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Joint IP Multimedia Services Architecture to be Presented at IEC Executive ComForum 2005 SAN JOSE, Calif. and CENTENNIAL, Colo., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Caspian, the leading supplier of advanced policy-based traffic management solutions for IP networks, and Verilink (NASDAQ:VRLK), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today announced that they have partnered to develop a new approach for deploying converged IP multimedia services. The joint Multimedia Service Assurance Architecture (MSAA) will combine technology solutions from both companies, and will enable service providers to deploy next-generation multimedia IP services on access networks with guaranteed end-to-end quality of service (QoS). With the new architecture, Caspian and Verilink aim to help service providers manage service level agreements (SLAs), create new revenue opportunities for tiered services, and improve quality-of-experience (QoE) for service subscribers. Key elements of the MSAA will include new multimedia access gateways from Verilink, which are deployed at customer sites, and Caspian flow-based media controllers deployed at network peering or aggregation points. "The ability to manage SLAs and guarantee QoS to premium service customers is a powerful resource for service providers and is directly linked to service profitability," said Ulrik Seiersen, president of IPPC Denmark, a Scandinavian service provider. "Caspian currently represents a key foundational element of our network strategy and multimedia service offerings. We look forward to expanding premium services for our customers as this joint architecture evolves." The companies' joint architecture will enable service providers to establish and enforce policies for fair use of their network resources. With the ability to control peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic and effectively allocate bandwidth for premium multimedia IP services, service providers will be able to guarantee true end-to-end QoS and high QoE for broadband subscribers of gaming, voice over IP (VoIP), video on demand (VoD), and future IP services. With this solution, new revenue services such as gaming and VoD can be added to a service provider's network by deploying Caspian media controllers in combination with Verilink's multimedia customer premise gateways. The new architecture will be easily deployable on new and existing networks, allowing subscribers and service providers to quickly benefit. "Service providers have faced the dilemma of how to ensure high quality for next-generation IP services without costly bandwidth over-provisioning or the deployment of numerous traffic management appliances throughout their networks," said Junaid Islam, vice president for technology strategy and marketing for Caspian. "The Multimedia Service Assurance Architecture represents the industry's first traffic management solution that gives service providers control over individual traffic flows. With policy-based bandwidth, service providers will be able to easily prioritize premium traffic over basic services and prevent peer-to-peer download traffic from negatively affecting service quality." "Converging IP services over a network brings QoS and bandwidth issues to the forefront of service providers' decision-making processes," said Sab Gosal, vice president of marketing at Verilink. "Of prime concern is how to ensure QoS through a multitude of connections, where bandwidth is necessarily limited. The Verilink and Caspian alliance provides an end-to-end technology solution that dramatically improves users' quality of experience and accelerates service providers' abilities to guarantee profitable, fair use of network resources." The architecture will be presented in a panel discussion on Friday, November 11 at the International Engineering Consortium Executive ComForum 2005, at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. The session, "Using QoS to Create New Revenue in an IP Multimedia World," is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. EST. New solutions resulting from the architecture are being evaluated with customers through the end of 2005 and are expected to become available for deployment in the first quarter, 2006. About Caspian Caspian is the first to deliver advanced policy-based traffic management solutions for service provider and enterprise IP networks. Based on its patented flow-state QoS technology, Caspian instantly transforms best-effort IP networks into robust and predictable service delivery infrastructures. With Caspian, service providers can now dynamically control and monetize multimedia services while enterprises can ensure real-time IP service delivery. Caspian is headquartered in San Jose, California with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and China. For more information, visit Caspian's web site at http://www.caspian.com/. About Verilink Verilink Corporation is a leading provider of next-generation broadband access solutions for today's and tomorrow's networks. The company develops, manufactures and markets a broad suite of products that enable carriers (ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, and IOCs) and enterprises to build converged access networks for cost-effective delivery of next-generation communications services to their end customers. To learn more about Verilink, visit the company's website at http://www.verilink.com/ . DATASOURCE: Caspian CONTACT: Patrick Corman of Corman Communications, +1-650-326-9648, or , for Caspian; or Gary Gray, Vice President, Corporate Communications of Verilink, +1-510-771-3354, or Web site: http://www.verilink.com/ Web site: http://www.caspian.com/

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