Spirent Communication’s Holistic Testing Approach Prepares Enterprises for Dynamic, Terabit-Capacity Data Centers

September 7th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent QoS Scope, Industry's First 10G Ethernet Service Assurance Solution, Extends Spirent's Lab Testing Leadership in the Live Network In an effort to not only help carriers pre-qualify new 10 Gigabit Ethernet services but also ensure their networks perform reliably once launched, Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/), today introduced, Spirent QoS Scope 7500 (www.spirent.com/Solutions-Directory/~/media/Datasheets/Broadband/SAB/Q oS7500_datasheet.ashx), the industry's first 10G Ethernet service assurance solution for testing service performance in live networks. Already deployed by three of the largest service providers in the United States, the QoS Scope validates the performance of complex 10G and 1G Ethernet services such as business Ethernet and wireless backhaul.

August 19th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent LTE Network Emulator Delivers the Industry's Only Solutions to Test All Aspects of LTE Multi-Mode Device Performance As the wireless industry prepares for the launch of LTE networks, Spirent Communications plc, the leader in wireless network, services and devices testing, today announced the Spirent LTE Network Emulator. The result of a collaborative engagement with AT4 wireless, a wireless testing services and test solutions company, the new LTE Network Emulator plays a key role in Spirent's performance test solutions for next-generation mobile devices.

June 29th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Spirent NoCode(TM) Delivers Industry's First Comprehensive Solution Set to Address the Entire Gamut of Test Automation Challenges Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a leader in network, services and device testing, today announced the introduction of a broad set of tools designed to automate the testing process and save engineers and their organizations time and money. Spirent NoCode(TM) (www.spirent.com/Broadband/Lab_and_Test_Automation/ProfessionalServices_NoCode.aspx) delivers the industry's first and only complete set of integrated end-to-end automation solutions covering the entire breadth of test automation requirements through a portfolio of offerings that fit a wide variety of needs and enable users to introduce higher quality products and services more quickly and at a significantly lower cost.

June 1st, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - Spirent UTS, Mobile Robot Take Mobile Device Test Automation to New Level Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com), the leader in wireless network, services and device testing, today announced that it successfully demonstrated that the Spirent Universal Tool Suite (UTS) interface architecture can control ServiceForce.com's (www.serviceforce-com.de) Mobile Robot, a robotic mobile device operator. Spirent's UTS is a chipset-independent architecture used industry-wide to automate wireless device testing for UMTS, CDMA and EV-DO technologies.

May 19th, 2009 LAS VEGAS - Enhancement Allows for Assessment of Virtually Any Negative Traffic, Application Network Layer Testing from Single Unit As network equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises seek ways to build, deliver and run more cost-effective networks, Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a leader in network, services and device testing, now offers vulnerability assessment testing capabilities on Spirent Avalanche(TM) (www.spirent.com/go/avalanche). This capability, also supported on Spirent TestCenter(TM), creates a unique product which tests the impact of almost any type of negative and attack traffic on networks and devices and simultaneously conducts comprehensive line rate layer 2-7 performance testing.

May 19th, 2009 LAS VEGAS - Vast Range of Scenarios, User Transactions Added to Latest Version Spirent Avalanche Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a leader in network, services and devices testing, today announced new functionality that supports the emulation of an unprecedented number of stateful application protocols, empowering test engineers to easily create advanced custom traffic profiles on Spirent TestCenter(TM) (www.spirent.com/go/stc) and Spirent Avalanche(TM) (www.spirent.com/go/avalanche). The new Scalable Application Protocol Emulation Engine (SAPEE) revolutionizes testing layer 2-7 applications by allowing test engineers and system architects to easily build, import or recreate their own proprietary protocols and transactions with full editing and modification capabilities.

May 18th, 2009 LAS VEGAS - Spirent's Award Winning Solutions, Services Mitigate the Risk of Migration to New, Advanced Data Centers Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a leader in networks, services and device testing, is showcasing its Spirent OnDEMAND Data Center Testing service, a critical element of the industry's first holistic approach to data center testing. Leveraging a team of testing experts working both on and off-site, Spirent validates all aspects of a data center to detect and mitigate performance, security, and scalability problems before the launch of new or advanced infrastructure and applications.

May 17th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - Frost & Sullivan Research Declares Spirent as the Market Leader in Enterprise Network Test & Measurement Solutions for Research and Evaluation Labs Spirent Communications plc (www.spirent.com/ ) (LSE: SPT), a leader in network, service and device testing, has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com/ ) as the leader in enterprise network test and measurement solutions for research and evaluation labs. According to Frost & Sullivan's recent report that surveyed the enterprise network system testing and monitoring solutions market, Spirent maintained its leadership position with more the one-third of the market share in the research and evaluation lab segment.

May 11th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - Spirent TestCenter(TM) Virtual is the Industry's First Single Application Solution to Benchmark Layer 2-7 Performance Across All Elements of a Data Center In response to the growing challenges of deploying high-performance advanced data centers, Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a leader in networks, services and devices testing, today introduced Spirent TestCenter(TM) Virtual, the industry's first solution specifically designed to holistically validate the performance of all elements of the data center and cloud computing environments including virtual machines (VM), servers and storage devices. Spirent will demonstrate Spirent TestCenter Virtual at Interop 2009 at Booth #1051.

March 31st, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - Flexible 'Virtual Drive Test' and 'Fading Lab' Features Deliver Cost Efficiencies over Field Testing Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global leader in wireless infrastructure, devices and application testing, today introduced Virtual Drive Test and Fading Lab functionality on Spirent's SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator (www.spirent.com/go/sr5500), the award-winning solution for wireless receiver performance testing. Virtual Drive Test allows rapid re-creation of RF conditions to bring real-world field testing of mobile devices into the lab.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India had an estimated 16.5 million service enterprises in 2006-07, with 60 percent of them in rural areas and 90 percent in the form of sole proprietorships, official data showed Friday. The data, which helps government frame policies, assists demographers and gives key inputs for marketing strategies by the corporate sector, also showed that 33.5 million people worked in the service sector, 54 percent in rural areas.

August 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Kids are better at distinguishing other children's faces than adults, scientists have found. According to Tirta Susilo, of the psychology department at the Australian National University in Canberra, and his colleagues, kids had stronger holistic processing, which is how the brain recognises faces, for other kids than the adults did.

May 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Avaya GlobalConnect, India's leading enterprise business communications solutions provider today unveiled its strategic roadmap in India for 2009. The company announced its renewed focus on technology solutions for the BFSI, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Hospitality and other verticals.

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December 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday said the party wanted to bring in youthful and dynamic leadership for a good governance in the country. 'The Congress has always been an agent of change with youthful and dynamic faces that can bring vibrancy in governance.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - As a networking platform, 17th Convergence India 2009 was a resounding success with solid business discussions emerging out of conference sessions and interactions between participants. One of the most relevant issues for the communications industry was taken up at the international conference today i.e.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Avaya GlobalConnect (AGC), India's leading business communications solution provider, has appointed Anil Nair as the New MD. Prior to this, Anil was the President at AGC.

August 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - The installation, testing and commissioning of the 6,700 km TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) cable system was complete, telecom service provider Tata Communications and undersea communications technology leader Tyco Telecommunications announced Tuesday. "The fully operational 6,700 km TGN-IA system links Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Vietnam and the Philippines, providing route diversity throughout the Asia Pacific region, Tata Communications said in a regulatory statement.

June 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian telephony and internet services provider Tata Communications Thursday forged two separate deals with Britain-based BT Group and American network services major Telx. The $1-billion deal with BT will see the British company outsourcing its entire voice traffic to Tata Communications, while the latter will utilise BT's infrastructure for its calls to Britain.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will invest Rs.5,803 crore to double its power plant equipment manufacturing capacity by the end of 2011, the government said Thursday. "BHEL had augmented its manufacturing capacity for power plant equipment from 6,000 MW to 10,000 MW annually by December 2007," said Arun Yadav, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, in the Lok Sabha.