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ARRIS Announces Next Generation Edge Product for Digital Video and On-Demand Content Digital Multimedia Termination System (DMTS) Combines Dense QAM and CMTS Functions to Deliver a Variety of Digital Video Services on a Single Platform SUWANEE, Ga., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS today announced the introduction of the ARRIS Q5(TM) DMTS, the industry's first Digital Multimedia Termination System (DMTS). The DMTS is a new class of edge network device that will enable simultaneous delivery of today's MPEG- 2TS and DVB-C based digital video content and emerging next-generation DOCSIS(R) based IP digital multimedia content and signaling. The ARRIS Q5 DMTS couples ARRIS high performance QAM and DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS technologies with integral multiplexing features to create a product tailored for a wide variety of digital multimedia service delivery applications. Linking these technologies allows the ARRIS Q5 DMTS to produce a dynamically allocated multiplex of digital video broadcast, Video on Demand (VoD), IP Multicast, IP Unicast and DOCSIS data content that is compatible with a variety of MPEG-2 and IP Set-Top Boxes along with IP-enabled consumer devices. "Digital multimedia delivery is rapidly moving into a phase where proprietary video delivery architectures must seamlessly operate in parallel with emerging IP multimedia architectures, such as those based upon the DOCSIS Set-Top Gateway and PacketCable(TM) Multimedia specifications," stated Jim Lakin, President, ARRIS Broadband. "ARRIS brings its established expertise and leadership in high performance, standards-based voice and data products to enable advanced multimedia services such as Video on Demand on multiple client platforms." Deploying the ARRIS Q5 DMTS will allow cable operators to lower capital costs and protect their investment by leveraging existing IP transport and switching resources at headends and hubs. The Q5 DMTS' integral multiplexing for MPEG-2TS / DVB-C video, IP video, and DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS data traffic, supports a flexible suite of digital video services over a single HFC transport device. The integrated downstream multiplexer and block converted QAM channels also provide a migration path for emerging "Wideband" high-speed data applications that demand maximum data rates in excess of those provided by a single downstream channel (38 Mbps for DOCSIS, 50 Mbps for Euro-DOCSIS). The ARRIS Q5 DMTS is a 2 RU device configured with 4 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) WAN ports with a 1:1 WAN redundancy option, along with a fully flexible mix of up to 6 HFC transport modules. These modules are the Dual Quad QAM module and the Quad Upstream DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS module that enable a wide variety of user-defined configurations. Supported configurations include any combination of 8 to 48 independently provisioned MPEG transport downstream channels in 4 block converted channel groupings, as well as up to 24 DOCSIS 2.0 downstream channels and 12 independently mappable DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 upstream channels, and a next generation "Phy-less" 24 upstream CMTS with GbE downstream interface. The highly asymmetrical nature of the CMTS function is ideally suited for the heavily downstream-dominated traffic patterns found in multimedia traffic. User definable configurations will allow multiple DOCSIS/Euro-DOCSIS MAC domains to be enabled, allowing operators to perform load balancing for optimum network utilization and simplified client device management. Additional integrated features allow for DOCSIS Set-Top Gateway (DSG) support as proprietary MPEG-2 architectures migrate to open signaling standards. The ARRIS Q5 DMTS' integral Dense IP Edge QAM provides industry- leading video stream density with a peak capacity of up to 576 simultaneous CBR video streams delivered to current generation MPEG-2 Set-Top Boxes. Support for the "Phy-less" CMTS application allows utilization of downstream QAM resources in a separate Q5 DMTS chassis for additional density and flexibility in advanced architectures such as those with centralized GbE switching. The ARRIS Q5 DMTS will be available for trials in the 3rd quarter of 2004 with initial product shipments by the end of 2004. Forward-looking statements: Certain information and statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking statements with respect to the business of ARRIS. Statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the markets in which the Company operates and management's beliefs and assumptions regarding these markets are forward-looking statements. The Company cautions that any forward-looking statements made are not guarantees of future performance. Statements made in this press release, including those related to: -- Results operators will experience through deployment of product -- Scheduled availability and shipment of product are forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Among other things, -- Capital cost reductions experienced by cable operators will depend upon the markets in which they operate and the structure of their investments in those markets -- The timing of bringing new products to market and the anticipated acceptance by our customers is based on assumptions which management believes to be reasonable at this time. In addition to the factors set forth in this release, other factors that could cause results to differ from current expectations and additional information regarding these and other factors relative to our business can be found in ARRIS' reports filed with Securities and Exchange Commission. In providing forward-looking statements, the Company is not undertaking any obligation to update publicly or otherwise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 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 Suwanee, 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/

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