Movaz Unveils RAYROADM at SUPERCOMM 2004.

ATLANTA & CHICAGO -- Movaz Networks, Inc.

--RAYROADM Deploys as Standalone or with RAYexpress

--Only Metro/Regional Platform with Raman Amplification Technology

--RAYROADM Shipping June 2004

Movaz Networks unveiled RAYROADM(TM) today -- the newest addition to its RAY Product Family of seven integrated Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) networking products -- at the SUPERCOMM trade show in Chicago, June 20-24, 2004 (Movaz Booth # 26923).

RAYROADM is an integrated, fully-managed, carrier-class remotely reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) for metro and regional networks. It will be shipped to NETMARKS, Inc. in Japan next week to begin trials. Industry analysts predict that the metro DWDM equipment market will reach $800 million by 2008.

"ROADMs are beginning to play an important role in answering carriers' two most important business needs in metro and regional networks -- networks that are typically characterized by unpredictable traffic growth," said Kazuhiko Shirai, executive officer and general manager, Service Provider Solutions Division, NETMARKS Inc. "First, carriers must reduce operations costs to stay competitive. Second, carriers need to simplify their networks by converging technologies as much as possible. We plan to test Movaz's RAYROADM and we believe that it could help carriers solve both of these business needs."

Deploying Movaz's RAYROADM provides carriers and cable operators a simplified and flexible optical networking platform that remotely and instantly provisions new services and furthers their business objectives of reducing operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) costs. It can be sold as a standalone device or added as a shelf to the RAYexpress(TM) OADM as a cost-effective upgrade for Movaz's existing 48 customers.

"The ROADM is one of the most important technological advances to hit the telecommunications market in the last decade," said Bijan Khosravi, chairman and CEO, Movaz Networks. "ROADMs simplify network operations by reducing the need for multiple transport layers. Fewer layers to manage will improve network reliability. Click-through provisioning for adding or dropping services is a significant improvement over doing it manually. Together, these improvements offered by RAYROADM will improve Service Level Agreements and reduce OAM."

The RAYROADM is the only metro or regional ROADM with the ability to add Raman amplification technology. This increases its reach to 1000 kilometers reducing network equipment costs. This release of the product supports 40 non-banded wavelengths. Early next year, a second release will support four rings each of 40 wavelengths for a total of 160 waves. Additionally, the RAYROADM use a GMPLS-based control plane to ensure end-to-end control and management for simplified OAM&P and network management operation.

A key feature of the Movaz RAYROADM is that it allows remote, automatic, hitless re-configurability of any wavelength or combination of up to 40 wavelengths. This is important to carriers and cable operators because it simplifies network operations by eliminating manual provisioning. In addition, deploying RAYROADM is an important step in building a single transport layer. One transport layer means that network operators will have fewer devices to manage and maintain.

Movaz RAYROADM And RAY Product Family

The Movaz ROADM platform complements and enhances the functionality and performance of the widely deployed RAYexpress(TM) optical add/drop multiplexer. It can be deployed separately or as an upgrade to existing RAYexpress customers.

The RAYROADM is an integral part of the RAY product family and offers the same comprehensive suite of software features for network topology discovery, automated provisioning of services, comprehensive performance monitoring (alarms and threshold crossing alerts), fault detection and isolation, inventory management, and multiple protection options. The RAYROADM and RAYexpress products are managed by the same network management software RAYos(TM), with northbound interfaces for TL1, SNMP, and Corba.

RAYROADM Availability

The RAYROADM is available as of June, 2004.

About Movaz Networks, Inc.

Movaz Networks is a globally established equipment supplier that provides next generation all optical solutions for delivery of cost effective wavelength services. The company's products, designed for metro, regional, enterprise and government networks, are full-featured carrier-class solutions incorporating advanced optical transport, distributed photonic switching, Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) protocols, and standards based network management. Movaz is shipping generally available products to customers globally. For more information, please visit Movaz on the web at www.movaz.com.