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Bridgewater Systems Signs Software Distribution Agreement With Motorola
OTTAWA, February 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Motorola to Distribute Bridgewater Systems AAA Service Controller in WiMAX Networks Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC) today announced that Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) will incorporate and distribute the Bridgewater Systems(TM) AAA Service Controller as a key component in Motorola's WiMAX infrastructure solutions. As a result, Motorola customers will benefit from a best of breed network access control solution for advanced IP services. Under the terms of this agreement, Motorola will have non-exclusive global distribution rights for Bridgewater(R) products, and will provide Motorola customers first and second line support services, customer training as well as installation and integration services. "Bridgewater Systems' AAA Service Controller is considered the gold standard by many operators of 3G networks and their products will enhance our overall end to end WiMAX solution offering," said Adolfo Masini, Motorola vice president of WiMAX product management. As a leader in subscriber-centric policy management solutions, including network access control, Bridgewater Systems is providing Motorola with its market-leading AAA Service Controller and associated modules. Recognized as the most scalable and robust AAA solution of its kind, the AAA Service Controller enables service providers to control access to advanced and differentiated services simultaneously across fixed, mobile and common IP backbone networks serving both WiMAX and 3G access technologies. "This new relationship with Motorola will allow us to become a key ecosystem supplier in the rapidly growing WiMAX market," commented Tyler Nelson, vice president of business development and marketing for Bridgewater Systems. He continued, "We are pleased Motorola has selected our carrier-grade AAA solution which has already proven itself to be highly scalable, reliable and can support the most demanding performance requirements of tier one service provider deployments around the world." The AAA Service Controller also features extensive mobile WiMAX support such as multi-protocol RADIUS and Diameter support, mobile IP, subscriber and device authentication as well as broad supplemental authentication protocols such as EAP, EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS. The AAA Service Controller is fully compliant with the WiMAX Forum(R) NWG Stage 3 Release 1.0.0 specification for mobile WiMAX. The AAA Service Controller is able to support a wide array of access networks and vendor equipment simultaneously from a single platform. With a common policy and subscriber profile repository that serves all access networks, service providers can create a unified view of subscribers, realize operational efficiencies by eliminating the need to re-provision subscribers as new access technologies such as CDMA EVDO Rev A and WiMAX are introduced, and accelerate time to market for new services. Meet with Bridgewater Systems at Mobile World Congress - Stand 1G59 Hall 1. About Bridgewater Systems Bridgewater Systems develops subscriber-centric service control solutions, including access control and policy management software for fixed, mobile and converged networks. Using Bridgewater solutions, global service providers can offer personalized services and experiences to their subscribers by maintaining a real time policy that controls how subscribers interact with networks, services, and their devices. Vendor-neutral and access network agnostic, Bridgewater's carrier-class solutions help global service providers launch new services faster, target them more accurately, and maximize profits by creating a decision point that brings dynamic subscriber context to controlling and merchandizing the subscriber interaction with IP-based services. More than 90 leading service providers around the globe including Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Bell Mobility and SmarTone-Vodafone trust Bridgewater's technology to help them deliver world-class services. http://www.bridgewatersystems.com Bridgewater, Bridgewater Systems and the Bridgewater Systems logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bridgewater Systems Corporation. All other company, product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws and are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of such laws. Statements related to potential benefits of, and demand for, Bridgewater's products including statements with respect to the features and benefits that may be achieved through the use of Bridgewater's products and the relative position of these products vis-Ã -vis competitive offerings in the industry are forward-looking statements which are subject to certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Risk factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Bridgewater to differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements can be found in the public documents filed by Bridgewater from time to time with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Bridgewater assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
