At PCS ’99, Company to Introduce Corporate GSM Switching System to Dramatically Reduce Deployment Costs
COLUMBIA, MD - September 21, 1999 - TECORE®, a leading supplier of software-driven, multi-service switching solutions for the converging wireless, wireline and IP networks, announced today the development of AirCore® Mobility Server and AirCore Mobility Gateway for IP-based GSM application in corporate networks.

TECORE will be demonstrating its innovative switching solutions in booth #3102 at PCS ’99, Sept. 22-24 in New Orleans.

Based on the company’s carrier-class, high availability AirCore platform, this next generation switching solution provides true integration between IP-based corporate GSM networks, traditional circuit-switched GSM networks, and corporate PBX networks. TECORE’s innovative GSM corporate switching solution includes:

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AirCore Mobility Server — The AirCore Mobility Server includes software applications for standard GSM network elements such as Mobile Switching Center (MSC), Home Location Register (HLR), Visitor Location Register (VLR), Authentication Center (AuC), Equipment Identity Register (EIR), and Operation & Maintenance Center (OMC)-resulting in a fully functional GSM Network Switching Subsystem (NSS) residing on a corporate server. The AirCore Mobility Server can interface to Base Station Subsystem (BSS) equipment from other suppliers via standard A-Interface over Internet Protocol (IP). Corporate end users will be able to access and modify their service profile through web-based internet access for such tasks as changing their call forwarding number. In addition, the AirCore Mobility Server can be connected directly to a corporate PBX through IP interface or traditional circuit switched interface. Optionally, the Transcoding and Rate Adaption Unit (TRAU) function can be performed at the Server.

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AirCore Mobility Gateway — The AirCore Mobility Gateway can interface to multiple AirCore Mobility Servers via an IP interface for voice and SS7 traffic. The AirCore Mobility Gateway converts IP traffic from multiple AirCore Mobility Servers into traditional circuit-switched interface such as C7 ISUP and ISDN PRI, as well as GSM MAP for seamless integration with the existing GSM networks and PSTN. This provides networking between multiple AirCore Mobility Servers in a corporate campus, and to the GSM network for seamless roaming and handover.

"The AirCore Mobility Server and Gateway enables telecom operators, system integrators, and OEM suppliers to target the corporate market with a cost-effective solution. This leading edge architecture dramatically reduces the costs of deploying GSM service in the corporate environment while maintain full integration with existing corporate PBX and GSM network," says Jay Salkini, TECORE president and CEO. "AirCore delivers the functionality to extend GSM into the corporate market on a scale not feasible through existing technology. The same architecture can also be applied to other wireless technologies such as CDMA and evolve to 3G for the corporate market."

Founded in 1991 and based in Columbia, Md., privately held TECORE is a leading supplier of scalable multi-service switching systems for the converging wireless and wireline networks. TECORE’s innovative AirCore Platform (patent pending) is the first and only switching platform on the market that can simultaneously support multiple wireless protocols and wireline applications. This includes GSM, CDMA, TDMA and AMPS for cellular, PCS and WLL operators; and tandem switching and wireline services for IXCs and CLECs, as well as an integrated prepaid solution. The company is well positioned to support the evolution of wireless technologies to third-generation by integrating VoIP, SS7-IP and ATM with its AirCore Platform for broadband applications. Through direct sales, system integrators and OEM partners, TECORE is providing customers in small-to-medium-size, rural and emerging markets with unique competitive advantages in the dynamic new age of converging services.