Gatespace and Jungo Team Up to Provide an Open Services Residential Gateway

October 24, 2001
Jungo's software infrastructure and Gatespace's OSGi based software platform provide for the delivery and management of enhanced broadband services to the home<
Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, Calif., October 24, 2001Gatespace, a software developer of open standards based distributed service platforms and Jungo Software Technologies Inc., a leading provider of residential gateway software and technologies, today jointly announced their strategic technology alliance. Using Jungo's OpenRG software platform for residential gateways, the companies will jointly provide a seamlessly integrated solution for next generation value added services to the home, and SOHO / ROBO (Small Office/Home Office and Remote Office/Branch Office).

Gatespace, which was launched as a result of a 3-year joint research project between Ericsson and the consulting firm CR&T, is one of the pioneers and current leaders in the emerging market for distributed service platforms based on OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) standards. Gatespace's Distributed Service Platform (GDSP) enables development, delivery and management of network-based services, providing intelligent and seamless connectivity and interoperability between content/application service providers, network operators, and service gateway and device manufacturers.

Jungo's OpenRG packs in essential residential gateway elements, including device drivers, a small-footprint embedded-Linux based operating system, networking and management software, and a set of highly integrated applications and services required for the home, including voice and security software. Jungo's OpenRG also provides a robust development environment and open APIs, so that other value added services may be developed and customized to the needs of each target market. OpenRG's highly flexible and extendable platform enables the smooth integration of third party applications, for a more customized and application-rich residential gateway solution. OpenRG is easily upgradeable via the Internet through comprehensive remote management and includes diagnostics capabilities.

Gatespace's product complements Jungo's OpenRG solution by adding an OSGi framework along with a variety of value added components for secure communication, remote management, enterprise integration and support for a variety of device protocols such as Universal Plug and Play. This service delivery platform works with OpenRG's platform, which includes Firewall, VPN, Gaming and Streaming support, advanced network services "Plug and Play" home networking, and more. By porting Gatespace's software to the Jungo platform, the combined solution enables Original Equipment Manufacturers and Service Providers to bring new products and services to market quickly, cost effectively, and with the competitive edge to win.

"By combining the power of Jungo's OpenRG platform with Gatespace's dynamic software toolkit, we can now provide more value and convenience than ever before to the residential gateway market", said Staffan Truvé, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gatespace. "This joint technology offering will speed time to market for a multitude of service offerings via broadband."

"As broadband connectivity to the home proliferates, we anticipate that the demand for more value added services to the home will increase accordingly", stated Ofer Vilenski, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jungo Software Technologies. He added, "In our bid to preempt market demand, Jungo is aligning with Gatespace to offer OSGi-compliant, legacy and next-generation applications for home networking technology. Together with Gatespace, we offer the most progressive residential gateway software in the market today."

Some of the next generation value added services that will be delivered to the home via the residential gateway include:

  • Information / Entertainment
  • Communication
  • Network security / VPN
  • Energy Management and Metering Appliance
  • Diagnostics and Servicing
  • Safety and Security Monitoring
  • Telemedicine and Healthcare Monitoring

About Gatespace
Gatespace provides open standards based distributed service platforms for designing, developing, and delivering network based services. Gatespace products are designed to be compliant with OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative), and support full interoperability between service providers, network operators, and service gateway manufacturers. This provides for secure and reliable end-to-end services for consumers on the residential markets, among others. Gatespace was founded jointly by Ericsson and the Swedish research company CR&T, and is privately funded by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Fuqua Venture Partners, European Equity Partners, Pythagoras Participations, T-bolaget and Bure Equity. Gatespace Inc. is based in Palo Alto, CA with its European headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Visit www.gatespace.com for more information.compliant with OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative), and support full interoperability between service providers, network operators, and service gateway.
About Jungo
Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world's residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo's unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.

Jungo's connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com.

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