Telco Systems' T-Marc Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine's ''Product of the Year'' Award for 2005

Business Wire, Jan 3, 2006

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Telco Systems, a provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for public and private IP and TDM networks, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine (www.itmag.com) granted a 2005 Product of the Year Award to the company's T-Marc product line, a family of extremely cost effective and compact intelligent Ethernet demarcation and service delivery customer located (CPE) devices. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998(TM).

"The challenge for carriers in delivering quality intelligent data and voice services over an Ethernet-based network is ensuring they meet a performance level that enterprises are used to and demand," said Greg Galitzine, editorial director of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "Carriers can conquer this challenge by gaining control at the network edge, and T-Marc is one of the first intelligent demarcation devices to market."

T-Marc allows carriers to deploy more sophisticated metro Ethernet networks by providing a view of service delivery across the enterprise and carrier networks with a variety of infrastructure test functions, as well as performance and provision monitoring. Service providers are able to cut costs significantly because it greatly reduces the need for truck rolls. Additionally, T-Marc provides the lowest latency of any circuit emulation service (CES), which is particularly critical for cable providers. The product line provides an extensive Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) tool kit along with QoS mechanisms, which enables carriers to minimize service calls, greatly reduce OPEX and CAPEX, and meet their Service Level Agreements.

"With a close pulse on our customers, our foremost goal is to enable them to provide superior quality VoIP, IP, IPTV and other next-gen services over Ethernet," said Dave Lee, vice president of marketing and services for Telco Systems. "We're thrilled and honored that T-Marc has been named an INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine Product of the Year."

"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. Telco Systems has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, group publisher and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.

The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

ABOUT TELCO SYSTEMS

Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leading provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP and TDM networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Its suite of products includes solutions for Metro Ethernet Access Rings, residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, WiFi and T1 backhaul.

Founded in 1972, 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 (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com.

ABOUT TMC(R)

Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(R) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(TM), Speech-World(TM), VoIP Developer(TM), WiFI Telephony(TM), WiMAX(TM), Alternative Power(TM) and BiometriTech(TM). TMC(R) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(R) Labs. TMC(R) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference(TM) and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit(TM). TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details.