Ixia Completes Acquisition of Wireless Test Vendor Catapult Communications

Combined company expands suite of test platforms that enable telecommunications
equipment manufacturers and service providers to accelerate deployment of
converged multimedia networks
CALABASAS, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading, global provider of converged IP performance test
systems, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Catapult
Communications Corporation ("Catapult") for approximately $105 million, or $63
million net of Catapult`s cash and investments. The acquisition was conducted by
means of a tender offer for all of the outstanding common shares of Catapult,
and was completed by a merger that was effected on Tuesday June 23.

With the additional wireless solutions from the Catapult acquisition, Ixia has
expanded its suite of test platforms that enable service providers to accelerate
deployment of wireless services based on converged networks that support
increasingly powerful, engaging, and complex multimedia applications.

Growing deployment of multimedia applications through smartphones and notebooks
has already stressed the data capacity requirements of wireless networks.
Smartphones are increasingly being used as on-ramps to the multimedia Internet
rather than just to make phone calls. Wireless networks need to be provisioned,
deployed and tested with next-generation media-rich services in mind from day
one.

With this acquisition, Ixia becomes a single source solution for testing
converged multi-play IP services over wireless and wireline networks to telecom
equipment manufacturers and global service providers. Catapult`s 3G and 4G
wireless networking test solutions provide solutions for testing the next
generation network infrastructure and applications. These solutions are an
excellent complement to Ixia`s existing line of IP performance test systems and
post-deployment service verification platforms.

Catapult`s advanced wireless test systems deliver superior high-performance
solutions for hundreds of protocols and variants, including LTE, IMS, UMTS,
WiMAX, CDMA, VoIP, GPRS, GSM and SS7. Ixia uses large-scale protocol simulations
that accurately model real-world subscriber behavior to test end-to-end networks
and sub-systems. This approach accelerates service providers` time to market
with networks that can be deployed with confidence and quality.

"It`s essential that next-generation converged networks be tested from the edge
through to the core in order to deliver excellent quality of experience to
millions of subscribers," said Atul Bhatnagar, President and CEO of Ixia. "With
the addition of the Catapult line, Ixia will be able to help service providers
create long-lasting customer loyalty and revenue acceleration in an
unprecedented way."

About Ixia

Ixia is a leading provider of converged IP performance test systems and service
verification platforms for wireless and wired infrastructures and services.
Ixia`s test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers,
semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to
validate the performance and reliability of complex networks, devices and
applications. Ixia`s multiplay test systems address the growing need to test
voice, video and data services and network capability under real-world
conditions.

Ixia, Catapult and the Ixia four-petal logo are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Ixia. Other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

Ixia
Kelly Maloit, Director of Public Relations
Dir: 818-444-2957
kmaloit@ixiacom.com
or
Vantage Communications for Ixia
Jennifer Kutz
Dir: 415-984-1970 x112
jkutz@pr-vantage.com

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