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N.E.T.'s Promina Selected As Bandwidth Manager of Choice for US Marine Corps' Transition Switch Modules Contract

Posted on: Monday, 8 August 2005, 15:00 CDT

N.E.T. Federal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:NWK), today announced that it will provide EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO) with its Promina bandwidth manager platform for the US Marine Corps' Transition Switch Module (TSM) program. EDO's five-year, $240 million contract for TSM procurement and related services -- which includes two option years -- is expected to comprise approximately 200 Promina platforms valued at over $25 million.

According to Gary Lau, president of N.E.T. Federal, the ability to support both secure and non-secure voice calls and to dynamically re-route calls based on network availability were key criteria in the Marine Corps' selection of its flagship multiservice access solution. "Promina efficiently consolidates a variety of user traffic and applications on a single platform, with unmatched reliability for tactical deployment," said Lau.

EDO Corporation's TSM Program Manager Dana Kaeser said, "The Promina platform offers the right combination of features and versatility for voice, data and video teleconferencing as well as an emphasis on future migrations to IP, making it the best choice to meet the Marine Corps' requirements today and long into the future."

The Promina platform will deliver bandwidth management, multiplexing and technical control functions for integrating voice and data capabilities as part of TSM's Deployable Integrated Transport Suite (DITS) component. Promina will enable management and monitoring within the network's joint network management system using the extensible standard network management protocol.

The TSM program will support three major functions for the Marine Corps' communications infrastructure that will provide more robust voice/data switching, data transport and bandwidth management capabilities:

-- The Deployable End Office Suite (DEOS), a standalone system that provides basic circuit switching capability, subscriber access and a call service attendant function;

-- The Remote Subscriber Access Module (RSAM), which extends telephone and dial-up services to remote subscribers; and

-- The Deployable Integrated Transport Suite (DITS), supported by Promina, which will be used in conjunction with DEOS to provide bandwidth management, multiplexing and technical control functions.

In addition to hardware and software, the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm fixed price/time and materials maximum TSM contract also calls for the provision of testing, training, engineering, logistics and contractor interim support services, as well as for the provision of field service representatives, spares, training devices and technical documentation. The individual TSM packages consisting of DEOS, DITS or RSAM will be integrated into modular transit cases to ensure effortless and rapid deployment, thus further enhancing the Marine Corps' ability to swiftly deploy its capabilities worldwide.

About N.E.T. Federal:

N.E.T. Federal, a network equipment and solutions provider, offers government agencies a migration path to Internet protocol (IP) technologies while leveraging return on legacy assets such as ATM networks. For more than a decade, N.E.T. Federal has delivered access platforms for broadband, IP telephony, secure voice applications and multiservice networks to defense, intelligence and civilian agencies and international government organizations. Customers include NATO, U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, all branches of the U.S. armed services and joint command, the U.N., the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration. For more information, visit http://www.net.com/solutions/solutions_gov.shtml.

About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

N.E.T. is a leading provider of networking equipment that enables its customers to adapt to a broadband future. An architect of the networking industry, N.E.T. has been supplying service providers, governments and enterprises around the world with bulletproof networking technology for more than 20 years. Visit www.net.com -- the first address in networking -- for more information.

Promina is a registered trademark of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

Source: Business Wire

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