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SHELTON, CT -- TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ:TXCC), a leading developer and global supplier of innovative high-speed VLSI solutions for communications applications, announced today that it has entered into a strategic investment and OEM agreement with TeraOp (USA) Inc., a privately-held Delaware company with an R&D center based in Israel. TeraOp is developing a family of optical switching and routing products for the optical networking infrastructure. "TeraOp's innovative optical switching and routing solutions are based on patent pending solid-state/MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and micro-optics technologies. These new solutions will allow OEMs to design and build a variety of optical switching and routing architectures to support both current and next generation Terabit optical networking systems," stated Avigdor Huber, TeraOp's President. "By combining products developed internally by TranSwitch with those developed by our OEM partners, TeraOp, OptiX and OneX, TranSwitch will provide a full range of complete solutions that meet the needs of system designers for next generation applications in access, the metro/edge and the core of the optical network," stated Dr. Santanu Das, President and CEO of TranSwitch Corporation. TranSwitch is a leading developer and global supplier of innovative high-speed VLSI semiconductor solutions - Connectivity Engines (TM)- to original equipment manufacturers who serve three fast-growing end-markets: the Worldwide Public Network Infrastructure, the Internet Infrastructure, and corporate Wide Area Networks (WANs). Combining its in-depth understanding of applicable global communication standards and its world-class expertise in semiconductor design, TranSwitch Corporation implements communications standards in VLSI solutions which deliver high levels of performance. Committed to providing high-quality products and service, TranSwitch is ISO 9001 registered. For more information visit www.transwitch.com