CANEEDHAM, Mass. July 24 2001

Brooktrout Technology, Inc., a leading provider of innovative hardware and software platforms that enable applications for the New Network™, today announced that it has collaborated with Hughes Software Systems (HSS), specialists in convergent network software, to simplify the development of wireless network solutions utilizing 2.5G, the industry's next generation wireless data technology. As a result of this collaboration, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building 2.5G/GPRS wireless infrastructure elements, such as Serving Gateway Support Nodes (SGSN) and Base Station Controller enhancements for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services, will reduce development cost and time to market.

"By partnering with Brooktrout, we have extended our emphasis on providing our customers with integrated solutions to reduce their time to develop," says M. Mohapatra, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, HSS. "We have seen a strong commitment from Brooktrout in the GPRS space and look forward to future collaborations in wireless data".

The collaboration combines Brooktrout Technology's Netaccess® Series network interface boards with HSS' Gb protocol stack, providing OEM developers with a proven solution for backhaul functions that carry packet data between the Base Station Controller and the GPRS Gateway. For SGSN solutions, developers utilize Brooktrout's Netaccess frame relay interface, which is the standard protocol between the SGSN and the Base Station Controller (BSC) in 2.5G networks.

"Our partnership provides developers with a solution for a critical piece of the wireless data infrastructure that enables a faster time to market and reduces the cost of building critical elements of the GPRS network" said Andrew O'Brien, Vice President and General Manager, New Public Networks Group at Brooktrout Technology. "This announcement is only the first step of a business and technology relationship with Hughes Software in the wireless data space".

About Brooktrout Technology

Brooktrout Technology www.brooktrout.com delivers innovative hardware and software platforms that enable the development of New NetworkT applications, systems and services in targeted market segments, including voice over packet gateways and switches, enhanced services platforms, wireless infrastructure, messaging, and contact centers. The company's strategy is to collaborate with its partners to help them increase existing business, expand into new markets and accelerate the delivery of new applications and services. Brooktrout Technology is a subsidiary of Brooktrout, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKT) For more information, visit, www.brooktrout.com/investor.

About Hughes Software Systems (HSS)

Hughes Software Systems Ltd. , is the #1 communications software company in India. HSS offers a broad range of communications-related software services, products, and solutions to leading Communication OEMs around the world.

HSS' technology focus is in the Convergence market with products and services in Next Generation Networks, and Mobile Data. Assessed at SEI-CMM Level 4 for all its development centres and all projects, HSS been an ISO 9001 company since 1996. HSS is a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation.

Ranked amongst the five best companies to work for in India, by Hewitt Associates, HSS has a team of over 1500 world class professionals, at its development centres in India: at Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, and in Bangalore. With sales and support offices in the US and the UK, it is represented throughout Europe, South America, and Asia to support its global customer base.

For more information about HSS contact:
Jay Vikram Bakshi 
Manager Corporate Communications 
Phone: +91-124-634 6666 Extn. 2865
Fax: + 91-124- 6347895
Email: prcontact@flextronicssoftware.com 

Last updated : August 5, 2006