Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Delivers Industry's Highest Performing H.323 Protocol Software Solution for IP Telephony

Business Wire, April 13, 1999

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999--

Provides Record-Breaking Next-Generation Technology

to Enterprise Network Leader

Trillium Digital Systems Inc., the leading provider of communications software solutions, announced that its recently delivered H.323 protocol software solution for IP Telephony is the industry's performance leader.

With a code size that is as much as five times smaller than existing solutions and performance that allows more than 700 call setups and teardowns per second -- up to 10 times faster than existing solutions -- Trillium's H.323 software solution enables communications equipment suppliers to deliver products that meet the requirements of next-generation networks.

Trillium recently delivered its H.323 software solution to Hypercom Network Systems (NYSE:HYC), a leading supplier of voice/data integration access layer products and carrier-class IP Telephony gateways to carriers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

In order to take advantage of the benefits of Trillium's standards-based solution, Hypercom is in the process of integrating Trillium's H.323 software solution into its IP.tel Internet Telephony Gateway, used in carrier-class communications network equipment.

The integration of Trillium's high-performance H.323 software solution into Hypercom's IP gateway equipment illustrates a continuing trend of leading network equipment suppliers to license standards-based communications protocols from Trillium in order to accelerate product cycles and reduce development risks.

"Today's network equipment suppliers require reliability, scaleability and robustness. Our H.323 software solution is specifically designed for forward-looking equipment suppliers who recognize these needs," said Jeff Lawrence, president and CEO of Trillium Digital Systems. "We are very pleased that Hypercom has chosen Trillium to help them meet these needs."

"Hypercom offers the most comprehensive and carrier-focused next-generation IP Telephony gateway solutions available," said Paul Wallner, president of Hypercom Network Systems.

"We look forward to integrating Trillium's H.323 software solution in order to offer our carrier-class customers standards-based interoperation with other gateways or IP Telephony appliances. We selected Trillium because it is the leader in protocol software solutions, and its broad product line and migration strategy will help continue our success in the market."

H.323 is a cornerstone technology that provides the basis for establishing voice and multimedia communications over packet-based networks, such as the Internet. As the Internet and public telephony network converge, a key benefit of Trillium's H.323 software is its capability to interwork with Trillium's SS7, ATM and ISDN protocol stacks.

In addition, Trillium's H.323 software is scaleable and supports distributed system architectures. Trillium's H.323 software offers maximum portability and flexibility based on Trillium's proven TAPA software architecture.

To further assist equipment suppliers, Trillium's Professional Services organization can integrate and customize Trillium's solutions into new products or assist in the migration from other first-generation solutions to Trillium's higher performance and flexible next-generation solutions.

Trillium's H.323 protocol software solution for IP Telephony, consisting of H.225 RAS, H.225 Call Signalling, H.245 Control Signalling, ASN.1 Encoder/Decoder - PER and TCP/UDP Convergence source code software products, is available for order now.

For more information on Trillium's H.323 products, visit the company's Web site at http://www.trillium.com/products/h323/ and for more information on H.323 in general, visit Trillium's H.323 Tutorial and related articles at http://www.trillium.com/whats-new/rn_013.html.> About Hypercom

Hypercom Corp. is a leading supplier of point-of-sale (POS) payment systems, enterprise networking solutions and client/server software. Based in Phoenix, Hypercom sells its products in more than 50 countries worldwide. Hypercom's (HYC) common stock is traded on the NYSE. To find out more about Hypercom, visit http://www.hypercom.com.

About Trillium

Trillium Digital Systems is The World's Source for Communications Software(tm). Trillium develops, licenses and supports standards-based communications software solutions for SS7, ATM, H.323, V5, ISDN, Frame Relay, IP, X.25/X.75, fault-tolerance/high-availability and interworking technologies.

Trillium is also developing solutions for wireless, mobility, Software on Silicon(tm), Java and other emerging technologies. Trillium has licensed its source code software to more than 250 companies for use in more than 400 projects worldwide. Trillium provides its products in the C programming language, along with documentation, training and support as standard deliverables.

Trillium was founded in 1988 and has provided leading-edge technology to the communications industry for more than 10 years. Additional company and product information is available on the Web at http://www.trillium.com.