US : NextPoint is teaming up with ZTE providing for the combination of NextPoint’s Femtocell Gateway with ZTE’s range of UMTS products. This combined solution will allow mobile operators worldwide to dramatically improve coverage at home and at work, and will provide secured access for millions of mobile network subscribers.

The agreement brings together NextPoint, a newly formed company being created from the merger of NexTone and Reef Point, a leader in fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) border platforms and secure interconnectivity solutions, with ZTE, a leader and innovator in the delivery of innovative mobile technologies for next-generation networks in Asia and throughout the world, to provide an enhanced coverage solution for operators to offer their subscribers. NextPoint and ZTE will offer a joint solution that addresses the end to end requirements of UMTS operators in deploying femtocell solutions.

In addition to providing secured access connectivity over its IntelliConnect® System platform, NextPoint will provide technical training and customer support services to ZTE and its customers.

In the dynamic and growing telecommunications market, wireline and wireless operators are under increasing pressure to deliver solutions, including fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solutions, that connect devices to networks, and networks to networks, enabling high quality voice, data, video and multimedia sessions to flow predictably, efficiently, securely and reliably.

"NextPoint’s solution enables ZTE to deploy millions of Femtocells securely, enabling our customers to deliver unmatched home cellular service over existing broadband networks," said Hui Fang, President of ZTE’s UMTS Division. "Working with the team at NextPoint, we will help operators retain customers and allow for new services while addressing subscriber concerns about coverage at home and in the workplace.”

"We are honored to team up with ZTE, one of the fastest growing and most innovative telecom and technology solutions providers in the world,” said Woody Ritchey, CEO, NextPoint. "Our Femtocell Gateway offers massive scalability, reliability and performance bringing operators high levels of security and functionality across a wide range of network applications."

NextPoint Product Suite Will Accelerate Delivery of New Voice, Data and Video Services over All-IP Networks

NextPoint’s unique intelligent-edge solutions will alleviate the complexity and cost of deploying secure fixed and mobile network connectivity, and accelerate the rapid delivery of new services to subscribers, enabling operators to remain competitive and profitable into the future.

NextPoint products include:

• Integrated Border Controller

• Session Border Controller

• Multiprotocol Session Exchange

• Real-time Session Manager

• Femtocell Gateway

• Wireless Gateway

About NextPoint

NextPoint Networks (www.nextpointnetworks.com) is being formed by the merger of NexTone and Reef Point, to deliver global, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) border platforms and secure interconnectivity solutions. NextPoint's technology platform, products and solution suites will enable mobile and fixed line operators to deliver secure voice, data and multimedia over a scalable platform, interoperating with both fixed-line and mobile network technologies and operating systems. 550