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PPC and ARRIS Settle Litigation, Sign Licensing Agreement SYRACUSE, N.Y. and DULUTH, Ga., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPC and ARRIS have entered into an amicable agreement that fully resolves all of the pending litigation between the companies, and have signed a licensing agreement allowing ARRIS to resume selling its Digicon connectors. The parties have agreed that the other terms of the agreement will remain confidential. John D. Mezzalingua, President and CEO of PPC expressed his pleasure that an agreement could be reached between the two companies. "Our patented technology in the EX connector has benefited the industry. We are pleased to make it available through this new agreement with ARRIS." According to Bob Puccini, President, ARRIS Telewire Supply, "We are pleased to have reached this agreement with PPC and look forward to resuming sales immediately." About PPC PPC is a leading cable equipment manufacturer with over 800 employees throughout the world with three major production centers in the United States, Denmark and the Caribbean. The company was founded in the 1940 by John Mezzalingua and is still privately owned and run by the family. PPC is a leading supplier of connectors and traps to the telecommunications industry and prides itself on its ability to innovate and stay on the cutting edge of connector and filter technology. For more information, visit http://www.ppc-online.com/ . About ARRIS ARRIS provides broadband local access networks with innovative 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 of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/ http://www.ppc-online.com/

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