Convedia and Netrake Deliver Integrated VoIP Interconnection Solutions

Media servers deliver transcoding capabilities for session controllers

SANTA CLARA, CA, March 29, 2004

Convedia®, the leading provider of carrier-class IP media processing platforms and Netrake, the premier provider of session controllers for VoIP interconnection, today announced an agreement to deliver cost-effective, fully integrated VoIP solutions for scalable IP-based voice and multimedia network interconnection.

Convedia media servers offer industry-leading media processing features, including transcoding between voice and video IP packets encoded in different formats. Convedia media servers support a broad range of codec standards – including G.711, G.723.1A, G.726, and G.729AB – with a variety of wireless voice and IP video codecs.

Session controllers are network elements that control and anchor both signaling and media across network domains and borders, performing the peering functions required for real time communications. Netrake’s nCite product family provides transparent signaling protocol mediation between H.323, SIP-T and SIP networks, allowing voice and video IP messaging to be seamlessly translated between carrier-to-carrier and carrier-to-enterprise IP networks.

In the integrated Convedia/Netrake solution, the Netrake nCite system will seamlessly control Convedia media server products to provide adjunct transcoding of media streams with incompatible encoding, providing a scalable, carrier-class solution that encompasses both signaling and media mediation.

“Session controller solutions are critical to achieving the widespread deployment of IP-based voice and video enhanced services, with the security expected by enterprise users and service providers,” said Micaela Giuhat, AVP of Product Management at Netrake. “With the addition of Convedia media servers to our solution offering, we can now offer essential media mediation capabilities with the scalability and reliability expected by discerning next-generation service providers.”

“Convedia media servers are purpose-built to deliver media processing for a wide range of enhanced applications and services,” said Grant Henderson, Convedia’s EVP of Marketing and Strategy. “We look forward to providing the technology that will continue to shape today’s VoIP solutions for IP Multimedia networks, enabling carriers to enjoy a best-of-breed solution that couples Netrake’s leading session controllers with Convedia’s leadership in IP media processing and transcoding.”

About Convedia
Convedia® Corporation is the leading supplier of next-generation, IP media servers that enable telecommunication service providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services. Convedia’s award winning family of products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier class media server capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and financed by leading venture capitalists. For additional information about Convedia, its products or the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable or 2.5G and 3G wireless architectures, visit www.convedia.com.

About Netrake
Netrake is the premier provider of session controllers delivering real-time control of voice and multimedia across IP networks for Tier 1 service providers. Utilizing Netrake's unparalleled processing power and unique "deep packet inspection" capabilities, its nCite session controllers provide superior reliability, scalability, security and network management capabilities all in a single chassis. Netrake is Connecting the World's VoiceTM by offering service providers a cost-effective method of interconnecting global VoIP networks. Netrake is a privately held company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information, contact us at 1-800-254-6177 or visit www.netrake.com.

For more information, contact:

Abelson Group for Convedia
Jennifer Abelson
+1-212-579-5743
jennifer@abelsongroup.com

Netrake
Capriccio Martin
214.291.1078
+1-214-291-1078
capriccio@netrake.com

Calysto Communications for Netrake
Jennifer Moore
+1-404-266-2060 ext. 18
jmoore@calysto.com