PLANO, Texas -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH),a leading provider of robust building blocks, highly integrated subsystems and innovative gateway appliances for the converged communications network, and Surf Communication Solutions (“Surf”), a leading developer of high-capacity multimedia processing boards for the telecommunication infrastructure market, today announced their partnership to jointly develop and market AdvancedTCA®- and AdvancedMC™- based convergent media solutions to the communications market. The initial combined Interphase/Surf solution is a highly-scalable, modular application subsystem which enables the delivery of next generation convergent AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, and proprietary communications systems, such as IP‑to-IP and TDM (Mobile)-to-IP media gateways, media-enhanced servers, session border controllers, CTI applications (e.g., voice and video mail), conference bridges, wireless base stations, iPBX, and softswitches.

“Media stream transport and processing is a key building block requirement for the delivery of advanced services in the network”, said Greg Kalush, president and chief executive officer of Interphase Corporation. “This partnership with Surf combines best-of-breed media processing and intelligent input/output solutions, enabling our customers to deliver voice and video processing solutions to the marketplace using standards-based, cost-effective AdvancedTCA platforms.”

“The union between the robust Interphase AdvancedMC and AdvancedTCA carrier board products and the unique media processing capabilities of our SurfRider/AMC DSP resource board—wherein all three media types: voice, video and data (fax and modem) can be processed simultaneously on a single DSP—will provide our customers with comprehensive, cost-effective, and easy-to-integrate communication solutions to drive and distribute their voice and video applications," commented Eyal Zagagi, president and CEO of Surf Communication Solutions.

Interphase Corp.

Surf Communication Solutions