[November 1, 2001]

Hughes Software Systems Partners With Brooktrout Technology

Hughes Software Systems (HSS), specialists in convergent network software, announced that it is collaborating with Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a provider of innovative communications hardware and software platforms, to simplify the development of wireless network solutions utilizing the latest 2.5G technology. Under the relationship, HSS' Gb protocol stack is being implemented on Brooktrout Technology's Netaccess Series network interface boards to provide OEM developers with a proven solution for packet data backhaul functions.

The collaboration combines Brooktrout Technology's Netaccess Series network interface boards with HSS' Gb protocol stack, providing OEM developers with a proven solution for backhaul functions that carry packet data between the Base Station Controller and the GPRS Gateway. HSS will provide the interface stack for both the base station system (BSS) and serving GPRS support node (SGSN) side of the Brooktrout boards. The HSS software also provides the ciphering algorithm, general packet radio service (GPRS) and GPRS2 for the Gb stack with the NS layer integrated with Brooktrout frame relay drivers. As a result of this collaboration, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building 2.5G/GPRS wireless infrastructure elements will be able to reduce development cost and quicken time to market.

"The HSS / Brooktrout alliance provides a smooth evolutionary path for OEM's building next generation wireless networks, mitigating risks and providing faster network rollouts" according to Manoranjan Mohapatra, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hughes Software Systems (HSS). "By partnering with Brooktrout, we have extended our emphasis on providing our customers with integrated solutions to reduce their development time."

"Our partnership provides developers with a solution for a critical piece of the wireless data infrastructure that enables a faster time to market and reduces the cost of building critical elements of the GPRS network" said Andrew O'Brien, Vice President and General Manager, New Public Networks Group at Brooktrout Technology. "This announcement is only the first step of a business and technology relationship with Hughes Software in the wireless data space".

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