Press Release

Excel/Brooktrout - the Power of 2. Accelerating the pace of service creation and delivery

Excel/Brooktrout, a leading supplier of media processing, network interface, call control and signal processing products, today announced its participation at 3GSM World Congress 2006.

Barcelona, Spain--February 13, 2006--3GSM World Congress 2006-- At the world’s leading mobile event, Excel/Brooktrout, will demonstrate through the display of the following products how it enables its partners to build the foundation of Next-Gen services:

The SnowShore IP Media Server™, a software-based IP media server platform for next generation networks and services.

The Excel Converged Services Platform (CSP) 2090, a high-performance, speech-enabled, carrier-grade open platform for profitable enhanced telecommunication services that bridges existing wired and wireless networks with next-generation IP networks.

The Excel IMG 1010 ™, Integrated Signaling and Media Gateway, enhanced to allow any-to-any network connectivity; provides a migration path to add IP-based services to existing TDM networks and offers integrated SS7 capabilities.

Partners

The Excel/Brooktrout products enable the creation of Next-Gen IMS services through its ecosystem partners. The following partners will be present in our partner pavilion:

Comsys, Stand G132

Eastwind, Stand D13

Exomi, Stand G132

iPeria, Stand D13

Volt Delta, StandD13

The Excel/Brooktrout products will be the platform of choice for multiple demonstrations at 3GSM. Partners demonstrating our products in applications such as Conferencing, Ring Back Tone, etc include IBM stand D23, Motorola stand A07 , Openwave stand B18 and Ubiquity stand C07/HS06.

Press and industry analysts interested in meeting with Brooktrout/Excel to learn more about the company’s products can contact Lida Joly at +32 2 658 01 90.

Brooktrout is a leading supplier of media processing, network interface, call control and signal processing products that enable the development of applications, systems and services for both TDM and IP networks. Brooktrout was acquired in October 2005 by EAS Group, the parent corporation of Excel Switching Corporation a leading provider of carrier-class media gateways, media servers, signaling gateways, and enhanced service platforms for original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, and service providers. The combined companies will continue their focus on investing in technologies that enable service providers and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to VoIP. For more information, visit http://www.brooktrout.com/ and http://www.excelswitching.com/.

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Brooktrout, SnowShore, SnowShore Networks, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brooktrout, Inc. CSP 2090, MSP 1010 and IMG 1010 are trademarks of Excel Switching Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Geoff Spillane
+1 (508) 862-3091
loften@cantata.com

Michelle Liro
+1 (781) 433-9525
mliro@cantata.com