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ARRIS and LongBoard Achieve Successful Fixed Mobile Convergence Over HFC SUWANEE, Ga., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS), in conjunction with LongBoard, Inc., today announced that the companies have successfully demonstrated Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) over a Hybrid-Fiber Coax (HFC) network. ARRIS has also demonstrated interoperability between ARRIS' Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) enabled Touchstone(TM) Telephony Modems and LongBoard's Mobility Application Platform (LMAP(TM)). Fixed Mobile Convergence allows subscribers to seamlessly roam between cellular and wireless local area networks (WLAN) using a dual-mode handset for voice calls. "The first service to experience seamless mobility through convergence will be voice, but video and data will soon follow," said Bryant Isaacs, ARRIS President of New Business Ventures, on announcing the achievement. "Voice, video, and data services will be offered on the high bandwidth WLAN when available, and on the wide area cellular network when the user is truly mobile." "Cable operators represent a potentially large market for fixed mobile convergence activities," said Bill Leslie, founder and CTO of LongBoard. "We are demonstrating interoperability with ARRIS because they are a premier supplier in the cable industry and they understand the value of offering voice mobility services to cable subscribers." LongBoard's Open Mobile Cable (OMC) application enables MSOs to offer quadruple play mobility services that keep subscribers on their networks and in their control. LongBoard's OMC application is based on LMAP, a SIP-based mobility server that interoperates with the ARRIS SIP-enabled Touchstone Telephony Modem. This carrier-grade mobility server provides a carrier-class software infrastructure for integrating IP-based communications with cutting- edge next-generation applications, including FMC, based on the SIP standard. ARRIS will demonstrate the joint FMC solution in booth #5452 at the NCTA National Show in San Francisco, Calif, April 3-5, 2005. Forward-looking statements: Certain information and statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking statements with respect to the business of ARRIS. Statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the markets in which the Company operates and management's beliefs and assumptions regarding these markets are forward-looking statements. The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements made are not guarantees of future performance. Statements made in this press release, including those related to: Timing of service converging Service offerings are forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Among other things, The timing of bringing new services to market and the anticipated acceptance of these services by our customers is based on assumptions which management believes to be reasonable at this time. In addition to the factors set forth in this release, other factors that could cause results to differ from current expectations and additional information regarding these and other factors relative to our business can be found in ARRIS reports filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. In providing forward-looking statements, the Company is not undertaking any obligation to update publicly or otherwise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with innovative high-speed data and telephony systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to the home and business. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and value of converged services from the network to the subscriber. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, service and sales office locations throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/ . About LongBoard, Inc. Founded in 1999, LongBoard, Inc. is recognized as a leading supplier of proven fixed-mobile convergence applications for wireline carriers. Using open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), LongBoard delivers software solutions running on their highly available, scalable, SIP-based software platform. LongBoard is headquartered at 3121 Jay Street, Santa Clara, Calif., 95054 with offices in Raleigh, NC (RTP) and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, phone (408) 571-3300, email: or visit the company's Web site at http://www.longboard.com/ . DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, Media Relations of ARRIS, +1-678-473-8327, or ; or Megan Atiyeh of Engage PR, +1-510-748-8200, ext. 228, or , for LongBoard, Inc. Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/ http://www.longboard.com/

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