Triple Play Services Driving Adoption of Carrier Grade Ethernet in Europe Riverstone's Keynote Address at Lightspeed Metro Ethernet Conference Explores the Issues and Opportunities Associated with Next Generation Services Over Ethernet MILAN, Italy, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a keynote address given today at the Lightspeed Metro Ethernet Conference, David Ginsburg, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Riverstone Networks Inc. (Pink Sheets: RSTN.PK), stated that the growing popularity of next generation business and residential services such as video-on-demand and distance learning is accelerating European service providers' adoption of MPLS-based Ethernet technology. Speaking before executives from Italy's leading service providers, Ginsburg said, "Using MPLS, today's carrier-grade Ethernet technology provides the basis for the coveted triple play by enabling service providers to cost-effectively deliver voice, video and data services with the high Quality of Service their customers expect." He went on to assert that the use of MPLS and VPLS over Ethernet is the only solution offering the necessary scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness for triple-play services and cited manageability and creation of new services like video-on-demand as examples of Ethernet's effectiveness. Ginsburg's speech, "Deploying the Triple Play," also described how Ethernet has transitioned from a technology confined to the business campus or metro business services to a technology providing the infrastructure for the next generation of carrier consumer services. "Ethernet has grown up," he said. Accordingly, he expects carrier investment in Ethernet infrastructure over the next decade to equal or exceed that which occurred as part of the ATM and Frame Relay buildouts of the 1990s. Ginsburg, author of several books on data networking, will travel with the LightSpeed Metro Ethernet Conference as it makes it way to Frankfurt, Brussels and Paris. The conference provides an opportunity for senior decision makers from Western Europe's leading local and regional carriers, service providers and enterprise organizations to learn about today's networking issues free of charge, from the world's best authorities. Riverstone Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of carrier class solutions for next generation metro Ethernet networks. Riverstone's metro routers and provisioning solutions deliver the ease of use, cost effectiveness, and flexibility that carriers require in meeting their customers' IP networking requirements in support of voice, video, and data services. Riverstone uniquely permits carriers to offer homogeneous services across existing revenue-generating networks and new Ethernet deployments. Riverstone Contact: Amy Huitt Riverstone Networks 408-878-6918 Agency Contact: Lucy Meacher Fleishman Hillard 44 (0) 207 395 7048 DATASOURCE: Riverstone Networks, Inc. CONTACT: Amy Huitt of Riverstone Networks, Inc., +1-408-878-6918, or ; or Lucy Meacher of Fleishman Hillard, 44 (0) 207 395 7048, or , for Riverstone Networks, Inc. Web site: http://www.riverstonenet.com/

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