Comfone Expands International Connectivity with Performance Technologies' SEGway(TM) Signalling Solution

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, and Comfone, an international roaming service provider to over 300 mobile operators, today announced an expansion of Comfone's Signalling network using Performance Technologies' SEGway™ Solution.

Comfone's international SS7 Signalling service reaches GSM operators in over 700 locations worldwide and includes signalling access, routing, online reporting, SMS interworking, roaming management, and hub services. With its Enhanced Signalling, Comfone offers operators the option to extend roaming coverage through customised service levels, reducing costs, and adding value to roaming services. Signalling is a core competency for both Comfone and Performance Technologies; in combination they provide an unparalleled level of service and expertise resulting in competitive roaming value for Comfone's customers.  

Matthias Rufenacht, Chief Operating Officer of Comfone, said, "Performance Technologies is the competent partner we need. With their expertise and innovative technical solutions they fulfill our mediation requirements regarding signalling capabilities very well. The Performance Technologies Solution supports our permanent endeavours to further enhance our Signalling service and allows us to minimise costs while guaranteeing our high standards of quality and service."

Performance Technologies' SEGway Solutions are highly reliable, scalable, and allow low cost transportation of SS7 messages across high latency environments such as satellite and IP networks.

"We are very pleased to partner with Comfone to provide the signalling transport solution for their strategic network interconnect," said David Colbeck, Vice President of Sales, EMEA for Performance Technologies. "Their use of our proven technology, and advanced signalling solutions, further validates our position as the market leader in delivering the most cost-effective, comprehensive signalling platforms available today."

Performance Technologies will feature SEGway Solutions on their Stand 2G39 at the Mobile World Congress Show in Barcelona, Spain, February 15-18, 2010.

About Comfone (www.comfone.com)

Comfone, provider of roaming services to over 300 operators in 130 countries, is an international mobile roaming specialist with over ten years of experience and customer-orientated in-house expertise. Through its unique services and solutions portfolio ranging from complete outsourcing of roaming to individual elements such as signalling, data, convergence, clearing and WLAN services, Comfone provides mobile operators with worldwide coverage, interconnection and clearing through only one agreement with Comfone and one connection to Comfone's central platform.

From Comfone's headquarters in Switzerland and regional offices covering Northern and Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Central Asia and Asia Pacific, Comfone is well placed to meet the requirements of its substantial worldwide customer base.

About Performance Technologies (www.pt.com)

Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX) is a global supplier of advanced network communications and control solutions to end users, application developers, and original equipment manufacturers that serve mission critical telecommunications as well as aerospace and defense markets. The company provides remotely manageable, IP-centric network elements specifically engineered for high availability, scalability, and long life cycle deployments. Its products are built upon its own U.S. manufactured hardware combined with the company's NexusWare® Carrier Grade Linux® operating system and software development environment plus a broad suite of communications protocols and high availability middleware. Performance Technologies' product portfolio includes the SEGway™ suite of Signalling (SS7/SIP) Transfer Points, Signalling Gateways and Bridges, and its IPnexus® family of COTS-based application-ready systems, WAN gateways, and multi-protocol communications servers.

Performance Technologies maximizes the value proposition of its products by leveraging its field proven systems, software, and hardware technologies developed over a twenty-eight year record of demonstrated innovation. A tightly integrated combination of these technologies results in measurable benefits to its customers through compelling return-on-investment and substantially accelerated time-to-market metrics. The company is headquartered in Rochester, NY and maintains centers of engineering excellence in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, CA, and Kanata, ON, Canada. It has sales and marketing offices in the U.S. in Raleigh, Chicago, Dallas, and San Jose and international offices in London, England and Shanghai, China.

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