Starent Networks Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification

Business Wire, July 24, 2006

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Starent Networks, Corp., a leader in next-generation mobile multimedia core infrastructure, today announced it has attained ISO 9001:2000 certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - the world's largest developer of industrial, technical, and business standards.

"This certification further solidifies our commitment to develop market-leading solutions that meet and exceed the high expectations of the world's mobile operators," said Ashraf Dahod, president and CEO of Starent Networks. "We continually strive to better serve our customers, and with ISO certification our customers can be assured they will continue to receive the highest quality products from Starent Networks."

The ISO 9001:2000 quality management standard is part of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 standards families - among the world's best-known and most successful standards system. ISO 9001:2000 has become an internationally recognized reference for ensuring the highest possible quality in business-to-business dealings. The standard focuses on four key areas:

--Customer quality requirements

--Applicable regulatory requirements

--Customer satisfaction

--Continual improvement in pursuit of these objectives

Starent Networks has established itself as a leading multimedia core infrastructure provider by deploying its solutions in many of the world's largest mobile operator networks. Starent's platform has been deployed in over 50 mobile operator networks worldwide, including: China Unicom, KDDI, Movilnet, Rural Cellular Corp. (Unicel), SK Telecom, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico, Virgin Mobile U.S.A., VIVO, Zapp Mobile, and over 40 others that have not been publicly announced.

To date, Starent's equipment has successfully connected more than 10 billion customer calls and continues to connect several million calls each day. These connections highlight the robust nature of Starent's platforms, which provides a call completion rate of over 99.999% at some of the most demanding mobile operators.

About Starent Networks

Starent Networks, Corp. designs and develops next generation intelligent mobile infrastructure equipment for 2G, 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. Starent Networks' solutions provide high-speed packet data, enhanced voice, and multimedia capabilities to mobile operators, facilitating the delivery of unique services and a rich user experience. Starent Networks has shipped ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateways to customers worldwide including Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe. The company is processing over 50 patents on its innovative technologies. The privately held company is headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass. with offices in Atlanta, Bangalore, India, Beijing, Cape Cod, Mass., Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Kan., London, Madrid, Miami, Paris, Pune, India, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo. Starent Networks was founded in August 2000. For more information, visit www.starentnetworks.com.