MORRISVILLE, NC—Tekelec (NASDAQ:TKLC) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Estacado Systems, a software development company led by a team that has been instrumental in the creation of Session Initiation Protocol and a number of its advanced features.

Financial details were not disclosed.

“As the world leader in signaling, Tekelec is known for innovation and aggressive R&D investment,” said Frank Plastina, president and CEO, Tekelec. “As networks continue to migrate, our customers depend on us to provide them with the industry’s most advanced signaling solutions.

“With this acquisition, we’re extending our depth in SIP-based intellectual property – bringing some of the industry’s most talented and well known SIP experts in house – to accelerate the development of next-generation and IMS solutions for our customers.”

Estacado Systems was established in 2004 by a team of SIP pioneers including Ajay Deo, Ben Campbell, Adam Roach and Robert Sparks.

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