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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1182)	8/26/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Press Release from Tekelec re SS7 Announcments by other data network companies - What are they getting at in this press release? What does their Eagle Platform have that Ascend, Nortel and Cisco don't have? "Without multi-pointcode SS7 routing capabilities, however, these solutions still require intervening Signal Transfer Points connecting them to the PSTN." Tekelec Puts in Context the SS7 Announcements by Data Equipment Suppliers Business Wire - August 14, 1998 06:17 CALABAS, Ca.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1998-- References its Comprehensive Suite of Integrated SS7 and IP Applications Tekelec's (NASDAQ NM:TKLC) President and CEO Mike Margolis commented today on several recent announcements from data switch manufacturers regarding their adoption of SS7 as the premier interworking technology for the convergence between the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and IP networks. Said Margolis, "Tekelec is gratified to see its vision of SS7 as the preeminent command and control technology endorsed by the community of data switch manufacturers a s they enter the PSTN with IP-based solutions. SS7 is the logical solution for interworking these two paradigms, providing feature transparency to the IP networks and innovative data-oriented solutions to the PSTN. We are pleased to see that major broadband switch solutions providers have announced their plans to equip their edge devices with SS7 capabilities in forthcoming offerings. With integrated SS7 signaling technology, these platforms will indeed function as a new class of edge devices in the network. "Completing these partial solutions, Tekelec's Eagle platform can concentrate edge devices using their native IP control protocol or SS7, provide scalable and open SS7 / IP database intelligence and, most importantly, provide virtually unlimited SS7 routing capabilities to the PSTN." Enhancements to edge devices announced to date have generally focused on two capabilities: the addition of simple SS7 transport capabilities to the device, itself, and intelligent SS7 / IP bridge (gateway) technology. Technically, edge devices equipped with SS7 transport capabilities and SS7 / IP gateways are both viewed by the rest of the SS7 / PSTN network as Signaling End Points and, as such, are incomplete solutions with significant limitations. Added Margolis, "SS7 is one of the PSTN's most subtle and complex technologies. Tekelec has expended hundreds of man-years mastering its intricacies. It is understandable that new entrants could view SS7 / IP bridging technologies and the addition of SS7 transport to their devices as sufficiently adequate and comprehensive. Without multi-pointcode SS7 routing capabilities, however, these solutions still require intervening Signal Transfer Points connecting them to the PSTN. Tekelec's Eagle platform provides all of the essential SS7 elements of convergence: multi-pointcode, Signal Transfer Point capabilities, high transaction rate database applications like Local Number Portability, completely open SCP applications & environments and IP / SS7 interworking utilizing emerging industry standards." Margolis concluded: "The telco-hardened Eagle platform, with its full suite of SS7 / IP solutions, has been selected as the platform of choice by many of the data-centric carriers. As the recipient of Bell Atlantic's Supplier Excellence Award, Tekelec and its products have been honored by the very large traditional networks, as well. These are revolutionary times in our industry: we look forward to the acceleration of convergence and the value we may add to our customers and their converged networks with our comprehensive SS7 / IP solutions." Tekelec is a leading supplier of innovative network switching solutions and advanced diagnostic systems that enable rapid delivery of advanced communication products and services for the global communications marketplace. Tekelec's Eagle platform is designed to meet the complex requirements of the converged IP / SS7 network and traditional SS7 networks, enabling wireline, wireless and IP network operators to deliver intelligent network services. Tekelec's diagnostic systems are used by communication suppliers and service providers to design, install and maintain their communications equipment and networks. CONTACT: Tekelec Network Switching Division Noreen Jurek Director, Marketing Communications 919/461-1031 Headlines Previous Story Next Story %TEKELEC TKLC %NORTH-CAROLINA %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %COMED %TELECOMMUNICATIONS V%BW P%BW