Broadband Service Router 64000 From RiverDelta Networks Receives 'Product of the Year' Award From Internet Telephony Magazine.

Business/Technology Editors

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001

RiverDelta Networks, Inc., the leader in carrier-class broadband routing, switching, and service management systems, today announced that the Broadband Services Router(TM) 64000 has received Internet Telephony(R) Magazine's prestigious "Product of the Year" award in the Multiservice Switch/Access Device category.

Internet Telephony Magazine's "Product of the Year" award is designed to honor innovative products and services that have made a positive impact on the convergence of voice and data. Internet Telephony Magazine is a TMC publication and dedicated solely to coverage of next-generation, IP-based telecommunications, providing readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services they need to take advantage of Internet telephony.

"The Internet Telephony Product of the Year award allows us to honor exemplary products across a broad span of the marketplace," said TMC president and group publisher Rich Tehrani. "As the industry matures, we're finding more than just products and services on the market -- entire solutions are being offered. The awards, selected by the editors of Internet Telephony(R) Magazine and the engineers of TMC Labs are designed to honor those companies, such as RiverDelta Networks for its Broadband Services Router as they continue to forge ahead with the development of the next generation of global telecommunications."

The Broadband Services Router 64000

The RiverDelta Networks BSR 64000 reliably delivers hundreds of thousands of voice, data, video, music, and other interactive IP-based service flows over shared cable and other broadband network infrastructure. Brought to market in record time, the BSR 64000 offers more than four times the performance-- in one-fourth the space--at a lower cost than traditional offerings.

RiverDelta's BSR 64000 includes the first CMTS designed to CableLab's DOCSIS 1.1 specifications including the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements enabling support for multiple services. RiverDelta has built upon and extended the DOCSIS 1.1 QoS specs with its SmartFlow(TM) technology, which gives broadband carriers the unprecedented ability to manage hundreds-of-thousands of unique IP service flows at multiple levels, including on a per-application, subscriber, and system and service provider basis. With SmartFlow, broadband carriers can dynamically allocate network bandwidth, create multi-tiered service offerings, and isolate mission critical traffic (e.g. Voice over IP, Video-on-Demand, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs, etc.) from non-critical traffic (e.g. Web surfing). When employed within a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), SmartFlow enables carriers to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on an end-to-end basis all the way from the customer to the core network.

About RiverDelta Networks

RiverDelta Networks, based in Tewksbury, MA, designs, develops, and markets solutions for next-generation broadband service providers building carrier-class networks to deliver emerging voice, data, and entertainment services for consumers and businesses. RiverDelta Networks received CableLabs(R) DOCSIS 1.0 qualification in record time and has built upon and extended the DOCSIS 1.1 Quality of Service specifications with its SmartFlow per-flow processing. RiverDelta Networks has received $46 million in funding from Pequot Capital Management, Battery Ventures, and Charles River Ventures. Additional company information can be found at www.riverdelta.com.

Note: RiverDelta, Broadband Services Router, and SmartFlow are trademarks of RiverDelta Networks. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.