Tewksbury, MA - Aug. 24, 2009 - Starent Networks, Corp. (Nasdaq: STAR), a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver broadband multimedia services, today announced its multimedia core platforms have been deployed in more than 100 mobile operator networks in 45 countries worldwide.

Starent’s ST40™ and ST16™ multimedia core platforms enable high-speed multimedia services such as video, music downloads and broadband Internet on mobile networks including CDMA, femtocells, UMTS/HSPA, WiFi and WiMAX. Additionally, the Starent platforms support an evolution to LTE through software upgradeability. The solutions are deployed with many of the world’s leading mobile operators including Bouygues Telecom, China Telecom, Iusacell, KDDI, mobilkom austria group, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone Germany.

Starent Networks was founded in August 2000 with a mission to design best of breed solutions and world-class support for mobile operators worldwide. Its solutions deliver market leading performance combined with network and subscriber intelligence. These product attributes allow the operator to efficiently manage their growing data traffic and offer a superior experience for their subscribers.

“We are very honored to be the core network solution for many of the world’s most prominent and innovative mobile operators,” said Ashraf Dahod, president and chief executive officer of Starent Networks. “We are committed to their success and in assisting them to offer high-performing mobile broadband services for subscribers world-wide.”