Terayon Cable Modems Selected by Leading Belgian
Cable Operator
Terayon Increases Presence in Belgian Broadband Market
LIEGE, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--L'Association Liege d'Electricite Teledis (ALE - Teledis), the second
largest cable operator in Belgium with more than 300,000 subscribers, is deploying cable modem systems from Terayon
Communication Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TERN - news).
ALE - Teledis is using Terayon's cable modems to provide residential subscribers in the city of Liege with fast Internet access
and local businesses with high-speed data services.
''The superior performance and outstanding reliability of Terayon's cable modem systems have given us the capability and the
confidence to offer broadband services to commercial and residential subscribers,'' said Jacques Delderenne, general manager
of ALE - Teledis. ''Based on the fast time-to-market provided by Terayon in Liege, we plan to offer data services with
Terayon over our other cable systems.''
In addition to the high-capacity and reliability of Terayon's systems, ALE - Teledis selected Terayon's cable modem system
because of its ability to operate in the wide range of network conditions typical of most cable systems. ALE - Teledis was able
to capitalize on these advantages to deploy in only a few weeks and with significantly less costly network upgrades.
Particularly important for the operator, is the Terayon systems' support for QoS (Quality of Service) and its robust return-path
performance, both of which were key in enabling ALE - Teledis to provide local businesses with a cost-competitive alternative
to traditional European high-speed data solutions, such as E1 lines.
''With more than 25 years of experience, ALE - Teledis has always been a pioneering European cable operator, and was one
of the first operators begin upgrading their systems to two-way in the early 1980s. We are pleased to be working with such a
forward-thinking operator for this European deployment,'' said Zaki Rakib, CEO of Terayon.
ALE - Teledis has achieved approximately 95 percent penetration in its Liege system, which is a large hybrid fiber/coaxial
(HFC) network that passes more than 310,000 homes. ALE - Teledis is the city-owned utility serving Liege and its surrounding
areas, and is a member of the Association Cablo Operateurs pour Multimedia (ACM), a consortium of Belgian cable operators
serving the Walloon region.
The ALE - Teledis order is the latest major European success for Terayon and is the second Belgian operator to choose the
company's modems. In March, Terayon received an order for 225,000 cable modems and associated headend equipment
from United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), the largest independent cable operator in Europe. In addition to Belgium, the
company's systems are currently deployed by European cable operators in France, Switzerland, Hungary and Ireland, as well
as by major cable operators in North America, Latin America and Asia.
The Terayon cable modems are well suited to the Belgian cable market, where cable is well accepted and has the highest
penetration rate in Europe. Terayon's systems incorporate sophisticated QoS capability, allowing control of bandwidth in
precise increments. This allows cable operators, such as ALE - Teledis, to offer tiered services to their subscribers -- from
residential Internet access to business services for data and telephony. Terayon's cable modem systems, based on S-CDMA
(Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) technology, provide reliable two-way performance over a wide range of cable
systems.
Terayon Communication Systems provides cable operators with reliable, high-capacity cable modem systems that support a full
range of broadband services. The company, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has sales and support offices worldwide, and is
traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol TERN. Terayon's European headquarters are based in Waterloo,
Belgium, and the company has a network of distributors throughout Europe. Terayon can be found on the web at
www.terayon.com.
''Safe Harbor'' Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for the historical information
contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, estimates, and assumptions by the company and other
parties that involve risks and uncertainties, including the company's ability to gain new business, the expansion of operations by
the company's customers and the deployment of the company's products in specific markets, as well as the other risks detailed
from time to time in the company's filings with the SEC.
Note to Editors: Terayon, the Terayon logo, TeraPro, TeraLink, TeraView, and TeraComm are trademarks of Terayon
Communication Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Terayon, Santa Clara
John Hamburger, 408/486-5273
johnh@terayon.com
John Giddings, 408/486-5223
jgiddings@terayon.com
or
ALE - Teledis, Liege
Nathalie Thomsin, +32-4-220-1554
nathalie.thomsin@teledis.be
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