Netdish Selects Encore Networks Broadband IP+Legacy VPN Routers For Satellite Networks; Netdish Deploys Encore's VSR-30(TM) Routers To Provide Satellite Backup For Terrestrial VPN Networks.

DULLES, Va. -- Encore Networks, a developer of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security solutions, today announced that Italian service provider Netdish, has deployed Encore's VSR-30(TM) broadband IP+Legacy routers to provide satellite backup for terrestrial VPNs and private networks in remote locations throughout Europe. If a terrestrial connection becomes unavailable, the network is automatically switched to a satellite link via the VSR-30(TM) with no transmission delay.

Headquartered in Padova, Italy, Netdish is a provider of network infrastructure that offers satellite connectivity solutions, based on accelerator modem products from both iDirect and ViaSat, over both private and public networks. Netdish created Venezia Teleport Italia, the first satellite network in the North of Italy, aimed at interconnecting the European IP backbone with the emerging markets of the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

"Netdish has defined and overcome the challenges of providing converged, satellite based communications to geographical areas with inadequate or unreliable network services," said Chris Orriss, Encore Networks European Director of Sales. "They have opened new markets by deploying broadband VPN solutions to locations previously unable to take advantage of reliable, secure networking, and we are excited to be a part of it."

Encore Network's VSR-30(TM) enables satellite users requiring secure end-to-end connections, to realize the full potential of their limited satellite bandwidth without the performance degradation associated with traditional IPsec VPN products. Through the use of exclusive patent pending Selective Layer Encryption (SLE(TM)), the VSR-30(TM) provides channel efficient VPN solutions across Performance Enhancement Proxy (PEP) based accelerated satellite networks and seamlessly connects to terrestrial VPN networks without the need to decrypt and switch traffic at the satellite hub.

"The secure, end-to-end functionality of Encore's VSR-30 directly address the high performance demands of broadband satellite networks, and provides immediate access when a terrestrial link has unexpectedly gone down," stated Federico Masier, Netdish Chief Operation Officer. "Our customers who need encryption for sensitive data, no matter the location, are ensured uninterrupted, secure network access."

About Netdish

Netdish (www.netdish.com) is a subsidiary of Gruppo Fracarro, the European market leader in the manufacturing of devices for the last mile distribution of video, audio, and data over fiber, cable and wireless. Netdish provides customers with all the tools and services needed to process, manage and distribute large amounts of digital content over broadband networks. Netdish customers include Systems Integrators, Content Providers, Network Application Service Providers, Banks, Public Administrations and Private Enterprises.

About Encore Networks

Encore Networks (www.encorenetworks.com) is a market leader in developing manageable equipment for Secure, Converged, and Broadband solutions for carriers and enterprises. Customers currently rely on Encore's innovative VPN and security solutions for wireless, satellite, and terrestrial networks that support both legacy devices and the latest Internet routing standards. Encore products facilitate the migration from legacy data networks to broadband IP connectivity. Advanced signaling and voice inter-working solutions support circuit-to-packet migration of voice services, on premises or in the central office. Encore is a member of the Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC), United States Telecom Association (USTA), Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and the United Telecom Council (UTC).