25th Sep 2006 14:07
Spirent Communications (NYSE:SPM) (LSE:SPT), a global provider ofperformance analysis and service management solutions, announced todaythat GENBAND has chosen Spirent's Abacus 5000 as one of its primary IPTelephony performance assessment tools. GENBAND is a leading providerof IMS-based telecommunications applications and infrastructureproducts. Spirent's Abacus platform gives GENBAND a wide set oftesting capabilities combined with a superior technical support team.With its best-of-breed solutions, Spirent removes the complexity andworries of testing, giving its customers the freedom to focus ondesign and development. By partnering with Spirent, GENBAND will beable to enhance their development productivity by: £ -- Reduced test time with multi-user environments £ -- Experienced and responsive client services that enable effective test methodologies £ -- Comprehensive test capabilities that span feature development, system test and customer engineering £ "We pride ourselves on offering reliable products to enable ourcustomers' success," said Don Dill, Senior Director, SoftwareDevelopment, GENBAND. "By working with Spirent Communications productsand support team we are able to ensure that our IP-based products andsolutions are evaluated in the most thorough and timely mannerpossible." £ "Spirent is committed to working with customers like GENBAND tofurther the success of next-generation IP Telephony applications,"said Bahaa Moukadam, vice president of next-generation networks forSpirent Communications. "The capacity and functionality provided bythe Spirent Abacus platform enables thorough testing of scalability,performance, interoperability and quality for IP Telephonyapplications. This broad range of capability allows customers to focuson development and leave the test methodology to us." £ The Abacus 5000 allows softswitch and signaling gateway vendors toassess the performance of their equipment in an environment similar toa real network, one where QoS and security are enabled while operatingat extreme loads. This significantly reduces the time it takes toidentify faults and reduces the risk of faults being revealed inturn-up testing by a customer validation lab. Spirent Communications'Global Services team provides support and education services focusedon helping customers meet their complex testing and evaluationrequirements. £ About Spirent Communications £ Spirent Communications (www.spirentcom.com) is a global providerof integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems thatenable the development and deployment of next-generation networkingtechnology such as Internet telephony, broadband services, 3Gwireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network securityequipment. Spirent Communications' solutions are used by more than1,700 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largestequipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises andgovernments. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Spirent Communications has 1,800employees worldwide. Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares aretraded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New YorkStock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) in the form ofAmerican Depositary Shares (ADS), represented by American DepositaryReceipts, with one ADS representing four Ordinary shares. SpirentCommunications' sales to the United States government are made throughSpirent Federal Systems Inc. www.spirentfederal.com £ About GENBAND £ GENBAND is the leading supplier of IP multimedia application andinfrastructure products and solutions for a diverse set of VoIP andIMS networks worldwide. These IMS-ready applications and solutionsenable wireline, cable, and wireless service providers to rapidlydeploy new multimedia services, while providing a foundation totransition legacy networks to next generation networks. GENBAND hasdeployed its IP Multimedia products and technology to over 100customers with more than 750 deployments, across three continents.Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has research and developmentfacilities in Fremont, California; Austin and Plano, Texas; and NewDelhi, India. Additional information is available at www.genband.com. £ Spirent, Spirent Communications and the Spirent logo aretrademarks or registered trademarks of Spirent plc. All othertrademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held by theirrespective companies. All rights reserved. £ This press release may contain forward-looking statements that arebased on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions aboutfuture events. By their nature, forward-looking statements areinherently predictive, speculative and involve risk and uncertaintybecause they relate to events and depend on circumstances that willoccur in the future. 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