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ARRIS Announces Sales Force Realignment Gordy Halverson to Retire During 2004 DULUTH, Ga., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS today announced that it has realigned its worldwide sales organization, following the announcement by ARRIS veteran and Executive Vice President Gordy Halverson that he intends to retire during 2004. Halverson spent 35 years with ARRIS in a variety of corporate positions including CEO of TeleWire Supply. Most recently, he headed up domestic sales and marketing. He was inducted into Cable Pioneers in 1992, and was awarded NCTA's Vanguard Award for Associates in 1993. He has served on many industry committees and is currently a member of the CablePac board. Under the new alignment, all sales will now report to Ron Coppock, who becomes President, ARRIS Worldwide Sales. Previously, Coppock was President of International Sales, joining ARRIS in 1997 when ANTEC acquired Texscan. Prior to that, he held senior management and sales positions with Oak Communications, Pioneer and Scientific-Atlanta. In his new role, Coppock will direct sales for the company's three Business Units: Broadband, TeleWire Supply and New Business Ventures. About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with innovative optical transport, 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 Duluth, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, service and sales office locations throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com/ . DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, Media Relations of ARRIS, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/

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