SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Symmetricom, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC(r)) INTERNET TELEPHONY(r) magazine (http://www.itmag.com) has named Symmetricom's high-performance GPS (Global Positioning System) network time server, SyncServer(r) S250, as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998(tm).
"Symmetricom was uniquely positioned to deliver the first truly next-generation-network (NGN) ready time server, the first to provide key next-generation-ready features," commented Paul Skoog, product marketing manager for Symmetricom. "The SyncServer is a fifth-generation time server and the culmination of years of accumulated knowledge of customer requirements and years of focused R&D. This award honors the Symmetricom development team, consisting of the leading precision clock designers, network engineers and NTP (network time protocol) experts in the world. We are delighted to have been recognized by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine."
Symmetricom's SyncServer S250 is a precise and versatile network time server that synchronizes clocks on computers and servers for large or expanding networks and is optimized for the ever-demanding high-bandwidth next-generation networks (NGNs). Numerous design features include scalability and security, high availability and throughput of three independent 10/100Base-T Ethernet ports with IPv6 support, and extreme ease of use with an intuitive web interface with various set-up wizards, all needed to support an NGN.
"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. Symmetricom has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.
The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
For more information on the SyncServer S250 please visit: www.gps-time-servers.ntp-systems.com .
About TMC(r)
Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(r)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(r) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(r) magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(tm), Speech-World(tm), VoIP Developer(tm), WiFI Telephony(tm), WiMAX(tm), Alternative Power(tm) and BiometriTech(tm). TMC(r) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(r) Labs. TMC(r) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(r) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference(tm) and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit(tm). TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for more details.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom provides "Perfect Timing" to customers around the world, including communication service providers, network equipment manufacturers, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), aerospace contractors, enterprises, governments and research facilities. Since 1985, the company's timing, frequency and synchronization solutions have helped define the world's standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireless and wireline networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, instrumentation products include atomic clocks, cesium and rubidium standards, VME, VXI, crystal oscillators, Bus Timing, PCI cards and Global Positioning System (GPS) solutions for instrumentation applications, alphanumeric displays, as well as network time servers for Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization and time synchronization solutions. In 2002, Symmetricom acquired TrueTime and Datum, enhancing its position in the world time and frequency markets. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.
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