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Bridgewater Systems Announces Completion of IMS Interoperability Testing with BEA Systems


    Bridgewater Systems today announced the successful completion of
    interoperability testing between its Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and
    BEA WebLogic SIP Server(TM). Bridgewater Systems recently joined the
    BEA Systems Partner Program, and is now working with BEA, a leader in
    enterprise and communications infrastructure software. This effort is
    designed to help service providers quickly and cost-effectively launch
    new IP-based communication and collaboration services with proven
    integrated Bridgewater Systems' subscriber-centric policy management
    solutions and BEA communications infrastructure software.

    This interoperability testing milestone pairs Bridgewater Systems'
    proven HSS solution with the BEA WebLogic SIP Server, the converged
    Java EE-SIP-IMS application server component of the BEA WebLogic
    Communications Platform(TM) product family - a converged IT and
    telecom service infrastructure platform for IMS (IP Multimedia
    Subsystem) and next-generation Service Delivery Platforms (SDP). It
    also marks a demonstration of BEA WebLogic SIP Server utilizing an
    operational HSS with a Diameter interface, designed to help service
    providers to seamlessly incorporate their Bridgewater Systems HSS with
    BEA WebLogic SIP Server so that they can quickly and reliably enable
    new IMS applications.

    "Breadth of interoperability testing is an important indicator of
    market demand and momentum," said Tyler Nelson, vice president of
    business development and marketing, Bridgewater Systems. "This
    partnership marks an important step in the commercialization of IMS
    and is designed to address the needs of service providers looking to
    rapidly bring new services to market. It also builds on our continued
    interoperability work with world-class companies as we facilitate
    best-in-breed solutions across the industry."

    Bridgewater's HSS solution is designed to serve as a master
    repository of subscriber profiles and policies necessary for
    authentication, authorization and establishment of subscriber
    sessions, providing a single policy decision point in the IMS network
    to control subscriber access to applications.

    BEA WebLogic SIP Server is a high-performance, highly available
    IMS application server which is designed to provide an integrated SIP
    Servlet and HTTP Servlet container to help enable rapid development
    and delivery of next-generation, converged, multimedia communication
    services. BEA WebLogic SIP Server is the converged IT-IMS service
    logic creation and execution component of the BEA WebLogic
    Communications Platform.

    "Working with Bridgewater Systems is another step toward
    strengthening our telecom partner ecosystem," said Mike McHugh, vice
    president and general manager, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform,
    BEA Systems. "Our partnership with Bridgewater can help enable us to
    provide service providers a meaningful solution in the near term and
    is designed to help open the door for the pursuit of supporting other
    IMS applications."

    About Bridgewater Systems

    Bridgewater Systems develops the industry's most advanced
    subscriber-centric policy management software for IP-based services.
    Its solutions help global service providers maximize profits and
    launch new services faster. Bridgewater does this by providing them
    with a unified view of their subscribers across all access
    technologies. With Bridgewater's software, service providers have an
    intelligent policy-decision point for the management of subscribers,
    applications, and network resources. The Bridgewater Systems' product
    suite delivers high performance policy management via its
    market-leading authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) and
    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) systems. It also offers a
    range of modular products for application support, mediation, and
    dynamic broadband management. Bridgewater Systems' proven
    carrier-class products deliver on-demand data services, extensive
    revenue capture capabilities, and out-of-the-box value that can be
    deployed in weeks - instead of months.

    More than 60 leading service providers from around the globe
    (including: Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS, Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile
    USA,) trust Bridgewater's technology and business insight to help them
    deliver world-class services. Founded in 1997, Bridgewater Systems is
    a privately held company. www.bridgewatersystems.com

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