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ARRIS Announces Voice and Data Equipment Donation to Georgia Institute of Technology SUWANEE, Ga., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that it has donated a complete DOCSIS(R) 2.0-certified next generation voice and high speed data solution to the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) for use in the Georgia Tech Broadband Institute (GTBI). The donation consists of a DOCSIS 2.0-qualified ARRIS Cadant(R) C3(TM) Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), DOCSIS 2.0-certified ARRIS Touchstone(TM) 402P Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapters (E-MTAs) and Touchstone 450 Cable Modems. When configured, faculty and student members of the Broadband Institute will be able to conduct a variety of projects with the equipment, the first of which will include peer-to-peer communications and Voice over Internet Protocol communications over a symmetrical DOCSIS link. "We are extremely grateful to be the recipient of this gift from ARRIS. It will greatly help us in our broadband and communications research addressing future home applications, including seamless services for voice and data," said Nikil Jayant, Director of GTBI and Executive Director of GCATT. "We look forward to our continuing relationship with ARRIS on some of the exciting broadband opportunities this equipment enables, such as PacketCable Multimedia, SIP-based voice communications, and eventually, video transmission over a DOCSIS 2.0 network." "ARRIS is fortunate to be located near Georgia Tech, one of the country's foremost technological institutions," said Jim Lakin, ARRIS Broadband President, on announcing the donation. "A good number of our senior engineers and executives are Tech graduates and we are pleased to give some of our resources and expertise back to such a deserving and nurturing University." 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/ . About DOCSIS DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) defines interface requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over cable television system networks. DOCSIS is a trademark of CableLabs(R), the standards-setting body of the North American cable telecommunications industry. About Georgia Tech Broadband Institute The Georgia Tech Broadband Institute is an interdisciplinary center that brings together over 40 faculty members from Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the College of Computing and the Georgia Tech Research Institute to conduct industry-guided broadband communications research, with attention to applications that bring broadband technologies and services to the home and the community. The charter of the Broadband Institute includes physical layer access technologies, integrated networks, and ubiquitous multimedia. http://www.broadband.gatech.edu/ / DATASOURCE: ARRIS CONTACT: Alex Swan of ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, or Web site: http://www.arrisi.com/ http://www.broadband.gatech.edu/

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