Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited

Fujitsu Enters into Strategic Partnership with Terawave

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe partners with Terawave for Next-Generation PON Solutions.

London, 9th May 2005 — Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd, the leading supplier of high performance telecommunications solutions, has announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Terawave Communications Inc. to develop and bring to market next generation PON access solutions.

The agreement will combine Fujitsu’s market leadership in broadband access technology with Terawave’s world-class PON technology to create a new range of fully integrated and managed next generation GPON access solutions. Commenting for Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe, General Manager Andy Stevenson said:
“Fujitsu is taking a strategic market lead, bringing together appropriate technologies in strategic partnerships to create a new breed of integrated end-to-end next generation solutions. This agreement with Terawave reflects our commitment to provide our carrier customers with broader, more comprehensive systems, based on established relationships and genuinely integrated technologies, reflecting the carriers’ clear requirement to work more closely with a smaller number of vendors in their networks. Both Fujitsu and Terawave hold the same customer-responsive ideals, and we look forward to a highly successful working partnership.”

Ray Lin, Chairman and CEO of Terawave, said:
“We are honoured by the opportunity to partner with Fujitsu, to integrate our products and technology into the Fujitsu GeoStream Access Gateway multi-service access portfolio. This agreement confirms our strategic commitment to the UK and European markets. Our joint effort will result in the most advanced and fully integrated GPON-based access platform in the market.”

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About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts, uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.77 trillion yen (approximately US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.
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About Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited is a major supplier of Broadband Access equipment in Europe and is Fujitsu's worldwide design location for access network solutions - including a centre of excellence for the development of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology. From its base in Birmingham, West Midlands, Fujitsu designs, develops and manufactures telecommunications technology for the European market. The company has a long-standing relationship with BT spanning many years, with its technology accounting for over 2½ million lines of DSL broadband in the UK. Fujitsu was recently announced as a preferred supplier for BT’s 21st Century Network. The company’s advanced technology has resulted in the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2005, in addition to the ISPA Best Hardware Award 2005.
For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Terawave Communications

Terawave Communications is a leading manufacturer of passive optical network (PON) access solutions for service providers, MSOs, government and enterprise customers. The Terawave family of products integrates all types of user services over PON, Gigabit Ethernet, SDH and SONET network facilities. Terawave supports a comprehensive suite of networking protocols, including IP, MPLS and ATM. User services include Ethernet private lines and VPLS, VPNs, TDM private lines, voice, and video.

Terawave’s carrier class platforms enable the most cost effective aggregation of voice, video and data on a single network access point. The Terawave Management System (TMS) provides state of the art management services that give our customers the ability to deliver services and bandwidth on demand, while minimizing time to market, and reducing capital and operating expenditures. Terawave Communications is delivering fibre to the premise (FTTP) solutions to over 70 customers on 5 continents.
For more information, please see: http://www.terawave.com

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