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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS TeleWire Supply (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced an agreement to provide the Wireless Bypass line of DOCSIS(R) over wireless plant extension products to cable MSOs. Wireless Plant Extension (WPE) technology is commonly employed to traverse areas where physical barriers (parking lots, roads, bridges, waterways, railroad tracks, historical areas, and protected land) are present -- or where expensive and time consuming permits are required. "MSOs need a cost-effective means to extend 6 MHz data channels to businesses that are within a close proximity, but not connected to the HFC plant," said Tom Williams, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for ARRIS TeleWire Supply. "Wireless Bypass provides us with a proven line extension solution that MSOs can install in a few hours, at around a tenth of the cost of building physical plant." "Wireless Bypass was first to introduce a DOCSIS over wireless plant extension product into the MSO space to help cable operators respond to SOHO opportunities," said John Servaes, CEO of Wireless Bypass. "ARRIS, an industry leader in business services solutions, has the resources and relationships to better expose the industry to our products. Wireless Bypass is pleased to be aligned with ARRIS." Wireless Bypass products are designed to operate within an approximate two mile range point-to-multipoint, and up to 20 miles point-to-point. The DL- 5800WD Hub, a simple add-on to the existing HFC network, is equipped with hardware to attach to the strand, and connected using a tap or coupler. The DL-5800D CPE device can be mounted on a rooftop, tower, pole, or wall -- and connected by a jumper into the building's coaxial network. The CPE device can be configured to serve as many modems as the DOCSIS channel is provisioned to support. Using unlicensed spectrum, the standard Wireless Bypass configuration operates in the 5.8 GHz U-NII band, and is frequency agile from 88 to 860 MHz. The line is DOCSIS compatible, and supports full 265 QAM, SNMP management, local HTML diagnostics -- and uses existing back office billing and provisioning systems. High-gain products for the licensed spectrum are also available. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with best-in-class video, high-speed data, mobile and fixed-line telephony systems for the delivery of voice, video and data to their residential and small-to-medium sized business customers. The Company also provides a complete set of tools and cable system infrastructure maintenance and upgrade products. ARRIS complete solutions enhance the reliability and value of converged services from the network to the end-user. Additionally, ARRIS Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Cork, Ireland and Shenzhen, China, and operates 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 of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/

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