Pirelli Broadband Solutions And Jungo Deliver Next Generations Telco Grade Multi-Service Gateways

October 9, 2007
Highlights:
  • Pirelli selects Jungo's OpenRG TM and OpenSMB TM access gateway software for its portfolio of residential and business gateways.
  • Pirelli's Discus TM gateways powered by Jungo's OpenRG/OpenSMB home and business gateway software enable multi-services in one box.
  • Operators deploying the gateways have the ability to provide new revenue-generating services, differentiate through innovative applications, and enhance customer loyalty.
San Jose, CA - October 9, 2007Jungo Ltd., a leading provider of broadband value-added service solutions, announced today that its OpenRG TM and OpenSMB TM access gateway software has been selected by Pirelli Broadband Solutions for its portfolio of residential and business gateways. Targeted at broadband operators, Pirelli's access gateways powered by Jungo's software offer a wide range of applications for the delivery of advanced services.

Pirelli's Discus TM gateways powered by Jungo's OpenRG/OpenSMB gateway software enable networking, QoS, remote management, and user-friendly self-configuration applications which can be customized for multiple customer segments. The advanced IP-PBX, voice and security capabilities are delivered in a single scaleable platform that can be remotely configured and managed by the advanced Operator.

Operators deploying the gateways have the ability to provide new revenue-generating services, differentiate through innovative applications, and enhance customer loyalty. Home subscribers will benefit from a service-rich, plug & play solution with the best quality to price ratio while office users enjoy an IT free office-in-a-box solution that dramatically cuts operational expenses. The Pirelli devices powered by Jungo's software are based on the prevalent industry standards applicable for networking, voice protocols, and hardware interfaces. They can be customized to suit any Operator's specific functional and service requirements.

Pirelli's comprehensive portfolio of residential and business gateways is fully compliant with the DSL Forum TR-069 protocol for remote management. Thanks to its advanced networking and QoS capabilities, the Discus family of gateways supports a wide range of applications such as wired/wireless data, VoIP, fixed-mobile convergence, IPTV, shared storage, and printing through a USB port.

"We use Jungo's OpenRG and OpenSMB as a solid and versatile foundation for our in-house software development and system integration team in order to create Pirelli's distinctive software stack, said Corrado Rocca, Sr. VP, Product Marketing and Development - Broadband Access Products for Pirelli Broadband Solutions. We are always introducing innovative features and service-specific applications for our access product line."

"Jungo is pleased to equip Pirelli with capabilities to approach Operators using a variety of technologies, with a VAS-rich gateway," said Dr. Yair Shapira, VP of Marketing and Product Management, Jungo Inc. "Pirelli's gateways powered by Jungo's software provide a usable, manageable and innovative digital home opportunity to broadband Operators."

About Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Pirelli Broadband Solutions is the Company within the Pirelli Group specializing in broadband access technology and photonics. The Access division provides a range of broadband CPE including access gateways, set-top boxes, multiple handsets, home networking devices and a remote management system; while the Photonics division leverages nanotechnology and its use of tunable and pluggable solutions to deliver a complete range of components, modules and subsystems including dynamically tunable lasers, ITLAs, 10 Gbps transponders, DWDM XFP transceivers, and a CWDM/DWDM system for metro access and metro core networks. In 2006, Pirelli Broadband Solutions posted sales of 129.4 million euros, with a 15.3% growth compared with the previous year. For additional information, visit http://www.pirellibroadband.com.
About OpenRG
Jungo's OpenRG™ software for residential gateways enables delivery of innovative, usable and manageable value-added services to the evolving digital home, while minimizing the telco's support costs and VAS time-to-market. OpenRG supports all popular home networks and access networks, and includes high-performance feature-rich VAS enablers, such as QoS, VoIP, Firewall and Remote management, as well as a growing set of value-added services. Millions of Jungo-based gateways are deployed
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.

About NDS
NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 90 of the world's leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their business.

NDS' VideoGuard® is the world's market-leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 133 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 226 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, is a leader in the global industry with 49 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th April 2012).

Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in technology and development with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US.

NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.

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