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RAD GSM Optimization Solution Doubles

Cellular Connectivity in Remote Chinese Villages


Mobile Service Provider Increases Customer Base Without Additional Opex

Beijing, China, July 16, 2007: Inner Mongolia Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile
Communications Corporation, which maintains the world's largest unified, contiguous
all-digital mobile network and the world's largest mobile subscriber base, has deployed a
cost-saving solution from RAD Data Communications that will allow it to significantly
increase GSM connectivity in remote villages without increasing costs.

To accommodate its rapidly growing customer base, Inner Mongolia Mobile needed to
double the capacity of the existing BTS (base transceiver station) it currently maintains in
each village. The challenge was that they would need an additional E1 line to connect to
the new base station. Not only would this extra link be more expensive, but multiple E1
lines might not always be available at every cell site. Given that E1 lines from the BTS
are typically underutilized, however, Inner Mongolia Mobile opted for a solution from
RAD Data Communications that combines E1 multiplexing and GSM optimization,
enabling the transport of two optimized E1 circuits over a single E1 link.

Vmux-400 Achieves Optimization Ratio of up to 3:1
This RAD solution is the Vmux-400, an Abis optimization gateway that eliminates
redundant silence and idle frames in the Abis protocol in the BTS-to-BSC (base station
controller) cellular backhaul links. Depending on the periods of call silence and the
signaling, the Vmux-400 can achieve an optimization ratio of up to 3:1 without any
increase in operating costs (Opex) by multiplexing the backhaul traffic into a single E1
uplink for transport to the BSC.

For cellular operators that rely heavily on TDM leased lines from terrestrial carriers, this
means that the number of links needed for Abis backhaul can be drastically reduced, with
a corresponding reduction in Opex notes Thomas Q. Lu, President of RAD China. The
Vmux-400 also provides a valuable head start for mobile operators in their migration to

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3G, since optimization enables operators to free up leased lines used for 2G/2.5G traffic
and apply them to their 3G networks, Lu explains. In this way, they can avoid the time
delay and costs associated with installing additional leased lines, he adds.

Easy to Install and Manage
The RAD solution was proposed and provided to Inner Mongolia Mobile by Ubridge, an
authorized RAD distributor in the Peoples Republic of China. The Vmux-400 perfectly
fits the customers requirements and the challenges posed by a growing customer demand
over telecommunications infrastructure in isolated regions, says Mr. Lu Jing Zhong,
General Manager of Ubridge. In addition, it has proven itself easy to install and
manage.

About RAD
Established in 1981, privately owned RAD Data Communications has achieved
international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access equipment for
data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the
data and voice access requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carriers, and
enterprise networks, by reducing infrastructure investment costs while boosting
competitiveness and profitability. The company's installed base exceeds 10,000,000 units
and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These customers are
supported by 23 RAD offices and more than 300 channel partners in 164 countries.

RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and
internetworking product solutions.

RAD Data Communications sites: www.rad.com and www.raddata.com.cn

Press Contact
Bob Eliaz, Media Relations Manager, RAD Data Communications
Tel: +972-3-6458134
Fax: +972-3-6498250
E-mail: bob@rad.com

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