Verso & Hughes Perform Well Together

Verso Technologies, Inc. [NASDAQ: VRSO] and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) have successfully concluded interoperability testing of the Verso NetPerformer solution over the Hughes broadband satellite platform. As a result, Verso’s optimized NetPerformer satellite solution is now offered to wireless carriers worldwide for GSM and CDMA backhaul applications. To date, a major Mexican telecom carrier has received initial delivery of the integrated solution to connect remote base stations. A customer in the Middle East has installed the solution at 25 locations for VoIP services. These networks are expected to grow significantly over the next 12 months.




Verso conducted the tests over satellite using a Hughes HX System and its NetPerformer solution. Successful interconnection was demonstrated between a remote GSM BTS (Base Transceiver Station) and a GSM BSC (Base Station Controller), and involved multiple simultaneous phone calls supporting various voice codec rates as well as different handsets. This successful interoperability is significant as satellite offers the best transport mechanism for rural and remote cell sites. The Verso NetPerformer GSM backhaul solution reduces the cost of the network infrastructure between cell towers, base station controllers, and mobile switching centers by optimizing bandwidth for several GSM interfaces such as A.bis, which enables a superior return on investment without sacrificing quality of service (QoS)—Atlanta, Georgia