Reliance Infocomm Deploys Veraz's Media Gateways for International Long Distance Network; Supports 60,000 Ports for VoIP Traffic.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Veraz Networks announced that Reliance Infocomm, the largest private telecom service provider in India, has deployed Veraz's I-Gate 4000 PRO media gateways, supporting 60,000 ports for international long-distance (ILD) VoIP traffic. Reliance Infocomm is running live traffic over ten media gateways in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Hong Kong, terminating in India. As Reliance Infocomm's international network requires a stable solution that can scale massively, winning this Tier 1 carrier's business highlights Veraz's world-class solution.

Reliance, which is known for maximizing the cost/performance of its infrastructure equipment, selected Veraz's I-Gate 4000 PRO media gateways for its compression rate of up to 10:1, using key algorithms including RTP multiplexing and G729 codecs. This is the highest compression rate in the industry, and double the compression rate of any other product on the market.

Additionally, Veraz's voice quality and stability of the platform stood up under Reliance's most rigorous operational conditions. The underlying voice-processing and DSP technology that drives the I-Gate 4000 PRO is based on Veraz's extensive in-house experience in statistical voice multiplexing, signal analysis, voice compression, jitter buffer management, packet loss concealment and packet aggregation. ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, has recognized the I-Gate 4000 series for outstanding speech quality based on thorough testing.

"We are delighted with the performance of Veraz's media gateways," said Muthusamy Chandran, Head Network Planning (ILD and Switched Services) of Reliance Infocomm. "After evaluating the solutions from all of the key vendors in the industry, we selected Veraz due to their technical excellence, demonstrated performance, and cost-effectiveness."

"Throughout the selection process, rapid installation, and acceptance testing, Veraz has consistently demonstrated that its products, technology, and global support teams met the stringent requirements of a world class carrier like Reliance," said Amit Chawla, Executive VP of Global Marketing. "We are proud that Reliance Infocomm relied on Veraz for its ILD network."

About Reliance Infocomm:

Reliance Infocomm Ltd., a Reliance group company, is India's largest private telecom service provider with a subscriber base of over 10 million. Reliance Infocomm has established a pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network to offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain -- infrastructure, services for enterprises and individuals, applications and consulting. The Reliance Group, founded by Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002), is India's largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore (US$ 22.6 billion), cash profit of Rs 12,500 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs 6,200 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) and exports of Rs 15,900 crore (US$ 3.6 billion).

About Veraz Networks

Veraz Networks (www.veraznetworks.com) is the leading global provider of softswitch-based, toll-quality packet telephony solutions for traditional and next-generation communications networks. Built on a rich heritage of delivering carrier-grade products to over 700 customers in 140 countries, Veraz offers complete solutions to both established and greenfield carriers worldwide through its softswitch, media gateway, and digital compression products. Leveraging open, best-of-breed components and a global support and service infrastructure, Veraz partners with carriers to design and deploy carrier-grade next-generation networks tailored to meet their business objectives. By combining industry-leading, standards-based softswitch and media gateway platforms with robust management systems, Veraz offers unmatched flexibility to carriers -- a best-in-class integrated packet telephony solution as well as the freedom to choose best-of-breed individual products to match their unique network needs. Veraz solutions address a wide range of carrier applications such as tandem switching, domestic & international long distance, IP trunking, IP Centrex, as well as new voice-data services.

Veraz Networks is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners, ECI Telecom (Nasdaq:ECIL), Argonaut Private Equity, Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Levensohn Venture Partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the world.