SUPERCOMM 2005 Announces Cox Communications as SUPERQuest Award Runner-Up for Carrier Ethernet Network.

CHICAGO -- Atrica(TM) Carrier Ethernet System from the Fujitsu FASST(TM) Portfolio Delivers High-Speed, Differentiated Services over a Converged Network 

Cox Business Services, a division of Cox Communications, a multi-service broadband communications company with approximately 6.7 million total customers, today announced it has been honored by SUPERCOMM(R) as a runner-up for a SUPERQuest Award. Cox's converged voice, video, and data services network supports the stringent business and technical requirements of New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS), using Atrica(TM) Carrier Ethernet equipment from the Fujitsu Flexible Architecture for Subscriber Service Termination (FASST)(TM) portfolio.

Cox's large scale, managed Service Level Agreement (SLA)-based Gigabit Ethernet network links nearly 140 schools and administrative sites with high-speed services, including broadband access, Voice over IP, IP/H.323 videoconferencing and distance learning.

"We are extremely proud to receive a SUPERQuest award from SUPERCOMM, which is recognition for the effort that Cox, Fujitsu and Atrica put forth to deliver a best-of-breed Carrier Ethernet network for NOPS," said Olin Kropog, Vice President for Cox Business Services in New Orleans. "This state-of-the-art, cost-effective Carrier Ethernet infrastructure supports a groundbreaking computer and video-oriented classroom educational curriculum that meets the current regulatory requirements and increases productivity between administrative locations."

"We are very excited that the shared vision of Cox, Fujitsu and Atrica has been recognized within this global forum," said Bill Erickson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. "We are especially gratified to see that our commercial efforts for Cox and the New Orleans Public School System have resulted in the creation of new educational opportunities, as well as a cultural and societal enrichment of the day-to-day lives of the children of New Orleans."

Fujitsu and Atrica will be discussing the NOPS network, as well as the Carrier Ethernet equipment that created it, in their respective booths (Fujitsu booth #41015, Atrica booth #73030). SUPERCOMM, which is produced and managed by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago, June 6 - 9.

Now in their eighth year, the SUPERQuest Awards are the pre-eminent honor given to communications and IT product and service manufacturers for superior achievement in public and private network design and operations. SUPERQuest Award recipients are selected as the best of the best in creating the most innovative new technologies and products or supplying the best new enterprise solutions. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges that includes industry leading technology press, analysts and other experts.

"Each year at SUPERCOMM, hundreds of technology companies exhibit and demonstrate industry-leading products and services," said Matthew J. Flanigan, TIA president. "Of those companies, there are a handful that embody the highest degree of innovation in our field. It is those companies that we honor with the SUPERQuest Awards."

SUPERCOMM is managed by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), http://www.tiaonline.org, Arlington, Va. and is owned jointly by TIA and the United States Telecom Association (USTA), http://www.usta.org, Washington, DC. For more information about SUPERCOMM, please visit http://www.supercomm2005.com.

About Cox Business Services

Cox Business Services is a division of Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc., the nation's third largest cable broadband communications company. A full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions, Cox Business Services excels at helping businesses of all sizes generate greater efficiencies. The company offers broadband Internet services; voice and long-distance services; and dedicated voice, data and video transport services for home offices, small, medium and large-sized businesses, school districts and hospitality, government and military properties in 28 markets across the nation. For more information, visit www.coxbusiness.com.

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