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Redback's New SmartEdge 1200 Wins NXTcomm Technology Innovation Award

SmartEdge 1200 is the world’s first million subscriber rack for triple-play services such as HDTV, HD VoD and Broadband Mobility

San Jose, CA, June 7, 2007 – Redback Networks, an Ericsson company that makes video-centric routers for 75 percent of the world’s largest triple-play networks, today announced that its new SmartEdge® 1200 router platform has won the NXTcomm Eos award for technology innovation in content delivery and management.

NXTcomm is the world’s largest telecom trade show and this award helps acknowledge the effort and resources put into development of the SmartEdge 1200, and the resulting technology innovations that clearly differentiate us from the competition,” said Arpit Joshipura, vice president of product management for Redback Networks.  The SmartEdge 1200 is the world’s first million person subscriber rack for triple-play services such as HDTV, HD VoD and broadband mobility.  The SmartEdge 1200 platform introduces three major innovations.  It will double carrier capacity for new video upgrades, extend triple-play services to broadband mobile networks and integrate up to six network applications into a single router.  The new network applications include deep-packet inspection for peer-to-peer traffic management, advanced session border capabilities and network security for carriers and their customers.

The routing innovation behind the SmartEdge platform is at the center of Ericsson efforts to deliver full service broadband.  By connecting wired and wireless networks, Ericsson will enable a world where any network can deliver any service to any Internet-enabled device.  Redback and Ericsson will be exhibiting the SmartEdge 1200 router platform at the NXTcomm trade show at Chicago’s McCormick Place, June 18-21, 2007.

About Redback Networks

An Ericsson company since January 2007 (NASDAQ: ERIC), Redback Networks helps manage triple-play services for 50 million subscribers and 15 of the top 20 telephone carriers worldwide.  Redback’s multi-service edge routing platform delivers next generation broadband services such as VoIP, IPTV, On-Demand Video, and on-line gaming.  Redback Networks has more than 500 carrier customers worldwide and is based in San Jose, CA.  For more information, visit www.redback.com.

Doug Wills (Media & Analysts)
Redback Networks
408-750-5038
dwills@redback.com

About Ericsson

Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.
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