Frost & Sullivan Lauds CommProve for Robust Growth in the European Network Monitoring Market

DUBLIN, January 20 - Based on its recent research on the European network monitoring systems
market, Frost & Sullivan presents CommProve Ltd. with the 2009 Frost &
Sullivan Award for Emerging Company of the Year in recognition of its strong
growth since 1996. The company manufactures test solutions for monitoring
wireless networks to measure the quality of service (QoS). CommProve's
products are designed to identify the cause of problems such as radio
frequency interference in the network and troubleshoot them before it affects
the QoS of a particular network, which might lead to dissatisfied
subscribers.

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Monitoring the network continuously to measure the QoS data of
subscribers has always been a significant challenge for operators with the
high penetration level of new technologies and mobile services. Periodic
drive testing and troubleshooting actions after a fault has occurred in the
network is no longer acceptable. Monitoring the radio interface too is
difficult for operators as there are a large number of geographically
distributed links. Another challenge is monitoring the 3G WCDMA technology
due to its dynamic nature and limitation through interference. In short,
operators were looking for a robust and reliable solution that can report the
QoS of the network in real time.

"CommProve Ltd. has been successful in identifying the industry
challenges and providing solutions to address them," says Frost & Sullivan
Research Analyst Srihari Padmanabhan. "Also, as the number of subscribers and
service-based traffic in the network increase, the need for measuring the QoS
in the network will increase."

CommProve's two main solutions for radio access network (RAN) monitoring
are NetLedge(TM) and QuantiQa(TM). Both are widely used for passive network
monitoring for measuring QoS in the network. On top of the platforms
infrastructure CommProve's product portfolio consists of Insight solutions -
a comprehensive suite of business solutions tackling different aspects of the
network such as VIP subscribers, roaming, network management, radio
optimisation and mobile broadband services. By continuously measuring the QoS
in the network, the Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions from CommProve
enable the operators to increase the average revenue per subscriber by
ensuring high quality of service and avoiding loss of revenue from high
spending subscribers. CommProve's Netledge was awarded the Best Network
Quality Initiative Award by the GSM Association.

CommProve continues to invest its time and money to identify common
challenges faced by network operators in the industry and work towards
addressing the same. Netledge 3G Radio QoS solution from CommProve provides
Operators with a solution that can monitor the network 24×7 by collecting,
analyzing and reporting QoS of the network through a user-friendly GUI. All
data collected can also be used for diagnosing issues historically or in
real-time, reducing the time taken to fix issues dramatically.

CommProve has an in-house QoS expert team that supports and trains the
operators in measuring in-depth data from the reports collected from their
network. The support team works towards achieving detailed project deployment
and implementation services methodologies for predicable and repeatable
project quality. Its customer operation team also offers professional
services for managing pre-deployment and post-deployment projects which
include implementation of industry best practices, end-to-end project
management and also a dedicated project manager throughout the project
lifecycle. Additionally, the company offers several certification courses and
training modules for network engineers focused on live network monitoring and
customer management topics.

"One of the major reasons behind the success of CommProve - in spite of
heavy competition in the market - is its strategic partnerships and alliances
with other organizations," notes Padmanabhan. "The company recently announced
its partnership with Polaris Wireless to deliver the industry's highest
performing and most innovative real-time network surveillance solutions
available."

CommProve also announced its partnership with AIRCOM, an international
end-to-end network optimization solution provider in December 2008. The data
collected from CommProve's Netledge can be used along with AIRCOM's
technology for radio frequency planning and radio optimization across a multi
vendor platform. Further, CommProve partnered with Telecom 180 to extend its
presence in South Africa in 2008.

Significantly, CommProve secured new finance of US$14 million last year
to support its geographic expansion and for expanding its product portfolio.
The company is now looking to expand its services to countries in Asia, where
the number of mobile subscribers are growing rapidly. With a strong team of
R&D experts, engineers and customer support, CommProve is expected to gain
additional recognition and increase its market share. All these factors make
CommProve the worthy recipient of the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Emerging Company
of the Year Award in the European network monitoring systems market.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has
emerged as a significant participant within its industry. The recipient is
perceived to have exhibited outstanding management, superior market growth,
exceptional customer service and the ability to combine technology and
successful strategic initiatives. The award also acknowledges the exceptional
know-how of the company to be able to take advantage of market changes
through the execution of innovative strategies within the existing
competitive landscape.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety
of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and
superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation,
customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts
compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth
interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify
best practices in the industry.

About CommProve

CommProve is a top innovation provider of mobile network monitoring and
business solutions for wireless technology. Our solutions enable mobile
operators and system integrators a full view on customers, services and
network issues. Based on three high performance platforms NetLedge, QuantiQa
and IntelliQa, CommProve Insight Solutions provide mobile operators a
sophisticated end-to-end insight into handsets, core network, mobile
broadband, VIP, roamer, radio and location. CommProve has deployed extensive
monitoring systems in countries on all continents.

Since its foundation in 1996, CommProve has been a privately held company
with headquarters in Ireland and offices in the UK, Italy, Brazil and USA.
For additional information please visit www.commprove.com

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    Kathrin Fessler
    Marketing Communications Manager
    Phone: +39-055-73754
    E-Mail: info@commprove.com

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Kathrin Fessler, Marketing Communications Manager of CommProve, +39-055-73754, info at commprove.com; or Jasmine Malone - Promotions Coordinator of Frost & Sullivan, +44-207-915-7869, jasmine.malone at frost.com