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Symmetricom Announces Latest Version of Free, Multi-Zone Desktop Time Utility

Business Wire, Feb 25, 2008

Easy, Desktop Access to Time Around the World, SymmTime[TM] 2008 Adds Dual Screen Support, Expanded New Clock Faces and New System Compatibility

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced SymmTime[TM] 2008, a free multi-zone desktop time utility. Easy to set up and use, SymmTime 2008 automatically synchronizes your system clock through the Internet to any accessible Network Time Protocol (NTP) server and incorporates updated daylight saving schedules of every country. Providing easy, desktop access to time around the world, SymmTime 2008 is available for immediate download at: http://www.ntp-systems.com/pr_SymmTime2008.asp.> "From the makers of the high-performing SyncServer S300/S350 GPS network time servers, SymmTime 2008 keeps computer clocks accurate to any time zone in the world," commented John Hirsekorn, vice president of sales and marketing at Symmetricom. "SymmTime allows users to see what time it is around the world right from their desktop, from as many time zones as they need - perfect for being on time for transcontinental communications."

Updated with new analog and digital clock faces, new SymmTime features include:

* New clock faces - options include 15 analog clock faces and 14 digital clock faces

* Dual screen support - with more people using two screens, SymmTime 2008 has the ability to move from one screen to another

* Expanded clock sizes - there are now more clock sizes to fit numerous screens

* Vista[R] compatible - SymmTime 2008 is compatible with all Windows[R] PC operations

* Ease-of-use - easy to download and install

With SymmTime 2008, users can set up an unlimited number of displayed clocks on their computer and choose how the clocks appear on screen. Some of the favorite SymmTime features include hundreds of time zone locations with all daylight saving times from around the world and unlimited number of clocks on one panel. Users can also tailor the clocks in the clock panel many different ways, including: time zones/cities of your choice, number of clocks on the clock panel, analog (with clock face and hands) or digital, 24-hour or AM/PM, with or without second hand/seconds counter, with or without city/time zone and size, style and color of lettering.

SymmTime 2008 is free to current and new SymmTime users. The utility program does not contain any spyware or data mining software and can be used with Microsoft Windows NT[R] 4, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems. SymmTime 2008 automatically overrides any prior versions.

About Symmetricom, Inc.

As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom provides "Perfect Timing" to customers around the world. Since 1985, the company's solutions have helped define the world's time and frequency standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireline and wireless networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, the company's synchronization solutions include primary reference sources, building integrated timing supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers, time and frequency distribution systems, network time servers and ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom also incorporates technologies including Universal Timing Interface (UTI), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588), and others supporting the world's migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.