Tekelec Grows in EMEA

EGHAM, U.K. -- Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) has continued to strengthen its position as a leading developer of telecommunications products for next-generation fixed, mobile, and packet networks with significant new implementations across EMEA.

More than 100 EMEA customers, including France Telecom and Orange Group subsidiaries such as Uni2 in Spain, Mobistar Belgium, Orange Netherlands, Orange Romania, Orange France, MobiNil in Egypt, Orange UK and others, have chosen Tekelec's solutions to deliver intelligence into their core networks and meet changing market conditions. The company is experiencing continued demand for its technology and applications and within its core signalling business as organisations prepare to transition to next-generation networks.

In addition, tier-one mobile operators in Europe are trialing and deploying the Tekelec 8000 Wireless Multimedia Gateway with Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology support to uniquely increase network capacity, decrease operational expenses and introduce new technologies.

Dittberner Associates's 2004 Q3 report recognised Tekelec as the market-share leader for integrated media gateway-softswitch platforms. Lilian Tau, executive vice president of market research and consulting, commented, "In our third quarter market share analysis, Tekelec succeeded in expanding its position as a leading player in the VoP Carrier Grade Integrated Call Control/Media Gateway market, leading this segment with 52% market share. The company is well positioned to achieve its ambitious growth plan."

Tekelec's combined new and organic growth has contributed to a 50% increase in EMEA sales during the last year, with new office openings in Rome, Madrid, France and Russia. EMEA revenues totalled $40.2 million in 2004.

Wolrad Claudy, Tekelec's managing director for EMEA, said, "In today's competitive environment, operators are looking for innovative systems that enable them to improve customer service and drive down costs while ensuring a smooth transition to next-generation protocols.

"Tekelec gives operators the solutions they need to generate critical business intelligence for revenue assurance and network and service performance management," added Claudy. "In 2004, Tekelec increased its orders by 54%, a 51% revenue increase over 2003, and we are confident of continued growth across regions throughout 2005."

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