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Narus and FITec Address Security Concerns of Brazilian Telecommunications Providers
FITec to Offer Narus’ Carrier-Class Unified IP Management and Security Solutions to South American Telecom Service Providers
Mountain View, Calif.—October 19, 2005—Narus, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with FITec Technology Innovations to make Narus’ leading unified IP Management and Security solutions accessible to telecommunications service providers in Brazil. FITec, a top technology innovator and integrator in Brazil, will use Narus’ IP Platform to provide Brazilian carriers with security, analysis, monitoring and mediation applications, all based on Narus’ ability to capture and analyze IP traffic in real time.
“A lengthy search revealed Narus to have the only proven solution that met our requirements for scalable, real-time, traffic processing on the complex IP networks of Brazilian telecommunications providers,” said Fernando Arruda, president, FITec. “We found that the Narus IP Platform and applications provide a distinct competitive advantage. Narus software gives FITec the solutions we need to best help carriers generate new revenue, address new services to maintain customer satisfaction and protect their networks.”
“As Narus continues to expand globally, working with the key consulting and service organizations in a given region is critical to our success,” said Steve Possino, vice president, Americas, Narus. “FITec’s reputation in Brazil, as well as its strong portfolio of technologies and services, enhances our ability to deliver an unmatched combination of IP management and security solutions, and implementation services.”
Narus unified IP Management and Security is deployed by some of the largest carriers and IP service providers in the world, including AT&T, KDDI, U.S. Cellular, Korea Telecom, T-Mobile and Telecom Egypt. Carriers rely on Narus’ solutions to provide them with real-time IP knowledge to create, manage, and protect their services and revenue. With solutions for protecting critical infrastructure from attack, traffic analysis and management, lawful interception, and content-based billing, Narus offers a full suite of IP applications all on a single platform. This approach provides a total network view of IP traffic, demonstrating unparalleled performance while saving carriers tens of millions of dollars in capital and operational costs.
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About Narus, Inc.
Narus software solutions provide the real-time traffic insight essential to profitably manage, secure and deliver Services over IP. Today, large IP-based networks are transforming the traditional circuit-switched world of telecommunications into a dynamic, ever-changing world of IP-based services such as VoIP, IPTV and others. In order to secure, monitor, bill and provide excellent quality of service for these IP-based offerings, service providers must simultaneously capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic across all layers of the network. Only NarusInsight is capable of providing companies with the means to capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic at the speed required for carrier-class networks. With its patented technology and processes, Narus helps customers like AT&T, Korea Telecom, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, France Telecom and T-Mobile in areas of network security, traffic classification and monitoring.
About FITec
FITec Technology Innovations is a Center of Excellence for the development of products and solutions in telecommunications and, information technology. Its main areas of expertise include IPTV, NGN and VoIP technologies.
During its 10-year history, FITec has successfully completed over 200 product development projects, the results of which are commercially installed all over the world, including more than 10 million lines of code written and over 300 circuit packs. Around 300 engineers work in its three sites, located in major cities in Brazil.
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