CableLabs(R) Awards Siemens' PCS-5000 Policy Control Server PacketCable(TM) Multimedia Qualification.

CableLabs Seal Assures Cable Operators that Siemens' PCS-5000 Can Handle High-Volume Multimedia Data Traffic with Guaranteed QoS

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Siemens Networks LLC today announced that CableLabs[R], a non-profit cable industry research and development consortium, has qualified Siemens' PCS-5000 as a PacketCable[TM] Multimedia (PCMM) compliant Policy Server. The PacketCable specification was developed by CableLabs to define a common platform to deliver advanced, real-time communications, and PCMM compliance assures cable operators that the PCS-5000 is certified to support a wide range of multimedia applications, such as IP telephony, multimedia conferencing, interactive gaming, and streaming video.

To achieve CableLabs' qualification, the Siemens PCS-5000 had to successfully pass an extensive series of interoperability tests, functioning as a PCMM compliant Policy Server in the CableLabs test labs. Policy management has become a critical tool for carriers looking to deliver multimedia IP services over their networks, since policy control is the enabling technology for a wide range of multimedia services. Dynamic policy control is essential for complex real-time applications such as video streaming, interactive games, instant messaging, and Push and Talk, particularly as network loads approach threshold levels. With the powerful policy control server built into Siemens' PCS-5000, operators can control and allocate available bandwidth as they see fit and offer guaranteed quality of service (QoS) levels. Bandwidth control is the key to marketing high-quality services and sophisticated applications to premium customers.

"Receiving PCMM qualification from CableLabs assures cable operators that our PCS-5000 can help them effectively compete in the market to deliver converged IP applications to the home," said Harald Braun, President and COO, Siemens Networks LLC. "Qualification confirms to our customers that Siemens' products adhere to the latest industry standards and can serve as a solid foundation for their policy control architecture, so they can concentrate on refining business strategies for new multimedia services in order to open up new markets."

The PacketCable specification was developed by CableLabs to define a common platform to deliver advanced real-time communication services. PacketCable Multimedia allows cable operators to deliver high-volume multimedia services with committed QoS levels. The Policy Server in the network allows the operator to control policy decisions, collect billing information, and enable high QoS levels. The PacketCable Qualification Testing Program assists cable operators by assessing vendor product conformance with PacketCable specifications, interoperability with other PacketCable-compliant products, and compatibility with the DOCSIS[R] access network.

Siemens PCS-5000 not only supports the PCMM standard for cable networks, but it is also an access-independent policy server that supports standards from different standardization organizations (3GPP, 3GPP2, CableLabs, ETSI/TISPAN). The PCS-5000 provides a single policy control for multiple access technologies, as well as seamless policy control for mobile, fixed, and converged networks. With the PCS-5000's comprehensive policy management system at their disposal, operators are free to define and apply policy rules as needed for applications and services. The PCS-5000 is based on the carrier-grade Siemens platform, which has proven its commercial value in countless real-world applications, and is used for Siemens IMS@vantage and other multimedia applications.

CableLabs, DOCSIS and PacketCable are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc

About Siemens

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.

About Siemens Networks LLC

Siemens Networks LLC1 engages in a dialog with its customers to create trendsetting communications solutions that help network operators and service providers achieve their business goals. Siemens Networks contributes its innovative strength, worldwide experience and unsurpassed implementation expertise in all areas of voice and data communications. As an innovation leader, Siemens Networks delivers customer value today and prepares customers for tomorrow with trendsetting solutions. Siemens Networks is a fully-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and operates in about 100 countries. More about Siemens Networks at www.siemens.com/networks.

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