BigBand Leads in Edge QAM Shipments, Passing 700,000 Milestone

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), a leader in digital video networking, announced today that it has extended its market leadership with more than 700,000 QAMs shipped to over 60 service providers worldwide over the life of its edge QAM platforms. Additionally, the company announced commercial availability of its double density BEQ™6200 8:1 QAM, designed to give service providers twice the capacity to address the growing bandwidth demands at the edge of the network, where rack space is at a premium.

“We believe our market-leading BEQ platform gives customers the operational flexibility to implement and manage larger numbers of new and legacy QAMs with the best mix of reliability and density and path to next-generation platforms,” said David W. Heard, chief operating officer, BigBand Networks. “We’re at a tipping point in terms of bandwidth congestion at the network edge. As new applications such as high definition content, niche programming and time-shifted TV come online, congestion at the edge of the network demands denser and more cost efficient QAM platforms. With our continued investment in QAM technology, we can now offer service providers the density they need paired with the manageability and lower cost of ownership.”

The BEQ6200 is BigBand’s fourth-generation 1.5 RU edge QAM and increases density to 96 QAMS per chassis. It features 8:1 up-conversion and is directly stackable for improved hub operational efficiency. The BEQ6200 operates with BigBand’s VMS 4.3 to support configuration and management functions.

BigBand is the leading provider of edge QAMs worldwide. The company’s platforms feature TL9000 certification and offer a low total cost of ownership. The BEQ family of edge QAM platforms provides combined support for broadcast, switched digital video, video on demand, IP video, Modular CMTS, and DOCSIS® applications, including 3.0-compatible video delivery service with less energy use.

About BigBand Networks

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), provides broadband service providers with innovative network solutions designed to make it easier to move, manage and monetize video. These solutions are based on BigBand's video-networking platforms that are built to enable efficient and reliable delivery across a wide range of services, including digital TV, high definition TV, advanced advertising, video-on-demand and interactive TV. BigBand Networks' customers include more than 200 service providers -- including seven of the ten largest service providers in the U.S. -- and leading cable and telco service providers in North America, Asia and Europe. BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, Calif., with offices worldwide. For additional information about the company, please call +1-650-995-5000, email info@bigbandnet.com or visit www.bigbandnet.com.

BigBand Networks’ brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of BigBand Networks, Inc., in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the functionality, programming potential and other potential benefits to be derived by our customers from the use of BigBand’s switched digital video solution. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, the following: rapid technological change that can adversely affect the demand for BigBand’s products, design flaws in BigBand’s edge QAMs, shifts in customer demand, shifts in strategic relationships, delays in BigBand’s ability to deliver or decisions to discontinue its products and services, or announcements by competitors. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in BigBand’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. BigBand Networks is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information contained in our website is not incorporated by reference in, or made part of this press release.

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