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IP Unity Glenayre Completes Merger, Names Executive Management Team


MILPITAS, Calif. and ATLANTA, Georgia — January 3, 2007— IP Unity Glenayre, the new leader in delivering carrier–grade messaging and multimedia solutions over IP, TDM and enterprise networks, announced today that the IP Unity acquisition of Glenayre Messaging from Glenayre Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMS) is now final, completing the transaction announced on December 14, 2006.

The newly consolidated company serves a diverse global customer base of over 2000 deployments covering 300 wireline telco, cable, wireless and FMC service providers, as well as large enterprises and public agencies. The company delivers a strong portfolio of rich media services, and supports an unrivaled breadth of advanced applications for IMS enabled and other carrier grade environments.

In addition, IP Unity Glenayre announced its new executive management team, which consists of several industry veterans including:

  • Arun Sobti, Chairman and CEO
  • Bruce Bales, President
  • Bob Swedroe, Chief  Financial Officer
  • Sonny Bettis, Chief Technology Officer
  • Keith Bhatia, Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas and General Manager of Japan
  • Nigel Waller, Senior Vice President of Sales for EMEA and Asia Pacific
  • Stan Little, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
  • Piyush Modi, Senior Vice President of Engineering

"The reaction of our customers and partners to the merger of these two companies has been extremely positive," stated Arun Sobti, Chairman and CEO of IP Unity Glenayre. "We are creating strong value for our clients and expanded opportunity with our partners through this strategic event. We are starting 2007 with a very powerful and united management team, and are ready to claim a commanding position in all segments in which we participate.” 

The new company has a combined subscriber base of 79 million end users and remains committed to its current product lines and existing customers.  Additionally, the combined strengths of IP Unity and Glenayre Messaging enable the company to offer innovative new products to all segments of the growing value added services market.

About Movius
Movius Interactive Corporation gives people the power to enrich their lives through viable innovations that transform the way they interact with information, media and each other. Formally under the name IP Unity Glenayre, Movius is a recognized leader in messaging, collaboration and mobile media solutions for service providers worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.moviuscorp.com.

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