NIST, ATIS, T1X1 and Symmetricom Announce Sync Workshop; Open Forum on Current and Emerging Sync Issues to Be Held March 18-20 in Boulder, Colorado

Business Wire, March 10, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003

Symmetricom Inc. (Nasdaq:SYMM), the leading supplier of network synchronization and timing solutions for the global telecommunications industry, announced today that it will sponsor the "2003 NIST -- T1X1 Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems," scheduled for March 18-20, 2003 at the NIST laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. Symmetricom is supporting NIST in designing and coordinating the workshop, as well as providing some of the speakers. The workshop is hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Time and Frequency Division and the Standards Committee T1 Technical Subcommittee T1X1, a committee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).

Intended for every level of telecom sync professional, the workshop will present current and emerging synchronization issues in telecommunications systems. Practical and theoretical issues will be addressed, including the history of network synchronization and a standards overview, as well as sessions on synchronization in SONET/SDH, network security and sync, sync network architectures and more. Additional workshop information is available at http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/seminars/t1x1.html.> "The NIST-T1X1 Workshop will provide telecom professionals with important current synchronization issues, challenges and solutions and will be an excellent open forum for attendees to hear directly from key scientists and sync experts," said Marc Weiss, the NIST organizer. "We are pleased with Symmetricom's level of participation. We require this kind of expert support from the telecom industry to design and organize the workshop."

-- Mike Garvey, vice president of engineering, will lead a session on Cesium

-- Kishan Shenoi, chief scientist, will present a session on CDMA

-- Jim Olsen, business development director, will present a session called Functionality of TSGs/SSUs

-- George Zampetti, chief scientist, to present Future TSG and Clock Architectures

-- John Ehrig, marketing manager, to present Securing the Sync Network session

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration, was founded in 1901 as the nation's first federal physical science research laboratory. Over the years, the scientists and technical staff at NIST have made solid contributions to a broad and varied range of technologies, including such things as image processing, DNA diagnostic "chips," smoke detectors, and automated error-correcting software for machine tools. Other areas in which NIST has had major impact include atomic clocks, X-ray standards for mammography, scanning tunneling microscopy, pollution-control technology, and high-speed dental drills. For more information, visit http://www.nist.gov/.> About ATIS

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a member company organization that is the leader for standards and operating procedures for the telecommunications industry. More than 1,500 experts from over 400 telecommunications companies participate in ATIS' 17 committees, forums, and Incubator Solutions programs, where work focus includes network interconnection standards, number portability, improved data transmission, wireless communications, Internet telephony, toll-free access, and order and billing issues. ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Visit the ATIS web site at http://www.atis.org/. ATIS' Standards Committee T1 develops American National Standards, technical reports, and technical requirements for telecommunications services, network interconnection, interoperability, and performance. Committee T1 provides technical input to the United States Department of State supporting U.S. participation in international standards bodies. Committee T1 is a founding member of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) group of regional standards development organizations and works closely with the FCC on network reliability issues. Committee T1 is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information is available via the Committee T1 web site at http://www.t1.org/.> About Symmetricom Incorporated

Symmetricom is the world's leading supplier of synchronization and timing solutions to telecom, government and industry. Our products include wireline and wireless network synchronization, hydrogen masers, cesium and rubidium clocks, time authentication systems as well as G.shdsl broadband equipment. We are based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.symmetricom.com.