SHELTON, CT--(Marketwire - Mar 7, 2012) - [ TranSwitch Corporation ] (NASDAQ: [ TXCC ]), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing consumer electronics and telecommunications markets, today announced that its [ Atlanta 2000™ LTE* Gateway Reference Design ] has been selected by [ coM.sat GmbH Kommunikationssysteme ] for the [ coM.sat 2012 LTE ]. The 2012 LTE Enterprise Gateway provides a complete 3G and 4G IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) convergence solution, including flexible and redundant routing for ISDN / Analog / GSM / 3G and LTE for voice and data.

According to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) global forecasts from [ Wireless Intelligence ], there were 10 million LTE connections in over 50 live LTE networks, across 30 countries globally in 2011. This market is forecasted to grow to 500 million LTE connections in over 200 live LTE networks across more than 70 countries by 2016. For efficiency and improved quality of service, most of these operators plan to offer VoLTE services in addition to high-speed internet access. VoLTE compatible networks and devices are expected to be launched by 2013.

"coM.sat is a leader in the development and manufacture of high quality enterprise GSM/UMTS/LTE devices," said Alper Oezcan, Director New Business Development at coM.sat. "Working closely with TranSwitch, we have been able to bring to market an innovative and reliable gateway that provides exceptional VoLTE and Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to our demanding enterprise customers."

"We are very pleased to partner with coM.sat on their LTE Enterprise initiative," said Kris Shankar, Sr. Vice President & General Manager of the Telecom Business of TranSwitch. "The selection of TranSwitch's [ Atlanta 2000™ LTE Gateway Reference Design ] by coM.sat exemplifies the proven performance advantages offered by our solutions. By providing advanced functionality, such as IMS compatibility for voice and data, our customers can deliver robust and reliable gateways that offer compelling real-world benefits."

The TranSwitch Atlanta 2000 reference design combines high-performance hardware and innovative software to enable high-quality, simultaneous LTE and advanced LTE voice and data services for CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) applications, including routers and gateways. This solution has been optimized to support both consumer and enterprise class devices.

[ Atlanta 2000™ LTE Gateway Reference Design Key Features ]:

• Low power hardware architecture consisting of Dual Network Processor Cores, Dedicated VoIP DSP and Dual Crypto Security Engines
• Turnkey broadband, wireless and telephony functionality with IMS compliant, Voice over LTE (VoLTE) deployment-ready software stack, Certified OMA-DM, Broadband Forum Management and Provisioning
• Award-winning Telco-grade VoIP quality with comprehensive Wireline and Wireless Codec support
• Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6, Hardware-based security and tunneling (IPSec / PPPT / L2TP / SSL)
• Best-in-class performance Java Virtual Machine and OSGI support for Home Automation Applications over LTE

* LTE is a trade mark of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)

About TranSwitch Corporation
TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: [ TXCC ]) designs, develops and supplies innovative semiconductor and intellectual property (IP) solutions that provide core functionality for voice, data and video communications equipment for network, enterprise and customer premises applications. Founded in 1988, TranSwitch® is headquartered in Shelton, CT. The Company provides integrated multi-core network processor System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions and software solutions for fixed, 3G and 4G Mobile, VoIP and Multimedia Infrastructures. For the customer premises market the Company offers a family of communications processors that provide best-in-class performance for a range of applications and also provide interoperable connectivity solutions that enable the reliable distribution and presentation of high-definition (HD) content for consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Our intellectual property (IP) products are compliant with global industry standards such as HDMI and DisplayPort and also feature our proprietary HDP™ and AnyCable™ technologies. For more information, please visit [ www.transwitch.com ] or [ Facebook ].

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