Tecore Wins Converged GSM-CDMA Network Expansion Order from Ningiq

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

All-IP Multi-Technology Architecture, with Satellite Backhaul, Innovative Features And Ease of Scalability, Is Ideal Fit for Rural Mobile Operators

System Being Showcased at Mobile World Congress, Tecore Networks Stand 8C78

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – Tecore Networks, a global supplier of multi-technology 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network infrastructure, today announced that Ningiq, a joint venture of ASTAC and OTZ, two telephone cooperatives providing mobile communications services in Northern Alaska, has again selected Tecore’s innovative products to offer converged GSM and CDMA voice and data services throughout the region. Ningiq first deployed Tecore systems starting in August 2007, and has now followed that installation with an expansion order that more than doubles the number of sites served.

The key features driving Ningiq’s selection of Tecore include:

• Tecore’s complete integration of all-IP GSM and CDMA core and radio access network operations at multiple locations
• Centralized operations supporting Gateway, HLR, SMSC and packet data services on one common core
• Support of industry-standard roaming with major carriers through GSM MAP and ANSI-41 for GSM and CDMA respectively
• Multi-technology text messaging including SMS Gateway interoperability with GSM and CDMA carriers
• Satellite backhaul leveraging IP-based communications for voice (SIP VoIP)/signaling (SIGTRAN) and management control.