Industry Veteran Jack Sorci Joins GENBAND Management Team to Head Up Global Channel Sales

October 17, 2006, Plano, TX - GENBAND™ Inc., a leading provider of IMS-based telecommunications applications and infrastructure products enabling converged IP multimedia services, announced today that Jack Sorci has joined GENBAND to lead the company’s worldwide channel sales efforts. Jack Sorci, a former Alcatel and Sylantro executive with more than 25 years of channel development and sales experience, has joined GENBAND in the new position of Vice President, Business Development and Channel Sales. He is reporting to Charles Vogt, president and CEO of GENBAND, where he will be responsible for business development and leading the sales efforts of GENBAND’s growing channel partners.

“Jack Sorci is well respected within the telecommunications industry, having developed the channel for both multinationals and emerging companies alike,” said Charles Vogt, president and chief executive officer of GENBAND. “As GENBAND continues to grow its IMS-based portfolio of products, it’s very important for us to foster even closer channel relationships on a global level. Jack has proven he can be very successful with these efforts and we are extremely pleased that he has joined our team to ensure that we grow these channel efforts.”

“GENBAND is truly in a unique position with a growing product line that can fill portfolio gaps for a wide array of equipment providers. The recent acquisitions of BayPackets and the Siemens technologies makes this an exciting time as we enable carriers with best of breed IMS migration solutions.” said Jack Sorci. “I look forward to working closely with the GENBAND team to strengthen and broaden our partner relationships, increase sales on a global basis, and expand this dimension of GENBAND.”

With over 25 years in technology and telecommunications companies, Jack Sorci brings extensive experience working with both early stage and mature organizations. Most recently, as Corporate Officer and Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Channels for Sylantro Systems, Jack had overall responsibility for Sylantro’s sales channel strategy, partnerships, and alliances globally. In this role, Jack secured relationships (OEM and basic reseller) with Nortel, Alcatel, Siemens, IBM, Sonus, and Dynavar/Solunet. These partners carried a significant percentage of Sylantro’s revenue. Prior to Sylantro, Jack was Vice President of North America Channels where he directed Alcatel’s VoIP PBX entry into the marketplace through national and regional partnerships. While continuing with Alcatel’s Networking Division, he became responsible for North America Business Development and Alliances establishing landmark relationships for Alcatel. These included alliances with Verizon, NextiraOne, IBM and over 40 Interconnects. Prior to Alcatel, Jack was account vice president for DSC Corporation where he directed Access and Transmission teams to significant record growth. Jack has also held critical sales management roles with Teradyne, and Xerox Data Systems. Jack began his career at Xerox Data Systems and holds a BA degree in economics from Northwestern University.

About GENBAND™

GENBAND is the leading supplier of IP multimedia application and infrastructure products and solutions for a diverse set of VoIP and IMS networks worldwide. These IMS-ready applications and solutions enable wireline, cable, and wireless service providers to rapidly deploy new multimedia services, while providing a foundation to transition legacy networks to next generation networks. GENBAND has deployed its IP Multimedia products and technology to over 275 customers with more than 3,200 deployments, across three continents. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has research and development facilities in; Austin and Plano, Texas; and New Delhi, India. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.

Contacts:
Noah Sessions
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3664 (office)
noah.sessions@genband.com