ARRIS Appoints Dr. Hubert Wo to Direct Technical Operations in China
November 20 2006 - 9:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
Senior Industry Veteran Selected to Augment ARRIS Commitment to
China and the Asia-Pacific Region SUWANEE, Ga., Nov. 20
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that
veteran telecommunications engineering executive Dr. Hubert Wo has
joined ARRIS to direct technical operations in China. In his new
position, Dr. Wo will provide additional leadership to ARRIS'
ongoing efforts to bring its broadband leadership to the Chinese
market. Dr. Wo brings over 30 years of high-level engineering and
management experience to his new position. He joins ARRIS after
working several years in Hangzhou, China where he helped UTStarcom
build their Chinese R&D facilities. Prior to that, he led the
Lucent Multiservice Access Product localization efforts in China.
Previously, he spent several years leading the integration, testing
and design verification of Lucent Access DLC, HFC and DSL products.
Over the years, he has been very active in the IEEE, where he
reviewed articles for the IEEE Spectrum Magazine, served as
President for IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and was the
recipient of multiple honors, including the IEEE Millennium Medal
in 2000. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill
University, and MS and PhD degrees also in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Illinois at Urbana. He is fluent in
Mandarin, Cantonese and English. "We are very excited about
bringing on such a well-respected and qualified executive to help
chart our growth in the dynamic Chinese market," said ARRIS New
Business Ventures President Bryant Isaacs. "China has over 130
million cable subscribers and is rapidly rolling out advanced
digital services in anticipation of the 2008 Olympic Games. ARRIS
intends to be a major player in the supply of IP-based
service-enabling equipment to SARFT and the thousands of local
cable systems, and we feel that Dr. Wo's experience and leadership
will serve us well in realizing those efforts." 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 Atlanta, Chicago, 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/. DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, ARRIS
Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site:
http://www.arrisi.com/
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