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ARRIS Announces Successful Interoperation of the ARRIS Mobility Application Server With Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI C3 Multimedia Switching System

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:22 CDT

SUWANEE, Ga., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS today announced that its Mobility Application Server (MAS) has completed successful interoperability testing with Cedar Point Communications' SAFARI C3 Multimedia Switching System, a widely deployed integrated voice and multimedia switch. The interoperability testing of ARRIS MAS enables operators to deploy a scalable Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solution that utilizes an existing or yet to be deployed Cedar Point SAFARI C3 switching infrastructure.

"With the successful interoperability testing with Cedar Point, ARRIS has now completed soft switch interoperability testing with three vendors for FMC deployment," said Peter Fousas, ARRIS, VP Business Development. "This testing demonstrates the MAS' ability to offer converged services in networks being deployed today with a smooth evolution path to PacketCable(TM) 2.0 networks as they are rolled out in the coming years."

"The flexibility of the SAFARI C3 platform and its ability to enable the migration to new, standards-based architectures have been important parts of our value proposition," said Dave Spear, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Market Development for Cedar Point Communications. "As operators move towards the deployment of FMC and other advanced services, it is critical that we support them by ensuring that the investment they are making today will continue to provide dividends in the future."

The ARRIS Mobility Application Server supports a range of FMC deployment scenarios enabling device, network, and service convergence. The platform converges today's existing switching infrastructure while providing a seamless evolution to tomorrow's PacketCable 2.0 and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The MAS has effectively separated device, network, and service convergence to allow for a varied approach to offering converged services. This flexibility allows operators to deploy FMC services independently of developing mobile operator relationships or building out mobile networks. For more information about the ARRIS FMC solution visit http://www.arrisi.com/fmc .

About ARRIS

ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with best-in-class video, high-speed data, mobile and fixed-line telephony systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to their residential and small-to-medium sized business customers. The Company also provides a complete set of tools and cable system infrastructure maintenance and upgrade products. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and value of converged services from the network to the end-user. Additionally, ARRIS Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Cork, Ireland and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/ .

About Cedar Point Communications

Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated switching platform simplifies the network, enabling the scalable, cost-effective, less complex delivery of VoIP and multimedia applications for network operators. Designed to provide carrier-class performance and reliability, while increasing network integrity, security and privacy, Cedar Point's SAFARI C3(TM) Multimedia Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)-qualified solution that supports legacy circuit, NCS and SIP-based voice services, as well as interoperating with core IMS architectures. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com/ .

For more information on the ARRIS FMC Solution, please visit http://www.arrisi.com/products_solutions/product_families/fmc/

ARRIS

CONTACT: Alex Swan, of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, oralex.swan@arrisi.com, or Paul Schneider of PSPR, Inc., for Cedar Point,+1-215-702-9784, pspr@att.net for ARRIS

Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/http://www.cedarpointcom.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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