Vodafone Netherlands Deploys Sycamore SN 9000 Intelligent Multiservice Switch

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Press Release Source: Sycamore Networks, Inc.


Vodafone Netherlands Deploys Sycamore SN 9000 Intelligent Multiservice Switch to Enhance Next-Generation Mobile Services
Wednesday October 10, 8:24 am ET


CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR - News), a leader in intelligent bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide, today announced that Vodafone Netherlands, a leading Dutch mobile operator, has deployed the Company's SN 9000 Intelligent Multiservice Switch to optimize and scale its mobile broadband service infrastructure. The SN 9000 multiservice platform will allow Vodafone to cost-effectively deliver advanced mobile services while increasing service availability for its customers. The SN 9000 solution leverages Sycamore's high-availability optical mesh technology to increase operational efficiencies and accelerate service provisioning, while providing a scalable foundation for next-generation, high-value mobile communications.

"We are pleased to deliver Vodafone Netherlands an innovative multiservice solution that enhances their industry-leading mobile services and meets their demand for high level service quality and network reliability," said Daniel E. Smith, president and CEO, Sycamore Networks. "Empowered by Sycamore's proven expertise in optical mesh software intelligence and ASON-compliant networking, the SN 9000 significantly expands the value of our switching solutions by extending dynamic bandwidth provisioning and rapid service restoration to the edge of the mobile network."

The SN 9000 Intelligent Multiservice Switch consolidates multiple functions into one compact and economical networking platform. High-density, multiservice aggregation empowers diverse applications - from edge and hub to metro and regional core - with unprecedented configuration flexibility. Building upon Sycamore's proven intelligent networking capabilities, the SN 9000 shares common networking software and a single management system with the SN 16000 and SN 3000 optical switching platforms to ensure end-to-end manageability and resiliency. With reliable support for rapid, end-to-end provisioning of circuit and packet services, in any network architecture and any topology, the SN 9000 extends bandwidth optimization to multiple segments and service layers, from edge to core.

About Vodafone Netherlands

Vodafone Libertel B.V. is one of the largest mobile telecommunications companies in the Netherlands and is part of the worldwide Vodafone Group, the world's leading telecommunications company for mobile telephony with 232 million proportionate customers on five continents. The Vodafone Group has holdings in the share capital of mobile operators in 25 countries and collaborative arrangements with partner networks in 40 countries.

About Sycamore Networks

Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR - News) is a leading provider of intelligent bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide. From multiservice access networks to the optical core, Sycamore products enable network operators to lower overall network costs, increase operational efficiencies, and rapidly deploy new revenue-generating services. Sycamore's global customer base includes Tier 1 service providers, government agencies, and utility companies. For more information, please visit Sycamore : Intelligent Networking from Access to the Optical Core.

We wish to caution you that certain matters discussed in this news release constitute forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that actual results or events could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the findings, including possible tax liabilities and penalties resulting from the audit of certain of the Company's income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service, risks relating to the formal investigations commenced by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's office with respect to certain stock options granted by the Company, and additional actions and findings that may result from the ongoing investigation into such stock options and the accounting therefor, including the restatement of previously issued financial statements, certain purported shareholder derivative actions filed against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and its directors. Certain additional risks are set forth in more detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future results or otherwise.



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