Released on: May 1, 2008, 6:56 am

Press Release Author: Adax Europe

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: A survey by Adax Europe reveals that nearly three quarters of
telco vendors still believe that support for their SS7 infrastructure is essential
to their long term business.

Press Release Body: 01 May 2008, Reading, UK - A survey by Adax Europe, an industry
leader in high performance signaling infrastructure, reveals that nearly three
quarters of telco vendors still believe that support for their SS7 infrastructure is
essential to their long term business.

According to the survey of telecommunication vendors based throughout Europe,
despite operators migrating to IP- networks at an astonishing rate, 72 percent of
those surveyed still hadn’t phased out their SS7 infrastructure entirely and claimed
that ongoing support was vital to business.

A closer look into the views of European vendors revealed that 74 percent believed
it was very important that their infrastructure was compatible with both new and old
technology. Operators are at different stages in their IP migration paths and this
figure demonstrates how many vendors are still trying to squeeze as much as they can
out of their existing signaling networks and investments before committing to the
transition to an all IP infrastructure.

The survey also asked the question, what are the key product features which vendors
put above others when looking at their telecommunications infrastructure? 67
percent explained that high performance and high link density was their largest
priority when reviewing product features, followed by the number of trunks per
board.

Robin Kent, Director, European Operations at Adax says, “The survey showed us that
although the telco world will eventually become IP-networked this transition is not
yet complete and many operators are still looking to support their SS7
infrastructure. It is inevitable that one day most telecommunication
infrastructures will be based upon IP systems but that is clearly still a way off.
Until then operators need to manage the transition as smoothly as possible and that
is why Adax continues to invest in both SS7 and SIGTRAN (SS7 over IP) product
developments”.

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About Adax Europe Limited
Adax Europe Limited specialises in signaling infrastructure for today’s converging
networks, covering all protocols and popular hardware formats to provide the right
solution for any signaling requirement. Adax high performance products are
available for PSTN, GPRS, 3G and IMS networks.

Adax signaling solutions deliver the high performance, total scalability, fast time
to market and rapid return on investment that are essential for telecom companies to
stay ahead in a competitive and ever changing industry. Solutions include signaling
communications controllers for SS7, ATM and IP; integrated signaling protocol stacks
and blades for SS7 and SIGTRAN; and multi-purpose signaling gateways for SS7 and IP
interworking.

Adax customers include some of the world’s premier telecom suppliers such as
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Motorola; and value added service (VAS) providers and
system integrators such as Apertio, Bharti Telesoft, and IP Access.

For more information please visit www.adax.com or contact Dan Bowsher or Paul
Stallard at Berkeley PR on 0118 988 2992 / adax@berkeleypr.co.uk.


Web Site: http://www.adax.com

Contact Details: Paul Stallard/ Dan Bowsher
01189882992
adax@berkeleypr.co.uk