GENBAND Enhances G2 Compact Gateway with International Interfaces, Critical Emergency Standalone Features

E1 Connectivity, Emergency Announcements and Variable Emergency Dial PlansAdded
PLANO, Texas--(Business Wire)--
GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of next-generation IP infrastructure
solutions, today announced several significant enhancements to the GENBAND G2
Compact Gateway that include interfaces and trunking for E1 circuits used in
most countries outside of the U.S., Canada and Japan. GENBAND has also
incorporated Emergency Standalone (ESA) features into the G2 that provide
emergency announcements and the ability to handle variable international
emergency dial plans.

GENBAND`s G2 Compact Gateway is a carrier-class, fully redundant, multipurpose
gateway in an environmentally hardened, small form factor chassis that enables
operators to buy capacity incrementally, without buying more than needed and
without consuming excess amounts of energy. Supporting up to 24 E1s, PRIs, or
T1s, the G2 combines an array of important features and functions in an
economically and environmentally friendly solution.

"We are pleased to extend the capabilities of our G2 Compact Gateway to meet the
E1 requirements of international markets while simultaneously addressing
worldwide ESA requirements in a single box," said Mehmet Balos, Chief Marketing
Officer at GENBAND. "Perhaps more than ever before, network operators across the
globe are seeking innovative solutions that meet their network evolution needs
while maintaining the lowest possible CapEx and OpEx levels. The G2 allows
operators to perform several different functions with a small, single box
ideally suited for distributed architectures."

Earlier this year, NetEvents, one of the key communication channels between
press, analysts and vendors in the IT networking and communications marketplace,
recognized the G2 Compact Gateway as the Telecoms Infrastructure Product of the
Year for the concrete advantages it provides operators in today`s challenging
economy. In presenting the award, Steve Broadhead, founder and director of
Broadband Testing Labs, commented "it was good to see a company with a working
technology that`s deliverable right now and that`s truly cost-effective."

The G2 is built to serve ILEC, RLEC, PTT, CLEC, and cable networks with the
ability to simultaneously support multiple service architectures including
Access Gateway (Voice over Broadband), Packet Line Gateway and Trunk Gateway.
The G2 is a cost effective platform that supports legacy networks, IMS, SIP
application servers, and softswitch-based networks.

As a Packet Line Gateway, the G2 product allows SIP application servers,
softswitches and IMS core products to provide call control and features to
customer lines on legacy access platforms like digital loop carriers and certain
Class 5 line frames including DCO and EWSD line frames. As a trunking gateway,
the G2 platform enables circuit-to-packet media conversion, CALEA, E911,
security and other services using H.248, MGCP, or SIP-based call control. The G2
supports all Packet Line Gateway and Trunk Gateway functions simultaneously,
eliminating the need for multiple elements for these functions.

Network Migration

Approximately 1.3 Billion voice lines are still served today by legacy TDM
equipment. By allowing softswitches or IMS networks to control services over
legacy TDM equipment like remotes, digital loop carriers (DLCs), and access
nodes (ANs), the G2 provides a cost-effective, rational path for network
migration and legacy asset re-use. In addition, the G2's small size and hardened
chassis allow it to operate in outdoor access plant cabinets under high heat
conditions. The G2 platform`s ESA feature ensures that legacy and next
generation access networks maintain intra-system and emergency calling if
softswitch communications to endpoints are disrupted.

Advanced FTTx Capabilities

As an access gateway, the G2 interworks TDM and VoIP protocols to allow Local
Exchange/Class 5 control over GPON, IP DSLAM and MSAN networks. By allowing
legacy switches to control voice lines on FTTx, the G2 provides a valuable,
cost-effective bridge until the operator deploys voice services using
softswitches or IMS. The G2's new, small form factor is particularly suited for
FTTx networks, since deployments can ramp slowly and therefore must be
affordable from day one.

Small Footprint / Low Power

The G2 is arguably the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly
universal gateway in its class. Its stackable, 2U chassis and
"gateway-on-a-blade" architecture allows operators to grow their networks
economically, scaling both port capacity and power in smaller increments.

The low-power G2 uses the latest generation of advanced, all-in-one DSPs and
platform architecture for high quality VoIP and fax/modem handling. The G2 is
compatible with IMS, TISPAN NGN, MSF, and PacketCable networks, and
interoperable with the world's leading softswitches, circuit switches, SIP
application servers, GENBAND border gateways, IP and TDM access equipment, and
CPE.

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.

GENBAND Inc.
Kim Lee, 972-265-3766
kim.lee@genband.com
or
Frank Puglia, 972-265-3612
frank.puglia@genband.com

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