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SUWANEE, Ga., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that Ziggo, B.V., a major cable MSO in the Netherlands comprised of the former operators @HOME, Casema and Multikabel, has placed a large initial order for the ARRIS Touchstone TM702 series of DOCSIS 3.0-certified E-MTAs. Ziggo will use the in-home devices to market much faster Internet speeds along with carrier-grade Voice over IP service to the top tier of its more than three million residential and business customers. "In the highly-competitive Northern European market, we need to offer our subscribers the highest quality Internet and voice experience possible," said Ziggo CTO Paul Hendriks, on announcing the agreement. "ARRIS is at the forefront of technological innovation in DOCSIS head end and CPE equipment and we feel confident that they will help us offer our customers a compelling and extremely competitive DOCSIS 3.0 solution." "We are most pleased to extend our collaboration with Ziggo and to help them achieve success in this challenging and competitive environment," said Claudio Cerioli, Senior Vice President, International Sales at ARRIS. "The broad range of ARRIS DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 voice and data CPE products provides our customers with scalable, comprehensive and cost-efficient solutions to achieve their goals and meet the expectations of their customers." About Ziggo Ziggo B.V. is a new company founded in May 2008, in which the activities of the companies @Home, Casema and Multikabel have been bundled. Until recently these three jointly acted under the workname "Zesko". Ziggo's main business is the delivery of Digital Television, Internet and Telephony services to the residential market over its HFC network with more than 3.2 million homes connected. Ziggo is also active in the business market as "Ziggo Zakelijk" offering several tiers of Internet and Telephony services to small, medium and larger enterprises. For more information, visit: http://www.ziggo.nl/ About ARRIS ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology to support Broadband Operators offering triple- and quad-play services to their residential and business customers. The company supplies Broadband Operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising and high-speed data services. ARRIS products expand and help grow network capacity with access and outside plant construction equipment, reliably deliver voice, video and data services and assure optimal service delivery for end customers. Headquartered in Suwanee, GA, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta; Chicago; State College, PA; Beaverton, OR; Wallingford, CT; 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/ http://www.ziggo.nl/

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