SOURCE: Empirix Inc.

June 19, 2007 10:40 ET

Empirix's Solutions Tested at Second IMS Forum Plugfest

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - NXTCOMM BOOTH #7418 -- Empirix® Inc., which helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with confidence, announced today from NXTcomm its findings from the company's recent participation in the IMS Forum®'s Second Plugfest event, which took place the week of June 4th at the University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). Empirix was a Platinum sponsor of the event and provided its Hammer Testing and Monitoring Portfolio to generate IMS calls, emulate IMS infrastructure, and offer detailed diagnostics and analysis to assist other participants in the Plugfest. As a result, Empirix found its solutions were able to quickly identify interoperability issues and adapt to IMS standards and implementations challenges.

Empirix was also able to demonstrate the power and flexibility of its IMS SIP UE call/session generation and its P-CSCF and HSS device emulations in a variety of different topologies.

The goal of this Plugfest was to examine the interoperability of IMS applications and services to identify products and services for voice, fax, IP PBX, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, SMS and video sharing across multiple wireline, wireless and cable broadband networks.

"At the second Plugfest event, we built upon the interoperability we helped achieve during the first Plugfest, and we're quite proud that Empirix was also able to play a significant role in getting the majority of the new test cases completed," said Gordon Beith, Senior Product Manager at Empirix, and an active contributor to the IMS Forum. "Among the issues identified, we found that ensuring the consistency of IMS implementation across multiple vendors is a cornerstone of the IMS Plugfests. We're committed to helping the IMS Forum test this and any other IMS adoption barriers at the next Plugfest event and are looking forward to continuing our active participation with the organization."

"We are pleased to have had Empirix both sponsor and participate again in our Plugfest II," said Michael Khalilian, Chairman and President of the IMS Forum. "The company has made a strong contribution to the testing and de-bugging of IMS services and we look forward to working closely together on future Plugfests."

To date, all of the world's Top 10 NEMs and virtually all of the top service providers use Empirix's Hammer solutions. As part of its mission to help enable the adoption of complex new technology waves, Empirix is a member of several quality-focused organizations. The company is a founding member of the IMS Forum and a member of the MultiService Forum -- both of which have interoperability events in which Empirix is a regular participator. In addition, the company is also a founding member of the Voice & Video over IP Quality Alliance (V2oIPQA).

About Empirix

Empirix helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with confidence. We combine the industry's deepest knowledge of telecommunications and self-service applications with award-winning testing and monitoring solutions to ensure our customers realize the promise of their technology investments. Empirix is the only company with expertise that spans the evolution of these advanced technologies across multiple markets -- from testing in R&D labs through monitoring the end-user experience. For over a decade, thousands of quality-conscious network equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises worldwide have trusted Empirix to reduce the time and cost of integrating new technologies into existing environments. Visit www.empirix.com.

About The IMS Forum

The IMS Forum® is a global, non-profit industry association devoted to interoperable IP Multimedia Subsystems services and solutions. IMS Forum's mission is to accelerate the interoperability of IMS applications and services, enabling enterprise and residential consumers to quickly benefit from the delivery of quadruple play voice, video, internet and mobile services over broadband via cable, wireless and fixed networks. The IMS Forum is the creator and organizer of the IMS Plugfest™, the industry's only event focused on IMS services interoperability verification and certification.

Through its organized Plugfests, working group interaction, and other activities, forum members are able to develop cost-effective technical frameworks for converged IP services over wireline, cable, 3G, WiFi and WiMAX networks. For additional information or to join the IMS Forum and the IMS Plugfests, please visit www.IMSForum.org.

About the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab

The UNH-IOL is a world renowned, vendor neutral testing center associated with the University of New Hampshire. Since its inception in 1988, the laboratory has grown into one of the industry's premier centers for testing and proving cutting-edge networking and data communications products. Testing is conducted in a top-tier, 32,000-square-foot testing facility that houses a wide array testing equipment and devices. Additional equipment is being imported to support the testing needs of the IMS Plugfest 2007.

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