Tecore Offers 4G Software Upgrade Path to Current Mobile Operator Customers

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

All-IP iCore Network Platform Already Supports WiMAX, and Seamlessly Incorporates MME and SAE Gateway for LTE

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Columbia, Md., U.S.A. – Tecore Networks, a global supplier of multi-technology 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network infrastructure, today announced that current customers of its all-IP iCore® network platform can leverage their existing core networks to support 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) through software enhancements. With the foundational architecture of iCore already in alignment with key LTE principles, the transition to 4G will require the addition of new network elements as software plug-ins, allowing operators to evolve their 2G or 3G networks without forklift upgrades. iCore’s broadband capabilities, scalable architecture and prior acceptance by the USDA Rural Development Program make it the ideal solution to support network buildouts driven by government stimulus initiatives.

Key features of the iCore platform, already in deployments globally, include:

• All-IP communication and signaling including an IMS core
• Concurrent support for voice and data services for GSM, CDMA, WiMAX and SIP technology families, from common object code
• Complete core network (MSC/VLR, HLR/HSS, AuC/AC, SMSC/MMSC, Prepaid IN, UMSC, SGSN/GGSN) delivered on a single blade
• Peer-to-peer IP switching, enabling tandem-free operations for signaling as well as transcoding-free operation for VoIP or RTP
• Carrier-grade Linux operating system, deployable on a range of hardware platforms including compact-PCI, microTCA and ATCA.