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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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