Arcwave Continues Leading Role in Helping Cable Operators Expand Commercial Services Revenue Through Support of Educational Events.

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Pioneer of Fast Growing Wireless Plant Extension Category Supports Industry Forums and Initiatives Aimed at Driving Commercial Service Revenue Opportunities

As a part of its continued support of initiatives to help cable operators extend their service offerings to the underserved commercial market, Arcwave, Inc., a provider of wireless solutions for the cable industry, today announced its support of upcoming Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and CED Magazine forums. The most recent efforts include Arcwave co-sponsorship of the SCTE Commercial Services Symposium in October and a CED Magazine Webinar in September.

The Commercial Services Symposium, taking place on October 12th in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be structured into four sessions, including "Building Commercial Services from Existing Plant," "Thinking Outside the Box for Commercial Services," "Beyond Drop Services for Commercial Services," and "Learning From the Success of Others." Each session will include a series of expert presenters and a panel discussion. A detailed schedule for the symposium and registration information are available at http://www.scte.org/content/index.cfm?pID=1340. Arcwave is the keynote sponsor for this event.

The CED webcast seminar and panel discussion, "Wielding the wireless weapon...How to take aim at traditionally out-of-reach businesses," will take place online on September 29th at 11 am EST. This free live webcast will explore how cable operators can combine wireless with DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) and out-of-band plant extension technologies to serve commercial customers unreached by the operator's existing Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) network. Details on the event can be found at http://www.cedmagazine.com/webcast/.

New wireless solutions, such as Wireless Plant Extension (WPE) products, provide the "last mile" connectivity that enable cable operators to offer high-speed Internet and data services to business customers that have been out of the reach of existing cable plant operations. They enable cable operators to deliver DOCSIS-based services to customers without the delay, expense and restrictions involved with laying new cable. Cable operators are now beginning to deploy these solutions to address the lucrative small and medium-sized enterprise market that is within the immediate vicinity of cable plant operations, but out of reach due to cost, zoning, regulatory and other issues associated with digging up streets and deploying wiring.

Arcwave's support of the SCTE and CED Magazine forums comes after the company co-developed with SCTE and led a two-day training seminar, "Wireless Plant Extension Application and Deployment," last spring in conjunction with the Great Lakes Chapter of SCTE in Michigan. Arcwave also participates in other industry forums aimed at the commercial services market, such as the CTAM (Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) Commercial Services Council.

"We appreciate Arcwave's support in helping educate the cable industry about the benefits of wireless plant extension solutions and strategies to approach the previously underserved commercial services market," said Roger Brown, editorial director and publisher of CED Magazine. "As cable operators are facing increasing competition, these new WPE services have a solid track record of enabling MSOs to open new markets and provide new services."

"Cable operators are ideally positioned to leverage their extensive cable plant infrastructure to reach the $82 billion domestic small business market for voice and data services," said Chris Martin, vice president of marketing for Arcwave. "Now that most of the leading MSOs have approved WPE solutions for deployment throughout their service areas, Arcwave is committed to educating local franchise plant technicians, sales engineers and business professionals on the commercial potential and ease of deployment of these solutions."

About Arcwave

Arcwave is the leading developer and provider of wireless plant extension solutions for the cable industry. Arcwave's products enable domestic and international multiple system operators (MSOs) to leverage the latest wireless technologies to extend the reach of their existing services and to increase service offerings within their current plant and operating infrastructure. The company has patented technology and experience in the wireless industry combined with a unique understanding of the MSO business model. Arcwave's solutions are designed for "plug and play" deployment and leverage existing and future technologies, such as Wireless DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), 802.11, 802.16d and 802.16e. Arcwave's ARCXtend product is certified by nine of the top 13 cable system operators, with systems deployed in more than 100 regions of the country. The company is funded by Vulcan Capital, Venrock Associates, SBV Venture Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital and Mayfield.

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