Ashraf M. Dahod, CEO of Starent Networks, Nominated as "Person of the Year" by Light Reading

Business Wire, Oct 14, 2008

TechWeb's Light Reading, a Leading Online Publication for the Telecom Industry, Includes Dahod in Prestigious List of Finalists for Its Fifth Annual Leading Light Awards

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Starent Networks, Corp. (Nasdaq:STAR), a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, today announced that Ashraf M. Dahod, its president and CEO, was nominated as a "Person of the Year" finalist in Light Reading's Leading Light Awards.

The fifth annual Leading Light Awards, recognizing leading companies and their executives for their outstanding achievements in the telecom industry, will be announced in New York City on October 20 before an audience of industry executives, financial analysts, and technology and business press.

Leading Light's "Person of the Year" is awarded to the individual that Light Reading's editorial staff, with the help of reader votes and nominations, selects as having had the most remarkable impact on the business of next-generation communications during the past 12 months. Other "Person of the Year" finalists include the CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, the CEO of Huawei Technologies, the Senior Executive Director of Mobile Platforms for Google, the CEO of Nokia Seimens Networks, the Chairman of Reliance Communications, the CEO of Telstra and a member of the European Commission, Information Society and Media.

Light Reading is a leading online source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a unit of TechWeb.

About Starent Networks

Starent Networks, Corp. is a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services to their subscribers. Starent Networks has created solutions that provide mobile operators with the functions and services needed for access, mobility management and call control in their networks. Through integrated intelligence and high performance capabilities, Starent Networks' solutions also enhance subscriber management, billing and session policy enforcement. The company's products are capable of supporting a wide range of mobile wireless networks, such as UMTS, CDMA2000, WiFi, and WiMAX. Starent Networks' products have been deployed by over 85 mobile operators in 35 countries. Additional information about Starent Networks is available at www.starentnetworks.com.

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