Comfone Expands International Connectivity with Performance Technologies' SEGway(TM) Signalling Solution

ROCHESTER, New York, February 11 - Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of
communication platforms and systems, and Comfone, an international roaming
service provider to over 300 mobile operators, today announced an expansion
of Comfone's Signalling network using Performance Technologies' SEGway(TM)
Solution.

Comfone's international SS7 Signalling service reaches GSM operators in
over 700 locations worldwide and includes signalling access, routing, online
reporting, SMS interworking, roaming management, and hub services. With its
Enhanced Signalling, Comfone offers operators the option to extend roaming
coverage through customised service levels, reducing costs, and adding value
to roaming services. Signalling is a core competency for both Comfone and
Performance Technologies; in combination they provide an unparalleled level
of service and expertise resulting in competitive roaming value for Comfone's
customers.

Matthias Rufenacht, Chief Operating Officer of Comfone, said,
"Performance Technologies is the competent partner we need. With their
expertise and innovative technical solutions they fulfill our mediation
requirements regarding signalling capabilities very well. The Performance
Technologies Solution supports our permanent endeavours to further enhance
our Signalling service and allows us to minimise costs while guaranteeing our
high standards of quality and service."

Performance Technologies' SEGway Solutions are highly reliable, scalable,
and allow low cost transportation of SS7 messages across high latency
environments such as satellite and IP networks.

"We are very pleased to partner with Comfone to provide the signalling
transport solution for their strategic network interconnect," said David
Colbeck, Vice President of Sales, EMEA for Performance Technologies. "Their
use of our proven technology, and advanced signalling solutions, further
validates our position as the market leader in delivering the most
cost-effective, comprehensive signalling platforms available today."

Performance Technologies will feature SEGway Solutions on their Stand
2G39 at the Mobile World Congress Show in Barcelona, Spain, February 15-18,
2010.

About Comfone (www.comfone.com)

Comfone, provider of roaming services to over 300 operators in 130
countries, is an international mobile roaming specialist with over ten years
of experience and customer-orientated in-house expertise. Through its unique
services and solutions portfolio ranging from complete outsourcing of roaming
to individual elements such as signalling, data, convergence, clearing and
WLAN services, Comfone provides mobile operators with worldwide coverage,
interconnection and clearing through only one agreement with Comfone and one
connection to Comfone's central platform.

From Comfone's headquarters in Switzerland and regional offices covering
Northern and Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Central Asia and
Asia Pacific, Comfone is well placed to meet the requirements of its
substantial worldwide customer base.

About Performance Technologies (www.pt.com)

Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX) is a global supplier of advanced
network communications and control solutions to end users, application
developers, and original equipment manufacturers that serve mission critical
telecommunications as well as aerospace and defense markets. The company
provides remotely manageable, IP-centric network elements specifically
engineered for high availability, scalability, and long life cycle
deployments. Its products are built upon its own U.S. manufactured hardware
combined with the company's NexusWare(R) Carrier Grade Linux(R) operating
system and software development environment plus a broad suite of
communications protocols and high availability middleware. Performance
Technologies' product portfolio includes the SEGway(TM) suite of Signalling
(SS7/SIP) Transfer Points, Signalling Gateways and Bridges, and its
IPnexus(R) family of COTS-based application-ready systems, WAN gateways, and
multi-protocol communications servers.

Performance Technologies maximizes the value proposition of its products
by leveraging its field proven systems, software, and hardware technologies
developed over a twenty-eight year record of demonstrated innovation. A
tightly integrated combination of these technologies results in measurable
benefits to its customers through compelling return-on-investment and
substantially accelerated time-to-market metrics. The company is
headquartered in Rochester, NY and maintains centers of engineering
excellence in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, CA, and Kanata, ON, Canada. It
has sales and marketing offices in the U.S. in Raleigh, Chicago, Dallas, and
San Jose and international offices in London, England and Shanghai, China.

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Will Smith, Marketing Communications Manager, Performance Technologies, +1-585-256-0200, wjs at pt.com