SHENZHEN, China -- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has announced that it remains as the market leader in mobile softswitches and that it increased its worldwide market share of mobile softswitches in 2007 from 31.2%.to 43.7%

According to a recent In-Stat report ("Global Mobile Softswitch Market 2008 Update: Big Growth, New Value"), more than 85% of newly-built cellular networks (2G/3G) are using softswitch platforms and an increasing number of service providers in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific have begun to upgrade their mobile core networks using softswitches.

Huawei's softswitches are used by China Mobile to run the world's largest All-IP mobile softswitch network and Huawei's comprehensive experience extends to all areas of the IP core network. As a leading proponent of All-IP core networks, Huawei continues to add new technologies and new features to its solutions, such as MSC Pool, embedded IMS functions and fixed-mobile convergence capabilities.

Huawei mobile softswitches provide services to 730 million subscribers in over 90 countries, for to more than 140 operators, including Vodafone, Orange, Telefonica, KPN, China Mobile, China Unicom, Reliance, TATA and Etisalat.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.