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Tekelec: Tekelec and Frost & Sullivan Webinar Presents Business Case on Efficient SMS Network


Published on 2009-03-11 11:38:29, Last Modified on 2009-11-04 07:54:32 - Market Wire
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MORRISVILLE, NC--(Marketwire - March 11, 2009) - [ Tekelec ] (NASDAQ: [ TKLC ]), the network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, today announced that it will debut an SMS network business case from Frost & Sullivan in a webinar on Tuesday, March 24 at 11 a.m. EDT.

Ronald Gruia, principal analyst and senior consultant for Frost & Sullivan's ICT Practice, and Alan Pascoe, senior manager of product marketing at Tekelec, will compare mobile messaging infrastructure costs between a modular SMS network and a legacy short message service center (SMSC) network. The business case is based on SMS traffic and a profile of forecasted growth that examines the impact of the SMS network on messaging delivery costs. The comparisons will highlight how SMS network components maximize cost-effective SMS scaling and enable rapid deployment of new SMS-based services.

Event Details:

Topic: Proving the Business Case for Optimizing Your SMS Network

-- Maximize cost-effective SMS scaling

-- Implement an [ SMS router ] and [ SMS firewall ] to extend the life of existing SMSCs

-- Contain the growth of capex and opex for SMS delivery

-- Optimize the SMS network for growth and flexibility

Who should attend?

-- Network architects and planners responsible for managing exponential SMS growth

-- Deployment engineers requiring alternatives to legacy SMSCs to manage new capacity

-- Business unit managers overseeing capital and operational budgets for SMS networks

Registration is open at [ Tekelec's Web site ], and registrants will receive a free copy of the Frost & Sullivan business case white paper. Interested operators can also apply the business case to their network by requesting the SMS network comparison calculator and consultation through [ Tekelec's site ]. The webinar will be [ archived ] online as well.

For further strategies to maintain profitability while handling increasing SMS traffic loads, Tekelec has a free whitepaper available for download on [ Optimizing the SMS Network ]. Tekelec's complementary [ SMS Security ] whitepaper also addresses the technical challenges associated with protecting the SMS network.

About Tekelec

Tekelec leverages its global leadership in core multimedia session control and network intelligence to ensure scalable, secure and highly available communications. The company's leading signaling solutions enable the interworking of different network applications, technologies and protocols, providing a smooth transition to next-generation networks. Corporate headquarters are located near Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, N.C., U.S.A., with research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit [ www.tekelec.com ].

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best in class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practice models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 31 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit [ http://www.frost.com ].

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this press release are forward looking, reflect the Company's current intent, belief or expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual future performance may differ materially from such expectations as a result of important risk factors, which include, in addition to those identified in the Company's 2008 Form 10-K and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the effect of the current or escalating economic crisis including the impact of credit availability and currency fluctuations on overall telecommunications spending by our customers, the current or further detrimental changes in general economic, social, or political conditions in the countries in which we operate, the timeliness and functional competitiveness of our product releases, our ability to maintain OEM, partner, and vendor support and supply relationships, our ability to compete with other manufacturers that have lower cost bases than ours and/or are partially supported by foreign governments or employ other unfair trade practices, and changes in the market price of the Company's common stock. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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