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Tekelec Strengthens Its Next-Generation Switching Leadership; Company Achieves #1 Market Share for Media Gateway Shipments According to Dittberner
MORRISVILLE, N.C. --(Business Wire)-- May 25, 2005 -- Records Milestone Customer Growth with More Than Five Million Ports Shipped to More Than 225 Operators
Continuing its leadership in next-generation switching, Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) today announced it has shipped a record five million ports of its switching solutions to more than 225 operators around the globe. Tekelec's growth and leadership recently have been recognized with industry accolades, including being named the worldwide market-share leader for media gateway shipments by Dittberner Associates in its "Worldwide Q1 2005 NGN Shipments Analysis."
Dittberner also recognized Tekelec with the fourth-largest global market share in voice over packet switching equipment, with an 11 percent market share for all global shipments of Internet protocol (IP), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), time division multiplexing (TDM) carrier-grade softswitch, media gateway and integrated media gateway-softswitch platforms. Tekelec shipped more than 1.5 million switching ports during the first quarter of 2005.
"Tekelec's 'purpose-built' media gateways are uniquely positioned to address both wireline and wireless applications," said Lilian Tau, executive vice president of market research and consulting, Dittberner Associates Inc. "Tekelec achieved the #1 position in the worldwide media gateway market, showed the largest market share growth in the North American space with more than a 46 percent share and further extended its #1 position in the wireless media gateway segment."
Fred Lax, Tekelec's president and CEO, added, "Tekelec continues to reach significant new milestones that demonstrate our growing leadership in next-generation switching. Revenues from our switching solutions increased substantially, and we achieved record customer numbers during the first quarter of 2005. Our switching success combined with our industry-leading signaling and communications software solutions uniquely position Tekelec to provide cost-effective revenue-generating solutions to operators worldwide. We are pleased that our market leadership and quality of product and service offerings have been recognized by leading industry experts such as Dittberner."
About Tekelec
Tekelec is a leading developer of now and next-generation signaling and switching telecommunications solutions, business intelligence tools and value-added applications. Tekelec's innovative solutions are widely deployed in traditional and next-generation wireline and wireless networks and contact centers worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located in Calabasas, Calif., with research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com.
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