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San Jose, CA and Newport Beach, CA, November 7, 2006

Forval International, a subsidiary of Forval Corporation (JASDAQ: 8275) and a leading provider of IT services for SMBs, and Jungo Ltd., the leading provider of broadband gateway middleware today announced that Forval's new ElipSwitch™ All-in-one Business gateway will be powered by Jungo's OpenSMB software platform.

The ElipSwitch™ is a complete All-In-One solution, which enables the small to mid-size businesses users to easily set-up the device in a secure networked or wireless environment and start working immediately. The ElipSwitch provides SMB or SOHO customers with all the networking services they require, while dramatically lowering their IT costs by reducing or eliminating the need for on-site IT personnel.

The ElipSwitch™ gateway provides a full set of features and services, including a file server that lets employees to share files in a central location, a print server for easy sharing of central printers; built-in VPN capabilities for remote secure connection when employees are away from the office; and, a built-in Firewall for security from outside attacks. The ElipSwitch™ also provides user defined quality of service (QoS) capability to ensure timely delivery of critical data.

Jungo has provided Forval with its latest OpenSMB version which is comprised of the software foundation for small business gateways, and includes an application framework for the coordination and delivery of advanced IP-based services such as remotely managed services, remote backup capability, as well as provide a framework for delivering additional services such as anti-virus and anti-spam in the future. Delivering such services helps service providers and the Value Added Resellers (VARs) to generate new revenue sources, increase average revenue per user (ARPU), create additional differentiation and significantly reduce customer churn.

"Forval's introduction of the ElipSwitch™ effectively delivers a wide range of valuable features and services that ideally serve the needs of SOHO market," said Ofer Vilenski, founder and CEO, Jungo. "We value Forval's partnership in deploying our fully featured OpenSMB software platform which effectively leverages the strength of the Forval platform."

"Jungo's OpenSMB software platform was the only solution that enabled the deployment of all the features required by Forval," said David Fortini, chief operating officer, Forval International. "We also relied on Jungo's solid architecture that will allow for efficient product modifications and enhancements in the future without the need for Hardware modifications."