Brazil-based CSM Telecom to Purchase Amedia's Fiber-to-the-Premises Systems; Pioneer of Brazilian Cable Operations Now Turns to Telco Triple Play Services.EATONTOWN, N.J. -- CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. Telecom, a Brazilian Telecommunications Service Provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. , and Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AANI), a provider of switched Ethernet An Ethernet network that is controlled by a switch instead of a shared hub. The switch cross connects all clients, servers and network devices, giving each sending-receiving pair the full rated transmission speed. ultra-broadband solutions for the Triple Play Access Market, today announced that CSM has placed an initial order with Amedia for QoStream(TM) PG1000 Premises Gateways, QoStream AS5000 Aggregation Switches, and the QoStream Director Network Management System, to be deployed in 100 buildings in Florianopolis, Brazil. CSM has undertaken several steps to expand their service offering and customer base. They are currently deploying a fiber backbone throughout the area to support future services to their existing 2,650 data subscribers in Florianopolis. Commenting on the forward-looking objectives of the company, Roberto Alexandre Costa, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CSM Telecom, stated, "It is the intent of CSM to be the first carrier in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to make available a full triple play offering to subscribers. I believe that there will be a huge demand for this service. For my company alone, I see the potential to easily grow to 15,000 subscribers over the next three years. Amedia's QoStream products have all of the right attributes to enable us to do just that with outstanding price performance and value." The initial application for the QoStream deployment will be for data services. In addition, in order to provide a concrete demonstration of the triple play service platform that CSM will offer, Amedia and CSM are working with other video and VoIP partners to begin deploying voice, data, and IP-TV services in a separate installation by the end of 2005. Frank Galuppo, President and CEO of Amedia stated, "Brazil is a market that we have explicitly targeted for growth as part of our overall business plan. We are extremely thankful to be working so closely with Mr. Costa, an industry leader and entrepreneur par excellence in South America. We look forward to participating in the rollout of the Ultra-broadband infrastructure that will enable CSM to offer triple play services throughout the country." The QoStream products that will be delivered to CSM deliver up to 100 Mbps of Ultra-broadband services - both upstream and downstream. The products have the industry's leading capability to provision multiple levels of bandwidth quality as appropriate for each service, and are designed with carrier-grade performance and reliability. They can be implemented in multiple configurations, and can offer voice, video and data - including wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area services. The QoStream Director enables a carrier to provision and manage services with a single seat, point and click interface that can be located remotely from the service center. About CSM Telecom CSM currently offers IT services in the Florianopolis area of Brazil. Founded in 2002, the company has grown from 117 customers to more than 2,650. For more information please consult the company website at http://www.csmtelecom.com/ (Portuguese Language Portuguese language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is the mother tongue of about 170 million people, chiefly in Portugal and the Portuguese islands in the Atlantic (11 million .) About Amedia Networks Amedia designs, develops, and implements switched Ethernet solutions for the ultra-broadband access market. These secure and flexible solutions are used by network operators deploying Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. ) and/or Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN (Fiber To The Neighborhood or Fiber To The Node) See FTTC. ) infrastructures to offer their residential and business subscribers high-speed data, video, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in a highly cost effective manner. For more information about Amedia Networks, please visit www.amedia.com. This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. A number of factors could cause Amedia's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Amedia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Amedia assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. |
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