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Liberty Media Corporation Signs Three-Year Global Purchase Agreement with ARRIS SUWANEE, Ga., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS), a global communications technology leader, today announced a three-year Global Purchase Agreement with Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:LNYSE:LMC.B), to provide the full scope of its advanced broadband service solutions for the provision of voice, video and data services to the broadband distribution companies in Liberty Media International Inc., which pass 25 million homes. Included among the products and services covered under the Agreement are: the Cadant(R) C3(TM) and C4(TM) CMTS', the Cornerstone(R) and Touchstone(TM) lines of customer premises voice and data equipment, including E-MTAs, Voice Ports and cable modems, the ARRIS Q5(TM) DMTS (digital multimedia termination system), TeleWire Supply(R) HFC infrastructure products, and ARRIS Partner solutions from Alopa, Ellacoya and Nuera. "Liberty Media International, Inc. holds businesses with substantial scale and market leading positions around the world. The opportunity to expand our relationship with ARRIS, another global leader, is expected to provide tremendous benefits to our growing international distribution business," noted Liberty Media CTO Tony Werner. "Our successful experience in telephone service using the ARRIS Cornerstone Voice products gives us great confidence in their reliable and tested-to-scale solutions as we move into IP-based voice." "This agreement validates our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions and enhances our excellent, long-standing business relationship with Liberty Media, UGC and the growing family of Liberty Media affiliates," said ARRIS Chairman and CEO Bob Stanzione. "We are honored to have earned the ongoing trust of the largest international broadband services provider." Forward-looking statements: Certain information and statements contained in this press release may 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. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Among other things, -- The ultimate value of this agreement will be impacted by the success of the customers' deployment of services and our competitiveness including delivery, quality and cost. 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 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 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/ . About Liberty Media Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:LNYSE:LMC.B) is a holding company owning interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses operating in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. Our businesses are classified in three groups; Interactive, Networks and International and include some of the world's most recognized and respected brands, including QVC, Encore, STARZ!, Discovery, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, and News Corporation. DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan, +1-678-473-8327, or , or Jim Bauer, +1-678-473-2647, or , both of ARRIS Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/

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