U.S. Robotics Selects Jungo

Core Software Technologies Based on OpenRG Will Enhance the Networking Experience in the Broadband Home and SOHO Environments

 Chicago & San Jose, Calif., Jan. 21, 2003

U.S. Robotics®, the world’s leading provider of Internet access and connectivity products, and Jungo® Software Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of residential gateway software, today announced that Jungo’s OpenRG residential gateway software will provide the core software infrastructure for a new range of U.S. Robotics’ networking products. OpenRG is a suite of software technologies that includes an operating system, drivers, remote management capabilities and applications, which enrich and simplify networking for both broadband users and service providers.

By incorporating OpenRG’s pre-integrated and already proven software modules into its next-generation of broadband networking products, U.S. Robotics will continue its tradition of bringing to market high-quality networking devices that deliver reliability and ease of use. OpenRG will also allow U.S. Robotics to reduce development costs and speed up the product development cycle, allowing the company to focus on high-quality customized features that will differentiate their devices from others in the market.

“Partnering with Jungo was an ideal fit for us because of their reputation for working with broadband access device manufacturers and their expertise in the software platforms that offer value to the broadest range of networking equipment,” said Frank Sugino, strategic development manager for U.S. Robotics. “U.S. Robotics’ already feature-rich networking equipment now can be further extended by our engineers for even greater functionality and usability. OpenRG enables us to accelerate product production cycles and further cements our leading position as a dedicated provider of broadband and networking connectivity solutions,” he added.

“Broadband service providers are struggling to reduce the provisioning costs associated with broadband deployment,” said Michael Greeson, principal analyst with Parks Associates. “By incorporating Jungo’s OpenRG platform into its next generation of SOHO and residential gateways, U.S. Robotics can enable service providers to remotely provision and manage additional broadband services while ensuring end-users a product which makes for easy set-up and a seamless service experience.”

Commenting on U.S. Robotics’ selection of OpenRG, Ofer Vilenski, Jungo’s CEO, stated: “U.S. Robotics is set to introduce an impressive range of next-generation home and SOHO networking devices that will firmly differentiate them from other players in the market in terms of features, quality and price. Jungo’s OpenRG has provided U.S. Robotics with a production-ready software package that succeeds in cutting precious time off their device road maps, and will allow them to get to market ahead of the competition.”

 About U.S. Robotics

For three decades, USRobotics has been the world’s leader in Internet access, delivering the highest quality and most innovative modems available. Since re-emerging as an independent company, USRobotics has extended its leadership role in Internet access and connectivity, providing wireless networking products for homes and small offices, cable and DSL modems for broadband access and wireless Internet devices. The company is partnering with key industry players and new technology providers to bring consumers connectivity solutions through its extensive worldwide distribution channel. USRobotics is committed to ensuring the quality, reliability and ease of use consumers have learned to expect from a leading company. USRobotics is privately held and headquartered in the Chicago area. For further information regarding the company and its products, please visit the Web site at http://www.usr.com.

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/st.

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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