Tecore’s iNAC Intercepts Hundreds of Cell Phone Calls Per Hour In Deployments and Demonstrations At Correctional Facilities

For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Columbia, Md., USA – Tecore Networks, a global supplier of multi-technology 2G, 3G and 4G mobile network infrastructure and leader in cell phone managed access, today announced that it has deployed or demonstrated its Intelligent Network Access Controller (iNAC) at correctional facilities in separate regions of the U.S., to actively prevent communications from contraband cellular devices. iNAC installations have registered hundreds of call and message attempts per hour on average, with contraband devices being denied while authorized devices are simultaneously permitted to complete calls.

Corrections institutions worldwide have been grappling with the pervasive and increasing threat to public security from prison inmates using contraband cell phones behind bars. Tens of thousands of cell phones have been confiscated across the U.S. in each of the past several years, yet the number continues to grow by as much as 70 percent annually. Corrections officials and governors have sought help from the federal government in the form of jamming, which continues to be illegal in the U.S. and disrupts necessary communications such as 911 emergency calls.

iNAC forms a radio frequency umbrella around a precisely defined target area and intercepts cellular devices within range. This managed access solution provides the system operator with the capability to permit or deny communications from these devices based on a rich policy engine, including allowing 911 calls from even unauthorized devices. This technology does not require changes to existing law in order to be operated. The advantages of iNAC for corrections personnel include:

• Assurance that unwanted communications are being disrupted before they can occur
• Avoidance of resource-intensive measures to manually locate and retrieve devices
• Addressing not only cell phones, but subscriber identity module (SIM) cards which store contact lists and account plans, are as small as postage stamps and easily concealable, and can be transferred from one phone to another so that inmates can continue to place calls
• Availability of device and call information for forensic analysis consistent with applicable law
• A range of funding options to accelerate deployments and prevent further threat to the community at large.