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Telco Systems Announces Distribution Partnership with Graybar

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2004

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Telco Systems today announced that Graybar, North America's leading distributor of electrical and communications products and related supply chain management and logistics services, will distribute Telco Systems' full telecommunications product line.

"Telco Systems brings to Graybar a product mix of depth and breadth that includes IP routing and switching, VoIP gateways, VDSL, SONET, FTTH, M13 multiplexing, and Integrated Access Device (IAD) solutions to meet the needs of our enterprise, service provider and carrier customers," said Al Eddings, Graybar Vice President, Comm/Data Products.

As part of the distribution agreement, Telco Systems and Graybar will meet together with clients and provide solutions for new and existing markets that include telecom carriers, government agencies, service providers, and enterprise customers.

"With this distribution agreement, we now have a partner that will give us visibility into emerging markets and will enable us to better penetrate state and local government agencies and Fortune 500 companies," said Larry Asten, President of Telco Systems.

Telco Systems products are available immediately from Graybar.

ABOUT GRAYBAR

Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution of high-quality electrical and telecommunications products, and an expert provider of related supply chain management and logistics services. Through its network of 250 North American distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands of manufacturers, serving as the vital link to hundreds of thousands of customers. For more information, visit www.graybar.com or call 1-800-GRAYBAR (472-9227).

ABOUT TELCO SYSTEMS

Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems provides industry-leading networking solutions to the carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power of their customers' networks by integrating transport, access, and packet technologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today and tomorrow's network demands. Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications. BATM (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC) is a worldwide leader in designing and supplying carrier-class IP packet-based systems, such as high-capacity, self-routing switches with extensive QoS (Quality of Service). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com/default.asp.>