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Tekelec Named as Global Leader in Number Portability Market Share(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MORRISVILLE, NC, March 10 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), the network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, has the leading market share of 35 percent for real-time connection number portability solutions, according to a new report from industry research and consultancy firm Analysys Mason. Tekelec's number portability solution is deployed in carriers serving 750 million subscribers, out of more than two billion global subscribers who had number porting capability in 2008. Tekelec's EAGLE? 5 signaling platform provides number portability either in a standalone configuration or an integrated configuration also supporting standards-compliant signal transfer point (STP) functions and other signaling-related functions, as well as core network applications such as optimized routing for home location registers (HLRs) and voicemail servers. "Analysys Mason's market analysis identifies Tekelec's position as the lead provider of number portability solutions," said Mark Main, senior analyst at Analysys Mason. "Our analysis also suggests that Tekelec's strength has been sustained in recent years as carriers make the transition into SIGTRAN, often referred to as SS7 over Internet Protocol (IP)." Number portability requires operators to determine the home network of a called party to terminate calls, deliver messages and initiate other services to ported numbers. Tekelec brings more than a decade of number portability experience, deploying the industry's first integrated number portability solution in 1997 with Bell Atlantic (now Verizon). Today, Tekelec has 79 number portability customers in 28 countries, and most recently delivered number portability solutions to T-Mobile Germany, operators in Romania and several operators in Latin America. "Customers expect number portability to work as smoothly as voice, text messaging and other mobile services," said Ron de Lange, executive vice president at Tekelec. "Operators derive the most value from integrated signaling and number portability solutions to maximize services' flexibility, scalability and reliability." According to the Number Portability Research Note, since the late 1990s 65 countries have deployed number portability capabilities for fixed-line and/or mobile numbers, and another 24 markets are scheduled to implement number portability by 2012. Number portability was first implemented in Western Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific markets. Analysys Mason predicts that future number portability growth will be driven mainly by emerging markets in Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America. For more information, Tekelec has made the following whitepapers available for download: Operator Guidelines for Number Portability Challenges for ITU or ANSI-based Networks and ENUM: Call Routing in an all IP World. About Tekelec Tekelec leverages its global leadership in core multimedia session control and network intelligence to ensure scalable, secure and highly available communications. The company's leading signaling solutions enable the interworking of different network applications, technologies and protocols, providing a smooth transition to next-generation networks. Corporate headquarters are located near Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, N.C., U.S.A., with research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com. About Analysys Mason (www.analysysmason.com) Analysys Mason delivers strategy advice, operations support, and market intelligence worldwide to leading commercial and public-sector organisations in telecoms, IT, and media. Analysys Mason consistently delivers significant and sustainable business benefits. We are respected worldwide for the exceptional quality of our work, our independence and the flexibility of our teams in responding to client needs. The company has headquarters in London and offices in Cambridge, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris, Singapore and Washington DC. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Certain statements made in this press release are forward looking, reflect the Company's current intent, belief or expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual future performance may differ materially from such expectations as a result of important risk factors, which include, in addition to those identified in the Company's 2008 Form 10-K and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the effect of the current or escalating economic crisis including the impact of credit availability and currency fluctuations on overall telecommunications spending by our customers, the current or further detrimental changes in general economic, social, or political conditions in the countries in which we operate, the timeliness and functional competitiveness of our product releases, our ability to maintain OEM, partner, and vendor support and supply relationships, our ability to compete with other manufacturers that have lower cost bases than ours and/or are partially supported by foreign governments or employ other unfair trade practices, and changes in the market price of the Company's common stock. 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