Horry Telephone Delivers Metro Ethernet Services Using Actelis Networks' Carrier Ethernet Over Copper Solutions

Business Wire, June 19, 2007

"Only Actelis can provide us with a repeater solution that offers the high performance needed to backhaul broadband services."

CHICAGO -- At NXTcomm 2007, Actelis Networks[R] (Booth 6042), the leading global supplier of Carrier Ethernet over Copper[TM] solutions, today announced that Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC), the nation's largest telephone cooperative, is using Actelis' Ethernet equipment as the basis for its Metro Ethernet services, which provide advanced broadband data services over existing copper infrastructure. Actelis' award-winning carrier Ethernet over copper access solutions allow the South Carolina-based IOC to cost-effectively and efficiently provide high-speed broadband services to many of its residential and business customers, including Horry County libraries, located in rural communities across the county.

Like many innovative IOCs looking to deploy advanced data services today, Horry Telephone has been challenged to deliver broadband services to many of its customers residing in rural areas. Actelis Networks is providing HTC with its ML600 Ethernet Access devices and ML130 Ethernet Aggregation switches to construct an Ethernet access network on its existing voice-grade copper plant. HTC's network is typical of the challenge facing many IOCs that must reach subscribers who may be located beyond 18-thousand feet from the nearest central office. To address the challenge of remote deployment to its subscribers, HTC is in the process of deploying Actelis' XR239 Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Repeater to dramatically extend the reach of its Ethernet over copper service offering. The environmentally hardened repeater is the industry's only standards-based repeater for 2Base-TL EFM systems.

"A key component of our carrier Ethernet network is the Actelis product line, which lets us extend our reach to deliver high-speed data services over our existing copper plant to customers who have been traditionally out of reach," said Frank Sarvis, chief executive of network engineering at Horry Telephone Cooperative. "Only Actelis can provide us with a repeater solution that offers the high performance needed to backhaul broadband services."

Combined with Actelis' carrier Ethernet over copper equipment, Actelis' XR239 EFM repeaters extend the reach of high-capacity Ethernet to cover more than 98% of Carrier Serving Areas (CSAs). The repeaters can be linked together to increase the reach of carrier Ethernet over copper services up to a maximum of 25 miles. The Actelis XR239 EFM repeater is fully standards and spectrally compliant for use in North America.

"Actelis' carrier Ethernet over copper solutions combine high-performance copper data transmission ability with state-of-the-art carrier Ethernet service delivery features," said Mehmet Balos, president of worldwide marketing, sales and services at Actelis Networks. "We are very pleased that our award-winning solutions enable Horry Telephone to cost effectively and efficiently provide its customers with Ethernet services over their existing copper plant."

About Horry Telephone Cooperative

Founded in 1952, Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (HTC, Inc.) is the nation's largest telephone cooperative and the 25th largest telephone company. HTC Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of HTC, Inc., now offers local telephone service in the city of Conway, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Little River, Pawleys Island and the city of Georgetown. A full menu of communications services are available from HTC and HTC Communications, including local telephone service, cable, high-speed residential Internet access via cable modems and DSL, long distance, commercial Ethernet services and HTC Horizon digital wireless service.

About Actelis Networks

Actelis Networks[R] is the global leader of Carrier Ethernet over Copper[TM] solutions. The company's award-winning products combine innovative EFMplus[TM] copper transmission technology with a complete set of standards-based Carrier Ethernet switching capabilities that extend the reach of Ethernet services over the exiting voice grade copper network. Actelis' EFMplus technology employs advanced digital signal processing techniques and link level dynamic spectral management (DSM) to create reliable, high-performance Ethernet that are 100% complementary to the legacy services already deployed in the copper network. Actelis' Carrier Ethernet switching capabilities are certified compliant with Metro Ethernet Forum MEF 9 and MEF 14 specifications. As the industry leader, Actelis' solutions are deployed in more than 30 countries, on five continents, around the world. Actelis Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Actelis Networks and the Actelis Networks logo are registered trademarks and Carrier Ethernet over Copper and EFMplus are trademarks of Actelis Networks, Inc. One or more U.S. and foreign patents pending cover the product described above. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.actelis.com.