Bridgewater's WideSpan Service Controller Enables GTE Enterprise Solutions to Offer Innovative IP Service Solutions for Real Estate Market.

KANATA, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Bridgewater Systems Bridgewater Systems Corporation, a global supplier of intelligent software for Internet Protocol (IP) service creation, management and control, today announced that GTE Enterprise Solutions, a unit of GTE Corporation, has selected the WideSpan(TM) Service Controller to offer innovative IP services for the real estate market. With the WideSpan Service Controller, GTE will deliver enhanced, customizable Internet, intranet and extranet services to Realtors nationwide.

"The real benefits of IP are most apparent in the flexibility and low cost it offers service providers in terms of management, provisioning and customer interface," said Hilary Mine, executive vice president at Probe Research. "This announcement validates Bridgewater's technology and execution in providing a product that leverages IP as an enabler to cost-effectively customize services."

With GTE Enterprise Solutions' Internet offering, Realtors can peruse specialized Multiple Listing Service (MLS) home listings on-line, build customized home pages and receive and send e-mail. Bridgewater's WideSpan Service Controller not only authenticates users, it enables them to choose the information they want to access and how they want it displayed on their Web browser. This information is maintained in user and service profiles. Because the user and service profiles are kept in the WideSpan Service Controller's centralized database, GTE Enterprise Solutions reduces administrative costs and more effectively deploys its service. Full redundancy ensures the high reliability of the WideSpan Service Controller system and consistent service availability.

"We needed a flexible, carrier-class delivery platform for our advanced IP services," said Mike Dormann, Director of Enterprise Communications for GTE Enterprise Solutions. "Bridgewater quickly responded with a high quality, scalable solution - that helped us get to market faster with new, innovative services for our real estate customers."

GTE Enterprise Solutions selected the Bridgewater solution for its comprehensive user and service profile management, support for a wide range of IP-based business services and flexible accounting and billing options.

"We are proud to support such a recognized and progressive technology leader in the telecommunications industry," said Doug Somers, President and CEO of Bridgewater Systems. "Our goal is to deliver advanced IP solutions that are flexible, functional and reliable enough to free our customers to envision and implement new and creative methods for serving their customers. GTE Enterprise Solutions, a major value-added service provider, is clearly doing just that."

The WideSpan Intelligent Network provides key business benefits, including: rapid creation, provisioning and delivery of IP services; substantially reduced administration costs through integrated management of customer, service and accounting information; guaranteed service availability by using a robust, fully-redundant architecture; and managed subscriber growth with an open, scaleable architecture.

Bridgewater Systems Corporation is a global supplier of intelligent software systems for the creation and control of next-generation IP services. Bridgewater has developed a carrier-class, integrated and scalable new approach to IP networking called the WideSpan Intelligent Network. The WideSpan Intelligent Network enables the creation, provisioning and billing of Internet services, including Internet Virtual Private Networks (I-VPNs) for corporate outsourcing of full-service intranets and extranets, and IP multimedia services. The WideSpan product line offers user and service profile management, authentication, usage-based accounting and open interfaces to a wide range of applications such as IP telephony and E-commerce - all under a common service delivery platform.

Bridgewater's WideSpan Service Controller won a "Best of Show" award when launched in Europe at the 1997 Networld+Interop event.

Bridgewater's products are compatible with the equipment and systems of major vendors and are designed to meet the rigorous standards of public networks worldwide. Bridgewater Systems has offices in Canada, the United States and Europe. Please visit http://www.bridgewatersys.com for additional information.

Bridgewater, its logo and WideSpan are trademarks of Bridgewater Systems Corporation.