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ARRIS Broadband Products Successfully Completes CableLabs(R) Certification Wave 32 Cadant(R) C4 CMTS with DSG Support Re-Qualified for DOCSIS(R) 2.0 Touchstone(TM) TM402G Awarded DOCSIS 2.0 Certification SUWANEE, Ga., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that the ARRIS Cadant C4 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) -- with a new software upgrade designed to support DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) technology -- was re-qualified DOCSIS(R) 2.0 in CableLabs' Certification Wave 32. Additionally, in the same Certification Wave, the Touchstone TM402G Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter (E-MTA) was certified DOCSIS 2.0. The Touchstone TM402G is the second ARRIS E-MTA to receive DOCSIS 2.0 certification. "ARRIS products continue to meet or exceed the most rigorous specifications benchmarks as set by CableLabs," said ARRIS Broadband VP Engineering Bruce McClelland. "With this qualification, the Cadant C4 CMTS provides operators with the most reliable and scalable solution currently available to provide advanced voice and high-speed data solutions to their customers. Additionally, as MSOs continue to ramp up VoIP deployments, we are pleased to add the Touchstone TM402G, with a 4-hour Lithium Ion battery backup feature, to our growing family of DOCSIS 2.0-certified customer premises devices." The availability of the DSG support features in the Cadant C4 CMTS allows operators to transition the signaling, provisioning and control of advanced set-top boxes from proprietary to standards-based protocols. This transition of all services to IP-based standards is expected to benefit operators by streamlining operations and lowering capital costs. DOCSIS, PacketCable(TM) and CableLabs are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. About the Cadant C4 CMTS The ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS is a PacketCable, DOCSIS 2.0 and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualified carrier-grade edge router/CMTS that delivers the industry's highest levels of performance in terms of capacity, density, throughput and availability. The C4 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. The C4 offers a complete family of network connectivity options including Gigabit Ethernet. 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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