Partner Communications Selects Jungo’s OpenRG Software for New SmartBox Gateway

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Highlights:

  • Partner Communications has selected Jungo’s OpenRG TM residential gateway software for its new SmartBox TM home gateway which launched to Israeli subscribers in December 2008
  • Gateway software is a key service differentiator and Jungo’s OpenRG software is helping Partner Communications to launch innovative new services, giving customers a true digital home experience
  • Partner Communications will benefit from best-of-breed software, including the opportunity to increase ARPU, while reducing support and maintenance costs

SAN JOSE, CA January 26, 2009
Jungo Ltd, a leading provider of broadband residential gateway software solutions, and Partner Communications, a leading Israeli mobile telecoms operator, have reached an agreement that sees Jungo integrating its OpenRG TM residential gateway software into Partner’s new SmartBox TM home gateway, part of the operator’s innovative new home communications offering.

OpenRG software delivers Partner Communications a range of capabilities as well as a platform for introducing and launching new value added services. With Jungo’s remote upgrade capability, an operator can load customized middleware onto deployed gateways from almost any vendor, and therefore can introduce new services without the need to replace its installed base. OpenRG also provides a suite of functionalities to substantially reduce operational costs. These include transparent fault-finding, and user-focused troubleshooting that helps minimize support calls.

With SmartBox, launched in December 2008, Partner Communications’ customers will enjoy advanced broadband services such as 802.11n wireless network, advanced VoIP capabilities including integrated DECT, call hijacking between cellular and fixed line, home media sharing and other services.

“The ability to offer new innovative services to our customers is central to Partner Communications’ strategy,” said Alon Berman, Partner Communications VP Internet and Broadband. “The residential gateway is now at the heart of the digital home, and key enabler of the advanced services that our customers want. We chose Jungo OpenRG for the new SmartBox because Jungo’s proven, flexible and open software allows us to offer our subscribers new levels of seamlessly-integrated access and interaction with a wide range of entertainment and communication services.”

“Jungo is proud to have been chosen to be part of this bold new venture, and to support Partner Communications with our feature-rich, reliable, high-quality residential gateway software,” said Eran Rom, Jungo’s CEO. “We look forward to helping Partner Communications customers experience the benefits of a truly digital home, enabled by our OpenRG software.”

OpenRG is a hardware-agnostic gateway software platform which gives operators maximum freedom in selecting gateway hardware, and thanks to its remote upgrade capability, OpenRG provides full flexibility for future service enhancements. This saves operators substantial costs when expanding and upgrading existing and future gateway designs.

About Partner Communications

Partner Communications is a leading Israeli mobile communications operator providing GSM / GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA services and wire free applications. Partner Communications provides quality service and a range of features to 2.882 million subscribers in Israel (as of September 30, 2008). Partner’s ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).Partner is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (“Hutchison Telecom”), a leading global provider of telecommunications services. Hutchison Telecom currently offers mobile and fixed line telecommunications services in Hong Kong, and operates mobile telecommunications services in Israel, Macau, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia. It was the first provider of 3G mobile services in Hong Kong and Israel and operates brands including “Hutch”, “3″

Hutchison Telecom, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is a listed company with American Depositary Shares quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “HTX” and shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the stock code “2332″.

About Jungo

Jungo Ltd., an NDS Group company, is a provider of broadband home value-added service solutions. Jungo’s flagship products, OpenRG™ (residential gateway softwareplatform) and OpenSMB™ (small and medium business gateway software platform) enable broadband Operators to deliver managed revenue-generating services to the digital home.Jungo also offers driver development tools, embedded USB software solutions ans USB testing tools. Jungo has partnered with leading operating system and silicon vendors to provide the best solutions for both software and hardware developers.

To find out more about Jungo Ltd. and our products, please visit www.jungo.com/st.

About NDS

NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to pay-television platform operators and content providers.See www.nds.com for more information about NDS.

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