SASKEN ESTABLISHES SUBSIDIARY FOCUSED ON TELECOM OPERATION SYSTEMS

January 22 2004; New York, USA and Bangalore, India /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Sasken, a leading provider of telecommunications software and solutions, announced the formation of Sasken Network Systems, a subsidiary that will expand Sasken?s coverage of the telecom market into providing consultative engineering services for service providers and network system vendors. It will also enable Sasken to provide a broader and distinctly differentiated service offering in the telecom domain.

Sasken Network Systems will provide services to enhance the engineering capabilities of customers by drawing on comprehensive, global market experience at every stage of the product, system, solution or service lifecycle and by taking ownership of many of activities in the operations domain.

Sasken has amassed immense capabilities in software engineering services, delivering to many of the world?s leading network equipment vendors, platform developers, service providers and terminal manufacturers. While Sasken?s focus is primarily on embedded software that enables functionality in the network, Sasken Network Systems is focused on delivering services to enable effective network operations and service delivery.

?This makes it possible for us to address a larger market while still capitalizing on our core competence in the telecom arena? explains Rajiv Mody, Sasken?s Chairman and CEO. ?This is also in line with our approach of delivering engineering services in areas where we have the domain knowledge, core competence and intellectual property?


In keeping with this approach, Sasken has staffed the executive management of Sasken Network Systems with senior industry personnel with relevant domain expertise and competency. Madan S Kumar the CEO of Sasken Network Systems most recently was the Vice President and General Manager of the Network Operations Software business at Lucent Technologies and Kevin Koenig, the COO of Sasken Network Systems most recently was the Vice President of Software Engineering for their Network Operations Software business.


This has been further complemented by the recruitment of key personnel with in-depth domain knowledge in the area of Network Operations.


Drawing from their domain and industry expertise and from Sasken?s considerable telecom software and solutions heritage over the past decade, Sasken Network Systems offers customers systems and solutions consulting, product design, development and maintenance services. Sasken Network Systems will also assist customers in the planning and implementation of systems and data migration, as well as offering systems integration, solution design and lifecycle maintenance.

About Sasken
Sasken is a world class telecom software solutions provider offering a unique combination of complementary IP software components, research and development consultancy as well as software services to many of the leading semiconductor manufacturers, network equipment companies, and global wireless handset developers. Established in 1989, Sasken employs over 1200 staff, operating from a state of the art research and development center in Bangalore, India with offices in Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Sweden, UK and US.

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Silke Schild / Neil Jessiman
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Naina Mallya
Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
Email: naina@sasken.com
Phone: + 91 80 5355501 Extn: 3273