GENBAND's Leadership Position in Global Wireless Media Gateway Market Reaffirmed
Company Leads Global and North American Markets in Ports Shipped
April 1, 2008, Plano, TX - GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of next-generation IP gateways and application solutions, today announced the company continues to hold the number one market position in 2007 for wireless media gateway ports shipped in North America and worldwide, based on a report just released from independent analyst firm Synergy Research Group, Inc. Capitalizing on its momentum in the market and growth in next generation network deployments, GENBAND is aggressively pursuing global growth opportunities for wireless media gateways.
“GENBAND has two powerful things working for them. They have a solid, scaleable IP platform and long-standing partnerships with companies like Alcatel-Lucent, one of the industry’s leading mobile softswitch companies, with deployments in multiple large service provider networks,” says Jeremy Duke, President & CEO, Synergy Research Group. “As mobile operators continue to migrate their core networks to IP, GENBAND is in a unique position to benefit from this growing network investment.”
The Synergy study, which included all significant providers of media gateway ports worldwide, concluded that GENBAND captured more than 20 percent of the global market during the 4th quarter of 2007 and maintained the lead not only for the quarter but for the full year.
“We take great pride in our ability to lead today’s dynamic wireless media gateway market,” said Mehmet Balos, GENBAND’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “GENBAND delivers a comprehensive portfolio of media gateways that support today’s voice and data services and is driving the evolution from TDM to IP and Next-Generation Networks. With worldwide deployment capabilities and support, the scalability to support small and large networks, and best of breed partners, GENBAND has the expertise and experience required to deliver superior service to the network leaders of today and tomorrow.”
GENBAND will showcase its G9 Converged Media Gateway™ with innovative packet-to-packet mobile access gateway capabilities in its booth (#6365) at the CTIA Wireless exhibition in Las Vegas, April 1-3, 2008. Designed for 3G networks, Packet Access Gateway for the G9 platform complements GENBAND's comprehensive gateway portfolio with features that enable mobile operators to cost-effectively deploy femtocell, WiMAX and WiFi access--with a smooth migration path to 4G networks.
About GENBAND
GENBAND is a leading supplier of next generation IP gateway and application solutions. These high-performance gateway and application platforms enable fixed wireline, mobile, and cable network service providers to rapidly deploy new multimedia services. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has research and development facilities in Texas, China, and India. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.
Contacts:
Kim Lee
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3766
kim.lee@genband.com
Lora Friedrichsen
Ketchum for GENBAND
+1.214.259.3444 (office)
lora.friedrichsen@ketchum.com
