Bridgewater Systems Recognized as Global Policy Market Leader

OTTAWA, Canada - Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced that the company has been recognized as the global policy server market share leader in 2008 by Infonetics Research in its April 2009 report “Policy Servers Market Share, Size, and Forecasts”.

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The Infonetics report noted that Bridgewater’s position as the No. 1 global policy server market share leader is due to the company’s success in the 3G and 4G market. The report further states that the policy server market will continue to grow annually in the high double-digit percents over the next five years, reaching US$1.3 billion in 2013.

Service providers are implementing policy servers to manage the explosive growth in mobile data, personalize applications, and enforce quality of service across applications and content. The adoption of 3G and 4G LTE and WiMAX networks is expected to further increase demand as multimedia applications grow in popularity and as mobile devices become more specialized and sophisticated.

The Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller with Smart Caps(TM) is a PCRF- compliant policy control function that provides real-time network, application, and subscriber policies to manage mobile data growth, ensure fair usage, prevent mobile ‘bill shock,’ and deliver personalized services.

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Shira Levine, Directing Analyst, Next Gen OSS and Policy, Infonetics Research

“Bridgewater recognized the importance of the mobile segment of the policy server market early on and is benefiting from the continued rapid growth in this market. The company’s global policy server market share leadership is based on its extensive 3G and 4G deployments.”

David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems

“The Infonetics report validates Bridgewater’s unique network, application and subscriber policy approach to managing mobile data growth, personalizing applications such as on-demand videos and social networking, ensuring fair usage, and preventing mobile bill shock. We are delighted to be recognized as both the 2008 global policy server market leader and the leader in the mobile segment by Infonetics.”

Tags / Keywords

Bridgewater Systems, Infonetics, Policy Controller, PCRF, UMTS, GSM, Fair Usage, Mobile Personalization, Bandwidth Management

Links

The Bridgewater Systems Policy Controller (www.bridgewatersystems.com/Policy-Controller.aspx)

Bridgewater Policy Control and Smart Caps White Paper (webx.newswire.ca/click/?id=2f56914058ed56d)

Infonetics Research Policy Servers Market Share, Size, and Forecasts (webx.newswire.ca/click/?id=ea83a39ffee5416)

About Bridgewater Systems

Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, enables service providers to efficiently manage and profit from mobile data services, content and commerce. The company’s market leading mobile personalization portfolio provides a real-time, unified view of subscribers including entitlements, devices, networks, billing profiles, preferences and context. Anchored by Bridgewater’s Subscriber Data Broker(TM), the portfolio of carrier-grade and standards-based products includes the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller (AAA), the Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller (PCRF) and the Bridgewater(R) Home Subscriber Server (HSS). More than 120 leading service providers including America Movil, Bell Canada, Clearwire, Hutchison Telecom, Iusacell, Scartel, SmarTone-Vodafone, Sprint, Tata Teleservices, Tatung, Telmex, Telstra, and Verizon Wireless use Bridgewater’s solutions to rapidly deliver innovative mobile services to over 150 million subscribers. For more information, visit us at www.bridgewatersystems.com.

Bridgewater, Bridgewater Systems, the Bridgewater Systems logo, WideSpan, Smart Caps, and Subscriber Data Broker are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bridgewater Systems Corporation. All other company , product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

For further information: Joanne Steinberg, Bridgewater Systems, joanne.steinberg@bridgewatersystems.com, +1-613-591-9104 extension 2032; James Cook, MS&L North America, james.cook@mslworldwide.com, +1-416-967-3702

Source: Bridgewater Systems

For further information: Joanne Steinberg, Bridgewater Systems, joanne.steinberg at bridgewatersystems.com, +1-613-591-9104 extension 2032;
James Cook, MS&L North America, james.cook at mslworldwide.com, +1-416-967-3702