Jungo Ltd., a leading provider of broadband value-added service
solutions, announced today that its OpenRG(TM) and OpenSMB(TM) access
gateway software has been selected by Pirelli Broadband Solutions for
its portfolio of residential and business gateways. Targeted at
broadband operators, Pirelli's access gateways powered by Jungo's
software offer a wide range of applications for the delivery of
advanced services.
Pirelli's Discus(TM) gateways powered by Jungo's OpenRG/OpenSMB
gateway software enable networking, QoS, remote management, and
user-friendly self-configuration applications which can be customized
for multiple customer segments. The advanced IP-PBX, voice and
security capabilities are delivered in a single scaleable platform
that can be remotely configured and managed by the advanced Operator.
Operators deploying the gateways have the ability to provide new
revenue-generating services, differentiate through innovative
applications, and enhance customer loyalty. Home subscribers will
benefit from a service-rich, plug & play solution with the best
quality to price ratio while office users enjoy an IT free
office-in-a-box solution that dramatically cuts operational expenses.
The Pirelli devices powered by Jungo's software are based on the
prevalent industry standards applicable for networking, voice
protocols, and hardware interfaces. They can be customized to suit any
Operator's specific functional and service requirements.
Pirelli's comprehensive portfolio of residential and business
gateways is fully compliant with the DSL Forum TR-069 protocol for
remote management. Thanks to its advanced networking and QoS
capabilities, the Discus family of gateways supports a wide range of
applications such as wired/wireless data, VoIP, fixed-mobile
convergence, IPTV, shared storage, and printing through a USB port.
"We use Jungo's OpenRG and OpenSMB as a solid and versatile
foundation for our in-house software development and system
integration team in order to create Pirelli's distinctive software
stack, said Corrado Rocca, Sr. VP, Product Marketing and Development
-- Broadband Access Products for Pirelli Broadband Solutions. We are
always introducing innovative features and service-specific
applications for our access product line."
"Jungo is pleased to equip Pirelli with capabilities to approach
Operators using a variety of technologies, with a VAS-rich gateway,"
said Dr. Yair Shapira, VP of Marketing and Product Management, Jungo
Inc. "Pirelli's gateways powered by Jungo's software provide a usable,
manageable and innovative digital home opportunity to broadband
Operators."
About OpenRG(TM)
Jungo's OpenRG(TM) software for residential gateways enables
delivery of innovative, usable and manageable value-added services to
the evolving digital home, while minimizing the Operator's support
cost and VAS time-to-market. OpenRG supports all popular home networks
and access networks, and includes high-performance feature-rich VAS
enablers, such as QoS, VoIP, Firewall and Remote management, as well
as a growing set of value-added services. Millions of Jungo-based
gateways are deployed worldwide. Operators deploying Jungo-powered
gateways can rapidly and easily introduce new value added services
that drive revenues and increase ARPU.
About Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Pirelli Broadband Solutions is the Company within the Pirelli
Group specializing in broadband access technology and photonics. The
Access division provides a range of broadband CPE including access
gateways, set-top boxes, multiple handsets, home networking devices
and a remote management system; while the Photonics division leverages
nanotechnology and its use of tunable and pluggable solutions to
deliver a complete range of components, modules and subsystems
including dynamically tunable lasers, ITLAs, 10 Gbps transponders,
DWDM XFP transceivers, and a CWDM/DWDM system for metro access and
metro core networks. In 2006, Pirelli Broadband Solutions posted sales
of 129.4 million euros, with a 15.3% growth compared with the previous
year. For additional information, visit www.pirellibroadband.com.
About Jungo
Jungo Ltd., an NDS Group company, is a provider of broadband home
value-added service solutions. Jungo's flagship products, OpenRG(TM)
(residential gateway software platform) and OpenSMB(TM) (small and
medium business gateway software platform) enable broadband Operators
to deliver managed revenue-generating services to the digital home.
Jungo also offers extensive connectivity software solutions for
USB and PCI, including WinDriver(TM), a driver development toolkit
that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that
can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and
USBware(TM), a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol
stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard
USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.
To find out more about Jungo Ltd. and our products, please visit
www.jungo.com.
About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News
Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services
to pay-television platform operators and content providers. See
www.nds.com for more information about NDS.
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