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6/18/2007

Hitachi GPON Solution Featured at ITU FTTP Interoperability Showcase at NXTcomm 2007

--Multi-Vendor Interoperability Demonstration Includes Hitachi's AMN1220 Optical Line Terminal and Optical Network Terminal--

CHICAGO, IL, June 18, 2007- Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., today announced that the company's AMN1220 Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution will play a critical role in the ITU's Fiber To The Premises (FTTP) Interoperability Showcase at NXTcomm 2007. The GPON Pavilion, booth #7408, features technology based on the ITU G.984-series recommendations for 2488/1244 Mbps systems. Hitachi's AMN1220 Optical Line Terminal (OLT) will operate in the central area of the booth, and will interconnect with Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) from multiple vendors as well as Hitachi's AMN1220 GST (Gigabit Single Family/Business Terminal), located at the Hitachi kiosk within the GPON Pavilion.

"Hitachi is committed to standards-compliant products as demonstrated by our long-standing and active participation in a variety of organizations including the ITU-T and FSAN as well as continued involvement in GPON interoperability events," said David Foote, chief techology officer, Hitachi Telecom. "As optical access becomes more prevalent with service providers responding to the escalating consumer demand for bandwidth, it will become increasingly important to have as many choices as possible when implementing networks. The ITU G.984 recommendations address these concerns while leaving flexibility for manufacturers to incorporate unique capabilities within their products."

About Hitachi's Fiber to the Premises Products

Hitachi's FTTP platform is a family of products that provides ultra high bandwidth communication services to residential, business and institutional subscribers using a single optical fiber direct to the subscriber's premises.

Hitachi's GPON products for North America are compliant with ITU-T G.984 standards, providing further assurance that service providers will have maximum flexibility in implementing FTTP solutions as applications and capabilities develop in the future.