Symmetricom and Acterna to Upgrade Costa Rica's Sync Infrastructure

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

    SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2005--Symmetricom, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYMM), a leading provider of network synchronization and timing solutions for the telecommunications industry, and Acterna, the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators, today announced that ICE, Costa Rica's National Electricity and Telecommunications company, has awarded Symmetricom a contract to supply Stratum 1 quality synchronization equipment in every central office throughout the country as part of ICE's next-generation infrastructure upgrade.
    Synchronization is an essential network infrastructure component that optimizes bandwidth and facilitates the reliable transmission of voice, video and data. Symmetricom's precise clocks and timing distributors will pace the flow of information through the network, while TimePictra(R) software will manage ICE's expanding sync network, including close to 100,000 new DSL lines, a new IP backbone, a new international switch, 37 new Points-Of-Presence (POPs) as well as an upgrade to 35 existing POPs. The infrastructure enhancement will additionally support the carrier's wireless buildout.
    "We are privileged to have our timing solutions play a key role in ICE's transition to next-generation networks," said Tom Steipp, president and CEO of Symmetricom. "High quality synchronization will enable ICE to provide next-generation telephony and broadband services to every region within the developing nation of Costa Rica. We applaud these forward-looking efforts made possible by our partner Acterna who provided network planning, project management, implementation and support for the ICE sync upgrade."

    About Acterna

    Acterna is the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators. A trusted communications test partner for more than eight decades, Acterna offers an unmatched portfolio of award-winning instruments, systems, software, and services that help its customers reduce network costs while improving performance and reliability. Headquartered in Germantown, Md. -- with European and Asia-Pacific operations based in Eningen, Germany, and Hong Kong -- Acterna serves nearly every major communications service provider and equipment manufacturer around the world through a skilled sales and support organization in 31 countries.

    About Symmetricom, Inc.

    Symmetricom is a leading worldwide supplier of atomic clocks and network synchronization and timing solutions. The company designs, manufactures, markets and provides services for products used in wireline and wireless network synchronization; space, defense and avionics systems; enterprise networks; as well as G.shdsl-based broadband networks in telecom, government and enterprise markets. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.

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CONTACT: Symmetricom, Inc Tracy DeMay, 408-220-7635 media_relations@symmetricom.com www.symmetricom.com or Acterna Nick Rowan, 240-404-1924 nick.rowan@acterna.com www.acterna.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL LATIN AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE NETWORKING MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: Symmetricom, Inc.

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