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Spirent Communications(TM) and Telephony Magazine Invite TELECOM '04 Attendees to Register Their 'VOTE for VoIP' The Popular 'VOTE for VoIP' Poll Continues at USTA's TELECOM '04 at Spirent's Booth #231 LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- USTA -- Spirent Communications (NYSE:SPM) (LONDON: SPT) and Telephony Magazine are once again teaming up to find out what the telecom industry thinks about the buzz surrounding VoIP. At TELECOM '04, Spirent and Telephony Magazine are expanding the popular "VOTE for VoIP" poll launched at SUPERCOMM 2004 in June. Spirent gauged international opinion with a similar vote at the Broadband World Forum in Venice in September. Voters who take the TELECOM '04 "VOTE for VoIP" poll will be asked to participate in a simple survey designed to capture opinions on the reality of VoIP deployment and its impact on the industry. The poll includes questions such as: * Do you think VoIP is ready for widespread deployment? * Do you think VoIP will revolutionize communications or is it over-hyped? * What do you believe is the number one obstacle to rolling out VoIP today? * What are the leading benefits customers will derive from VoIP technology? Attendees can vote at computerized polling kiosks located at Spirent's booth (#231). The poll can also be accessed on Spirent's website at http://www.spirentcom.com/. Final survey results will be printed in the post- TELECOM '04 issue of Telephony Magazine. "Spirent offers a range of IP service assurance technology tools that allow service providers to dramatically accelerate the deployment of VoIP services," said Dave Gellerman, vice president of Marketing for Spirent's Service Assurance - Broadband unit. "IP service deployment is a hot industry topic and a key theme at TELECOM '04. We encourage attendees to weigh in on the hype surrounding VoIP by participating in this industry poll -- we look forward to comparing the results with those from SUPERCOMM 2004 and Broadband World Forum." "VoIP's strong market momentum continues. We are pleased to again join forces with Spirent to find out how the telecom industry feels about the benefits of VoIP, the obstacles to deployments, and its impact on the industry," said Mark Hickey, publisher of Telephony and Telephonyonline.com. "According to polltakers at SUPERCOMM 2004, the VoIP revolution is well underway -- we look forward to hearing what attendees of TELECOM '04 have to say about the promises and challenges of IP." At TELECOM '04, Spirent will be showcasing its range of IP telephony test and diagnostic service assurance solutions, including SmartSight, TRT Interactive, Abacus 5000 IP Telephony Test Migration System, and Spirent All- In-One Testing. About Spirent Communications Spirent Communications (http://www.spirentcom.com/) is a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technology such as Internet Telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent's solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises and governments. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Spirent Communications reported 2003 revenue of $394 million and has 1,800 employees worldwide. The company is the largest business group of Spirent plc, traded on the London and New York Stock Exchanges (London: SPT; NYSE: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209). http://www.spirent.com/. Spirent Communications' sales to the United States government are made through Spirent Federal Systems. http://www.spirentfederal.com/. Contact Penny Mitchell Marcie Cheney Spirent Communications Environics Communications Direct Tel +1 301.590.3536 +1 202-296-2002 Email Spirent, Spirent Communications and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Spirent plc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held by their respective companies. All rights reserved. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. By their nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive, speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. 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