Allied Telesyn President and COO Takes Voice, Video and Data Strategy to Top US Colleges, Universities in Nationwide Tour.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004

IT Executive to Exchange Information on Trends, Needs for Converged

Networks with Top Educational Institutions

Allied Telesyn, Inc, a global leader in IP-based networking solutions for the access edge, today announced that it is taking its "Triple Play" voice, video and data strategy on the road to 50 top colleges and universities nationwide. Allied Telesyn President and COO Howard Kamerer will be meeting with decision makers at each college to discuss how campuses can use these services to provide better education for students, better communication with students and faculty and an additional revenue stream for colleges and universities.

"The objective of this tour is to introduce university leadership to a new program I'm developing to provide state-of-the-art learning programs for students through a network that supports voice, video and data," Kamerer says. "I also want to work with them to help design customized programs to meet their needs for distance learning, multimedia training, high-speed Internet access and other technologies that will benefit today's student."

Kamerer says that additional benefits to students include inexpensive voice telephone connections, virtual office hours and one-on-one video conferencing. A converged voice, video and data network also gives teachers extended access to students, virtual office hours, interactive lesson plans and distance teaching options. Colleges and universities can also use Triple Play to communicate directly with students and staff when it is deployed to dorms, faculty housing and other on-campus residences.

In addition, for universities who are facing dwindling income from traditional dorm-room telephone services, Triple Play enables these schools to open new streams of revenue in the form of subscription voice and video services that can rapidly replace and exceed lost income.

Triple Play also has the capability to let schools tailor content access pages specifically for students. This could include local traffic or transit information, weather advisories and class cancellations, menus, events calendars and other information. It could be available not only on campus, but be deployed to off-campus student communities as well.

Kamerer will be sharing information with school administrators about current trends in voice, video and data services, and discuss how other Universities are providing those services to their campuses. A list of the campuses scheduled as part of the Roadshow follows at the bottom of this release. If you would like to host the Nationwide Triple Play Higher Education Roadshow, please visit our web site, register at www.alliedtelesyn.com/event/HEDRoadshow and call Scott Plugge at 800-655-2995 to find out when the Roadshow will be in your area and schedule a visit.

Information gleaned during the Nationwide Triple Play Higher Education Roadshow will be presented during a web summit scheduled for June 23rd at 11 AM PDT (2PM EDT). This event, called "Get Ahead of the Learning Curve: The Future of Voice, Video and Data Services in Higher Education," will provide attendees with a current snapshot of deployments at major colleges and universities, and forecast future needs. Register at: www.alliedtelesyn.com/event/HEDRoadshow.

About Allied Telesyn, Inc.

Allied Telesyn was founded in 1987 with the goal of producing reliable, standards-based networking products. Focused on Ethernet/IP solutions geared to applications, Allied Telesyn offers access-edge products like switches, fiber/copper MAPs, and CPE. We're also a leading global manufacturer of media-converters, unmanaged switches, and NICs. Our customer-driven approach has made Allied Telesyn the ideal choice for IT professionals looking for high-quality, feature-rich network solutions at a lower price. Allied Telesyn -- It's Our Network, Too. For more information, please see www.alliedtelesyn.com.

List of Colleges and Universities on Triple Play Roadshow:

March - Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, University at Albany, University of Massachusetts, Boston University, University of Connecticut, Stony Brook University, New York University, Rutgers State University, University of Delaware.

April - University of Maryland, George Washington University, University of Virginia, North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, Ohio University, University of Illinois, Purdue University, Indiana University, University of Tennessee, Clemson University, University of South Carolina, Auburn University, University of Alabama, University of Missouri, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University.

May - Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas, Arizona State University, UCSD, UCLA, UC Berkeley, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, University of Washington, University of Utah.