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PairGain Dazzles At Supercomm With Industry-leading Products & Technologies; Avidia System, New PG-FlexPlus & Interoperability Showcased in PairGain's Booth No. 2641 Business Wire - June 08, 1999 13:50 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999--PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR), a leader in broadband access systems, is exhibiting its full line of interoperable technologies and industry-leading integrated voice and data solutions, including the first showing of PG-FlexPlus(TM), all week at Supercomm in booth No. 2641. In addition, PairGain's next-generation integrated access platform, the Avidia(R) System, and Megabit Modems(R) are spotlighted in the Universal ADSL Working Group's (UAWG) G.Lite Interoperability Showcase in booth No. 52. The company's HDSL2 standard solutions, HiGain Solitaire(TM), is demonstrating multivendor interoperability with Teltrend with a live booth-to-booth T1 circuit set up over a single copper pair...and that's just the beginning. PairGain is also announcing a number of strategic and technological alliances that have enabled the company to aggressively address and penetrate the growing CLEC market. The Avidia System is an ATM-based integrated access concentrator that sets a precedent for the future of broadband access by providing the quality of service (QoS) and traffic shaping necessary to combine voice and data services in a single DSL connectivity platform. While typical DSLAMs (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers) multiplex traffic and waste expensive bandwidth and facilities, the Avidia System intelligently shapes traffic streams and implements QoS algorithms that make voice over DSL possible. For example, the Avidia System can groom voice and data into separate data streams, thus eliminating the need for carriers to use an expensive ATM switch. A leader in port density, reliability and performance, the Avidia System includes support for G.Lite, full-rate DMT ADSL, SDSL, HDSL, HDSL2, T1 and frame relay. Drop by the UAWG Interoperability Showcase or PairGain's booth for a spotlight on G.Lite capabilities in the Avidia System. PG-FlexPlus is the newest PairGain access solution and combines all the popular features of PairGain's successful PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(R) platforms with GR-303 traffic concentration. This gives subscriber carriers a flexible solution that features exceptional HDSL and T1 port density, integral framing, interfaces to Class 5 voice switches, frame relay access, grooming and concentration, as well as integral SONET and 2-wire analog telephone interfaces. PG-FlexPlus is the first product resulting from the joint technology agreement between PairGain and ANDA Networks. As the industry's interoperability champion, PairGain is also taking advantage of the Supercomm event to announce its charter membership in the HDSL2 Consortium at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab. Not only is PairGain leading in multivendor interoperability demonstrations at the show, the company is dedicated to leading HDSL2 interoperability demonstrations at the UNH lab in the ensuing months. PairGain Technologies, Inc. PairGain is the leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networking systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services such as high-speed Internet, remote LAN access and enterprise LAN extension. For more than 10 years, PairGain has been recognized as a technological leader and industry innovator of telecommunications equipment. The Company offers the widest range of DSL-based systems available. Product lines include HiGain Solitaire(TM) HDSL2 solutions, HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems, PG-FlexPlus(TM), PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(R) small subscriber carrier systems, Avidia(R) System and Megabit Modem(R) campus systems and megabit access products. Well over 1.5 million PairGain DSL nodes are installed in over 70 countries. Additional information about the Company is available on the Internet at www.pairgain.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this announcement are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services and prices and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All trademarks are the properties of their respective manufacturers. CONTACT: PairGain Technologies Inc., Tustin Stephen Moore, 714/730-2336 stephen_moore@pairgain.com