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KT LICENSES 6WINDGATE™ FOR JOINT WIRELESS BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION

Paris, France and Seoul, South Korea, January 10, 2007 – 6WIND (www.6wind.com), leader in advanced embedded networking software, announced today, KT's decision in licensing 6WINDGate™ software to jointly collaborate on further development of IPv6-related technologies for Mobile WiMax (WiBro or Wireless Broadband) in South Korea.

The Korean broadband service provider selected the 6WINDGate™ embedded software with its full dual-IP features (including Mobile IPv6) to build a wireless aggregator equipment capable of handling high-performance IPv4 to IPv6 transition, end-to-end security, advanced routing, quality of service and an upgrade path to IP mobility for managing multi-radio access. The software's Open Network Engine architecture will enable a smooth IPv6 introduction over the existing network infrastructure.

"6WIND was the only provider in the market able to demonstrate a ready and complete solution that will not require us to develop the necessary equipment from scratch nor significantly change our current network architecture. This allows us to meet our aggressive schedule of rolling out our first IPv6 pre-commercial services" said Dr Jaehwa Lee, Director, KT Advanced Technology Laboratory.

"6WIND is happy to be working with KT on this major milestone towards ubiquitous & innovative services. Following our success in the wireless broadband deployment in Japan, it demonstrates yet again the confidence in 6WINDGate™ as the choice solution to deploy faster mobile services. Since we have widened our embedded software support of cost-effective system-on-chips (SoC) to high-performing multi core processors, we can provide a large array of solutions to deploy 6WINDGate-empowered access control routers, scalable in performance and adapted to the varying densities of base stations," said, Eric Carmès, 6WIND COO and co-founder.

South Korea has the world's highest number of broadband services per capita with 75 percent of households being broadband subscribers and 67 percent of its population connected to the Internet. WiBro, known as mobile WiMAX outside South Korea, is one of eight next-generation services selected by the country's Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in its IT 839 policy. The technology enables users to log onto the broadband Internet while on the move at speeds up to 120 kilometers per hour. KT is one of a few local communications companies selected by MIC to lead WiBro development in the country.

6WINDGate™ Software Suites

6WINDGate™ software suites are embedded Internet Protocol (IP) software platforms for networking and security system vendors to easily build converging multi-services IP gateways meant for SOHO, SME, enterprise and ISP applications. Distributed over Linux, they incorporate the market's first comprehensive dual-IP control plane protocols, slow path and fast path data plane modules for routing, security, QoS, mobility, IPv4-IPv6 transition, device and service management.
Hardened for SoC and multi-core network processors, the 6WINDGate™ scalable software suites are validated on x86, IXP4xx and multi-core MIPS64 processor architectures. All of 6WINDGate™ software suites comply with IETF, and has successfully demonstrated network-readiness on several off-the-shelf hardware reference designs. Further enquiries on 6WINDGate™ software suites and its latest release can be addressed to 6wind-contact@6wind.com.

About 6WIND

6WIND is the undisputed leader and innovator of embedded networking software for OEM licensing. The company's software, 6WINDGate™, enables equipment and system vendors to significantly cut development time and costs, simplify network application integration and accelerate the go-to-market process of multi-services IP gateways and systems. 6WINDGate™-empowered equipment are used worldwide for advanced dual-IP interoperability, integrated network security and wireless broadband by ISP and telecommunication operators, defense and public agencies, and industrial corporations.
The company is a spin-out of Thales (HO.FP) with headquarters near Paris, France with a R&D center in Beijing, China and sales offices in Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.6wind.com

6WIND is a trademark of 6WIND S.A. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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