TINLEY PARK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Panduit Corp., a global leader in Unified Physical Infrastructure^SM
(UPI)-based solutions, is proud to be an exhibitor at this year’s EMC
World in Las Vegas, NV May 21-24. At the event Panduit will showcase how
they help organizations become more agile and responsive to customer
needs by implementing data center architectures that are optimized for
both the logical and physical elements of the network.

“QLogic is excited to be a part of this demonstration with Panduit at
EMC World with our new FlexSuite™ adapters”

At EMC World Booth #627, Panduit will display the longest distance Fibre
Channel transmission of its kind – 16 gigabit Fibre Channel over 1
kilometer. This demonstration will feature QLogic’s new 16 gigabit Fibre
Channel FlexSuite™ Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) linked to a SANBlaze
VirtuaLUN™ Target Emulator with Panduit^® Signature Core™
multimode fiber cabling and connectivity.

“QLogic is excited to be a part of this demonstration with Panduit at
EMC World with our new FlexSuite™ adapters,” said Joe Kimpler, Director,
Technical Alliances, QLogic. “The Signature Core™ optical fiber Panduit
has developed is extending the reach, and therefore the lifespan of
multimode fiber for high-speed applications such as 16 gigabit Fibre
Channel.”

“Utilizing SANBlaze 16 gigabit Fibre Channel target emulation with
QLogic HBAs and Panduit Signature Core™ solutions in the EMC World setup
allows customers to see the components in the demonstration perform in
an optimum high-performance architecture,” said Mitul Patel, SANBlaze
Product Manager.

The Signature Core™ Fiber Optic Cabling System maintains signal
integrity beyond that of all other types of multimode fiber. This
technology provides network architects with the flexibility to deploy
less expensive multimode fiber links versus more expensive singlemode
links – a savings upwards of $ 1,000 per link. The enhanced performance
of Signature Core™ multimode fiber enables extended reach, additional
connections, and the highest reliability.

“As data centers evolve to support more service oriented, public and
private cloud models, our customers are investing in virtualization
technology and fabric-based computing. Signature Core™ multimode fiber
helps provide the flexibility needed to maximize return on these
investments,” said Andrew Caveney, Vice President of Global Marketing at
Panduit. “Signature Core™ technology is the result of years of research
and development in collaboration with our partners. QLogic and SANBlaze
are a perfect match for this demonstration, which sets a new distance
benchmark for 16 gigabit Fibre Channel traffic.”

Panduit provides the broadest line of fiber optic and copper cabling
systems in the industry. Designed for high-density/high-speed
applications, Panduit High Speed Data Transport solutions help ensure
high network performance, system reliability and energy efficiency.

To learn more please visit Panduit at EMC World Booth #627, and QLogic
at Booth #841.

For more information visit www.panduit.com/datacenter.

About Panduit:

Panduit is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge
solutions that connect, manage and automate the physical infrastructure.
Panduit Unified Physical Infrastructure^SM (UPI) based
solutions help customers integrate core business systems for a smarter,
unified business foundation. Our robust partner ecosystem, global staff,
and unmatched service and support make Panduit a valuable and trusted
partner. (www.panduit.com)

About QLogic:

QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator in high
performance networking, including adapters, switches and ASICs. Leading
OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic products for their
data, storage and server networking solutions. For more information,
visit www.qlogic.com.

About SANBlaze:

SANBlaze Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of embedded computing
and storage solutions and a pioneer in SAN Emulation technologies.
SANBlaze embedded computing products include a complete ecosystem of
ATCA storage and compute blades, AMC and PMC storage and networking
controllers and modules and a growing line of multifunction RTMs for
ATCA blades.

Press Release via VoIP Wire.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. & LOWELL, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AFL’s
NOYES
Test and Inspection Equipment and Cleaning Products catalogs
are now available in Chinese. The Test
and Inspection catalog includes details for the full line of NOYES
installation and maintenance products, which are designed to provide
accurate results every time, endure outside plant environments, and
feature intuitive user interfaces that provide quick results without
complicated training requirements. The Cleaning
Products catalog describes AFL’s complete line of cleaning supplies,
which are designed to effectively clean all industry-standard optical
fiber connector types.

“We are redoubling our commitment to customers in China by
providing catalogs and literature in Simplified Chinese to make it
easier to do business with us.”

“China is an important market for AFL and we are already delivering
products with Simplified Chinese user interfaces and manuals,” says Bill
Thompson, marketing director for AFL’s NOYES Test and Inspection
division. “We are redoubling our commitment to customers in China by
providing catalogs and literature in Simplified Chinese to make it
easier to do business with us.”

The NOYES Test and Inspection product line includes Optical Time Domain
Reflectometers (OTDRs), light sources, power meters, fiber inspection,
fiber identification and fault locator solutions. The Cleaning product
line includes wet and dry, multi-use and single-use products that remove
dust, dirt, oils and other particles that can cause network outages and
performance degradation.

For additional information about AFL, visit www.AFLglobal.com.

About AFL

AFL provides industry-leading products and services to the electric
utility, broadband, communications, OEM, enterprise, wireless and
transit rail markets as well as the emerging markets of oil and gas,
mining, nuclear, avionics, medical, renewable and intelligent grid. The
company’s diverse product portfolio includes fiber optic cable,
transmission and substation accessories, outside plant equipment,
connectors, fusion splicers, test equipment and training. AFL’s service
portfolio includes market-leading positions with the foremost
communications companies supporting inside plant central office, EF&I,
outside plant, enterprise and wireless areas.

Founded in 1984, AFL is proud to offer engineering expertise,
exceptional products and reliable service that help our customers
improve their critical and electrical infrastructure. AFL has operations
in the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Asia. The company is headquartered in
Spartanburg, SC, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd. of
Japan. For more information, visit www.AFLglobal.com.

STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Communications Corporation (the “Company”)
(NASDAQ: FTR) announced today that it has priced its registered offering
of $ 500 million aggregate principal amount of 9.250% senior notes due
2021 (the “Notes“). The Notes will be
issued at a price of 100% of their principal amount.

Frontier intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes
to finance its cash tender offer announced today for up to $ 500 million
to repurchase a portion of its outstanding 8.250% Senior Notes due 2014
and 7.875% Senior Notes due 2015. If the tender offer is terminated for
any reason, or if any net proceeds otherwise remain following the tender
offer, Frontier intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate
purposes and for the selective purchase of its outstanding debt.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, nor shall there be any
sales of securities mentioned in this press release in any jurisdiction
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to the Notes became
effective on May 10, 2012, and the offering is being made by means of a
prospectus supplement.

About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) offers voice,
broadband, satellite video, wireless Internet data access, data security
solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for residential
customers, small businesses and home offices and advanced business
communications for medium and large businesses in 27 states. Frontier’s
approximately 15,500 employees are based entirely in the United States.

Forward-Looking Language

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of
management’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business
performance. Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect” and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements (including oral representations) involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties
are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: the risk
that the growth opportunities from the Transaction may not be fully
realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the effects of
greater than anticipated competition requiring new pricing, marketing
strategies or new product or service offerings and the risk that we will
not respond on a timely or profitable basis; reductions in the number of
our access lines that cannot be offset by increases in broadband
subscribers and sales of other products and services; the effects of
competition from cable, wireless and other wireline carriers; our
ability to maintain relationships with customers, employees or
suppliers; the effects of ongoing changes in the regulation of the
communications industry as a result of federal and state legislation and
regulation, or changes in the enforcement or interpretation of such
legislation and regulation; the effects of any unfavorable outcome with
respect to any current or future legal, governmental or regulatory
proceedings, audits or disputes; the effects of changes in the
availability of federal and state universal funding to us and our
competitors; our ability to adjust successfully to changes in the
communications industry and to implement strategies for growth;
continued reductions in switched access revenues as a result of
regulation, competition or technology substitutions; our ability to
effectively manage service quality in our territories and meet mandated
service quality metrics; our ability to successfully introduce new
product offerings, including our ability to offer bundled service
packages on terms that are both profitable to us and attractive to
customers; changes in accounting policies or practices adopted
voluntarily or as required by generally accepted accounting principles
or regulations; our ability to effectively manage our operations,
operating expenses and capital expenditures, and to repay, reduce or
refinance our debt; the effects of changes in both general and local
economic conditions on the markets that we serve, which can affect
demand for our products and services, customer purchasing decisions,
collectability of revenues and required levels of capital expenditures
related to new construction of residences and businesses; the effects of
technological changes and competition on our capital expenditures and
product and service offerings, including the lack of assurance that our
network improvements will be sufficient to meet or exceed the
capabilities and quality of competing networks; the effects of increased
medical and pension expenses and related funding requirements; changes
in income tax rates, tax laws, regulations or rulings, or federal or
state tax assessments; the effects of state regulatory cash management
practices that could limit our ability to transfer cash among our
subsidiaries or dividend funds up to the parent company; our ability to
successfully renegotiate union contracts in 2012 and thereafter; changes
in pension plan assumptions and/or the value of our pension plan assets,
which would require us to make increased contributions to the pension
plan in 2013 and beyond; the effects of customer bankruptcies and home
foreclosures, which could result in difficulty in collection of revenues
and loss of customers; adverse changes in the credit markets or in the
ratings given to our debt securities by nationally accredited ratings
organizations, which could limit or restrict the availability, or
increase the cost, of financing; limitations on the amount of capital
stock that we can issue to make acquisitions or to raise additional
capital until July 2012; our indemnity obligation to Verizon for taxes
which may be imposed upon them as a result of changes in ownership of
our stock may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring
control of us during the two-year period ending July 2012 in a
transaction that stockholders might consider favorable; our ability to
pay dividends on our common shares, which may be affected by our cash
flow from operations, amount of capital expenditures, debt service
requirements, cash paid for income taxes and liquidity; and the effects
of severe weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms or
other natural or man-made disasters. These and other uncertainties
related to our business are described in greater detail in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on
Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and the foregoing information should be read in
conjunction with these filings. We do not intend to update or revise
these forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future
events or circumstances.

Gaithersburg, Maryland (PRWEB) May 17, 2012

GL Communications Inc. a leader in providing PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services to the worldwide telecommunications industry, conveyed today the availability of its product MAPS™ MGCP Protocol Emulator – Scripted MGCP Protocol Emulation.

Speaking to media persons, Mr. Jagdish Vadalia Senior Manager said, ”The Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) is a signaling and call control protocol used between the Media Gateway Controller (MGC) and Media Gateway (MG). The MGC uses MGCP to instruct MG about the events, media, signals to be played on Endpoint, to create a Connection, and to audit the status of the Endpoints and connections involved in the conversion of media from one type of network, to the media required in other type of the network. The Media Gateway uses MGCP to report events (such as off-hook, or dialed digits) to the Call Agent.“

He added, “GL’s Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS™ MGCP) is an advanced protocol simulator/tester traffic generator designed for MGCP testing, which can simulate MGC to test Media Gateways with various types of calls. It can also control scenario involved in Media conversion. This test tool can also be used to perform protocol conformance testing (MGCP protocol implementations) as per IETF Standard according to RFC 3435.”

Mr. Vadalia further added, “The MAPS™ MGCP Protocol Conformance Test Suite is designed with 70+ test cases, as per RFC 3435. Test suite includes in-built scripts, which tests the functionality of the Media Gateway for MGCP protocol valid and in-valid behavior.”

Important Features:

·Simulates Media Gateway Controller (MGC) and Media Gateway (MG).

·Supports transmission and detection of RTP traffic – digits, voice file, single /dual tones

·Used to test Media Gateway and Media Gateway Controller functionalities.

·Generates and processes MGCP valid and invalid messages.

·Fully integrated, complete test environment for MGCP

·Supports complete customization of call flow and messages

·Supports all the MGCP commands as per the protocol specification such as CRCX, NTFY, MDCX, RQNT, AUEP, AUCX, DLCX, EPCF, and RSIP.

·Supports message templates for each MGCP message and customization of the field values.

·Facilitates defining variables for the various protocol fields of the selected MGCP message type.

·Supports scripted call generation and automated call reception

·Provides protocol trace with full message decoding and graphical ladder diagrams of call flow with time stamp

·Script based & protocol independent software architecture.

·Provides call statistics with associated captured events and error events during call simulation

·Logging of all messages in real-time

About GL Communications Inc.,

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. is a leading supplier of test, monitoring, and analysis equipment for TDM, Wireless, IP and VoIP networks. Unlike conventional test equipment, GL’s test platforms provide visualization, capture, storage, and convenient features like portability, remotability, and scripting.

GL’s TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, STM-1, STM-4, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards, external portable pods, and complete system solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (ISDN, SS7, GR-303, Frame Relay, HDLC, V5.X, ATM, GSM, GPRS, LTE, etc.), and with capacities up to thousands of channels. Our newest products provide astonishing capacity and capture capability up to and including gigabit speeds.

GL’s VoIP and IP products generate / analyze thousands of calls and traffic simultaneously with traffic types such as frames, packets, voice files, digits, video, tones, noise, and fax. Almost all codecs are supported including G.711, G.729, AMR, EVRC-A,B,C, GSM, iSAC, and many more. Additional features include visual analysis, real-time listening, and recording. The product line also includes Ethernet / IP Testing capability that simulates and checks frame transport and throughput parameters of Ethernet and IP networks, including delay, errors and other impairments.

GL’s Voice Quality Testing (VQT) product line complements all of GL’s products. Using ITU-standard algorithms (PAMS, PSQM, and PESQ), GL’s VQT provides a widely accepted solution for assessing voice quality in the telecom industry. Voice Quality Testing across multiple networks (T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, VoIP, Wireless, and Landline) is available.

GL’s Wireless Products perform protocol analysis and voice quality assessment on GSM, CDMA, UMTS, and LTE networks. Connections can be made to any wireless phone with automated call control, GPS mapping and real-time signal measurements.

GL’s Echo Canceller testing solutions provide the broadest range of simulation and analysis, including line and acoustic echo. GL’s compliance testing per G.168. G.167 and P.340 across TDM, IP, VoIP and Wireless networks is widely accepted in the industry.

GL’s wireless VQT solutions help assessing impairments to voice quality such as poor mobile phone quality, voice compression and decompression algorithms, delay, loss and gain in speech levels, noise, acoustic and landline echo, and other distortions are easily assessed and accurately measured.

GL’s Handheld data testers can test a wide variety of communications facilities and equipment including T1, fractional T1, E1, fractional E1, T3 and E3 modems, multiplexers, CSU, DSUs, T1 CSUs, DTUs, NTUs and TIUs and more. The testers provide convenience, economy, and portability for almost any interface, including RS232, RS-422, RS-530, X.21, T1, E1, T3, E3, and many others.

GL’s Network Surveillance and Monitoring products include Probes for TDM, IP, VoIP, ATM, and Wireless networks. An open standards based approach provides a scalable, feature rich, real-time access to network characteristics. Centralized or distributed access, efficient transport and database loading allow compatibility with 3rd party and standards based monitoring systems.

STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) today announced
the commencement of a tender offer to purchase the maximum aggregate
principal amount of its 8.25% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”)
and its 7.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “April 2015 Notes” and,
together with the 2014 Notes, the “Notes”) that it can purchase for up
to $ 500 million in cash (the “Maximum Payment Amount”) at the prices set
forth below. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase dated May 17, 2012 and the related Letter of Transmittal, which
together set forth a more detailed description of the tender offer.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to
Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, Frontier is offering to
purchase for cash (the “Tender Offer”), based on the order of priority
(the “Acceptance Priority Level”) as set forth in the table below, as
many of its 2014 Notes and its April 2015 Notes as it can purchase with
aggregate cash consideration of up to $ 500 million, subject to the
aggregate purchase price for all 2014 Notes accepted for purchase not
exceeding $ 446,000,000 (the “2014 Notes Sublimit”).

Frontier reserves the right at its sole discretion to increase the
Maximum Payment Amount or the 2014 Notes Sublimit, subject to compliance
with applicable law. Tenders of the Notes may be withdrawn at any time
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2012, but may not be
withdrawn thereafter. The Tender Offer will expire at 9:00 a.m., New
York City time, on June 15, 2012, unless extended or earlier terminated
(the “Expiration Date”). Proceeds will be applied (i) first, to purchase
2014 Notes validly tendered by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31,
2012 (as may be extended, the “Early Tender Date”), (ii) second, to
purchase 2014 Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date and at or prior
to the Expiration Date, and (iii) third, to purchase April 2015 Notes,
whether tendered by the Early Tender Date or the Expiration Date.

Title of Security		CUSIP Number		Principal Amount Outstanding as of May 15, 2012		Acceptance Priority Level		Maximum Payment Sublimit		Tender Offer Consideration(1)		Early Tender Premium(1)		Total Consideration(1)(2)
8.25% Senior Notes due 2014		35906AAA6		$ 600,000,000		1		$ 446,000,000		$ 1,095.00		$ 20		$ 1,115.00
7.875% Senior Notes due 2015		35906AAC2 35906AAD0		$ 500,000,000		2		None		$ 1,071.25		$ 20		$ 1,091.25

(1) Per $ 1,000 principal amount of Notes.

(2) Includes the applicable Early Tender Premium per $ 1,000 principal
amount of Notes for each series of Notes (the “Early Tender Premium”).

The consideration for each $ 1,000 principal amount of Notes of each
series validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender
Offer will be the applicable consideration set forth in the table above
under “Tender Offer Consideration.” Holders of Notes that are validly
tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase
will receive the applicable Tender Offer Consideration plus the
applicable amount set forth in the table above under “Early Tender
Premium” (together, the “Total Consideration”). Holders of Notes
tendered after the Early Tender Date but at or prior to the Expiration
Date and accepted for purchase will receive the applicable Tender Offer
Consideration, but not the Early Tender Premium.

Frontier’s obligation to accept for purchase and to pay for the Notes in
the Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of
conditions, including the completion of Frontier’s concurrent registered
note offering of not less than $ 500 million in aggregate principal
amount of unsecured senior debt securities that is expected to close by
no later than the Expiration Date (the “Financing Condition”). The
Tender Offer is not conditioned on the tender of a minimum principal
amount of the Notes. Frontier is not soliciting consents from holders of
Notes in connection with the Tender Offer. If 2014 Notes are tendered in
an amount in excess of the maximum amount that we could purchase for the
2014 Notes Sublimit, then the amount of 2014 Notes purchased will be
prorated. If 2014 Notes are tendered in an amount in excess of the
maximum amount that we could purchase for the 2014 Note Sublimit at or
before the Early Tender Date, then those 2014 Notes will be subject to
proration and 2014 Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date but on or
prior to the Expiration Date will not be accepted for purchase. If April
2015 Notes in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the amount of
April 2015 Notes that we could purchase, when taken together with the
2014 Notes purchased (whether on the Initial Payment Date or the Final
Payment Date), for consideration equal to the Maximum Payment Amount,
are tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration
Date, the amount of April 2015 Notes eligible for purchase on the Final
Payment Date (whether tendered by or after the Early Tender Date) will
be subject to proration.

The “Initial Payment Date” will occur promptly after Frontier accepts
for purchase all 2014 Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early
Tender Date (the “Initial Acceptance Date”), subject to the limits
described above. Provided that the Financing Condition is satisfied or
waived on or prior to the business day immediately following the Early
Tender Date, Frontier anticipates that the Initial Acceptance Date will
occur promptly following the Early Tender Date. Otherwise, Frontier
expects that the Initial Acceptance Date will be the same as the Final
Acceptance Date (defined below). The “Final Payment Date” will occur
promptly after Frontier accepts for purchase both (a) all 2014 Notes
validly tendered after the Early Tender Date (but at or prior to the
Expiration Date), subject to the 2014 Notes Sublimit after giving effect
to the purchase of 2014 Notes on the Initial Payment Date and (b) all
April 2015 Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Expiration Date,
subject to the limits described above, and after giving effect to the
purchase of 2014 Notes (whether on the Initial Payment Date or the Final
Payment Date) (the “Final Acceptance Date”). Frontier anticipates that
the Final Acceptance Date will be the same as the Expiration Date.

In addition to the applicable Tender Offer Consideration or Total
Consideration, as the case may be, all Holders of Notes accepted for
purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on those Notes
from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Initial
Payment Date or the Final Payment Date, as the case may be, which is not
included as part of the Maximum Payment Amount.

Frontier has retained Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. to serve as
Coordinating Dealer Manager for the Tender Offer and Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, to serve as
Co-Dealer Managers. Frontier has retained MacKenzie Partners, Inc. to
serve as the depositary and information agent.

For additional information regarding the terms of the Tender Offer,
please contact Deutsche Bank Securities at (855) 287-1922 (toll free) or
(212) 250-7527 (collect). Requests for documents and questions regarding
the tender of the Notes may be directed to MacKenzie Partners, Inc. at
(800) 322-2885 (toll free) or (212) 929-5500 (collect).

The Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal are expected
to be distributed to holders beginning today. Copies of the Offer to
Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal may also be obtained at no charge
from MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

None of Frontier, Frontier’s board of directors, the dealer managers,
the depositary and the information agent makes any recommendation in
connection with the Tender Offer. Holders must make their own decisions
as to whether to tender their Notes, and, if so, the principal amount of
Notes to tender.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to buy or the
solicitation of an offer to sell any securities in any jurisdiction or
in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In
those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require
the Tender Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender
Offer will be deemed to be made by the Dealer Managers or one or more
registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such
jurisdiction.

About Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) offers voice,
broadband, satellite video, wireless Internet data access, data security
solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for residential
customers, small businesses and home offices and advanced business
communications for medium and large businesses in 27 states. Frontier’s
approximately 15,500 employees are based entirely in the United States.

Forward-Looking Language

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of
management’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business
performance. Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect” and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements (including oral representations) involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties
are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: our
ability to satisfy the Financing Condition; the risk that the growth
opportunities from the Transaction may not be fully realized or may take
longer to realize than expected; the effects of greater than anticipated
competition requiring new pricing, marketing strategies or new product
or service offerings and the risk that we will not respond on a timely
or profitable basis; reductions in the number of our access lines that
cannot be offset by increases in broadband subscribers and sales of
other products and services; the effects of competition from cable,
wireless and other wireline carriers; our ability to maintain
relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; the effects of
ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry as a
result of federal and state legislation and regulation, or changes in
the enforcement or interpretation of such legislation and regulation;
the effects of any unfavorable outcome with respect to any current or
future legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings, audits or
disputes; the effects of changes in the availability of federal and
state universal funding to us and our competitors; our ability to adjust
successfully to changes in the communications industry and to implement
strategies for growth; continued reductions in switched access revenues
as a result of regulation, competition or technology substitutions; our
ability to effectively manage service quality in our territories and
meet mandated service quality metrics; our ability to successfully
introduce new product offerings, including our ability to offer bundled
service packages on terms that are both profitable to us and attractive
to customers; changes in accounting policies or practices adopted
voluntarily or as required by generally accepted accounting principles
or regulations; our ability to effectively manage our operations,
operating expenses and capital expenditures, and to repay, reduce or
refinance our debt; the effects of changes in both general and local
economic conditions on the markets that we serve, which can affect
demand for our products and services, customer purchasing decisions,
collectability of revenues and required levels of capital expenditures
related to new construction of residences and businesses; the effects of
technological changes and competition on our capital expenditures and
product and service offerings, including the lack of assurance that our
network improvements will be sufficient to meet or exceed the
capabilities and quality of competing networks; the effects of increased
medical and pension expenses and related funding requirements; changes
in income tax rates, tax laws, regulations or rulings, or federal or
state tax assessments; the effects of state regulatory cash management
practices that could limit our ability to transfer cash among our
subsidiaries or dividend funds up to the parent company; our ability to
successfully renegotiate union contracts in 2012 and thereafter; changes
in pension plan assumptions and/or the value of our pension plan assets,
which would require us to make increased contributions to the pension
plan in 2013 and beyond; the effects of customer bankruptcies and home
foreclosures, which could result in difficulty in collection of revenues
and loss of customers; adverse changes in the credit markets or in the
ratings given to our debt securities by nationally accredited ratings
organizations, which could limit or restrict the availability, or
increase the cost, of financing; limitations on the amount of capital
stock that we can issue to make acquisitions or to raise additional
capital until July 2012; our indemnity obligation to Verizon for taxes
which may be imposed upon them as a result of changes in ownership of
our stock may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring
control of us during the two-year period ending July 2012 in a
transaction that stockholders might consider favorable; our ability to
pay dividends on our common shares, which may be affected by our cash
flow from operations, amount of capital expenditures, debt service
requirements, cash paid for income taxes and liquidity; and the effects
of severe weather events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms or
other natural or man-made disasters. These and other uncertainties
related to our business are described in greater detail in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on
Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and the foregoing information should be read in
conjunction with these filings. We do not intend to update or revise
these forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future
events or circumstances.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–8×8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT), provider of innovative cloud communications
and computing solutions, today announced operating results for the
fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

“8×8’s strong results for fiscal 2012 reflect the continued success of
our core business model combined with solid execution of our new
strategic initiatives”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results

• Total revenue for the quarter increased 33% year over year to a record
  $ 24.2 million.
• Revenue from business customers increased 44% year over year to $ 22.8
  million.
• Average monthly revenue per business customer was $ 244, compared with
  $ 204 in the same period last year.
• Average number of services subscribed to per business customer grew to
  9.8 from 8.0 in the same period last year.
• Business customer churn was 2.0%, compared with 2.3% in the fourth
  quarter of fiscal 2011; revenue churn was 1.6%.
• Gross margin at 68.4%; service margin was 76.1%.
• GAAP net income was $ 63.9 million, or $ 0.87 per diluted share,
  compared with $ 2.0 million, or $ 0.03 per share, for the fourth quarter
  of fiscal 2011 (includes a one-time non-cash income tax benefit of
  $ 62.1 million associated with the release of a deferred tax asset
  valuation allowance in the fourth fiscal quarter).
• Non-GAAP net income (as outlined in the reconciliation table below)
  was $ 3.0 million, or $ 0.04 per diluted share, compared with $ 2.3
  million, or $ 0.03 per diluted share, in the same period last year.
• Balance sheet grew by $ 2.4 million to end the quarter with $ 24.4
  million in cash, cash equivalents and investments.

Full Year Fiscal 2012 Financial Results

• Total revenue was a record $ 85.8 million, a 22% increase over revenue
  of $ 70.2 million for fiscal 2011.
• Revenue from business customers was $ 79 million, a 30% increase over
  revenue of $ 61 million in fiscal 2011.
• GAAP net income was $ 69.2 million, or $ 0.99 per diluted share,
  compared with $ 6.5 million, or $ 0.10 per share, for fiscal 2011
  (includes a one-time non-cash income tax benefit of $ 62.1 million
  associated with the release of a deferred tax asset valuation
  allowance in the fourth fiscal quarter).
• Non-GAAP net income (as outlined in the reconciliation table below)
  was $ 10.3 million, or $ 0.15 per diluted share, compared with $ 7.1
  million, or $ 0.11 per diluted share, for fiscal 2011.
• Gross margin as a percentage of sales in fiscal 2012 was 67.5%,
  compared with 67.8% for fiscal 2011.
• Net cash provided by operating activities grew to $ 9.2 million,
  compared with $ 8.6 million in fiscal 2011.
• Cash, cash equivalents and investments increased $ 6.0 million in
  fiscal 2012; share repurchases totaled $ 2.9M for fiscal year 2012.

“8×8’s strong results for fiscal 2012 reflect the continued success of
our core business model combined with solid execution of our new
strategic initiatives,” said 8×8 Chairman and CEO Bryan Martin. “These
included a sharper focus on mid-market business customers, reflected in
our higher ARPU figures, the acquisition of Contactual, the addition of
cloud hosting services and the refinement of our customer service
methodology and procedures, which translated into decreasing churn
results during the course of the year.”

“I’m very pleased to report that as a result of these investments, we
have increased revenue from business customers in the fourth quarter by
44% while maintaining very healthy margins, net income and an increasing
cash balance,” said Martin. “In addition, we more than tripled our
fourth quarter revenue from our channel compared to last year and, while
still a small percentage of our revenue, this progress is key to the
successful execution of our mid-market growth strategy.”

Martin continued, “I am excited about 8×8’s prospects for growth in
fiscal 2013 and beyond which will be driven by greater awareness of the
benefits of cloud-based technologies, increased mid-market and
government adoption of our services, a growing and productive
third-party channel organization and the prospects for global expansion
we are currently pursuing with new and existing partners.”

Additional Fourth Quarter and Full Year
Business Highlights:

• Ended the quarter with 28,671 business customers, compared with 27,677
  customers in the prior quarter.
• Appointed former Trend Micro and IBM executive Eric Goffney Vice
  President of Customer Support & Success.
• Added to Russell 3000 Index and OceanTomo 300 Patent Index.
• Acquired cloud contact center service provider Contactual Inc. and
  cloud hosting service provider Zerigo.
• Co-developed, launched and began operation of mobile international
  calling app for AT&T.
• Announced inclusion in GSA Schedule 70 and NASA SEWP IV government
  contract vehicles.
• Added three new executives, Mansour Salame, Eric Salzman and Vikram
  Verma, to 8×8 Board of Directors.

Non-GAAP Measures

We have provided in this release financial information that has not been
prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP). We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing
our financial results and believe they are useful to investors, as a
supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational
performance. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial
measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating
our ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial
results with other companies in our industry, many of which present
similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from,
or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance
with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of
these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP
financial measures below. A reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial
measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been
provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press
release.

Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per
share

We have defined non-GAAP net income as net income for GAAP plus loss on
investment, non-cash tax adjustments, stock-based compensation,
amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related costs
and facility exit costs. We have excluded loss on a strategic investment
in another company because we consider it to have been an isolated
transaction and believe it is not reflective of our ongoing operations.
Non-cash tax adjustments represent the differences between the amount of
taxes we expect to pay and our GAAP tax provision each period. In the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, we released a $ 62.1 million deferred tax
valuation allowance that reflects tax deferrals accumulated over many
years. This $ 62.1 million release is very unlikely to recur in the
future and is a non-cash transaction. We have excluded stock-based
compensation expense because it relies on valuations based on future
events, such as the market price of our common stock, that are difficult
to predict and are affected by market factors that are largely not
within the control of management. Amortization of acquired intangible
assets is excluded because it is a non-cash expense that we do not
consider part of ongoing operations when assessing our financial
performance, as it relates to accounting for certain purchased assets.
We have excluded acquisition-related expenses, including expenses to
exit an acquired facility, because these expenses are difficult to
predict and are often one-time. We define non-GAAP net income per share
as non-GAAP net income divided by the weighted-average diluted shares
outstanding. We define non-GAAP net income percentage of revenue as
non-GAAP net income divided by revenue. The GAAP and non-GAAP weighted
average number of diluted shares to calculate GAAP and non-GAAP earnings
per share are the same. We believe that such exclusions facilitate
comparisons to our historical operating results and to the results of
other companies in the same industry, and provides investors with
information that we use in evaluating management’s performance on a
quarterly and annual basis.

Conference Call Information

Management will host a conference call to discuss these results and
other matters related to the Company’s business today, May 16, 2012, at
4:30 pm EDT. The call is accessible via the following numbers and
webcast links:

Participants should plan to dial in or log on ten minutes prior to the
start time. A telephonic replay of the call will be available three
hours after the conclusion of the call until midnight May 23, 2012. The
webcast will be archived on 8×8’s website for a period of three months.
For additional information, visit http://investors.8×8.com.

About 8×8, Inc.

8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) is a leading provider of cloud communications
and computing solutions. With a portfolio of SaaS and IaaS solutions
encompassing hosted communications services, contact center, unified
communications, video web conferencing, managed dedicated hosting,
virtual private servers and more, 8×8 is uniquely positioned as a
business’ one-stop shop for everything cloud. 8×8 has been delivering
cloud services since 2002 and has garnered a reputation for
technological excellence and outstanding reliability, backed by a
commitment to exceptional customer support. 8×8 customers include small
to medium sized businesses, distributed enterprise organizations and
government agencies. For additional information, visit www.8×8.com,
or connect with 8×8 on Facebook
and Twitter.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements
include, without limitation, information about future events based on
current expectations, potential product development efforts, near and
long-term objectives, potential new business, strategies, organization
changes, changing markets, future business performance and outlook. Such
statements are predictions only, and actual events or results could
differ materially from those made in any forward-looking statements due
to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and trends may
differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such
forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. These
factors include, but are not limited to, customer acceptance and demand
for our products and services, the reliability of our services, the
prices for our services, customer renewal rates, customer acquisition
costs, actions by our competitors, including price reductions for their
telephone services, potential federal and state regulatory actions,
compliance costs, potential warranty claims and product defects, our
needs for and the availability of adequate working capital, our ability
to innovate technologically, the timely supply of products by our
contract manufacturers, potential future intellectual property
infringement claims that could adversely affect our business and
operating results, and our ability to retain our listing on the NASDAQ
Capital Market. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s reports
on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as other reports that 8×8, Inc. files
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement, and 8×8, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as
required by law, even as new information becomes available or other
events occur in the future.

8×8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)
			Three Months Ended									Twelve Months Ended
			March 31,									March 31,
			2012				2011					2012				2011
Service revenues		$	22,148			$	16,900				$	78,382			$	64,998
Product revenues			2,051				1,284					7,421				5,165
Total revenues			24,199				18,184					85,803				70,163
Operating expenses:
Cost of service revenues			5,301				3,718					18,065				14,508
Cost of product revenues			2,355				2,218					9,822				8,115
Research and development			1,843				1,191					6,745				4,819
Sales and marketing			10,904				7,872					37,980				31,744
General and administrative			1,640				1,152					6,012				4,733
Total operating expenses			22,043				16,151					78,624				63,919
Income from operations			2,156				2,033					7,179				6,244
Other income (loss), net			(363	)			26					(305	)			305
Income before provision for income taxes			1,793				2,059					6,874				6,549
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			(62,070	)			48					(62,354	)			55
Net income		$	63,863			$	2,011				$	69,228			$	6,494
Net income per share:
Basic		$	0.91			$	0.03				$	1.04			$	0.10
Diluted		$	0.87			$	0.03				$	0.99			$	0.10
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic			70,205				62,655					66,413				63,087
Diluted			73,648				65,956					70,149				65,873

8×8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, unaudited)
				March 31,				March 31,
				2012				2011
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents			$	22,426			$	16,474
Investments				1,942				1,927
Accounts receivable, net				2,279				863
Inventory				581				2,105
Deferred tax assets				7,730				-
Other current assets				928				707
Total current assets				35,886				22,076
Property and equipment, net				3,820				2,398
Intangible assets, net				11,622				214
Goodwill				25,150				1,210
Deferred tax assets, non-current				53,977				-
Other assets				278				686
Total assets			$	130,733			$	26,584
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable			$	5,476			$	4,551
Accrued compensation				3,105				1,722
Accrued warranty				387				362
Deferred revenue				891				835
Other accrued liabilities				2,356				3,214
Total current liabilities				12,215				10,684
Other liabilities				68				39
Total liabilities				12,283				10,723
Total stockholders’ equity				118,450				15,861
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity			$	130,733			$	26,584

8×8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
				Twelve Months Ended
				March 31,
				2012				2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income			$	69,228			$	6,494
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation				1,535				1,235
Amortization				788				94
Stock-based compensation				1,506				458
Change in fair value of warrant liability				-				(167	)
Deferred income tax benefit				(62,422	)			-
Other				561				84
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net				(1,059	)			(358	)
Inventory				1,535				29
Other current and noncurrent assets				489				75
Deferred cost of goods sold				1				(16	)
Accounts payable				(1,214	)			916
Accrued compensation				128				278
Accrued warranty				25				31
Accrued taxes and fees				(356	)			24
Deferred revenue				(197	)			(475	)
Other current and noncurrent liabilities				(1,337	)			(113	)
Net cash provided by operating activities				9,211				8,589
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment				(2,300	)			(2,057	)
Restricted cash decrease				28				-
Purchase of investment				-				(2,000	)
Purchase of strategic investment				-				(315	)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired				(713	)			(998	)
Sale of property and equipment				-				6
Net cash used in investing activities				(2,985	)			(5,364	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Capital lease payments				(275	)			(38	)
Repurchase of common stock				(2,934	)			(7,662	)
Buyback of employee stock options				-				(539	)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants				-				880
Proceeds from (cost of) issuance of common stock				(60	)			278
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans				2,995				2,274
Net cash used in financing activities				(274	)			(4,807	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				5,952				(1,582	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period				16,474				18,056
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period			$	22,426			$	16,474

8×8, Inc.
Selected Operating Statistics
			Three Months Ended
			March 31, 2011					June 30, 2011					Sept. 30, 2011					Dec. 31, 2011					March 31, 2012
Gross business customer additions (1)				3,009					2,897					3,176					2,836					2,892
Gross business customer cancellations (less cancellations within 30 days of sign-up)				1,645					1,593					1,620					1,642					1,697
Business customer churn (less cancellations within 30 days of sign-up) (2)				2.3	%				2.1	%				2.1	%				2.0	%				2.0	%
Total business customers (3)				24,385					25,455					26,727					27,677					28,671
Business customer average monthly service revenue per customer (4)			$	204				$	200				$	207				$	239				$	244
Overall service margin				78	%				78	%				77	%				77	%				76	%
Overall product margin				-73	%				-53	%				-45	%				-24	%				-15	%
Overall gross margin				67	%				67	%				66	%				68	%				68	%
Business subscriber acquisition cost per service (5)			$	91				$	89				$	101				$	92				$	99
Average number of services subscribed to per business customer				8.0					8.4					9.0					9.4					9.8
Business customer subscriber acquisition cost (6)			$	725				$	743				$	906				$	867				$	965

(1) Includes 250 customers acquired directly from our acquisition in the
second fiscal quarter of 2012 from Contactual, Inc. and does not include
customers of Virtual Office Solo or Zerigo, Inc. (“Zerigo”).

(2) Business customer churn is calculated by dividing the number of
business customers that terminated (after the expiration of the 30 day
trial) during that period by the simple average number of business
customers during the period and dividing the result by the number of
months in the period. The simple average number of business customers
during the period is the number of business customers on the first day
of the period plus the number of business customers on the last day of
the period divided by two.

(3) Business customers are defined as customers paying for service.
Customers that are currently in the 30 day trial period are considered
to be customers that are paying for service. Customers subscribing to
Virtual Office Solo or Zerigo services are not included as business
customers.

(4) Business customer average monthly service revenue per customer is
service revenue from business customers in the period divided by the
number of months in the period divided by the simple average number of
business customers during the period.

(5) Business subscriber acquisition cost per service is defined as the
combined costs of advertising, marketing, promotions, commissions and
equipment subsidies for business services sold during the period divided
by the number of gross business services added during the period.

(6) Business customer subscriber acquisition cost is business subscriber
acquisition cost per service times the average number of services
subscribed to per business customer.

8×8, Inc.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
AND NON-GAAP NET INCOME PER SHARE
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)
				Three Months Ended										Twelve Months Ended
				March 31,										March 31,
				2012				2011						2012				2011
Net income			$	63,863			$	2,011					$	69,228			$	6,494
Loss on investment				356				-						356				-
Non-cash tax adjustments				(62,086	)			-						(62,422	)			-
Amortization				357				26						788				94
Stock-based compensation expense				493				230						1,506				458
Acquisition-related expense				12				-						739				10
Facility exit expense				-				-						140				-
Non-GAAP net income			$	2,995			$	2,267					$	10,335			$	7,056
Weighted average number of shares:
Diluted				73,648				65,956						70,149				65,873
GAAP earnings per share – Diluted			$	0.87			$	0.03					$	0.99			$	0.10
Loss on investment				-				-						0.01				-
Non-cash tax adjustments				(0.84	)			-						(0.89	)			-
Amortization				-				-						0.01				-
Stock-based compensation expense				0.01				-						0.02				0.01
Acquisition-related expense				-				-						0.01				-
Facility exit expense				-				-						-				-
Non-GAAP net income per share – Diluted			$	0.04			$	0.03					$	0.15			$	0.11
GAAP net income percentage of revenue				264	%			11	%					81	%			9	%
Loss on investment				1	%			-						-				-
Non-cash tax adjustments				-257	%			-						-73	%			-
Amortization				2	%			-						1	%			-
Stock-based compensation expense				2	%			1	%					2	%			1	%
Acquisition-related expense				-				-						1	%			-
Facility exit expense				-				-						-				-
Non-GAAP net income percentage of revenue				12	%			12	%					12	%			10	%

8×8, Inc.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
AND NON-GAAP NET INCOME PER SHARE
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)
			Three Months Ended
			June 30, 2011					Sept. 30, 2011					Dec. 31, 2011					March 31, 2012
Net income		$	1,947				$	832				$	2,586				$	63,863
Loss on investment			-					-					-					356
Non-cash tax adjustments			(336	)				-					-					(62,086	)
Amortization			26					48					357					357
Stock-based compensation expense			266					329					418					493
Acquisition-related expense			7					479					241					12
Facility exit expense			-					-					140					-
Non-GAAP Net income		$	1,910				$	1,688				$	3,742				$	2,995
Weighted average number of shares:
Diluted			65,808					67,759					73,214					73,648
GAAP earnings per share – Diluted		$	0.03				$	0.01				$	0.04				$	0.87
Loss on investment			-					-					-					-
Non-cash tax adjustments			(0.01	)				-					-					(0.84	)
Amortization			-					-					-					-
Stock-based compensation expense			0.01					-					0.01					0.01
Acquisition-related expense			-					0.01					-					-
Facility exit expense			-					-					-					-
Non-GAAP net income per share – Diluted		$	0.03				$	0.02				$	0.05				$	0.04
GAAP net income percentage of revenue			11	%				4	%				11	%				264	%
Loss on investment			-					-					-					1	%
Non-cash tax adjustments			-2	%				-					-					-257	%
Amortization			-					-					1	%				2	%
Stock-based compensation expense			1	%				2	%				2	%				2	%
Acquisition-related expense			-					3	%				1	%				-
Facility exit expense			-					-					1	%				-
Non-GAAP net income percentage of revenue			10	%				9	%				16	%				12	%

Press Release via VoIP Wire.

Gaithersburg, Maryland (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

GL Communications Inc. announced today the release of their Handheld Portable Test Instruments for TDM and IP Networks.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, “GL’s handheld telecom test instruments are simple and easy to use and are designed to test almost any network interface including TDM (Analog, T1, E1, T3, and E3) and IP (Ethernet) networks. They are portable, battery operated, rechargeable, and light.”

He explained, “GL’s PacketShark™ is a handheld unit that can tap Packet Networks, and capture Ethernet and IP packets at wire speed over optical or electrical interfaces up to 1 Gb/s. It selectively filters the captured packets based on specified criteria. Packets are transmitted through two ports with the packets that are traffic compliant with the filters are sent to a packet analyzer, such as GL’s PacketScan™ for detailed packet analysis. Alternatively, the traffic can be even sent to a memory card (SD) and later analyzed offline.

GL’s IPNetSim™ – Handheld is a handheld battery operated instrument that can simulate real-time IP and Carrier Ethernet network dynamics by means of hardware controlled packet delay, loss, jitter, errors, bandwidth constriction, congestion, and duplication. IPNetSim™ Handheld simulates network behavior of up to 1 Gbps rates with accuracy always better than 1ms. IPNetSim™ Handheld is equipped with a hardware based impairments generator, and dual GbE ports.

GL’s LinkTest™ DualE1 is a handheld dual-port tester for E1 and data communications (V.11 / X.24, V.24/RS232, V.35, V.36/RS449, EIA-530, EIA-530A) interfaces. With the support of a large range of software options for E1 services and sub rate multiplexing system, this handheld unit provides a scalable test solution for E1 and data testing. It provides a large, clear screen with a full set of physical layer tests for E1 balanced and unbalanced circuits including BERT, VF, round trip delay and signal level.”

Mr.Kulkarni further added, “Our other portable products: LinkTestTM Single, LinkTestTM Single+, and LinkTestTM Dual are sophisticated bit error rate testers in a compact, handheld package and can test a wide variety of communications facilities and equipments.”

Some of the important Features of our Latest Handheld Portable Test Instruments:

PacketShark™:

·Ability to capture packets at any point in the Network

·Wirespeed, analysis with zero loss and zero delay – Equipped with a unique Zero Delay technology that ensures every packet goes through without delay (even if power is lost)

·Capture in the field and analyze in the office – Field storage of captured data using an external storage device (SD memory card) in PCAP format.

·Matching packets are copied and forwarded to the drop LAN port.

·Traffic and Signal Regeneration

IPNetSim™ Handheld:

·Shape and manage up to 16 independent flows of traffic with predefined QoS.

·Impairment generation on each flow including Latency, Packet Loss, Duplication, Delay, Jitter

·Impairments as per ITU-T Y.1541 standard

·Jumbo frames support up to 17 kBytes

·Traffic shaping and Traffic Policing

LinkTest™ DualE1:

·Multi-interface capability: V.24/RS232, V.11/X.24, V.35, V.36/RS449,

·Supports ITU-T G.711 encoding with A law, G.703 (2048/704kbit/s), G.703 co-directional

·ITU-T G. 821, G. 826, and M. 2100 performance analysis

·Supported Line codes – HDB3 (High-density bipolar with three zeroes), AMI (Alternate mark inversion)

·Rugged, handheld, battery operated, low-cost, and software upgradable design for field use

·Carry out generation and analysis of both framed signals (as per ITU-T G.704) and unframed tests

·Collection of call records from remote locations

About GL Communications Inc.,

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. is a leading supplier of test, monitoring, and analysis equipment for TDM, Wireless, IP and VoIP networks. Unlike conventional test equipment, GL’s test platforms provide visualization, capture, storage, and convenient features like portability, remotability, and scripting.

GL’s TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, STM-1, STM-4, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards, external portable pods, and complete system solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (ISDN, SS7, GR-303, Frame Relay, HDLC, V5.X, ATM, GSM, GPRS, LTE, etc.), and with capacities up to thousands of channels. Our newest products provide astonishing capacity and capture capability up to and including gigabit speeds.

GL’s VoIP and IP products generate / analyze thousands of calls and traffic simultaneously with traffic types such as frames, packets, voice files, digits, video, tones, noise, and fax. Almost all codecs are supported including G.711, G.729, AMR, EVRC-A,B,C, GSM, iSAC, and many more. Additional features include visual analysis, real-time listening, and recording. The product line also includes Ethernet / IP Testing capability that simulates and checks frame transport and throughput parameters of Ethernet and IP networks, including delay, errors and other impairments.

GL’s Voice Quality Testing (VQT) product line complements all of GL’s products. Using ITU-standard algorithms (PAMS, PSQM, and PESQ), GL’s VQT provides a widely accepted solution for assessing voice quality in the telecom industry. Voice Quality Testing across multiple networks (T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, VoIP, Wireless, and Landline) are all available.

GL’s Wireless Products perform protocol analysis and voice quality assessment on GSM, CDMA, UMTS, and LTE networks. Connections can be made to any wireless phone with automated call control, GPS mapping and real-time signal measurements.

GL’s Echo Canceller testing solutions provide the broadest range of simulation and analysis, including line and acoustic echo. GL’s compliance testing per G.168. G.167, and P.340 across TDM, IP, VoIP and Wireless networks is widely accepted in the industry.

GL’s wireless VQT solutions help assessing impairments to voice quality such as poor mobile phone quality, voice compression and decompression algorithms, delay, loss and gain in speech levels, noise, acoustic and landline echo, and other distortions are easily assessed and accurately measured.

GL’s Handheld data testers can test a wide variety of communications facilities and equipment including T1, fractional T1, E1, fractional E1, T3 and E3 modems, multiplexers, CSU, DSUs, T1 CSUs, DTUs, NTUs and TIUs and more. The testers provide convenience, economy, and portability for almost any interface, including RS232, RS-422, RS-530, X.21, T1, E1, T3, E3, and many others.

GL’s Network Surveillance and Monitoring products include Probes for TDM, IP, VoIP, ATM, and Wireless networks. An open standards based approach provides a scalable, feature rich, real-time access to network characteristics. Centralized or distributed access, efficient transport and database loading allow compatibility with 3rd party and standards based monitoring systems.

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced that Skype™ on Xfinity®, a new widescreen HD
video calling experience, is now available in Boston and Seattle as the
company begins its nationwide rollout of the service. Before the end of
the week, the service will also be available in the following
metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Augusta, Ga., Chicago, Detroit, Harrisburg,
Pa., Indianapolis, Miami and Pittsburgh. With Skype on Xfinity,
customers are able to make and receive video calls from their TV in HD
picture quality, as well as send and receive instant messages via Skype
while watching TV at the same time.

“Through our collaboration with Comcast, we are delivering a truly
compelling HD calling experience to consumers, and demonstrating Skype’s
continued leadership in video communications”

“We’re continuing to build innovative communication services like Skype
on Xfinity that will allow our customers to interact in new ways with
the people they care about the most,” said Tony Werner, Executive Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer for Comcast Cable. “Through our
close collaboration with Skype, we focused on delivering a new product
that brings family and friends together through a high-quality video
calling experience like never before.”

Skype on Xfinity is the latest example in a line of innovations through
which Comcast is bringing personalized services to its customers.
Through Skype on Xfinity, customers will be able to:

• Make and receive Skype-to-Skype video and audio calls or send instant
  messages via Skype on a TV while watching their favorite TV show at
  the same time, and accept incoming Skype calls during a TV show with
  the help of Caller ID.
• Import Skype friends into a global address book which can also contain
  Facebook, Outlook, Gmail and smartphone contacts so you can find which
  of your friends already use Skype and see when contacts are online and
  available to talk.
• Have the ability to communicate with the hundreds of millions of
  connected Skype users around the globe.

“Through our collaboration with Comcast, we are delivering a truly
compelling HD calling experience to consumers, and demonstrating Skype’s
continued leadership in video communications,” said Bob Rosin, Head of
Business Development for Skype. “Our partnership brings video calling
into the heart of the home – the living room – where it enables people
to share life’s experiences in a whole new way.”

Cathy Avgiris, Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Communications and Data Services for Comcast Cable, said, “TV is rapidly
evolving as a social experience, and Skype on Xfinity is bringing
friends and family together to share life’s moments through the use of
the largest screen in their homes. Skype on Xfinity is simple to set up
and easy to use so that you can always feel like you’re there with
friends and loved ones, even if physically you’re miles apart.”

To use Skype on Xfinity, customers will need Xfinity Internet service,
an HDMI-capable Comcast cable set-top box and a Skype account. To start
a Skype session through their TV, customers simply choose an available
contact from their address book and select enter. Skype on Xfinity will
be delivered to the Comcast customer’s HDTV through an all-in-one kit
which includes an adaptor box, a high-quality video camera, and a
specially designed remote control that enables customers to instant
message with one or more friends on Skype as well as control the volume
of their television. For Skype-to-Skype calls or instant messages, the
other calling party does not need any special equipment beyond what is
needed to use Skype; they simply need to be logged into their Skype
account.

Skype on Xfinity is available for $ 9.95 per month for qualifying Xfinity
Triple Play customers. Additional markets will launch through the
summer. For more information, visit www.comcast.com/skype.

About Comcast Cable

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com)
is one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information
and communications products and services. Comcast is principally
involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in
the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news,
sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal.
Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet
and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is
the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates
entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast
networks, local television station groups, television production
operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

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