ECI Telecom Launches ''mini Hi-TV'': The Wide Area Network TV Facility Gateway.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1999--

ECI Telecom Ltd. (Nasdaq/NM symbol:ECIL) announced today the launch of its new mini Hi-TV(TM) product, a compact multi-service network gateway, optimised for TV contribution and distribution networking applications.

ECI Telecom's mini Hi-TV(TM) enables wide area network interconnection of TV facilities such as broadcast stations, network operations centres and production studios. The product's robust platform design makes it suitable for mobile and field usage.

"The new mini Hi-TV(TM) product complements the 11-channel Hi-TV(R) product for smaller sites. Mini Hi-TV(TM) provides all Hi-TV(R) benefits: a full range of functionality plus unsurpassed robustness and resilience to network impairments; all in a compact system equal to 4 rack units in height," said Jonathan Cramer, General Manager of ECI Telecom's Broadband Multiplexers Business Unit. "It is important to note that mini Hi-TV(TM) fully and seamlessly integrates with the field-proven Hi-TV(R). Both use the same control and management, system software and hardware modules."

Mini Hi-TV(TM) provides a range of TV interfaces, performs MPEG-2 4:2:2 compression, and ATM adaptation, multiplexing and network termination, all in a single integrated platform. Its modular architecture supports up to 3 TV channels for real-time applications, plus TV File Transfer (based on the inherent IP-over-ATM capability). Mini Hi-TV(TM) accommodates various streaming TV interfaces, including SDI, ATSC, DVB ASI/SPI and SDTI. It can be managed and controlled both locally and remotely, using its SNMP-compliant management and control system, which also provides preset configuration for easy set-up.

Hi-TV(R) and mini Hi-TV(TM) enable telecommunications service providers and TV broadcasters to implement highly-efficient, highly-resilient TV contribution and distribution networks over standard broadband infrastructure. By using Hi-TV products as the integrated TV over ATM gateway, television professionals can transport studio quality TV between sites in compressed, uncompressed, real-time and non real-time forms, over permanent or dial-up wide-area network connections.

Mini Hi-TV(TM) provides real-time serial digital component TV compression (MPEG-2 4:2:2P@ML and MP@ML), handling of pre-compressed TV (ATSC, DVB ASI/SPI and SDTI user interfaces), and non-real-time TV file transfer. These "user services" are supported by plug-in hot-swappable boards, enabling a "grow as you go" implementation strategy. In addition to these "user services", mini Hi-TV(TM) and Hi-TV(R) integrally perform multiplexing, ATM adaptation and ATM SVC and PVC network termination. Supporting a variety of network interfaces (i.e. E-3, DS-3, OC-3 / STM-1), mini Hi-TV is suitable for operation over various broadband network infrastructures: ATM, SDH, SONET, PDH, Satellite and Microwave.

ECI Telecom Ltd. is a provider of integrated network solutions for digital communications and data transmission systems. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports end-to-end digital telecommunications solutions for today's new services and converging networks. The Company's products create bandwidth, maximize revenues for network operators, expand capacity, improve performance and enable new revenue-producing services. In doing so, they enhance the capabilities of existing networks to support voice, data, video and multimedia services. ECI Telecom's equipment supports traffic in more than 300 service networks in over 145 countries.

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