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Network Equipment Technologies: Network Equipment Technologies Successfully Demonstrates Interoperability With General Dynamics

^{Published on 2009-07-16 06:14:47, Last Modified on 2009-07-16 06:14:57 - Market Wire}
 

FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - July 16, 2009) - Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. ("NET") (NASDAQ: [ NWK ]) announced today the completion of preliminary interoperability testing between its VX series and General Dynamics secure telephony devices.

Successful testing with NET's VX series of integrated switch gateways demonstrates the Sectéra vIPer Secure Phone's ability to communicate between IP networks and secure communications devices on analog networks. This means users of the soon-to-be-released Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) version of vIPer can communicate with hundreds of thousands of existing analog products.

Specifically, the testing used NET's VX900 with the V.150 Universal Modem Relay technology to demonstrate interoperability with the following:

 -- SIP vIPer with secure wireless devices such as the Sectéra Edge™ Smartphone and the Sectéra Secure GSM phone over a number of cellular carriers' networks; -- SIP vIPer to the PSTN vIPer; -- SIP vIPer to the Secure Terminal Equipment (STE); -- SIP vIPer to the Sectéra Wireline Terminal. 

In 2006, the Sectéra vIPer phone was certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect information classified Top Secret and Below over Skinny Call Control Protocol (SCCP) VoIP networks for authorized U.S. military and government users. Certification by the NSA of the Sectéra vIPer for use over SIP VoIP networks is expected later this year. In January 2009, the PSTN capability of the Sectéra vIPer phone was also certified by the NSA.

"This technology will enable interoperability with secure voice devices and legacy equipment as more customers migrate to SIP phones, softphones and PC-based voice devices," said Talbot Harty, chief development officer for NET.

NET is a market leader in sales of reliable, efficient, and robust VoIP communications devices providing secure telephony capabilities over IP networks. The V.150 capability, when combined with the VX Series' existing ability to support TDM-based Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP) phones, enables instant interoperability between old and new technologies. Further, NET's V.150 solution includes the company's Bestflow frame-packing technique, which allows VoIP to traverse firewalls, while providing bandwidth-saving capabilities and numerous features that protect the reliability of secure telephony over IP.

About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET) provides network and VoIP solutions to enterprises and government agencies that seek to reduce the cost to deploy next generation unified and secure communications applications. For a quarter of a century, NET has delivered solutions for multi-service networks requiring high degrees of versatility, security and performance. Today, the company's broad family of products enables interoperability and integration with existing networks for migration to secure IP-based communications. Broadening NET's voice solutions, Quintum Technologies, now a part of NET, is a VoIP innovator whose applications bring the reliability and clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony and unified communications. NET is headquartered in Fremont, CA and has 14 offices worldwide including the US, the UK, France, the Middle East, China, Japan, Australia, and Latin America. The company sells its solutions through a direct sales force and an international network of resellers and distributors. For more information, visit [ www.net.com ].

Network Equipment Technologies, NET, VX Series, and Bestflow are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.