Continuous Computing and Mindspeed to Deploy Key Integrated HDLC and Software Solution

Continuous Computing®, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced a strategic agreement to integrate the companies’ expertise in software and hardware, respectively. Continuous Computing’s Trillium® software coupled with Mindspeed’s High-Level Data Link Controller (HDLC) products will offer telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) a single source through which to meet customer demand for a cost-effective and easy-to-implement hardware / software solution. These devices are well-suited for fixed mobile convergence (FMC) applications requiring low risk and rapid implementation, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) enabled media gateways, signaling gateways and 3G wireless network equipment. Integration of Trillium SS7 protocol software with Mindspeed’s state-of-the-art HDLC technology addresses a major industry challenge wherein TEMs are tasked to provide not only the least expensive solutions, but also to deliver products to market quickly. The Mindspeed HDLC products have been pre-integrated and tested with the Trillium SS7 software, thereby enabling TEMs to meet these market requirements while also mitigating technical risk. "With the integration of Mindspeed’s HDLC products and Continuous Computing’s Trillium protocol software, we are able to offer TEMs a combined solution with the same core technology, allowing for low risk, quick implementation and cost savings,” said Mike Dagenais, chief executive officer of Continuous Computing. "For Continuous Computing, this partnership with Mindspeed provides a new channel through which we can market and sell to TEMs. Additionally, it extends Continuous Computing’s industry-leading Trillium SS7 technology to the chip-level of a telecom system.” Trillium SS7 software offers a complete standards-based implementation, including variant support for deployment worldwide, and is ideal for developing carrier-grade equipment with wide geographic deployment potential. TEMs approach Mindspeed when their equipment is required to terminate data and signaling traffic using HDLC protocol. A chip integrated with pre-tested and field-proven Trillium protocol software reduces the risk of having technical problems with the system design. "Our collaboration with Continuous Computing enables us to provide a more complete solution to our customers,” said Taqi Mohiuddin, executive director of marketing for Mindspeed. "Incorporating Trillium, the industry’s leading protocol stack software, as a value-add on our processor product line will set Mindspeed apart from the competition as a high-quality, low-cost solution designed to expedite TEMs’ time-to-market.” Mindspeed’s multi-channel synchronous communications controller (MUSYCC) devices provide a comprehensive solution for the processing of HDLC channels for internetworking applications such as Frame Relay, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), D channel signaling, X.25, SS7 and LAN / WAN data transport. For more details regarding Mindspeed’s HDLC products and the integrated solution, please visit http://www.mindspeed.com/web/product/category.html?id=40&trail=3001,4. To learn more about Continuous Computing’s Trillium protocol software product line, please visit http://www.ccpu.com/products/trillium/. About Continuous Computing Continuous Computing® provides integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next-Generation Networks (NGN). More than 150 customers worldwide benefit from the company’s unique blend of customized professional services, Trillium® protocol software, AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems, and BladeCenter hardware. Continuous Computing helps customers reduce platform lifecycle costs, optimize data delivery, and accelerate deployments of NGN, 3G Wireless and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. The company is ISO-9001 certified and is based in San Diego with development centers in China and India. For more information, visit www.ccpu.com. Continuous Computing is an associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance, a general member of the Blade.org ecosystem, and a contributing member of the Communications Platforms Trade Association. For more information, visit www.intel.com/go/ica, www.blade.org, or www.cp-ta.org. About Mindspeed Technologies Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and sells semiconductor networking solutions for communications applications in enterprise, access, metropolitan and wide area networks. The company’s three key product families include high-performance analog transmission and switching solutions, multiservice access products designed to support voice and data services across wireline and wireless networks, and WAN communications solutions including T/E carrier physical-layer and link-layer devices, as well as ATM/MPLS network processors. Mindspeed’s products are used in a wide variety of network infrastructure equipment including voice and media gateways, high-speed routers, switches, access multiplexers, cross-connect systems, add-drop multiplexers and digital loop carrier equipment. To learn more, visit us at www.mindspeed.com. 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