Starent Networks, Corp. (Nasdaq:STAR), a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, today announced its Home Agent for Mobile WiMAX networks. The solution is designed to provide seamless roaming between 3G and Mobile WiMAX networks, uniform delivery of Starent In-line Services and utilization of common billing and accounting infrastructure. The Starent Home Agent (HA) for Mobile WiMAX joins the Starent Access Services Network Gateway (ASN-GW) as part of the company's Mobile WiMAX product portfolio.
Mobile operators are continually seeking ways to further enhance the subscribers' experience through expanded service offerings and network improvements. To address this, Starent Networks' WiMAX-ready HA combines subscriber and network intelligence with high performance to provide network mobility, offer Starent In-line Services and handle network traffic efficiently.
The HA function provides an anchoring point for subscriber connections, enabling roaming throughout the Mobile WiMAX network, while maintaining services. Starent Networks' HA is supported on its ST16 and ST40 multimedia core platforms. The Starent ST16 and ST40 platforms are capable of supporting HA services for both 3G and Mobile WiMAX networks concurrently in the same platform. As a result, the Starent solution is designed to support seamless roaming capabilities that offer handoffs between various access technologies including 3G and Mobile WiMAX.
"Today, more than ever, people want to be connected anywhere and anytime to the information, entertainment and people that matter to them. As a result, mobile operators are extending the full Internet experience through a robust mobile multimedia communications environment," said Ashraf Dahod, CEO for Starent Networks. "This environment will include many different radio access networks, which will require enabling technologies that allow subscribers to move through the network and across access technologies. Starent is providing this capability through its innovative solutions, such as the Home Agent for Mobile WiMAX networks."
By deploying a Starent WiMAX-ready HA, mobile operators can provision common Starent In-line Services, such as Intelligent Traffic Control or Enhanced Charging Service, for both the 3G and Mobile WiMAX network. Furthermore, the mobile operator can realize cost and network efficiency benefits by utilizing a common billing and accounting infrastructure for both networks.
The WiMAX-ready HA is currently in mobile operator network trials.
About Starent Networks
Starent Networks, Corp. is a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services to their subscribers. Starent Networks has created solutions that provide network functions and services, including access from a wide range of radio networks to the operator's packet core network. Starent Networks' solutions also provide management of subscriber sessions moving between networks and application of billing and other session policies. Starent Networks' products and services provide high performance and system intelligence by combining significant computing power, memory and traffic handling capabilities with a flexible, high availability operating system and other proprietary software. The company's products integrate multiple network functions and services needed for the delivery of advanced multimedia services, such as video, Internet access, voice-over-IP, e-mail, mobile TV, photo sharing and gaming. Starent Networks' products have been deployed by over 60 mobile operators in 25 countries.
Starent Networks' Safe Harbor Statement
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Starent Networks, including statements about expectations related to the company's Home Agent for Mobile WiMAX constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements contain the words "believes,""anticipates," "plans,""expects," "will" and similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including the inability to predict the future success or market acceptance of the company's Home Agent for Mobile WiMAX, the highly competitive and rapidly evolving market in which Starent Networks' competes, Starent Networks' limited operating history, the fluctuation of its past operating results, its reliance on a limited number of customers for a significant portion of its revenues and its reliance on a single line of products and other factors discussed in Starent Networks' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 9, 2007, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Starent Networks' views as of the date of this press release. Starent Networks anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its views to change. However, while Starent Networks may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Starent Networks' views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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