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Press ReleaseZhone Teams with Technology Partners to Demonstrate Enhanced IP Triple Play Services at TelcoTV 2006Oakland, CA — October 31, 2006 —
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global provider of advanced
communications equipment and a leader in VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over both
copper and fiber access lines, will demonstrate the latest advances in IPTV
and VoIP services in booth 713 at TelcoTV in Dallas, November 6-8. Zhone’s
comprehensive product portfolio will also be on display.
The demonstration will feature working IPTV services from a live headend and
show the MALC’s interoperability with IPTV systems and devices. Zhone will
also utilize a range of modem and ONT devices it manufactures to connect IPTV
services to a variety of IP set top boxes.
Zhone's technology partners, Tut Systems, Kasenna, Amino, SecureMedia,
Foundry Networks, and MetaSwitch will also participate.
The demonstration will highlight HDTV over MPEG-4 AVC compression from a Tut
Astria® headend content processor to an Amino 130 MPEG-2/MPEG-4 standard and
high-definition IP set top box. Kasenna will supply the VOD server for content
as well as the middleware used for the working demo. SecureMedia will provide
its conditional access encryption for digital content. Foundry's Ethernet
switch will be used for the hub and aggregation of IP services, and MetaSwitch
will be used for a live VoIP demonstration over the Internet.
Other TelcoTV activities include a Zhone sponsored breakfast and panel
presentation Tuesday morning featuring guest speaker Will Flannery, VP,
Advanced Services Group, Fox Cable Networks. Tuesday afternoon from 4:30-5:30,
Zhone will also participate in a TelcoTV panel discussion focusing on IPTV
services and emerging opportunities for operators.
"Zhone appreciates our technology partners' contributions and support
at TelcoTV," commented Steve Klein, Zhone's Director of Video
Solutions. "We share common customers and a common vision, along with a
strong commitment to deliver solutions that enable carriers to successfully
deploy IPTV and Triple Play services. Our enhanced IPTV and VoIP demonstration
will highlight the level of cooperation Zhone has established with its
partners to deliver integrated and proven service solutions."
The IP Triple Play demonstration will feature Zhone's Multi-Access Line
Concentrator (MALC), the most complete access platform optimized for delivery
of IPTV and Triple Play services over both copper and fiber on the market
today. The demonstration will showcase the MALC's ability to deliver IPTV
over ADSL2+, VDSL2 and Active Ethernet from a single MALC chassis. In
addition, the MALC will act as a distributed multicast router for IGMP.
"This demonstration of multi-vendor IPTV and VoIP services will
illustrate how the MALC is capable of delivering commercially deployable and
revenue producing IPTV and VoIP services from a single access platform,"
adds Klein. About Zhone Technologies
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global provider of advanced
communications equipment to more than 600 operators in both emerging and
established markets. Zhone's market-leading Broadband Loop Carrier
equipment enables operators to rapidly deploy revenue-generating access
services using their existing infrastructure, while providing a
migration path to a cost-efficient, all-IP access network. The
company's products address a broad range of applications including
residential and business broadband, VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over both
copper and fiber access lines.
Zhone's advanced networking solutions include the Single Line
Multi-Service architecture (SLMS™), Multi-Access Line Concentrator
(MALC™), Raptor™ ATM/IP DSLAMs, Zhone Residential Gateways (ZRG™),
GigaMux™ Optical Transport Systems and Zhone Management System (ZMS™).
For more information, please visit http://www.zhone.com. About Tut Systems, Inc.
Tut Systems, Inc. delivers advanced content processing and distribution
products as well as comprehensive system integration services for
deploying next-generation data and video services over broadband
networks. Service providers, content providers and government agencies
worldwide use Tut Systems solutions to deliver broadcast-quality video
over broadband networks. Tut Systems is headquartered in Lake Oswego,
OR. For more information visit http://www.tutsys.com/ . About Kasenna
Kasenna – The IPTV Company™ – is a leading provider of video-on-demand
(VOD) content and MPEG-4 ready IPTV applications for triple play
services over broadband networks. Kasenna PortalTV is a fully-integrated
IPTV solution that enables telecom service providers, cable operators
and others to generate additional revenue, increase profits and raise
customer satisfaction by delivering advanced television services.
Proven through dozens of global deployments, Kasenna's patented
software technology is built on open standards, allowing providers to
easily customize services and the viewer experience. Through its
subsidiary ViewNow, Kasenna offers the industry's only turnkey IPTV
solution that includes scalable IP video infrastructure, subscriber
applications, and VOD programming. Kasenna is a privately-held company
with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, and office locations
worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.kasenna.com/ . About Amino Communications
Amino Communications (http://www.aminocom.com) supplies the
AmiNET™ series of set-top boxes renowned for their low-cost and
reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators'
capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification
required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high
definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high
performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top
boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a
leading position within the IPTV market.
Approximately 700,000 AmiNET IPTV set-top boxes have been used in over
50 countries worldwide by more than 500 customers in commercial
deployments and trials. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by
another additional 700 customers. Amino Communications' principal
customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service
operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct™ IPTV
software stack pre-loaded.
Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies
plc. Listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino is based
near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta (Georgia) and Hong
Kong. About SecureMedia
SecureMedia Inc. is the leading provider of proven open platform content
protection software for the delivery of video-on-demand, IPTV,
multimedia and other digital content over broadband IP networks. The
Company enables "Entertainment Everywhere!TM" by providing a
range of content security solutions from the comprehensive Encryptonite
ONETM System CA/DRM software suite to software toolkits, hardware cores
and plug-ins for third party media delivery systems. SecureMedia's
customers represent industry leaders and include Cavalier Telephone,
Reeltime Infotainment, TV Sierre, Sony, China Data Broadcasting, Eona
and others. About MetaSwitch
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and
circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent,
media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full
range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications
services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in
both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers include
incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators
of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a
division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The
company is consistently profitable and privately held, with main US
offices in California and Virginia, and European headquarters in London,
UK. For more information: http://www.metaswitch.com/ . About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) is a leading provider of
high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing,
security, and Web traffic management solutions including Layer 2/3 LAN
switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4 - 7 application switches,
wireless LAN and access points, access routers and metro routers.
Foundry's 10,000 customers include the world's premier ISPs,
metro service providers, and enterprises including e-commerce sites,
universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial,
and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and
its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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