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ARRIS Announces FlexPath(TM) Wideband Technology Solutions to Enable Cable Operators to Deliver Higher Bandwidth Service SUWANEE, Ga., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced further details about its FlexPath Wideband(TM) Data product portfolio. FlexPath is the ARRIS implementation of Wideband functionality on its Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS platform and new Touchstone(TM) Wideband Modem WBM630. Wideband data offers cable operators a solution to deliver business and residential customers much higher bandwidth to compete with new technologies such as VDSL and Fiber to the Home. ARRIS was the first to demonstrate wideband capability at the National Cable Telecommunications Association (NCTA) trade show in April 2004. Since then, ARRIS has been continuously improving its FlexPath technology and is currently in live trials with several MSOs. ARRIS FlexPath products use the same Packet Bonding technique widely reported as the CableLabs(R) chosen approach for DOCSIS(R) 3.0. DOCSIS channel bonding is an efficient way to combine multiple DOCSIS channels together for a higher effective data rate to the subscriber that is also backwards compatible to existing ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTSs. The FlexPath solution will be commercially available to cable operators in Q4, 2005. "DOCSIS channel bonding enables cable operators to offer data rates well in excess of 100 Mbps to subscribers, which can surpass current DSL and FTTX rates," says Yankee Group Senior Analyst of Broadband Access Technologies Lindsay Schroth. "In North America, operators need a means to offer high data rates for the commercial services arena while maintaining low operational costs. In Europe and Asia, they need them to offer gaming, peer-to-peer applications and media download capabilities. The ARRIS FlexPath Wideband solution, commercially available in Q4 of this year, is at the forefront of this new technology. Additionally, the Cadant C4 requires no additional external hardware or equipment upgrade to integrate the FlexPath portfolio of data products, which will make its deployment cost-efficient and simple." The first release of the Wideband Cable Modem with FlexPath will support 4 bonded channels in both the Upstream and Downstream direct, and that number will increase with subsequent releases. Four DOCSIS 2.0 channels bonded together create over 100 Mbps in both directions, greatly surpassing xDSL data rates. With this much bandwidth, operators can offer more bandwidth per subscriber, enable commercial services, decrease CAPEX through large-scale statistical multiplexing, and add new services like IPTV over DOCSIS and fast video and large data file downloads. FlexPath will be deployable on the ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS through a simple software upgrade, and will work on existing 2D:12U and 1D:8U cable access modules (CAM's). Future releases of FlexPath will plan to support up to 32 downstream channels in a bonding group enabling downstream data rates of over one gigabit per second to a single node. For more information and a live demonstration of ARRIS FlexPath Wideband Technology Solutions, visit the ARRIS booth #6106 in Hall D, during SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, June 14-17 in San Antonio. 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: - Scheduled availability and shipment of product - Future product functionality - The results customers will experience through the additional bandwidth offered by our product 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 products to market and the anticipated acceptance by our customers - The needs and acceptance by our customers of product capabilities that fit their system requirements - Results customers experience through the increased bandwidth will, among other things, vary depending on their system structure, subscriber base and new service requirements are 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 the 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 video, 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, distribution, service and sales office locations throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/ . DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/

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