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ARRIS Debuts Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS Release 3.3 with Hitless Software Updates DULUTH, Ga., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS today announced that it has declared General Availability (GA) on the Cadant(R) C4(TM) CMTS Release 3.3 software. This software further enhances the capabilities of the industry-leading Cadant C4 CMTS by enabling the installation of maintenance software updates on a non service effecting basis. "We are extremely pleased at achieving yet another industry first milestone with our hitless software update feature," said Tim Doiron, Senior Director, Product Management. "We were able to successfully leverage our carrier-class redundant architecture and our FlexCAM(TM) RF sparing technology in order to deliver non service affecting software updates with Release 3.3 system software." With Release 3.3 software, network availability and customer satisfaction are both increased through elimination of planned network downtime caused by installation of maintenance software loads. By allowing updates to occur outside traditional early morning maintenance windows, cable operator logistics and planning are drastically simplified. In addition to non service affecting software updates, Release 3.3 also provides for increasedcable modem and multimedia terminal adapter (MTA) scalability, additional denial-of-service (DOS) attack counter-measures which provide significant additional system security, and numerous Layer 3 router extensions. ARRIS has declared Release 3.3 Generally Available (GA) following testing in the ARRIS 32,000 cable modem scaling lab and extensive field trials with multiple cable operators in North America, Europe and Latin America. About the Cadant C4 CMTS The ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS is a PacketCable(TM), DOCSIS(R) 1.1 and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualified carrier-grade edge router that delivers the industry's highest levels of performance in terms of capacity, density, throughput and availability. It meets subscribers' growing demands for new and advanced services, while reducing operational costs with carrier-grade system scalability to tens of thousands of subscribers per system, and offering a family of network connectivity including Gigabit Ethernet. The fully redundant and serviceable system architecture delivers unprecedented service availability, re-defining new levels of performance to cable data customers worldwide. 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, such as the Cadant C4 and C3(TM) CMTS, 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/

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