Reporting and monitoring services added to provide carriers with quality and revenue assurance ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Performance Technologies (NasdaqNM: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, today announced a partnership with Tekno Telecom that enhances capabilities in network monitoring, inter-carrier billing, network optimization, QoS, fraud management and revenue assurance for Performance Technologies' industry-leading SEGway(TM) STP. Tekno Telecom partners with global telecom carriers to provide innovative and cost-effective network monitoring solutions to ensure maximum profitability and to yield a higher return on investment from the carrier's network infrastructure. For small to mid-size carriers, the ability to accurately and definitively solve network issues with revenue business analytics not only reduces infrastructure costs, but also ensures consistent and reliable network service while maximizing profitability. Generally, carriers can realize a return on investment in as little as three to four months. "Small and mid-size carriers need to accurately monitor and report network activity for quality, inter-carrier billing, trunking analysis and revenue assurance. These capabilities allow them to reduce network infrastructure costs and ensure quality of service, which is essential when competing with larger carriers," said Sam Galler, vice president of marketing and sales for Tekno Telecom. "Our network management solution provides accurate quantitative, definitive inter-carrier and inter-connect usage analysis for carriers using the Performance Technologies' SEGway STP, giving these carriers a truly complete, cost-effective solution for their network infrastructure and management needs." The compelling pricing, feature set, flexibility and scalability offered by Performance Technologies' SEGway STPs make STP ownership an attractive business case for small to mid-size service providers. A pair of STPs deployed in the carrier's network opens a wealth of opportunities for cost- effectively adding additional services like caller name identification (CNAM) and local number portability (LNP) while reducing SS7 infrastructure costs significantly. This can enable service providers to realize a return on investment in as little as twelve months. "Combining Tekno Telecom's monitoring and reporting services with our SEGway Mini-STP node solution gives carriers a turnkey, feature-rich product at an affordable price point," said Don Sylvester, vice president of signaling sales for Performance Technologies. "In announcing this relationship with Tekno Telecom, our companies can provide a much more complete, high quality solution to the tier two and tier three carrier. Seamless solutions are of great value to carriers who need to move quickly to adapt to changing market pressures." To hear more about the new integrated signaling and addressing solution featuring Tekno Telecom monitoring and reporting services or to see a demonstration of the SEGway STP, contact Don Sylvester of Performance Technologies at or 613-237-4344 x236. About Tekno Telecom Tekno Telecom supplies turnkey SS7, IP and ATM Network Monitoring and CDR Generation Systems (NetQuest) to provide solutions for Inter-Carrier Billing, Quality of Service, Fraud, Troubleshooting, Internet Telephony, Protocol Analysis, Billing Verification, Billing Validation, Revenue Assurance, Security, Surveillance, Maintenance, Traffic Capacity, Traffic Analysis, and AMA Auditing for the wireline, wireless and next generation telecom networks. Tekno started in 1968 in the telecom sector and has installed over 10,000 systems worldwide. Migrating from call accounting systems to traffic management solutions to call completion systems, Tekno has been a pillar of telecom network management, maintenance, and revenue assurance solutions, focusing on high return on investment systems for wireline and wireless carriers. About Performance Technologies Performance Technologies (NASDAQ NM: PTIX) develops platforms and systems for the world's evolving communications infrastructure. Our broad customer base includes global technology companies in the telecommunications, defense and homeland security, and commercial markets. Serving the industry for 25 years, our complete line of embedded and system-level products enables equipment manufacturers and service providers to offer highly available and fully-managed systems with time-to-market, performance and cost advantages. Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York. Additional engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California; and Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). For more information, visit http://www.pt.com/ or contact . Forward Looking Statements The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor provisions of those Sections. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers, the attainment of design wins, fluctuations in quarterly and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party suppliers, limitations of the Company's manufacturing arrangements, the protection of the Company's proprietary technology, the dependence on key personnel, potential delays associated with the purchase and implementation of an enterprise-wide software system and potential impairments of investments. These statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, the Notes thereto and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company as of December 31, 2005, as reported in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. DATASOURCE: Performance Technologies CONTACT: Kelly Manuel of Performance Technologies, +1-613-782-2881, ; Deborah Stasiak of Tekno Telecom, +1-630-579-9800, Web site: http://www.pt.com/

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