Apertio

Bristol, UK, 23^rd January 2008 – Veraz Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRAZ) and Apertio today announce a new IMS solution to simplify integration of applications for fixed and mobile communication service providers. The new offering combines a consolidated subscriber network database from Apertio with a unified applications view and unified session control from Veraz

The combination of Veraz ControlSwitch-USC™ and Apertio One-HSS enables communication service providers to flexibly integrate existing and new application platforms with their back office systems. This flexibility allows providers to maximize service revenue even in complex converged networks. Most significantly, it enables existing operators to offer a unified fixed-mobile IMS network using Veraz ControlSwitch-USC™ through seamless integration with an Apertio One-HLR (Home Location Register), their own HLR or a legacy HLR from a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) partner.

Veraz ControlSwitch is responsible for the core IMS session control and application interaction management functionalities. Apertio One-HSS acts as a key element for IMS mobility and delivers a single, open, subscriber-centric architecture that unifies customer data typically locked away in proprietary infrastructure. Veraz ControlSwitch communicates with Apertio One-HSS via the Diameter Cx interface, a standard authentication, and authorization and accounting protocol used in IMS.

The joint solution is currently deployed within an IMS reference model at Amdocs’ interoperability laboratories together with Amdocs’ 3GPP-complient revenue, customer and service management products. The model demonstrates enhanced real-time charging and provisioning across fixed, mobile, and converged environments. Efficiency in billing and provisioning are critical to enabling service providers to better capitalize on the revenue generation potential of new IMS services. The Amdocs’ interoperability laboratory deployment highlights the benefits of the joint solution for efficient IMS service delivery, from provisioning through real-time charging.

"Improving service interaction control with IMS enables communication service providers to realize new revenue streams through the rapid creation and delivery of innovative, new generation services. However, to truly take advantage of IMS, it is critical to mirror this flexibility in how the services can be provisioned, managed and billed," said Wallace Ascham, VP Partners at Apertio. "Veraz’s platform, like our own, is built on an open, distributed architecture and combines high performance and flexibility from service creation to streamlined back office integration."

"Flexible, distributed, multi-vendor, the Veraz-Apertio offer delivers enhanced time to revenue for new services, truly exemplifying IMS," said Amit Chawla, Executive Vice President, Global Business Units of Veraz. "Whether it’s a mobile operator looking to move to a converged model or a service provider looking for new business opportunities, Veraz and Apertio are enabling them to take full advantage of the IMS potential."

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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), One-AAA (Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting) and One-BSF (Boot Strapping Function).

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 convergence and service innovation.

Apertio’s customers number among the world’s largest and fastest growing telecommunications operators including Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Vodafone and AIS. The company is privately held, and headquartered in Bristol, UK, with 237 employees in offices in Berlin, Chicago, Bangkok, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur. Turnover in 2007 is expected to be approximately €28m. For more information visit: www.apertio.com.

BECKY KIELY
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