Adax and Continuous Computing Announce Partnership for ATM/SS7/SIGTRAN Solutions.

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3GSM World Congress 2004

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004

Complete "Plug and Play" Convergence Layer for Telephony OEMS and

IP Providers Now Available, without Costly Integration Requirements

Adax, the industry leader in high performance communications and signaling infrastructure, today announced a partnership with Continuous Computing Corporation(R) (CCPU), the leading provider of high-availability Network Service-Ready Platform solutions, to produce a convergence layer for the Adax HDC and the ATM product families for Narrowband, Broadband and IP signaling. This joint effort was created to produce a single product that services SS7, ATM and SIGTRAN over T1/E1, OC3 and Ethernet interfaces.

Written by Adax, and jointly tested with CCPU, this product provides off-the-shelf convergence and flexibility to upgrade, change or converge network interfaces without the need to retool and retrain. This Convergence layer, which supports both conventional and DFT/HA (Distributed Fault Tolerant/High Availability) for narrowband, broadband, and SIGTRAN (M2UA/M2PA/SCTP) stacks simultaneously, eliminates the need for costly software integration and allows both wireline and wireless Network Equipment Providers faster time to market, in a business climate where the demand for speed and bandwidth increases daily.

Because Adax and CCPU have many customers in common, both companies took special care to ensure that the new convergence layer retains the Trillium(R) style interfaces, users are now assured with a familiar look and feel. The Adax/CCPU convergence layer has built-in support for ETSI, ANSI and other regional SS7 variants.

"If your need is SS7, ATM, IP Signaling or convergence among all three, Adax and CCPU now have the fully integrated and tested product set," said Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Adax President and CEO. "Adax and CCPU's customers have previously relied upon Adax to provide the lower level hardware and software elements of their SS7 network, then on CCPU to provide the higher level elements via its offering of single board computers and the Trillium upper layer SS7 software. It was then up to the customer to integrate the two. With this Convergence Layer, customers can now purchase from a single source and eliminate the need to integrate the two companies' products. It's a great value to Network Equipment Providers because it eliminates development costs, offers zero time-to-market and addresses current and upcoming SIGTRAN network requirements."

"Our joint collaboration allows us to provide our global customers with a single elegant SS7 solution," said Simon Waters, Vice President of Business Development for CCPU. "Reducing integration time by 6 months, the convergence layer enables an optimized integration of the Trillium stacks with Adax line card solutions in an efficient manner and ultimately helps accelerate our customers time-to-market."

The new Convergence Layer is available now from either CCPU or Adax. When used with both Adax's and CCPU's high-performance and field tested hardware and software, customers are ensured a highly robust system that is both powerful and reliable.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing Corporation (CCPU) is ISO 9001 certified and a leading provider of high-availability Network Service-Ready Platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly develop and deploy voice-over-packet, intelligent network and 2.5G/3G wireless infrastructure applications. From softswitches and signaling gateways to RNC's and HLR's, over 500 projects with world-leading telecom equipment vendors are powered by CCPU solutions. Offering customers a choice of modular building blocks at multiple levels of integration, these solutions include fully managed Flex21(TM) cPCI platforms, high-performance Trillium(R) communications protocols and easy-to-use upSuite(R) High Availability middleware. Addressing the time-to-market requirements of next-generation infrastructure, CCPU solutions are an integral part of the telecommunications network of today and tomorrow. For additional information, please visit www.ccpu.com or call 858-882-8800.

About Adax, Inc.

Adax develops signaling solutions for high quality, reliable signaling transmission. Its high performance communications controllers and associated software for SS7, ATM, Frame Relay, SSCOP/SSCF, HDLC, LAPB/D/V5 and SIGTRAN technologies have been providing foundations for the world's leading telecom companies for 20 years.

The Adax range of hardware and software tools enables OEMs and Integrators to quickly build communications solutions to meet the challenges of Convergence and 3G networks. Typical application areas for Adax products include Signaling Gateways, VoIP systems, Media Gateway Controllers, Media Gateway, GGSN and SGSN nodes for GPRS and 3G/UMTS, Intelligent Networks, Base Station Control, and Billing Mediation. Visit us at www.adax.com. Also visit us at the 3GSM Congress in Hall 2, Stand E22.

Continuous Computing Corporation, Trillium, TAPA, and upSuite are registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation.