MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) today announced that it will host the last of a four-part Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) educational webinar series on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. EST.

This session, focusing on SIP security, services and future use cases, will be led by Jiri Kuthan, assistant vice president of engineering for SIP technologies and renowned SIP expert. Kuthan led the development of the world’s most widely deployed SIP routing engine, the SIP Express Router (SER), as co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of iptelorg, which Tekelec acquired in 2005.

This event caps Tekelec’s first series of educational SIP webinars, which educated hundreds of global attendees about SIP architecture. Based on the events’ success and positive feedback, Tekelec will also offer a 2009 series, with the first webinar scheduled on March 18.

Event Details:

Topic: SIP Tutorial Part IV: SIP Security and Services Webinar

• SIP security
• SIP services
• Future SIP use cases

Who should attend?

• Network Architects and Planners integrating SIP into new or existing networks
• Development Managers and Software Engineers wanting insight into the places where SIP tends to surprise implementers
• Deployment Engineers and Managers interested in how SIP behaves and how to avoid the problems already encountered in real-world environments

To register, click here or visit Tekelec’s Web site.

Recorded versions of the first three SIP tutorial webinars are available online. Tekelec has published a series of associated whitepapers which can be downloaded at no charge: Upgrading the Next-generation Network Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV. Additionally, you can download Tekelec's SIP Pocket Guide, the exclusive reference guide for SIP professionals.

About Tekelec

Tekelec leverages its global leadership in core multimedia session control and network intelligence to ensure scalable, secure and highly available communications. The company’s leading signaling solutions enable the interworking of different network applications, technologies and protocols, providing a smooth transition to next-generation networks. Corporate headquarters are located near Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, N.C., U.S.A., with research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this press release are forward looking, reflect the Company's current intent, belief or expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual future performance may differ materially from such expectations as a result of important risk factors, which include, in addition to those identified in the Company’s 2007 Form 10-K, First Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q, Second Quarter 2008 Form 10-Q and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the effect of the current economic crisis on overall telecommunications spending by our customers, further changes in general economic conditions and unexpected changes in economic, social, or political conditions in the countries in which we operate, the timeliness and functional competitiveness of our product releases, our ability to maintain OEM, partner, and vendor support and supply relationships, our ability to compete with other manufacturers that have lower cost bases than ours and/or are partially subsidized by foreign governments or employ other unfair trade practices, changes in the market price of the Company’s common stock and reductions in telecommunications carrier capital spending. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Tekelec
Adam Parken, Public Relations Manager, 919-653-9681;
adam.parken@tekelec.com