ Gateway. Both the S2 and S9 build on GENBAND's extensive experience in providing carrier grade, best-in-class IP infrastructure gateway technology with over 50 million gateway ports deployed world-wide. GENBAND will be showcasing the S9 platform at CTIA Wireless 2009, April 1 – 3, in Las Vegas, at Booth 6906.

“The S9 represents our latest innovation for IP-based applications and is central to the expansion of our ATCA strategy for fixed and mobile broadband,” said Charlie Vogt, CEO of GENBAND. “Complementing our market leading S3 Session Border Gateway, our initial rollout phase of the S9 delivers scale, additional feature content and enhanced performance, while later phases will integrate FMC Security and Deep Packet Inspection.   The S9 platform clearly demonstrates GENBAND’s commitment to delivering gateway innovation for addressing IMS, FMC and LTE technologies.”

The GENBAND S9 SBC provides a comprehensive increase in capacity, including signaling bandwidth of up to 12Gbps, media bandwidth up to 24Gbps and up to 150,000 concurrent sessions and 900 Calls Per Second. The tier-one, carrier-class SBC capabilities include peering/interconnect and access; superior protocol and network interworking and interoperability; multi-level security for networks and applications; session and service level visibility via real-time analytics; carrier grade redundancy; and Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (FCAPS) management via the widely-used GenView™ EMS.

“GENBAND’s ATCA design approach to the S9 is compelling as it enables them to build higher scale at lower cost and provide more flexibility than proprietary hardware alternatives,” said Stéphane Téral, Principal Analyst of Service Provider Mobile and FMC Infrastructure at Infonetics. “The S9 is a logical evolution for GENBAND as mobile broadband increasingly becomes the future for operators worldwide.”

GENBAND's S9 platform provides network border solutions for fixed and mobile and operators, integrating high value, closely-aligned features that control signaling and voice or multimedia streams between end users and the network operator, or between network operators. The S9 provides the security, QoS and IP mobility required to manage new revenue-generating voice and multimedia services for IP-based applications, including: Femtocell, Voice over WiMAX, Voice over WiFi/WLAN access, Secured VoIP Access (UNI), Secured IP Network Interconnect or VoIP Peering (NNI), Secured IM, Presence, Messaging, Gaming and IPTV.

The S9 hardware is a carrier-class Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) chassis. It offers full high-availability (HA) with sub-second failover and supports hot-swappable components, with in-service platform upgrades.
 

About GENBAND
GENBAND is a global leader and innovator of next generation IP media, session border and fixed mobile convergence security solutions deployed in over half of the world’s 100 largest service providers. These high-performance gateway solutions are at the core of fixed and mobile networks around the world - evolving, securing and enhancing communications networks. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has Centers of Excellence in Brazil, China, Maryland, Massachusetts and Texas, and serves customers and partners in more than 80 countries. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.

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GENBAND Inc.                         GENBAND Inc.
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