Open System Consultants Teams with Performance Technologies to

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Open System Consultants Teams with Performance Technologies to Provide GSM Authentication

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News Article March 2005

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX); a leading developer of integrated systems, platforms, components and software; today announced they have teamed with Open System Consultants (OSC) to provide Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) operators secure authentication, authorization and accounting for wired or wireless networks. The solution will combine OSC's Radiator authentication server with Performance Technologies' SEGway(TM) signaling gateways.

"By teaming with Performance Technologies, we can offer wireless carriers authentication options to better serve their customers and provide a new revenue stream in Wi-Fi hotspots," said Mike McCauley, chief technologist for Open System Consultants. "Performance Technologies' field-proven software and experience in worldwide, carrier-grade solutions enables them to provide the solid SS7 connectivity our customers require."

OSC's Radiator server supports user authentication for wireless and wired LANs utilizing nearly 60 different types of authentication methods. Based on the RADIUS protocol, this solution allows users to authenticate access to a wireless LAN network using a mobile phone Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. Using Radiator and its EAP-SIM support, operators and carriers can construct complete SIM wireless authentication and billing systems that interoperate with the existing worldwide GSM mobile phone authentication and billing systems, enabling a simple and seamless experience for roaming wireless LAN users.

Performance Technologies' suite of SEGway signaling gateway solutions, designed to support the convergence of SS7 and IP networks, offers unparalleled performance and functionality for wireless and VoIP networks. Performance Technologies' Signaling Gateway for Subscriber Authentication (SGSA) is based on the company's popular signaling software and is a value- added addition to the company's industry-leading SEGway product family. The SGSA enables public wireless Internet hotspots to easily authenticate users based on the GSM SIM card, over the SS7 network.

"In looking to establish an EAP/SIM partner, we sought a RADIUS system with a proven record of installations and wide range of client software connectivity that would best align with our signaling software," said Normand Glaude, managing director for Performance Technologies' Signaling Systems Group. "We have built successful EAP/SIM systems with OSC on behalf of mutual customers in the past, and we are confident this collaboration will benefit both companies."

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