Dulles, VA. April 19, 2004 – Encore Networks, a developer of Secure Converged Broadband solutions, today announced that Dynavar Networking, a leading North American System’s Integrator, has selected Encore Networks complete line of SignalPath™ Signaling Gateways and family of converged broadband BANDIT™ VPN solutions to connect legacy voice and IP-based data networks to Next Generation Networks throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Dynavar, headquartered in Calgary, Canada, with regional offices throughout North America, has built a solid reputation for delivering integrated solutions for advanced voice and data technologies including VPN and next generation VoIP networking. Dynavar does extensive work with global Telephone Companies, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, Internet Service Providers and large enterprise customers.

"We only select best-of-breed products, dependant on the needs of specific customer applications, to ensure very high levels of customer satisfaction", stated Greg Miller, President and COO of Dynavar Networks. "Encore has proven itself as a provider of high performance signaling inter-working and secure broadband network solutions our carrier and enterprise customer’s demand. We are excited to add Encore’s products to our line card”.

Dynavar currently provides Encore’s SignalPath™ line of signaling gateways to integrate VoIP softswitch gateways to SS7 and C7 networks. Dynavar now adds to its product portfolio, Encore’s BANDIT™ line of converged, secure, broadband solutions to address the conversion of legacy retail, financial, airline, lottery and utility networks. This will allow Dynavar’s customers to simply add and manage X.25 (retail), Datapac 3201 (retail), SNA/SDLC (financial), Poll-Select (lottery) and BiSync (financial) and SCADA (utility) equipment as if it was part of their next generation IP network.

“As a primary vendor to Telus, Canada’s leading Next Generation Network carrier, Dynavar has experience providing innovative products which enable carriers the ability to provide converged voice and data solutions on an all-IP network,” said Peter Madsen, Encore Networks President and CEO. “Encore’s solutions will allow carriers like Telus to tie-in the value of its world-class IP network to customers still dependent on legacy data networking.”