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Tekelec Releases Next Generation Signaling Platform EAGLE XGMORRISVILLE, N.C. --(Business Wire)-- Tekelec (NASDAQ:TKLC), the network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, today announced the EAGLE® XG, a new signaling and session control platform that enables operators to deploy hybrid, next generation networks (NGNs) while leveraging existing technology investments. Tekelec's approach lowers capex and opex while delivering new services and improving network performance. Subscriber growth, the increase in wireless-enabled devices, and consumer demand for third-party applications on phones is driving operators to support millions of new Internet protocol (IP)-enabled devices. This increase requires larger network databases to manage traffic and routing information. Service providers must also maintain interoperability between new session initiation protocol (SIP) and existing Signaling System 7 (SS7) protocols on their hybrid networks in order to provide uninterrupted service and maximize the value of existing network assets. The EAGLE XG open hardware platform and applications give service providers a path forward from Tekelec's market share-leading signaling platform, the EAGLE 5, with a cost-effective, scalable migration to IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) or Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. "Service providers must meet customers' needs for new services while watching the bottom line, especially in today's economy," said Ron de Lange, executive vice president at Tekelec. "The EAGLE XG is a natural evolution of Tekelec's signaling technology that lets operators manage hybrid networks and expand next generation networks while consolidating and simplifying network architecture." The platform supports a converged database that enables multiple core network applications, reducing capex and opex by consolidating subscriber and network routing data and eliminating the need to manage, maintain and update databases for each application. Supports and Routes SIP Traffic The EAGLE XG SIP Signaling Router (SSR) overcomes the lack of core signaling and session control in softswitch-based NGNs by serving as a SIP proxy, bridging SIP- and SS7-based architectures to gain access to all routing information. The SSR introduces SIP routing directly into the core network, providing scalability and flexibility for hybrid and IP-centric networks. The system creates a centralized session framework that increases service and network flexibility and lays a foundation for cost-effective growth to support the increasing demand for voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia services. With a software upgrade, the SSR also serves as a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) to provide SIP signaling and session control for subscribers accessing IMS services. The application, built to 3GPP standards, enables operators to deliver next-generation, multimedia services to any device. Bridges Intelligent Network (IN) and SIP Technologies Tekelec's Service Broker enables operators to more quickly deploy existing and new services to their subscribers, reducing time to market and driving new revenues more rapidly. The application will blend IN and next-generation services by providing interaction between SS7 and SIP-based platforms. The result: increased average revenue per user (ARPU) and lower opex while maintaining service continuity across hybrid networks. Provides Turnkey Home Location Register (HLR) Routing The EAGLE XG also includes an HLR Router, which optimizes the use of subscriber numbers and number ranges by mapping subscriber numbers to an HLR. The routing optimization solution decreases capex and opex by eliminating operators' need to maintain subscriber number routing tables in every mobile switching center (MSC) and makes it easier to move subscribers from one HLR to another. The HLR Router is supported by the EAGLE XG converged database, which will support up to one billion subscriber numbers to easily meet the forecasted growth in wireless IP-enabled devices. This large subscriber routing database will also support number portability (NP), E.164 number mapping (ENUM), short message service (SMS) routing, prepaid routing, voicemail routing, subscriber classification, and more. EAGLE XG Platform The EAGLE XG platform is comprised of: a carrier-grade, field-proven Linux-based operating system; a middleware layer providing application and operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) frameworks; and an Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) blade server and/or Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS)-compliant, rack-mounted servers. The EAGLE XG HLR router has been selected by a Tier 1 operator, and SSR and Service Broker are in multiple Tier 1 operator trials. Applications can be purchased separately or together. For more information, Tekelec has published an SSR Application Handbook for download to provide operators with a reference guide for using an SSR to solve many next-generation network challenges. 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. 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 2007 Form 10-K, First Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q, Second Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q, Third Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the effect of the current or escalating economic crisis 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, changes in the market price of the Company's common stock and reductions in telecommunications carrier capital spending. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
