France Telecom R&D Chooses IP Infusion's ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite To Provide Routing Platforms To Its R&D Activities

San Jose, Calif. March 25, 2003 - IP Infusion, a leading provider of intelligent network software, announced today that France Télécom R&D has chosen its ZebOS™ Advanced Routing Suite to provide routing platforms to its R&D activities. IP Infusion will provide IS-IS, PIM-SM, and RSVP-TE protocols to support both IP routing and MPLS traffic engineering.

"We are extremely pleased to have been selected by France Télécom R&D to be the routing software supplier for their advanced research and development activities. France Télécom R&D's selection of our ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite allows them to develop new MPLS traffic engineering capabilities on top of the current and most recent protocols, which are being used in real networks and advanced routing equipments, " said Nick Keating, President and CEO of IP Infusion. "In addition, France Télécom's use of our Advanced Routing Suite validates the quality and the acceptance of IP Infusion's routing and switching solutions in the networking market."

About IP Infusion's ZebOS Routing Suites

IP Infusion designs, develops, and markets its ZebOS family of advanced IP routing suites, which are based on a unique, modular, multi-process architecture featuring control-plane components that provide route redistribution and conversion, management services, and an OS/processor abstraction layer for routing and switching modules. This high-performance routing software features IPv4/IPv6 versions of OSPF, BGP, RIP, and IS-IS routing protocols; MPLS, BGP-VPN, RSVP-TE, and CR-LDP switching and signaling protocols; Mobile IP, routing redundancy, multicast, virtual routing, Layer 2 VPN (draft Martini), and TCP/IP dual stack support. ZebOS software suites can be delivered as portable, platform-independent source code or in server solutions.

About IP Infusion

IP Infusion is a leading provider of intelligent networking software for enhanced IP services. The company's software includes core routing and switching technology that enables equipment vendors, service providers, telecommunications companies and enterprises to rapidly build and provision a broad range of standards-based and value-added IP services. Founded in
1999, IP Infusion has employees in San Jose, California; Cary, North Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; and Europe. The company has a growing global customer base in the wired and wireless networking markets and has alliances with industry leading network processor (NPU) suppliers. IP Infusion is a member of the Network Processing Forum, Intel® Communications Alliance, and an active participant in the IETF. For more information about the company and its products call 408/794-1500 or visit www.ipinfusion.com.

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