Apertio

Bristol, UK, 26th June 2006: Vendors selected for the "Cool Vendor" report are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

Apertio has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in Carrier Network Infrastructure, 2006" report by Gartner, Inc. The report recognises "pragmatic innovators" addressing clear opportunities, enhancing critical elements in the telecom value chain, whether increasing top-line revenue through new services, or improving efficiency to ensure profits. They allow carriers to migrate their platforms towards the broadband, mobile, intelligent networks of the future.

"As the telecoms market matures, operators need to move beyond traditional voice, to a greater portfolio of services," said Andrew Wyatt, Vice President, Global Marketing for Apertio. "But with increasing pressure to reduce CAPEX and OPEX, operators are faced with a near impossible situation. With Apertio One, our customers are seeing CAPEX and OPEX savings of up to 50%, while simultaneously reducing new service deployment times from 12 months to nearer 12 weeks."

Apertio’s product suite, Apertio One, eliminates network complexity and cost by shrinking the infrastructure from hundreds of square feet to a few inches, while at the same time reducing time to market for new services by centralising and liberating all subscriber data.

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About Apertio
Apertio is the leading independent provider of subscriber-centric networks for mobile, fixed and converged telecommunications operators.

Its software application suite, Apertio One, delivers a single, open, subscriber-centric architecture for current and new generation networks. The suite includes Apertio One-NDS (Network Directory Server), Apertio One-HLR (Home Location Register), Apertio One-HSS (Home Subscriber Server), and Apertio One-PPS (Prepaid Server).

The Apertio One architecture eliminates complexity and cost. It dramatically simplifies the network and places the subscriber at its heart to deliver increased revenue through rapid service deployment, and lays the foundation for IMS in networks today.

Apertio’s customers number among the world’s largest and fastest growing telecommunications operators including Orange,T-Mobile, Vodafone and AIS. The company is privately held, and headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Chicago, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. For more information visit: www.apertio.com.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

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