Copper Mountain Ranks No. 1 in Business DSL Revenues, Ports Shipped.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 1999-- Report from Dell'Oro Group, Leading Market Analyst, Confirms that Company Dominated SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line and IDSL See DSL. Market Segments in 1998, and Widened Lead in Q1 1999 Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:CMTN) today announced that it captured the number one position in the business Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) equipment market for all of 1998 as well as for the first calendar quarter of 1999. A report issued on May 24 by the Dell'Oro Group shows that in 1998, Copper Mountain's revenues accounted for 43.6 percent of the total business DSL equipment sales. The report also indicated that in the first quarter of 1999, the Company's market share by revenue leapt to 57 percent. Copper Mountain also ranked number one in central office (CO) ports shipped in the first quarter, accounting for 55 percent of total ports shipped. The business DSL market encompasses both the symmetric DSL See DSL. (SDSL) and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. DSL (IDSL) market segments. "The Dell'Oro Group survey results validate Copper Mountain's strategic focus on the business market with a DSL product set that is easy to deploy, use, and manage," said Rick Gilbert, 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 Copper Mountain. "Being recognized by a prominent industry analyst as the leader in the business DSL market in 1998 and again in first quarter 1999 is a tribute to Copper Mountain's employees, premier customers, and partners." Dell'Oro Study Ranks Copper Mountain No. 1 by Revenue and Ports Shipped Dell'Oro's 1Q99 Router and Remote Access Report covers all manufacturers of business DSL equipment. The report states that sales in the business DSL equipment market totaled $47.7 million in 1998, and that Copper Mountain's sales to that market totaled $20.8 million, or 43.6 percent of total sales. In the first quarter of 1999, Dell'Oro estimated that the total business DSL equipment revenue was $22.1 million, and that Copper Mountain's share was $12.6 million, or 57 percent. Similarly, the report cited that Copper Mountain also sold 55 percent, or 32,000, of the total 58,700 business DSL ports shipped in the first quarter. Copper Mountain's success is based on its family of CopperEdge(TM) DSL concentrators -- deployed nationwide -- which allow carriers to deliver value-added DSL networking services through a high-performance, carrier-class platform designed to scale in speed, capacity, and functionality without increasing configuration complexity or management overhead. With CopperEdge solutions, carriers can satisfy the ever-increasing user demand for bandwidth while generating a high return on investment, in both the CO and the multi-tenant unit (MTU (1) (Maximum Transmission Unit, Maximum Transfer Unit) The largest frame size that can be transmitted over the network. For example, an Ethernet MTU is 1,500 bytes. Messages longer than the MTU must be divided into smaller frames. ) environments. About Copper Mountain Networks Founded in January 1996 with offices in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., develops and markets a comprehensive family of DSL solutions that enable high-speed internetworking over existing copper facilities. The company's mission is to enable carriers and other service providers to offer a full range of high-performance, cost-effective data and voice services over DSL that are easy to deploy, use, and manage. Copper Mountain's CopperRocket(TM) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment family addresses the bandwidth, reliability, ease-of-use, and cost concerns of remote offices and users. Its carrier-class CopperEdge(TM) DSL concentrators and CopperView(TM) network management solutions offer a robust and scalable platform for carriers and multi-tenant unit service providers to generate a high return on investment while satisfying the ever-increasing user demand for bandwidth. Customers wanting more information about Copper Mountain products can contact Diana Helfrich at (650) 858-8500, Ext. 225, or visit the Company's World Wide Web site at http://www.coppermountain.com. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements are only predictions, and the company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks related to product development, product acceptance, and reliance on strategic partners. These factors and others are more fully discussed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-73153), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: Copper Mountain and all Copper Mountain product names are trademarks of Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. 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