Ixia : Selected by Magyar Telekom Integrtation Lab to Validate Performance of Fixed-Line, Mobile, and IP Services

Ixia Selected by Magyar Telekom Integrtation Lab to Validate Performance of Fixed-Line, Mobile, and IP Services IxNetwork and IxLoad High-Density Test Solution Verifies Network Performance Stability of New Services for Millions of Subscribers

Calabasas, CA, January 4, 2012 (NASDAQ: XXIA), the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, and Magyar Telekom, Hungary's largest telecommunication and infocommunication (ICT) service provider and a division of Magyar Telekom, today announced the selection of Ixia's IxNetwork, IxLoad, Test Conductor, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) high-density test equipment to ensure the quality of Magyar Telekom's fixed-line, mobile, and IP services. The solution helps Magyar Telekom get new services to market faster with improved test coverage, and reduces the amount of hardware and rack space necessary for testing.

Magyar Telekom's large lab facility uses IxNetwork to test network infrastructure, capacity, scalability, and convergence using scaled protocol emulation. IxNetwork verifies core network stability and infrastructure upgrades across Magyar Telekom's network, which includes hundreds of routers, millions of users, thousands of links 1GE, and hundreds of 10GE links. Magyar Telekom uses the IxNetwork routing and switching test solution to emulate protocols at the network edge and provide traffic flows with quality of service (QoS) markings. Ixia's IxLoad emulates data, voice, and video subscribers and associated protocols at scale to ensure quality of experience (QoE). Magyar Telekom uses the IxLoad real-world traffic emulation software primarily for testing network address translation (NAT) functionality.

In addition, IxNetwork's test automation software helps to save test setup time, enables test engineers to focus on non-repetitive activities, and improves test coverage. Ixia's Test Conductor and Test Composer automate testing and offer an easy way to document and share knowledge between teams. The ability to run multiple tests concurrently accelerates time to market.

Ixia's efficient, high-density test equipment reduces the amount of hardware Magyar Telekom needs, reducing CapEx. Ixia's hot-swappable load modules are hosted in an XM12 chassis and provide the industry's highest-performing, high-density application traffic generation solution. They offer complete layer 2-7 packet generation, and routing, switching, and application testing functionality in a single chassis. Although any of the twelve GE ports can be used individually, Magyar Telekom aggregates them through the single 10GE port. Each test port supports wire-speed layer 2-3 traffic generation and analysis, high-performance routing/bridging protocol emulation, and true layer 4-7 application subscriber emulation and traffic generation.

Key Facts:

• IxNetwork is designed to test network infrastructure, capacity, scalability, and convergence using its scaled protocol emulation, and works with Ixia's test platform to exchange control and data plane traffic with the device under test.
• IxLoad is a scalable solution for testing converged multiplay services, application delivery platforms, and security devices and systems that emulates data, voice, and video subscribers and associated protocols to ensure quality of experience.
• The Xcellon-Ultra NP 10GbE load module is the highest-performing, high-density application traffic generation solution.

Supporting Quotes:

• "As major revenue and profit sources move from traditional and mobile voice services to new core segments such as mobile broadband, broadcasting, and IT services, our infrastructure continues to evolve at a rapid pace," said Nándor Szabó, Head of Magyar Telekom's IP Integration Department. "Ixia provided the most comprehensive test solution that could scale to the number of 10Gb ports necessary to verify our upgraded routing and switching infrastructure."
• "As the foremost service provider in Hungary, Magyar Telekom requires a carrier-grade test solution like Ixia's that can produce country-sized simulation of millions of users," said Mark Chaplain, Vice President EMEA, Ixia Technologies Europe Ltd. "Ixia's solution verifies the performance and functionality of their network and devices today, and also supports testing for their coming challenges such as NAT."

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About Ixia
Ixia provides the industry's most comprehensive converged IP services testing solutionfrom the wireless edge to the Internet core. Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and government agencies use Ixia's industry-leading test and simulation platforms to design and validate a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/4G networking equipment and networks. Ixia's solutions create real-world conditions by emulating a full range of high-scaling networking protocols and generating media-rich application traffic to validate performance, conformance and security of cloud, core, data center, wireless and multiplay networks. For more information, visit .

About Magyar Telekom
Magyar Telekom is Hungary's principal provider of telecom services. It provides a full range of telecommunications and infocommunications (ICT) services including fixed line and mobile telephony, data transmission and non-voice as well as IT and systems integration services. The Hungarian business activities of Magyar Telekom are managed by two segments: Magyar Telekom Hungary (the home-related fixed line and wireless services brand: T-Home, and the mobile communications brand: T-Mobile) and T-Systems Hungary (business customers, T-Systems brand). Magyar Telekom is the majority owner of Makedonski Telekom, the leading fixed line and mobile operator in Macedonia and it holds a majority stake in Crnogorski Telekom, the leading telecommunications operator in Montenegro. Magyar Telekom's majority shareholder (59.21%) is MagyarCom Holding GmbH, fully owned by Deutsche Telekom AG. For more information, visit .

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