Enablence's FTTx Network Products Accepted by US Government Financing for Rural Communities

Market Wire, July, 2008

Enablence Technologies (TSX VENTURE: ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) equipment for residential and business services, today announced that it has received U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA RUS) acceptance for the TRIDENT7 Optical Line Terminals and Optical Network Terminals for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband Loan program.

The USDA RUS Broadband Access Loan program provides loans for funding the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities to provide broadband service to eligible rural communities of up to 20,000 homes. Effective immediately, this acceptance covers both standards supported by TRIDENT7, ITU G.984.1-4 GPON and IEEE 802.3 GEPON.

"This acceptance by the USDA further reaffirms that Enablence's products meet the various requirements for full FTTP deployments" says Arvind Chhatbar, CEO of Enablence.

Network operators can now utilize USDA RUS broadband funding to serve communities with TRIDENT7 systems which deliver high-speed Internet, digital voice, radio frequency (RF) and internet protocol based digital (IP) television.

"The TRIDENT7 has been deployed in revenue-generating service environments since May 2006 with over 80 networks in operation. TRIDENT7 is the only optical access platform in the industry that supports both prevalent standards, GPON and GEPON. As such, we are a complete and proven solution for network operators to deploy networks utilizing USDA RUS Broadband Access Loan funding." says Tom Tighe, President of Enablence's FTTx Networks Division.

Please visit the USDA website for more information on Rural Development funding programs: www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/index.htm .

About Enablence Technologies Inc.

Enablence Technologies Inc., (TSX VENTURE: ENA) a publicly traded company, designs, manufactures and sells optical components, subsystems and systems to a global customer base. With corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the company now owns Albis Optoelectronics, Wave7 Optics and ANDevices. The company, through its Wave7 FTTx Networks Division, provides its TRIDENT7(TM) Universal Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), and the TRIDENT7(TM) Element Management System. The FTTx Network Division is an industry leader in optical broadband access systems, with an expanding Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) product portfolio featuring a variety of architectural options, based on IP and Ethernet standards, for triple-play voice, video and data services. The company's Trident7(TM) Universal Access Platform is rapidly gaining market share around the world with service providers in the PTT ("Public Telephone & Telegraph"), IOC ("Independent Operating Carrier"), CLEC ("Competitive Local Exchange Carier"), MSO ("Multiple System Operator"), municipal, utility and real estate development categories.

Enablence's Optical Components & Subsystems Division provides FTTx access products such as integrated Triplexers, Diplexers for BPON, GPON and GePON standards and splitters. AWG Chips/Modules, Optical Channel Monitors, VMUX, TODC and Photodetectors are offered for the metro and the long haul markets. Many of the company's component products apply its proprietary planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology to integrate multiple components into a single optical chip to address the global rollout of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH). Member of the FTTH Council.

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Contacts: Enablence Technologies Inc. Arvind Chhatbar Chief Executive Officer 613-270-7859 613-270-7850 (FAX) info@enablence.com www.enablence.com