TIM Brasil Extends Tekelec Policy Management Agreement

MORRISVILLE, NC, Sep 13 (MARKET WIRE) --
TIM Brasil, a tier-one mobile operator with more than 55 million
subscribers, has extended its deal with Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) to manage
and monetize users' mobile data traffic. Tekelec's Policy Server, a
policy and charging rules function (PCRF), and its Subscriber Data
Management (SDM) product will help TIM Brasil offer new prepaid and
postpaid tariff plans for smartphone, tablet and netbook users. TIM
Brasil's marketing and network teams will be able to create new tiers and
promotions designed to grow market share and revenue, and to better
control network usage to lower capex and opex.

TIM Brasil initially selected Tekelec's PCRF in early 2010, when it was
the Camiant Multimedia Policy Engine. Tekelec acquired Camiant in May
2010. Earlier this year, the company augmented the Policy Server and SDM
scalability and flexibility by migrating them onto the Tekelec XG
middleware platform, designed to support tier one operator requirements
for 3G, IMS and LTE networks. TIM Brasil has been a Tekelec customer
since 2004, and has also deployed the company's Signal Transfer Point,
Mobile Messaging products and Performance Intelligence Center.

"The growth of mobile data and mobile broadband services is key to our
innovation and subscriber growth," said Rogerio Pahoor, core network
manager at TIM Brasil. "Tekelec's Policy Server and SDM support our
vision of more tailored plans that give customers personalized pricing
and services while allowing us to cost-efficiently grow our network.
Tekelec provides the unique combination of scalability, flexibility and
reliability required to capitalize on the growth of mobile data traffic
and devices."

According to a survey by the Brazilian Association of Telecommunications
(Telebrasil), the country's mobile broadband connections have nearly
doubled from 15.1 million in May 2010 to 29.7 million in July 2011.
Modems account for 6.9 million connections and 3G access comprises the
remaining 22.8 million connections.

Tekelec has 52 policy customers -- including 31 tier ones -- in 39
countries. In addition to Brazil, its Latin America footprint spans
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The company counts 34 SDM
customers -- including 11 tier ones -- in 22 countries.

Policy Server manages subscribers' access and use of devices,
applications and services based on operator-defined policies. These
policies direct traffic volumes and speeds, charging, admission control
and quality of service (QoS) parameters. Policy Server interoperates with
dozens of vendors' products, such as a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN),
deep packet inspection (DPI) software and video optimization gateway to
enable deployment in any type of network architecture. The SDM product
family is based on a flexible back-end database, the Subscriber Data
Server (SDS), that supports multiple front-end applications. TIM Brasil
is deploying Tekelec's SDS as a 3GPP Subscriber Profile Repository (SPR).

"TIM Brasil is proactively identifying innovative service plans and
network quality metrics to meet subscribers' growing demand for mobile
data," said Joao Plasschaert, sales director at Tekelec. "As Brazil's 3G
growth escalates and LTE is introduced in the coming years, Tekelec's
Policy Server and SDM will enable TIM Brasil to provide personalized
services while cost-effectively growing its network."

Supporting Resources
Policy Server product brief
Subscriber Data
Management (SDM) product brief
Subscriber Data Server (SDS) product
brief
An Intelligent Approach to Monetizing Mobile Broadband white paper

Policy Control and Mobile Video: Options for Managing Growth white
paper

About Tekelec
Tekelec connects people and devices to the mobile
Internet. Our portfolio's unique layer of network intelligence allows
service providers to both manage and monetize the exponential growth in
mobile web, video and applications traffic. Tekelec has more than 25
offices around the world serving customers in more than 100 countries.
For more information visit www.tekelec.com.

Contact:
Adam Parken
Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
(m) +1.919.413.2598
adam.parken@tekelec.com

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