Atlantic Engineering and Wave7 Optics Selected for New Fiber-to-the-Premise Network in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SALLISAW, Okla. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004

The Sallisaw Municipal Authority (SMA), a utility trust authority of the City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, has selected Wave7 Optics to supply the optical transport and subscriber premises equipment and Atlantic Engineering Group to provide engineering services for the city's new fiber to the premises (FTTP) network.

The City of Sallisaw, located in Eastern Oklahoma, is a community of approximately 4,100 households and businesses. After completing a detailed feasibility study in Q3 2003, SMA has begun the implementation program to provide leading-edge broadband services to each residence and business in the community through a phased network construction program that will begin in late 2004 and complete in 2005. The FTTP network, representing a capital investment of $7 million, will deliver a triple play of broadband services (television programming, high speed Internet service, and telephone service) throughout the community.

"This fiber optic network will bring the most advanced communications and entertainment services to our community. Our residents and businesses will directly benefit from the greater choice and service options we can deliver over fiber. Both Wave7 and Atlantic Engineering have a proven track record of successful municipal broadband projects, and Sallisaw will benefit from their experience as this initiative moves forward," said Keith Skelton, Assistant City Manager.

"We are very pleased to have been selected as the FTTP vendor of choice by the Sallisaw Municipal Authority. Sallisaw is very aggressive in its drive to deploy an optical broadband service network with the goal of improving the quality of life of its residents," said Emmanuel Vella, Chief Marketing Officer, Wave7 Optics. "Wave7 Optics is now working with numerous municipalities, power utilities and independent telephone companies to deploy advanced triple play networks throughout the United States."

Engineering and network design services will be performed by Atlantic Engineering Group. "We are honored that Sallisaw has selected Atlantic to participate in this state-of-the-art project," said Leonard Ray, Vice President of Business Development for Atlantic Engineering Group. "Sallisaw is a terrific community and we look forward to providing its citizens with a world-class telecommunications network," continued Ray.

Uptown Services has been retained by Sallisaw to oversee the implementation of the system and complete the operational tasks to prepare the utility for launching this new line of business. According to Neil Shaw, Principal at the firm, "The selection process was rigorous, and both Atlantic Engineering and Wave7 demonstrated a thorough understanding of the unique opportunity in Sallisaw as a smaller rural market. The proposed solutions are just what the city requires for a highly reliable network architecture."

About Wave7 Optics

Wave7 Optics, Inc. is a market leader in the fiber-to-the-home and -business (FTTX) optical access market. The company's Last Mile Link(R) optical access system effectively overcomes the cost and implementation barriers that have to date stymied the deployment of FTTX systems. Wave7's Last Mile Core transport and Last Mile Gateway subscriber premises products provide advanced "carrier class" QoS and Layer 3 intelligence at the network edge.

About Atlantic Engineering Group

Atlantic Engineering Group (Atlantic) is a design, engineering, and construction company specializing in municipal, municipal utility and publicly owned telecommunication networks. Atlantic has or is in the process of deploying seven citywide fiber to the premise projects within the United States. Atlantic has completed a total of over forty municipal deployments. The company provides design engineering, Headend and central office services, aerial and underground construction, construction management, installations and on occasion contract operations.

About Uptown Services

Uptown Services was established in 1996 as a broadband services consulting firm providing leading edge analytical and implementation support services to municipalities and utilities entering the broadband sector. Services and expertise include feasibility studies, system implementation, and financial and strategic services. Uptown has provided detailed analytical and consultative services to 30 public power companies and municipalities across the U.S., and is the exclusive broadband consulting services partner of Hometown Connections, a subsidiary of the American Public Power Association.