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To: BWAC who wrote (1597)	11/14/2001 11:53:59 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1648

Tekelec to Provide Mobile Number Portability Solution to Orange France biz.yahoo.com MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001--Tekelec (Nasdaq: TKLC) today announced that it has signed a contract with Orange France (formerly France Telecom Mobiles) to provide number portability for its national GSM digital network. The purchase includes the Tekelec G-Port(TM) Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and a flexible routing solution for home location register (HLR) management. Orange France is the largest and fastest growing mobile operator in France, with over 16.6 million customers. ``Our aim is to provide the best global wirefree communications services to our customers,'' said Benoit Eymard, director of operations and development, Orange France. ``It is absolutely critical that we implement solutions that maintain the reliability and integrity of our network and service. Tekelec has proven its number portability expertise in the United States, and has demonstrated its product flexibility with recent deployments in Europe. We chose Tekelec because it is arguably the most scalable and reliable solution available on the market today.'' David Colbeck, managing director, Tekelec Limited, and vice president for Europe, said, ``Orange France has completed a trial of our equipment, and we are extremely pleased the company has chosen a full-scale implementation of our G-Port MNP technology. By choosing our field-proven number portability solution, the company continues to demonstrate its commitment to providing the highest level of service to its customers and remaining at the forefront of the mobile communications market in France.'' Tekelec's G-Port MNP, deployed from its EAGLE 5 service platform, provides one of the industry's highest performance, capacity, and download rates. The platform supports up to 85 million ported numbers. It can also be configured as a signal transfer point (STP) to create an intelligent network (IN) infrastructure for the delivery of revenue-generating services.