OTTAWA, Canada, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --     Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today 
announced that the company has been recognized as the global policy server 
market share leader in 2008 by Infonetics Research in its April 2009 report 
"Policy Servers Market Share, Size, and Forecasts".

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The Infonetics report noted that Bridgewater's position as the No. 1 
global policy server market share leader is due to the company's success in 
the 3G and 4G market. The report further states that the policy server 
market will continue to grow annually in the high double-digit percents 
over the next five years, reaching US$1.3 billion in 2013.

Service providers are implementing policy servers to manage the 
explosive growth in mobile data, personalize applications, and enforce 
quality of service across applications and content. The adoption of 3G and 
4G LTE and WiMAX networks is expected to further increase demand as 
multimedia applications grow in popularity and as mobile devices become 
more specialized and sophisticated.

The Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller with Smart Caps(TM) is a PCRF-
compliant policy control function that provides real-time network, 
application, and subscriber policies to manage mobile data growth, ensure 
fair usage, prevent mobile 'bill shock,' and deliver personalized services.

Quotes

Shira Levine, Directing Analyst, Next Gen OSS and Policy, Infonetics 
Research

"Bridgewater recognized the importance of the mobile segment of the 
policy server market early on and is benefiting from the continued rapid 
growth in this market. The company's global policy server market share 
leadership is based on its extensive 3G and 4G deployments."

David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems

"The Infonetics report validates Bridgewater's unique network, 
application and subscriber policy approach to managing mobile data growth, 
personalizing applications such as on-demand videos and social networking, 
ensuring fair usage, and preventing mobile bill shock. We are delighted to 
be recognized as both the 2008 global policy server market leader and the 
leader in the mobile segment by Infonetics."

Tags / Keywords

Bridgewater Systems, Infonetics, Policy Controller, PCRF, UMTS, GSM, 
Fair Usage, Mobile Personalization, Bandwidth Management

Links

The Bridgewater Systems Policy Controller 
(http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Policy-Controller.aspx)

Bridgewater Policy Control and Smart Caps White Paper      
(http://webx.newswire.ca/click/?id=2f56914058ed56d)

Infonetics Research Policy Servers Market Share, Size, and Forecasts 
(http://webx.newswire.ca/click/?id=ea83a39ffee5416)

About Bridgewater Systems

Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, enables 
service providers to efficiently manage and profit from mobile data 
services, content and commerce. The company's market leading mobile 
personalization portfolio provides a real-time, unified view of subscribers 
including entitlements, devices, networks, billing profiles, preferences 
and context. Anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker(TM), the 
portfolio of carrier-grade and standards-based products includes the 
Bridgewater(R) Service Controller (AAA), the Bridgewater(R) Policy 
Controller (PCRF) and the Bridgewater(R) Home Subscriber Server (HSS). More 
than 120 leading service providers including America Movil, Bell Canada, 
Clearwire, Hutchison Telecom, Iusacell, Scartel, SmarTone-Vodafone, Sprint, 
Tata Teleservices, Tatung, Telmex, Telstra, and Verizon Wireless use 
Bridgewater's solutions to rapidly deliver innovative mobile services to 
over 150 million subscribers. For more information, visit us at 
http://www.bridgewatersystems.com.

Bridgewater, Bridgewater Systems, the Bridgewater Systems logo, 
WideSpan, Smart Caps, and Subscriber Data Broker 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.

For further information: Joanne Steinberg, Bridgewater Systems, 
joanne.steinberg@bridgewatersystems.com, +1-613-591-9104 extension 2032; 
James Cook, MS&L North America, james.cook@mslworldwide.com, +1-416-967-3702