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SUWANEE, Ga., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) has named ARRIS as a Preferred Vendor of Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter (E-MTA) customer premises equipment. NCTC is a programming and hardware purchasing cooperative for more than 1,100 cable operators throughout the United States. NCTC is encouraging its members to consider the ARRIS Touchstone voice and data customer premises equipment line first, when beginning the purchasing process. An E-MTA is a primary line voice and data modem located within the home. "We have selected ARRIS E-MTA equipment as a preferred product because of the superior quality, value and service associated with their Touchstone(R) line of E-MTAs and cable modems," said Mark Bishop, NCTC Senior Vice President of Hardware, on announcing the selection. "ARRIS is a world leader in voice and data customer premises equipment and will provide our members with DOCSIS(R) and PacketCable(TM)-certified solutions to deliver the best possible voice and high-speed data experience to their customers." About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with innovative, best-in- class 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 R&D centers in Suwanee, GA, Chicago, IL and Cork, Ireland and support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/. About NCTC NCTC is a programming and hardware purchasing cooperative for more than 1100 cable operators throughout the United States. Co-op member companies own over 5900 individual cable systems serving 10.5 million subscribers. Jeffrey L. Abbas is NCTC President and CEO. NCTC is located in Lenexa, Kansas, a south Kansas City suburb. For more information on Touchstone E-MTAs, visit http://www.arrisi.com/touchstone/ DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/ http://www.arrisi.com/touchstone

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