Bouygues Deploys Starent

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Starent Networks, Corp. (Nasdaq: STAR - News), a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, today announced that Bouygues Telecom, a leading mobile operator in France, is deploying Starent Networks’ intelligent multimedia core networking solution to deliver services over its broadband UMTS network.

With more than nine million subscribers, Bouygues Telecom is the third largest mobile operator in France. The operator will utilize Starent Networks’ high performance and intelligent solution to deliver high quality, robust multimedia services such as data, video and mobile Internet.

“As technology continues to advance, it is very important that we provide our subscribers the broadband multimedia services they desire with the quality experience they have come to expect from Bouygues,” said Serge Goldstein-Desroches, executive vice president network and purchasing of Bouygues Telecom. “Starent Networks’ products have demonstrated the performance, integrated intelligence and reliability that allow us to best meet these demands.”

“Providing the core for a prominent operator like Bouygues Telecom allows us to enhance the user experience for millions of subscribers in France,” said Ashraf Dahod, CEO of Starent Networks. “We are extremely pleased to have a relationship with Bouygues and add another successful European UMTS operator as a customer.”

Starent Networks will be providing Bouygues Telecom with the intelligent Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), deployed on Starent Networks’ ST40™ multimedia core platform. Additionally, Bouygues will be utilizing the platform’s In-line Services capability to deploy Starent’s Enhanced Charging Service (ECS). ECS provides Bouygues with content aware charging along with deep packet inspection functionality.

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