Tekelec Policy Server "Sets the Standard in the Industry" With Five-Star Product Review

MORRISVILLE, NC, Oct 03 (MARKET WIRE) --
Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), the mobile broadband solutions company, received
an unprecedented five-star rating in the policy and charging rules
function (PCRF) product review category from industry analyst firm
Current Analysis. Joe McGarvey, principal analyst, IP services
infrastructure at Current Analysis, said, "The Tekelec Policy Server sets
the standard in the industry against which all other policy controllers
will be measured."

McGarvey said Tekelec's Policy Server "is at or near the top of the
competitive landscape in multiple buying criteria, including performance,
deployments (both quantity and industry profile), features, and
flexibility, as well as interoperability with third-party policy and
charging ecosystem components."

The Policy Server gives service providers a way to generate new revenue
and to lower their network operating costs with differentiated service
offerings, simplified pricing plans and traffic management options.
Tekelec's PCRF allows operators to create policies that manage
subscribers' access and use of devices, applications and services to
direct traffic volumes and speeds, charging, admission control and
quality of service (QoS) parameters.

The five-star rating surpasses the scores given to PCRF products from
nine other companies, ranging from large equipment vendors to other
independent policy providers. Differentiators Current Analysis cited for
Tekelec's Policy Server include:

-- Product performance: "Tekelec claims the platform is capable of
handling 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) on a single blade and
100,000 TPS on a single system, figures that significantly exceed the
claims of any other competitor."
-- Customer deployments: "The Tekelec Policy Server is deployed in over
50 networks, including several prominent mobile operators, such as
Vodafone, Telefonica, and Verizon Wireless' groundbreaking LTE
network." The report states that "the Tekelec Policy Server is one of
the most prolifically deployed platforms on the market" and the
Verizon Wireless LTE deployment "provides Tekelec with a strong
reference and validation of the product's suitability for
next-generation broadband networks."
-- "Market-leading deployment flexibility": the Policy Server is
integrated with Tekelec's Subscriber Data Management and SIP- and
Diameter-based session management solutions, and has "amassed a
market-leading number of interoperability partnerships with adjacent
solution providers, such as DPI, GGSN, edge router, content
optimization, and online charging system vendors." Current Analysis
concluded that, "Operators that deploy the Tekelec Policy Server are
likely to have little difficulty integrating the platform into its
policy and charging infrastructure."

"We design our products to support scalability and flexibility for
the world's largest and most innovative service providers," said Doug
Suriano, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at
Tekelec. "Policy management must address each customer's unique network
topology, subscriber base, geography, pricing models, and provide the
path forward for them to increase revenues and manage costs associated
with mobile data."

The Current Analysis review continues Tekelec's product accolades in
2011. Earlier this year, Analysys Mason named Tekelec the "leading
independent software vendor in the policy management segment" for the
second consecutive year. Frost & Sullivan also recognized Tekelec's
Diameter Signaling Router for the "New Product Innovation Award, Diameter
Routing" for its superior ability to help operators overcome Diameter
signaling challenges in LTE networks.

Supporting Resources
Current Analysis Product Assessment: Tekelec Policy
Server
Policy Server product brief
Subscriber Data Management (SDM)
product brief
An Intelligent Approach to Monetizing Mobile Broadband
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
(o) +1.919.653.9681
adam.parken@tekelec.com

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