IP Unity Launches New Software Development Centre in Bangalore.

MILPITAS, Calif. & BANGALORE, India -- IP Unity, the market leader in IP-enabled enhanced service solutions for traditional and new IP-centered public networks, has announced the opening of its new software and solutions development centre in Bangalore, India. The focus of the new centre is the rapid development of new enhanced services features that include audio/web/video conferencing, voicemail and unified messaging, speech recognition and innovative collaborative communications features. These features will be delivered via IP Unity's flagship service platform, the HMS6000(TM) Media Server. E[acute accent]"We have recruited the best and brightest developers throughout India, with carrier platform and application development skills, to staff this new centre," stated Dr. Arun Sobti, CEO and Chair of IP Unity. "Our India team will develop innovative, unified communication and collaboration-enabling core platform modules, and integrate the best third-party peripherals in messaging, speech recognition, video, data collaboration and presence capabilities. With these new deliverables, IP Unity intends to reinforce our leadership in IP services, and help transform the way the world communicates." E[acute accent]The HMS6000 embraces telecoms' most important technology and innovation challenges, to cater to a multi-billion dollar opportunity. IP Unity's platform and solutions

E[acute accent]--Provide revenue generating features for fixed line operators deploying broadband services, cable operators moving into triple play services, mobile operators replacing legacy messaging infrastructures with next-generation platforms, and large enterprises deploying VoIP networks

E[acute accent]--Help mobile operators provide a seamless experience for users roaming between traditional cellular and new 3G coverage

E[acute accent]--Help operators who are converging their mobile and fixed line networks.

E[acute accent]IP Unity leverages industry standards and carrier-dominant protocols like SIP, PacketCable, MGCP, NEBS 3 and 3GPP. It partners with Siemens, Motorola, Cisco Systems, Nortel, UTStarcom, NEC and other top-tier network and systems integrators preferred by carriers throughout the world. The development centre will draw on in-house innovations and the integration of turnkey solutions to match the needs of worldwide markets. The center is staffed by an initial team of 20 developers, and IP Unity projects potential growth to over 100 developers in the coming year and beyond. E[acute accent]The company strives for maximum transparency between its employees and customers, and has attracted a highly talented and experienced pool of employees to its world-class R&D organization. IP Unity has also invested in best-in-class facilities in Bangalore, with seamless connectivity between all global locations and a single line of management to enable seamless engagement in all aspects of innovative telecoms services and platform development, projects and career growth for all its employees. E[acute accent]IP Unity was founded in 1999 and has now shipped hundreds of its carrier-grade media server systems to wireline and wireless telecoms operators in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The company is a leader in giving operators VoIP, messaging and conferencing, text-to-speech, interactive voice response and announcement features via a single unified multi-services platform. Operators use these features to provide exciting new applications to their consumer and enterprise users. E[acute accent]IP Unity Communications PVT Ltd. India is located at Third Floor, #54, 1st Main Road, Sarakki Industrial Layout, 3rd Phase, JP Nagar, Bangalore and locally managed by the Country Manager, Vijayendra Siravara. He can be reached at [e-mail].

E[acute accent]About IP Unity

E[acute accent]IP Unity provides IP service solutions for TDM, IP and blended networks. The company's HMS 6000(TM) media/applications server system delivers high speed, volume media processing and carrier-class IP telephony services like audio/web conferencing, messaging, interactive voice response, auto-attendant and prepaid services on a scalable system. These capabilities enable providers to quickly, cost-effectively deploy traditional and new telephony services while protecting their existing investment in legacy systems. Globally, carriers rely on IP Unity to deliver reliable and powerful enhanced service solutions to niche or mass markets. E[acute accent]The company counts many tier-one operators as customers, including Level 3, TELUS, SBC, BellSouth, Qwest, Cablevision, Cbeyond, China Netcom, China Telecom, Comcast and Liberty Media/Net2Phone. It has received funding from Battery Ventures, NEA, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Partech International, as well as from Siemens Venture Capital. For more information on IP Unity's award-winning solutions, call 408-582-1100 or visit the company website at www.ip-unity.com.