Veraz Offers Flexible Deployment Options for Nationwide Local Number Portability; Options Include In-Switch, Traditional IN SCP and SIP-Based SCP.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Veraz Networks, Inc. today announced the availability of flexible deployment options for nationwide Local Number Portability (LNP). Service providers can now utilize an existing or newly deployed ControlSwitch(TM) softswitch to provide LNP for large national networks. Number portability is often required by national regulators to encourage competition, enabling end users to keep their phone number when switching service providers.

Service providers that have already deployed a service-control-point (SCP)-based LNP solution can use the ControlSwitch to provide the LNP query from the existing SCPs. Additionally, through cooperation with 3rd party partners, Veraz offers solutions that migrate number portability from legacy Intelligent Network (IN) systems to a more flexible SIP-based solution. Deploying a pure SIP-based next generation network solution enables service providers to easily implement LNP as part of a service infrastructure upgrade. Alternatively, an operator with a ControlSwitch can implement their national LNP database as one of the modules of the ControlSwitch.

"The ControlSwitch makes it easy for service providers to comply with national regulations that require number portability," said Doug Sabella, CEO from Veraz Networks. "Service providers can now provide LNP to existing and new VoIP subscribers as service providers cost-effectively transition their legacy systems."

Veraz LNP solutions have already been deployed in North America as well as in Europe, and are ready for deployment in markets such as Taiwan, Israel and India, where LNP regulations have recently been introduced. One of the prevailing trends in the telecommunications industry is to migrate legacy IN SCPs to IP-based SCPs as service providers adopt a service-rich IMS architecture. Veraz' solution allows service providers to efficiently transition to IP-based SCPs that support LNP natively or via third-party IP-based SCPs, while benefiting from the inherent advantages of deploying an open, standards-based, centrally-managed distributed architecture.

About Veraz Networks, Inc.

Veraz (www.veraznetworks.com) is a leading global provider of voice over IP (VoIP) softswitches, media gateways and digital compression products to wireline, broadband and wireless service providers. Veraz compression and switching solutions optimize voice quality and network efficiency. When combined with Veraz programmable service platforms, the result is a service infrastructure that is responsive to changing demands of end users, regulators and the marketplace. Veraz solutions enable service providers to quickly and efficiently migrate from traditional voice networks to all-IP, fixed-mobile and multi-media networks consistent with emerging IMS standards. Veraz is a trusted supplier to service providers with VOIP deployments in over 50 countries.