Newport Networks Wins InfoVision Award for
Network Core Innovation and Advances

Hong Kong, 17th May, 2006. Newport Networks, a leading developer of carrier-class Session Border Controllers, today announced that its 1460 session border controller has won the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) InfoVision Award for Network Core Innovation and Advances.  The InfoVision Award program recognises technologies, applications, products, advances, and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry. InfoVision Awards also honour corporations and individuals for their innovative contributions and developments that have proven important to society.

The InfoVision review committee, composed of industry experts from vendor companies, service providers, and industry associations, judged Newport's 1460 session border controller against a broad range of criteria. These included the value of the technology in solving recognised technology problems, such as security of multimedia networks, and maintaining a high quality of service in access networks.  The award also recognises the 1460's potential contribution toward positive industry growth by providing class leading scalability capable of meeting the demands of interconnecting today's rapidly expanding multimedia services.

"We are pleased to win this InfoVision award in such a highly competitive arena." Commented Mike Wilkinson , Vice President of Marketing at Newport Networks. "The award recognises the vision of the company in designing a product which delivers consistent high quality service and security features on a scale needed by VoIP and multimedia service providers."

Michael Li, Newport Networks' Vice President for the Asia Pacific region, was presented with the InfoVision Award at the Broadband World Forum Asia.

About Newport Networks

Newport Networks Group PLC, listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, has designed and developed the award winning 1460 session border controller. The 1460 session border controller addresses the key service delivery issues of quality and security, enabling service providers to create new revenue streams from VoIP and MoIP while controlling the cost of delivery. Newport Networks' product innovations and leadership have been recognised through Frost & Sullivan's 2006 IP Communications Next-Generation Carrier Infrastructure Entrepreneurial Company of the Year award and Internet Telephony magazine's Product of the Year 2005 award. Newport Networks' commitment to deliver the highest quality products and services is demonstrated by the company becoming the first independent session border controller vendor to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification. Based in the UK, France, North America and China, Newport Networks is led by an experienced team with a proven track record of identifying new service provider network technologies, developing products and managing the growth of international businesses. Further information at www.newport-networks.com

About the IEC

A non-profit organization, the IEC is dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students. In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational program. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age.

More than 70 leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineers. The IEC also manages the activities of the Enterprise Communications Consortium. Please visit www.iec.org.